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All posts by “Eugene Knapik”
Guest Post – Tuffy P spends the day at Gates Open Home & Garden Tour – Scarborough
Out in Scarborough today to take in the home and garden tour in support of the Rouge Valley Health System. Come along and see some interesting homes and gardens. THANK YOU to all the home owners who allowed everyone access inside their estates and out… Read More
How many banjo players…..?
Here’s the group photo from Midwest Banjo Camp 2014. I’m in there somewhere. That is one big stringband. If you click on the photo, you’ll see it at a more reasonable size. Faculty are to the front. This was my first banjo camp experience and… Read More
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Georgie
Sustain
My experience at the Mid-west Banjo camp kick-started my learning and since I returned home I’ve wanted to play and play and play. With that kind of immersion experience you get exposed to a lot of ideas, but most of them require plenty of practice… Read More
Front Gardens
While I was away at banjo camp, the front gardens really started to take off. Here are a few shots I snapped this morning.
Bonaparte’s March
I was introduced to the tune Bonaparte’s March at the Midwest Banjo Camp last weekend, by Cathy Barton Para in a class on Midwest fiddle tunes. I haven’t been playing modal tunes much, but I love this one and I’ve been working on getting it… Read More
Updates
While I was away, Tuffy P sent a regular stream of photos of the menagerie to banjo camp…..
More adventures in America
I’ve been writing a bit about banjo camp – let’s go back a bit. You see the Detroit skyline from the Windsor side – I took that shot Wednesday night. Thursday morning, I proceeded through the tunnel to America. Not so fast. First I had… Read More
The Old time wave continues
I started my day with a class about fills. Adam Hurt taught us several and then we applied them, creating a version of Cripple Creek that incorporated a variety of ornaments. My second class, taught by Joe Newberry, was all about applications of a technique… Read More
27th Street 