Mountain View, Arkansas is home to several major festivals and events throughout the year. To review events that are scheduled throughout the year [Click here...].
When: August 13th - 15th 2010
Where: The Inn at Mountain View
Cost: Room rate plus $50 Workshop Fee: $65.00 for workshop only (not staying at the Inn). Class limited to 20. We'll be playing tunes of great joy at the 3rd Annual Medley. Fiddle and Banjo; in a chorus of old-time bliss. With the changes to this year's Medley, the work-shops will only be for those two instruments. Billy will be doing both work-shops, as well as directing the jam.
These work-shops are about learning new tunes, but also how to put other instruments together in the context of an old-time string-band. This knowledge seems to be getting lost, as contemporarily each instrument wants to be the lead, and thus compete against each other for that, rather than work together for that old-time sound.
Cost: Room rate plus $50
Workshop Fee: $65.00 for workshop only (not staying at the Inn).
Weekend includes all of the following:
Friday night: Jam and snacks
Saturday: Breakfast, Morning Workshop, lunch on your own, afternoon workshop, Saturday night potluck supper and
Evening JAM TIME
Sunday: Breakfast (Stay an additional night).
Book now online at www.theinnatmountainview.com
You can also call us at 1-800-535-1301 or 870- 269-4200.
***Jam and workshop available to Inn at Mountain View Guests of the INN unless otherwise arranged****
Spend your evening either at the Folk Center, Cash's, Brickshy's, or Taylor's. Here is our plan......
Ozark Thanksgiving at the Inn Includes:
* Two nights lodging
* Breakfast each morning & afternoon snacks
* Candlelight Thanksgiving Dinner
* Friday afternoon pie
* Enjoy parades/football on the Big Screen TV in the cozy game room with popcorn and refreshments.
*There will be several Thanksgiving/Christmas shows in town Thurs., Fri., and Sat. night.
$289 per couple (per room) $ 85 per additional person
Featuring
2009's International Autoharp Championships'
3rd place Winner Fredona Currie
Friday evening: A Special Class on Christmas Carols!
Saturday:
Contest Playing/Preparation- Learn 4 of Fredona's Contest Tunes!
Sunday morning: Breakfast
A 21 chord chromatic autoharp will be used in all classes.
Handouts of the lyrics and chord changes for all songs used in the workshop will be provided
Fredona began playing the autoharp in 1981, and started competing in 1984, winning the Southern Regional Autoharp Championship at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR. In 1988 she placed 3rd in the International Autoharp Championship at the Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfield, Kansas.
For the next 20 years, Fredona was very busy helping her husband raise their three sons, and returned to international competition in 2009, once again claiming the 3rd place trophy.
Fredona has performed at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR for many years and instructed workshops there on several occasions. She has also entertained at Silver Dollar City in Branson, MO, and was a regular performer at the annual Pioneer Days Festival at Six Flags over Texas.
Today Fredona performs at various events throughout Arkansas, and is always eager to share her love of the autoharp with her enthusiastic audiences and students
This video is what you will experience if you come to Mt. View and visit
our Ozark Folk Center. Absolutely incredible! Ben Hall playing with
Crystal McCool, Jared Keen, and the Mickler sisters, singing Summertime.
