About the
Camp
BLUEGRASS FOR BEGINNERS MUSIC CAMP
AT HUCK FINN JUBILEE, VICTORVILLE, CA, JUNE 12-14,
2002
EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO
JUNE 1!
Bluegrass for Beginners Music Camp at Mojave
Narrows Regional Park, Victorville, CA is a new music
camp featuring nationally known instructors Murphy
Henry and Bill Evans (banjo), Dennis
Caplinger (fiddle), John Moore (mandolin)
and Kathy Barwick (guitar) with a band
workshop by Dry Branch Fire Squad on Friday
morning, June 14. Designed for beginners and
"beginners at heart," the Bluegrass for
Beginners camp provides a painless and fun way to get
more deeply involved in bluegrass and to enjoy
playing music with others.
Small group instruction will be offered in the
mornings and early afternoons in bluegrass banjo,
fiddle, guitar and mandolin with electives also
offered in such topics as harmony singing, jam
etiquette, music theory, Repertoire and bluegrass
history. Late afternoons and evenings will be feature
student jamming and faculty concerts.
The camp is designed for beginning and "low
intermediate" level players who have already
started on their instrument (for example: guitar,
mandolin and banjo players should already know a few
chords while fiddlers should know how to hold a bow.
etc). The Bluegrass for Beginners camp is ideal for
those with little to no experience playing in a
group, as the camp will focus on painlessly learning
the skills needed to successfully play with others in
a jam or group situation. Participants must bring
their own instrument and accessories (strap, extra
strings, recording equipment, music stands, if
needed) to camp.
Bluegrass for Beginners begins at 9 a.m. on
Wednesday, June 12 and ends at 12 noon on Friday,
June 14. Meals are included with lunch and dinner
provided on June 12; breakfast, lunch and dinner on
June 13 and breakfast on June 14. Early tuition is
$250 for registrations received before June 1st, $275
after this date. Credit card orders are accepted at
888-599-2233 or by check made out to Bill Evans, 1185
Solano Ave., PMB #157, Albany, CA 94706-1440.
On site camping is available at Mojave Narrows
Park for Wednesday morning through Friday for $10 per
night. The Red Roof Inn, 13409 Mariposa Rd.,
Victorville (760-241-1577) is offering a special rate
for camp participants (mention "Music
Camp/Jubilee Rate" when making a reservation).
The cut off date for reduced rate reservations is May
29.
For additional information, contact Bill Evans
at 888-599-2233 or email at bevans@nativeandfine.com
Registration
There are two ways to register:
1) Open this .pdf file, print it out, and send it
in with your check made payable to Bill Evans.
Registration
Form (.pdf 77KB)
If you don't have Adobe Acrobat Reader
to view .pdf files, click here to download it.
2) Visit
Bill's on-line store to pay right here on the web!
We'll still ask you send in the form though.
Some other Notes:
>Tuition includes 2 meals Wednesday, 3 meals
Thursday, 1 meal Friday
>Tuition does not include accommodations
>$250 early registration (before May 1)
>Cancellation policy: full refunds offered until
June 1; 50% tuition refund June 2-11
Instructors
 Murphy Henry (banjo):
Murphy Henry has been teaching students
around the world to play banjo for the past
27 years. Her method of instruction is called
the "Murphy Method," a method of
learning to play banjo (and other bluegrass
instruments) "by ear." She and her
husband Red own and operate a mail-order
video business which sells Murphy Method
instructional videos.
Murphy has written the "General
Store" column for Bluegrass Unlimited
magazine for the past 13 years, has written a
monthly column in Banjo Newsletter since
1983, and now edits and publishes her own
Women in Bluegrass quarterly newsletter.Murphy
was selected for inclusion in the book
Masters of the 5-String Banjo, was an
instructor at the Tennessee Banjo Institute
and the Maryland Banjo Academy, and was the
1998 Keynote Speaker at the International
Bluegrass Music Association Trade Show. She
has taught banjo for the past five summers at
Augusta Heritage Bluegrass Week in Elkins,
W.Va., and has been an instructor at Steve
Kaufman’s Banjo Camp for two years, and
has given banjo workshops at Wintergrass in
Tacoma, Wash., for three years.
She and her husband Red and their two
children Casey, 24, and Christopher, 21, have
lived in Winchester, Va., for the past 16
years. They have a bluegrass band called Red
and Murphy & Co. which frequently plays
in the local area. Over the past 27 years,
Red and Murphy have recorded 10 record albums
and cassettes and two CDs which feature many
original songs composed by Murphy. In 1996,
they published a book, "And There You
Have It!", a collection of Murphy's best
Banjo Newsletter columns.
