WINTER BLUEGRASS WEEKEND - SHOWCASE SCHEDULE
A Festival of Bluegrass & Old-Time Music & Dance
March 5-7, 2010, Radisson Hotel & Conference Center, Plymouth MN
Showcase Schedule (as of 2/19/2010)
 NEW! Thursday - The Get-a-Head-Start Jam
In The Mezzanine 7:30 PM to ? on March 4th
Deering Banjos Stage (Auditorium)
Friday
MC: Tom Pietrs
6:45 Mother Banjo
7:30 The Seldom Herd
8:15 Ivory Bridge
9:00 Switched At Birth
MC: Earl Jarosh
9: 45 Morgans Run
10:30 Mark Kreitzer Band
11:15 The Fish Heads
Saturday
MC: Kim Monson
11:45 Kalisch Family
12:30 Middle Spunk Creek Boys
1:15 Blue Wolf
2:00 New North String Band
MC: Steve Howard
2:45 Brian Wicklund & The Fiddle Pals
3:30 Wild Spirit Band
4:15 The Platte Valley Boys
Saturday Night Headline Concert: The Chapmans
7:00 PM with Cousin Dad (doors open 6:30 PM) and MC: Earl Jarosh
9:30 PM with The Chris Silver Band (doors open 9:15 PM) and MC: Katryn Conlin
Sunday
11:15 MBOTMA General Membership Meeting
MC: Joanie Bull
11:45 Cabin Fever
12:30 Singleton Street
1:15 The High 48s
2:00 Pickin’ Up Steam
MC: Pam Kolupailo
2:45 Tangled Roots
3:30 Matchlite Briquette Boys
4:15 Now & Then
 Nechville Banjos Stage (Europa Room)
Friday
MC: Terrance Schwartz
6:45 Two By Four Family Band
7:30 The Gated Community
8:15 The Alzen Family
MC: George Rothenberger
9:00 Buggy Whipp
9:45 Highway 61
10:30 Sloughgrass
11:15 JedFest
Saturday
MC: Barb & Gary Carlson
10:30-12:00 Open Stage
(sign up in Gathering Place starting at 7PM Friday)
2:00 The Porch Pickers
12:45 Tickwood String Band
MC: Martha Galep
1:30 Poor Benny
2:15 Spiritwood Creek
3:00 Alabaster Falls
3:45 Long Time Gone
MC: Joanie Bull
5:00-10:00 MBOTMA Dinner Celebration
(dinner served until 8PM)
5:00 Timbre Junction
5:45 The Blue Drifters
6:30 Bob & Lynn Dixon
7:15 Light Of The Moon
MC: John Blackstone
8:00 Sweetgrass
8:45 The Roe Family Singers
9:30 The Woodpicks
Sunday
7:30 AM to 12:00 Noon Sunday Morning Brunch
Old-Time Music & Dance Hall (Downstairs)
Friday
8:00 Old-Time Dance with Pig’s Eye Landing, Lulu Gals, and dance caller Robin Nelson
10:00 Honky Tonk Dance with Honky Tonk John
Saturday
10:00 The MN Fiddlers Assoc presents an intermediate jam & accompaniment workshop (for fiddle and guitar) with John Wallace & Gilmore Lee
12:00 The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers
1:00 Old-Time Fiddle, Banjo, and Guitar Workshops
2:00 Old-Time Group Jam
3:00 Family Dance with dance caller Ann Carter
4:00-5:30 Old-Time Concert with The Macrae Sisters
6:00 Temporary Stringband
6:45 Minnesota Blue
8:00-10:30 Square Dance with The Macrae Sisters & dance caller TBA
Sunday
8:30 Non Denominational Church Service with Richard Dugan
MC: Craig Rothfolk
9:45-12:00 Gospel Show
9:45 Incredible Banjos
10:30 Sherrie Minnick & Jackson Buxton
11:15 Blessings Gospel Trio
MC: Phil Nusbaum
12:00-2:00 Swap Meet (Dance Hall Entry Area)
12:00-1:30 Grass Seeds Academy Recital & Faculty Concert with The Whistlepigs
1:30-3:30 Spotlight On “Passing It On”
3:30 Raffle Drawing
3:45 MN Mandolin Orchestra
Exhibit Rooms (Conference Rooms B & C & D)
Friday 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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 Gathering Place (Conference Room E)
Sponsored by Gallagher & Choice Guitars
Friday
6:00 Gathering Place Opens
6:30 Kids Show with Jack Pearson
7:00 Open Stage Sign-up Starts
7:30 Kids Are Audiences Too - A Band Workshop with Jack Pearson
Saturday
11:00 Kids Show with Jack Pearson
12:30 Beginner’s Jam led by Bill Cagley
3:30 Intermediate Jam led by Bill Cagley
5:00 Bill’s TLC Stage with Bill Cagley (until 6:30)
10:00 Gathering Place Closes
Sunday
9:00 Gathering Place Opens
12:00 Intermediate Jam led by Bill Cagley
4:00 Gathering Place Closes
Workshops
Sponsored by Homestead Pickin’ Parlor
Saturday (Board Room 2)
12:00 The Bose Sound System with Jason Sheridan
1:00 Sea Shanty Workshop with The Eddies
2:00 Lead Guitar Workshop with Steve Borgstrom
3:00
4:00 Songwriting Workshop with Douglas Wood
Saturday (2nd Floor Conf)
12:00 Introduction to Bass with Holle Brian
1:00 Introduction to Guitar with Mark Kreitzer
2:00 Introducation to Banjo with Mark Kreitzer
3:00 Introduction to Mandolin with Mark Kreitzer
4:00 Introduction to Fiddle with Mark Kreitzer
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