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Join us for the third Arkansas Fiddle & Strings Camp July 26 - 30, 2010 in Conway, Arkansas.  We are excited to provide a week of toe-tappin’ and spirit soothing string instruction. Whether you play fiddle, mandolin, guitar or banjo, we’ve got the music for you!  Musicians Tim Trawick and Chuck Hughes will lead our lineup of teachers.  You won’t want to miss the fun and learning of our fiddle repertoire and optional evening jam sessions.  Perfect a new tune or two, make a new pickin’ partner, learn several new licks and have a great time.  Register NOW for the Arkansas Fiddle & Strings Camp.  We can’t wait to jam with you!  We invite family and friends to attend our final camp performance on Friday, July 30 at 7 pm.  It will promise to be an inspiring and entertaining evening.

Registration - Pre-registration discount ends July 15

Arkansas Fiddle and String Camp
Pre-registration discount ends July 15

July 26 – 30, 2010                
Conway, Arkansas 


Location:  Antioch Baptist Church, 150 Amity Rd.                     
                (Interstate 40) Conway, AR 72032

info@arkansasfiddler.com for information


Register Online:

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Age
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Parent Name
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Please select the instrument(s) you plan to play at camp. If more than one, select in order of preference:

Fiddle Banjo
Mandolin Guitar - acoustic flat picking, jazz, bluegrass

Please select your level of participation:

Beginner track (2 hour daily + performance on Friday Night) $100
After July 15, $130
Beginner students must have at least 1 year of experience.
Intermediate/Advanced Track (9:00 to 3:00 daily) $250
After July 15, $300
Private Lesson (optional, fees vary by instructor, contact us for more information)
     

Emergency Contact Information:

Does the participant have any medical concerns we need to know about?
If so, please explain.

For all students without an accompanying adult, we need emergency contact phone numbers.
In case of emergency, please call
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2nd Choice Name

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Lunch – You may bring a lunch and eat on site. Lunches will NOT be provided this year. 

  A $100 dollar deposit will reserve your spot, due July 15. This is nonrefundable except in emergency situations.  Balance is due no later than Monday, July 26, 2010.  We accept personal checks, cash and Pay Pal.

Uncertain about which camp experience is right for you? Contact Tim Trawick, camp director (501 329 4278), to discuss how you would best fit in to our camp. A DVD recording or audition on the first day of camp may help determine the best placement. 

Does more than one person in your family want to attend camp? Contact Tim Trawick about generous family discounts. 


All checks, registrations and audition tapes should be mailed to: 

Tim Trawick, 1740 John Bryant Drive, Conway,  AR  72034

 
   

 

Schedule information

8:30
  Morning look at the Word and prayer time (optional)
8:45
  All students report to academy rooms to tune and warm up
9:00
  Instruction/rehearsal begins
11:45-12:45
  Lunch on campus
 Lunch – You may bring a lunch and eat on site. 
12:15-12:30
  Organized recreation (ultimate Frisbee, soccer, relay games, etc.)
12:45
  Instruction/rehearsal resumes
1:00
  Beginner instruction begins.
3:00
  Class ends for the day
3:30
  Band/group coaching and/or private lesson time
  Friday’s schedule will be cut one hour short so everyone can rest and prepare for the evening’s performance. 
  Friday evening performance – 6:30 All students report back to church to prepare.
7:00
  Performance begins
  Performance dress will be nice casual.  Any other specifics will be updated on the website closer to camp date.  Check back by July 21 for this information.

 

Instructors  

 

Tim Trawick, 2007 Arkansas State Fiddle champion, has been performing and teaching stringed instruments since his teen years. A multi-instrumentalist (mandolin, guitar and fiddle), Trawick toured with Christian band “Forerunner” in the early 80s. In 1988 he crossed the ocean and performed for thousands in Europe on tour with the bluegrass band “Wildfire”.  Trawick has participated in a number of recording projects including a mandolin/guitar piece that was used on tv and radio commercials for a number of years in central Arkansas. Trawick has been married to Jeanne since 1980 and their two sons are both accomplished musicians. A passionate project of Mr. Trawick’s is his church work with kids teaching Bible memory songs. 

