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2026 Workshop Schedule

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11:30 - 12:45

Fiddle From Scratch 

No experience needed, but best to bring a fiddle.

Stacy Bechtel

2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

 

Master Class

 

Banjo

 

Christy Lou Gross

 

11:30 - 12:45

Intermediate

Banjo

Tunes and tricks of the banjo trade

Christy Lou Gross

Stage/A

 C

 Concert Tent/G

10:00

11:00

12:00

1:00

2:00

3:00

Time

E

10:00 - 12:00

​Master Class

Mandolin

Russ Rentler

​12:00 - 2:00 

Master Class

Fiddle

Jesse Milnes

1:00 - 2:15

FiddleTonation

All levels, some experience helps!

Russ Rentler 

Concert   

12 - 12:45 

Concert   

10:15 - 11:00

Concert of Words...

11:10 - 11:55

Chaz Kiernan

 storyteller and spinner of lies...

Concert

1:00 - 1:45

 

Keith Brintzenhoff

Expect the unexpected, and probably an autoharp, too

10:00 - 11:15

Bass =

Happiness!

From scratch - no experience required!

Stacy Bechtel

with Tom Druckenmiller

on banjo

 

D

2:30 - 3:45

Getting High: Fiddle Tunes with a Shift!

Moving above first position on the fiddle.

Maddy Smith

2:30 - 3:45

Keith's Tune Circle 

with various instruments

Keith Brintzenhoff

B

2:30 - 3:45

New Tunes and Songs

​Jesse Milnes

12:45 - 2:00

***Note Special Time***

Advanced Beginner Banjo

Next steps on your journey.

John Crawford

Jam Area

Open during the morning & afternoon

for jamming

 

 

 

 

 

Join us!

All are invited to take part - we'll play some familiar tunes and some not-so familiar.

BYO Chairs advised.

 

We'll play some familiar tunes and some not-so ...  

11:30 - 12:45

​Fingerstyle Banjo

Not everything used to be clawhammer!

John Updike

4:00 

10:00 - 11:15

​​Beginning Mountain Dulcimer

From scratch - no experience required!

Cindi Zechman

4:00 - 5:15

Intro to Cajun 

Fiddle

L.A. Williams

4:00 - 5:15

Playing

​Fiddle Tunes up to Speed

For mountain dulcimer and other instruments, too.

Norm Williams

11:30 - 12:45

​Bowing for Rhythm and Swing

L.A. Williams

2:30 - 3:45

Playing

Mountain Dulcimer in D, G, and A

Capo or retune??

What works and how to decide.

Norm Williams

4:00 - 5:15

​Gourd Banjo

​John Updike

Open Stage

2:00 - 2:50

Come share a tune or a song if you like

5:30

Dinner Break

6:00

to

7:00

Evening Concert featuring:
Jesse Milnes, Russ Rentler, Christy Lou Gross

on the Main Stage (A)

To contact us: email mcotmf.pa@gmail.com or call 610-657-2597

The Maidencreek Old-time Music Festival is a member of the Folk Arts Consortium, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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