Augusta Heritage Center's Mini-courses

2010 Mini-courses
Weeks 1-5

July 11 - August 12, 2010

Tuition: $55 (All summer mini-courses)

Augusta Mini-Courses add to students’ daily learning experiences and allow busy local residents to attend Augusta Workshops. You need not be an enrolled Augusta student to sign up for Mini-Courses. Check out the wide array of subjects-outlined by week-from which to choose! A real bargain, Mini-Courses cost only $55 (Spring Augusta mini-courses are $45) for four evenings of instruction by world-class artists. Classes are 6:30pm to 7:45pm Monday through Thursday unless otherwise noted. Some classes may require a small materials fee.

All Mini-courses meet Monday–Thursday from 6:30 to 7:45pm, unless otherwise noted.

To register, specify course and instructor.

Mini-course Index

Accordion Repair (Week 1)

Accordion from Scratch (Week 1)

Banjo from Scratch (Week 5)

Bass from Scratch (Week 5)

Bermuda Shorts (Caribbean Dance) (Week 5)

Bodhrán (Week 3)

Bones & Bodhrán 9-10am (Wk 3)

Cajun Dance (Week 1)

Cajun Fiddle Repertoire (Week 1)

Calligraphy (Week 3)

Ceili Band (Week 3)

Canadian Step Dance, Intro to (Week 3)

Clogging/Flatfooting (Week 5)

Clogging, Intro (Week 4)

Coal Mining Classics (Week 5)

Cowboy Songs & Yodeling (Week 4)

Country Blues Harmonica and Singing (Week 5)

Creole Cooking (Week 1)

Eurotunes by Ear (Week 3)

Fiddle From Scratch (Week 4)

Fiddle From Scratch (Week 5)

Gospel Singing (Week 2)

Acoustic Guitar From Scratch (Week 1)

Guitar for Beg. and Int. (Week 3)

Guitar From Scratch (Week 4)

Hammered Dulcimer fm Scratch (Wk 4)

Harmonica, Beginning Blues (Wk 2)

Blues Harp Performance (Week 2)

Harmony Singing fm Scratch (Wk 1)

Irish Songs & Ballads (Week 3)

Mexican Cooking 4:30-6:30pm (Week 2)

Mountain Dulcimer (Week 5)

Swing Dance, Intro to (Week 4)

Swing Ensemble (Week 4)

Swinging to the Blues (dance) (Week 2)

Swing Fiddle (Week 4)

Swing Mandolin (Week 4)

Mini-courses and Staff
Week 1 - July 12-15 $55
Accordion Doctor	Larry Miller	Repair
Accordion from Scratch	Drew Simon	Novice/Beginning
Cajun Fiddle Repertoire	Joel Savoy and Jason Frey, et al.
Creole Cooking	Charlmaigne Thibodeaux-Chavez	Materials fee: $35
Cajun Dance	Kelli Jones
Acoustic Guitar From Scratch	Thomas Bryan Eaton	Novice/Beginning
Harmony Singing From Scratch	Karen Collins and Ric Sweeney	Novice/Beginning
Week 2 - July 19-22 $55
Gospel Singing	Roddy Barnes
Mexican Cooking (4:30-6:30 pm)	R. P. Hale	Minimum age: 16 Materials fee: $25-30
Beginning Harmonica	Allen Holmes
Blues Harp Performance	Joe Filisko	Intermediate/Advanced
Swinging to the Blues (dance)	Mike "the Girl" Leggett with Dan Rosenthal
Week 3 - July 26-29 $55
Bones & Bodhrán *(9 am-10 am, Monday-Thursday)*	Myron Bretholz
Bodhrán	Myron Bretholz
Calligraphy	R. P. Hale
Canadian Step Dance, Introduction to	Matthew Kupstas
Ceili Band	John Skelton
Eurotunes by Ear	Paul Oorts
Guitar for Beginners & Intermediates	John Rossbach
Irish Songs & Ballads	Jim Flanagan
Week 4 - August 2-5 $55
Intro to Clogging	Matthew Kupstas
Cowboy Songs & Yodeling	Liz Masterson
Guitar from Scratch	Gerry Milnes	Novice
Hammered Dulcimer from Scratch	R. P. Hale	Novice
Intro to Swing Dancing	Mike "the Girl" Leggett with Dan Rosenthal
Swing Ensemble	Peter Ecklund	Open to all instruments and to all Augusta students
Fiddle from Scratch	Tom Cunningham	Novice
Swing Fiddle	Buddy Spicher	Intermediate/Advanced
Swing Mandolin	Seth Rosen
Week 5 - August 9-12 $55
Banjo from Scratch	Greta Van Doren	Novice
Bass from Scratch	Barb Withee
Bermuda Shorts: Caribbean Dance	Laurie Goux
Clogging/Flatfooting	Matthew Olwell
Coal Mining Classics	Michael & Carrie Kline
Country Blues Harmonica & Singing	Tim Wells
Fiddle from Scratch	Anna Roberts-Gevalt	Novice
Mountain Dulcimer	Karen Mueller	Adv. Beg./Intermediate

Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College
100 Campus Drive, Elkins, WV 26241
Phone: 304.637.1209
Email: augusta@augustaheritage.com