 

Jed and Harry Clark

Jed and Harry Clark are turning heads in bluegrass circles, having played at many festivals, contests and local venues. Jed, 18, is a stellar guitar player with impeccable rhythm and driving bluegrass lead picking. Harry, 16, plays mandolin with superior dexterity, clarity and varied improvised expression. Jed is the current Arkansas champion on flatpick guitar and Harry is state mandolin champion, each having won at the 2009 Arkansas State Pickin’ Championships in Little Rock. (A note of interest here: Harry won second place in flatpick guitar and Jed won second place in mandolin!) Their band won first place in the 2010 National Youth in Bluegrass Contest at Silver Dollar City, Missouri, as well as 3rd place in the National Single Mic Contest. Jed and Harry will be visiting the Arkansas Fiddle & Strings Camp this year, and will present their talents as part of an improvisation workshop. Jed and Harry’s band performs regularly at the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, Arkansas. Jed learned in March of this year that he has been accepted into the School of Music at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, for the fall 2010 semester. Harry is continuing his homeschool education and is very interested in pursuing a career in music.

 

Ellen Appleton on Fiddle

Ellen Appleton began playing violin at age 3. She served as Concertmaster in the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra for six years and was a two time first place winner in the Memphis Beethoven Club Young Artist Strings competition in the Junior and Senior divisions, a winner in the Smithville Fiddlers Jamboree, and a two time winner of the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra Concerto competition. She has been Concertmaster for All West String Orchestra in 2007 and the Senior Orchestra in 2008. In 2007 and 2008, Ellen won first place in the Irish musical competition in the Memphis Feis. She received several first place awards in Irish Step Dancing in the 2008 Memphis Feis. In summer, 2008, she received a full scholarship and teacher apprentice award for 2009 at the Randy Elmore Fiddle Camp in Texas. In summers, 2008 and 2009 she worked with the Annie Moses Band in their fine arts academies in two states, teaching and performing, and will again work with the Annie Moses Band’s Fine Arts Academy in Nashville, TN, summer, 2010. Ellen has worked in several studios doing back-up violin and mandolin for other artists. She has several original compositions of fiddle music, folk music, and an original composition of praise and worship music. Ellen enjoys playing a variety of music—classical, western swing, jazz, old time fiddle, Celtic, and gospel bluegrass. She featured this variety of music on her first CD released in 2004, at age 11. She had her second CD released December, 2006, which features Will Tell, a newgrass band which she co-founded, encompassing music of the Celtic style. Will Tell also released another CD, Nobody, which features some of Ellen’s original compositions.

 

Chuck on Banjo

Chuck Hughes will be teaching guitar, banjo and mandolin. Chuck obtained a Bachelors Degree in Music Education from Henderson State University as a Percussion major and also holds a Masters Degree in Instrumental Conducting from UCA in Conway. Chuck has taught both High School and College since 1986, including three years as band director at Lyon College and several years at Ozarka College in Melbourne. In addition to teaching, Chuck brings a wealth of performing experience to our camp. Chuck has shared the stage with Charlie Rich, Jim Nabors Phyllis Diller, Charo, Barbara Eden and Grandpa Jones and he has also performed at theme parks including Silver Dollar City and Opryland, USA. Chuck has performed in Europe on three different occasions as a soloist and with bluegrass band Wildfire. He currently performs with the folk music group The Leatherwoods and with Posey Hill which is a family bluegrass band. Chuck also operates a private recording studio in Mountain View. Chuck was a National Finalist on banjo at Winfield, Kansas in 1983 and also won the 1986 Arkansas State Banjo Championship. Chuck currently lives in Mountain View, Arkansas with his wife Michelle and daughter Jazmin and teaches music at Calico Rock School District.

 

Annalisa Crosmer

Annalisa Crosmer began violin lessons at the age of five, and within a few years she was winning awards in competitions around central Arkansas. By the time she was eleven she was the Arkansas State Junior Champion Fiddler, an accomplishment she repeated the following year. In addition to these titles she has won numerous other old time fiddling awards, including first places in the Junior Division of contests in Leslie and Clarksville, Arkansas. Annalisa has advanced in classical violin as well. She was a member of the Conway Symphony Orchestra for several years and was selected as a substitute section violinist with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. A skillful and observant instructor on the violin, she relates well to students of all ages, one of whom achieved All State status this year. Annalisa is a National Merit Scholar and was awarded the Governor's Distinguished Scholarship. She will be attending Hendrix College in the fall and plans to double major in music and biochemistry. She is also a talented pianist who can be heard regularly on Sunday mornings as the church musician at Salem United Methodist Church. In 2004 Annalisa played her fiddle on "A Prairie Home Companion" with her sister Charlotte when Garrison Keillor brought the popular radio show to Hot Springs, AR.

