MUSEUM CALENDAR

Saturday Lessons Program = Kentucky BlueGrass AllStars

The Saturday Lessons concept is simple: we are growing the Biggest Bluegrass Band on Earth! We are doing so not only to have great fun playing great music together, forming family bands and youth bands, playing all the time, all over town, but also to preserve our indigenous cultural heritage as legatees of Bill Monroe's gift of bluegrass music to his home region and state.

All residents of this region are warmly welcome to join us as we continue to build the BIGGEST BLUEGRASS BAND ON EARTH!

FACULTY:

Randy Lanham, Fiddle and Mandolin Instructor, Education Director

David Morris, Mandolin and Banjo Instructor

Jeff Hardesty, Guitar Instructor

Lessons begin on Saturday, February 11 2012.

Lesson Dates: Feb 11th, Feb 25th, March 10th, March 24th, April 7th, April 21st

                         May 5th, May 19th, June 2nd, June 16th

Class Schedule for The 2012 Spring Semester

Fiddle Beginner 6 and 7 year olds - 9:30am upstairs in art room

Fiddle Beginner 8 and 9 year olds - 10:15am upstairs in art room

Fiddle Beginner 10 years and up - 11:00am upstairs in art room

Fiddle Intermediate all ages - 12:00pm upstairs in art room

Guitar Beginner 6 and 7 year olds - 10:00am in Woodward

Guitar Beginner 8 and 9 year olds - 11:00am in Woodward

Guitar Beginner 10 years and up - 12:00 in Woodward

Guitar Intermediate all ages - 1:00pm in Theater

Every student will pay tuition in full, in advance, each semester. This must be paid when the student registers. There are 2 ways to register and pick up your instrument on loan: 

COST: Fall Semester: $30* Each additional immediate family member is $15*. Includes:

• An instrument on loan (the price is the same whether or not you use your own instrument)
• Photocopied instruction materials, as needed
• Group lessons every other Saturday from Oct ober 15 through December 17.

COST: Spring Semester $60* Each additional immediate family member is $30* Includes:

• An Instrument on loan (the price is the same whether or not you use your own instrument)
• Photocopied instruction materials, as needed
• Group Lessons every other Saturday from February through the group's ROMP performance on June 30, 2012

HOW TO REGISTER:

(1) In person at the museum (check, cash, or credit card)

Call 270-926-7891 Monday – Friday: ask for Carly Smith

(2) Phone the museum (credit card only)

Call 926-7891 Monday – Friday: ask for Carly Smith

The group’s performance at ROMP. (Note: you are not required to perform at ROMP to take lessons, but only those who perform at ROMP will receive ROMP passes & the Kentucky BlueGrass AllStars’ t-shirt.)

ROMP PASSES:

Each Kentucky BlueGrass AllStar who performs at ROMP will receive a special AllStars wristband good for free admission on Saturday, June 30. This wristband is for AllStars only, and they must wear it regardless of their age. They will also receive TWO GUEST PASSES for Saturday, June 30 only, which they can give to family members or friends who are in the same car with them when they arrive at the festival.  Additional family members and friends need to pay the usual admission price to the festival.

• A new KY BlueGrass AllStars t-shirt if you perform with the AllStars at ROMP
• A one-year Membership in the Bluegrass Museum, with member benefits
• One (1) museum bumper sticker and Two (2) free guest passes to the museum

*Full and Partial Scholarships available. Call 926-7891 for an application.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM 

We offer modestly priced group music lessons taught by professional bluegrass music instructors, and free instruments on loan to anyone in the area who would like to take lessons. The performance band formed by this large group of people taking lessons is ambitiously dubbed the Kentucky BlueGrass AllStars.

Students ranging in age from 6 to 80 and up choose from learning how to play the banjo, fiddle, guitar or mandolin. More than music lessons, more than free loaner instruments, the program is a rich package, providing quality instruments and hands-on lessons, photocopied instructional materials (as needed), a Kentucky Bluegrass AllStars T-shirt, and passes to their performance day at ROMP (River of Music Party) if you perform with the Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars at the festival.

Group lessons are every other Saturday beginning in the Fall at the museum, and ending at ROMP. See the form below for details. The total package cost is $30 for the Fall Semester and $60 for the Spring Semester; this price is cut in half for each additional immediate family member. Scholarships are available.

To reserve your seat, come to the museum, register, and be fitted for your instrument. Registration for the Fall Semester is throughout the month of September; for the Spring Semester, it is throughout the month of January and February until the 15th. Call Carly Smith at the museum for any other information: (270) 926-7891 or 1 (888) MY BANJO.