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 John Moore (mandolin):
In addition to being the mandolinist,
guitarist and vocalist for BLUEGRASS ETC,
John was also the mandolinist with the
internationally acclaimed band CALIFORNIA,
the International Bluegrass Music
Association’s 1992, 1993 and 1994
Instrumental Band of the Year. John’s
musical performances have led him throughout
the U.S. and Canada, Europe and Japan, as
well as into the studio doing sessions for
other artists. He does radio and television
commercials, movie sound tracks including
"Blaze" for Touchstone Pictures,
"El Diablo" for HBO,
"Christmas in Connecticut" in which
he also appeared and "The Spitfire
Grill" for Hallmark Hall Of Fame. John
also recorded the soundtrack for, and
appeared in the CBS Television Special
"The Legend of the Beverly
Hillbillies" in a four piece band along
with Roy Clark, Byron Berline and Earl
Scruggs. He recently recorded a Grammy
nominated album with Byron Berline, Vince
Gill, Bill Bryson, Dennis Caplinger, Rick
Cunha and Jann Browne, and another with Mike
Oldfield of "Tubular Bells" fame.
He has just completed a TV commercial for
Cingular Wireless along with Dennis
Caplinger, Bill Bryson, Herb Pedersen, Kenny
Blackwell and Sara Watkins that is currently
airung nationwide. John was featured on the
cover of the May/June 1993 issue of Bluegrass
Now Magazine, and is most recently featured
on the cover of the May/June 1999 issue of
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. |
 Dennis Caplinger
(fiddle): Dennis Caplinger is a
multi-talented musician who has toured and
recorded with many different artists
including Bluegrass Etc.,Vince Gill, Byron
Berline, Dan Crary, Richard Greene, Chris
Thile, John Reischmann, Ray Park, Jann
Browne, Kevin Welch, Kelly Willis, Ray Price,
Rita Coolidge and The Academy of Country
Music's House Band. His busy touring schedule
as Banjoist/Fiddler with Bluegrass Etc. has
taken him all over the world and yielded
three critically acclaimed albums to date;
their latest, "Home Is Where The Heart
Is" was voted one of the top ten
bluegrass recordings of the year for 1999 by
the Chicago Tribune. A highly sought-after
player/producer in the West-coast studio
scene, he has worked on countless jingles,
commercials, cartoons and movies and has his
own production company based in Vista, CA.
Dennis is a frequent contributor to Banjo
Newsletter magazine and was featured in the
October 1999 issue of Bluegrass Now magazine.
Dennis has taught privately for over two
decades as well as hundreds of festival
workshops and instructional camps all over
the world, including the RockyGrass Academy,
the British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop,
Steve Kaufman’s Banjo Camp and
Wintergrass. |
 Kathy Barwick (guitar):
Multi-instrumentalist Kathy Barwick has been
described by Bluegrass Unlimited magazine as
a "real discovery who plays with power
and soul." Best known for her fluid,
cross-picked lead guitar work and expressive
Dobro playing, the life-long Sacramento
resident has been a member of such bands as
the All Girl Boys, the Bluegrass
Philharmonic, and, currently, the Avocado
Brothers. Among her recording credits are
projects by the All Girl Boys, Mountain
Laurel, Carolyn Cirimele and others. Kathy
has taught at the California Coast Music
Camp, the Fifth String Music Store and Tiny
Moore Music. |
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Branch Fire Squad (band workshop, 10:30-11:30
am Friday): Bluegrass for Beginners Music
Camp is honored to have one of the
world’s greatest traditional bluegrass
bands, and a Huck Finn favorite, join us for
a special ensemble workshop that will
conclude the camp. Led by mandolin player Ron
Thomason, Dry Branch Fire Squad has delighted
audiences the world over for decades with a
unique blend of Appalachian-inspired music
and humor. Group members include Mary Jo Leet
on guitar; Adam McIntosh on lead guitar;
Charlie Leet on bass and Danny Russell on
banjo. Everyone in the band sings! The
band’s latest release is Hand Hewn on
Rounder Records. |
 Bill Evans (banjo, camp
director): Northern California banjo
player Bill Evans is one of the best-known
and respected players and teachers in the
United States. A member of Dry Branch Fire
Squad from 1992 to 1996, his latest project,
Bill Evans Plays Banjo, was named one of the
Top 10 Bluegrass CDs for 2001 by The Chicago
Tribune. A player and teacher for over two
decades, Bill has taught hundreds of private
students as well as teaching at such camps as
the Maryland Banjo Academy, Banjo Camp North,
Wintergrass, Camp Bluegrass, the California
Bluegrass Association jam camp, NashCamp and
the Augusta Heritage Center’s Bluegrass
Week. He has also taught in the music
departments of the University of Califorina,
Berkeley, San Francisco State University, the
University of Virginia, Duke Univeristy and
Mills College. His monthly column for Banjo
Newsletter magazine, "Off the
Record," is one of that
publication’s most popular features. He
currently performs with Peter Rowan, Tony
Trischka and the Bay Area bands Due West and
The Bluegrass Intentions. |
Copyright Huck Finn
Music Camp 2002
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