 

Sam on Fiddle

Sam Trawick is a violinist who will be a sophomore at UCA in the fall on an academics as well as a music scholarship. Having played violin since he was five, Sam made All-Region Orchestra every year seventh through twelfth grades, and made All-State Orchestra all three years he was eligible. In 2009 he made second chair, first violins in All-State, and served as concertmaster for the Conway High School Orchestra. He performed the outstanding violin solo Praeludium and Allegro by Kreisler in January of 2009. No stranger to fiddle contests, Sam is a fourth generation fiddler, and taught at the first two Arkansas Fiddle and Strings camps.

 

Accommodations

If you are traveling in an RV, close RV parks include:

Toad Suck Park on the Arkansas River – www.recreation.gov and http://www.swl.usace.army.mil/parks/toadsuck/index.htm

Sites are $18 or $20 nightly including water and electricity.

1-877-444-6777 for reservations

The park phone # is 501-759-2005.

This site is about 7 or 8 miles from Antioch Baptist Church, a straight shot out Dave Ward Drive.

Woolly Hollow State Park - 501 679-2098 is the phone number. Camping - Scattered among the trees near the lake are 20 Class "A" campsites. Equipped with water, dual-electric hookups, table and grill at each site, plus a modern bathhouse nearby, this first-class campground provides year-round camping pleasure at its best. Twelve Class "B" campsites with water hookups are available.

Location Take Exit #125 off l-40 at Conway, then go 12 miles north on US Highway 65 to Arkansas Highway 285 (just one mile north of Greenbrier); take Highway 285 east 6 miles to the park entrance.

Woolly Hollow State Park 82 Woolly Hollow Rd.
Greenbrier, AR 72058
Telephone: (501) 679-2098

Morrilton, AR has a KOA Campground about 15 miles out of Conway.

With hiking trails leading to a 95-foot waterfall, caves with ancient pictographs, unique rock formations and stunning mountain overlooks, Petit Jean reigns as the queen of Arkansas state parks. Fish and rent boats on Bailey and Roosevelt lakes, take in a nature program or picnic in a hidden cove. It's just a short drive to the Morrilton / Conway KOA, where you can hit the pool, playground and game room-or even keep your horse in a corral. Great fishing spots like Lake Overcup are minutes away. The family-owned (and operated) campground offers weekly / monthly rates, so take your time to explore. Area offerings include the Museum of Automobiles, a golf course and antique stores. Check out the flea market within walking distance.

Hotels/Motels – DO tell the receptionist you make reservations with you are with the Arkansas Fiddle & Strings Camp. Some may offer a promotional rate for us. Others give only AAA and AARP members special rates. There are others in Conway. These are right there near I-40 and the Antioch Baptist Church. There is a new Conway Commons mall right there with stores including Target, Kohl’s, Belk, Pier I, Best Buy, Home Depot, etc. Food offerings include Chick-Fil-A, Chili’s, Arby’s and Tropical Smoothie to name a few. Also nearby is McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Annie’s Restaurant.

Days Inn – 1002 East Oak Street – 501-450-7575

Double Queen room - Rooms include microwave, refrigerator & hairdryer in room. They have free wireless internet and continental breakfast.

Kings Inn – Oak Street @ I-40 329-5653

Comfort Suites – 329-8548 705 N. Museum Rd

Best Western 329-9855 I-40 & Hwy. 64E

Accommodations include continental breakfast, wireless internet and swimming pool. Rooms include standard items: iron, coffee maker, blow dryer, etc. Annie’s Restaurant is on the same property for ease with meals.

Hampton Inn 329-8999 810 North Museum Road

They give special rates for AAA and AARP. Outdoor pool, hot and cold continental breakfast and free wireless are available. Rooms include refrigerator and coffee maker and other standard items.

Economy Inn 501 327-4800

They offer continental breakfast, outdoor pool and wireless internet access.

Rooms include refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker along with other standard items.

America’s Best Value 815 E. Oak Street 501-329-8392

Rooms include microwaves & refrigerators along with standard items. Wi-fi access and continental breakfast are offered. They share a swimming pool with the Economy Inn across the street.

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