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The 14th Annual Kelly Country Pick Beechworth, Victoria

August 24-26 2012

www.kellycountrypick.org

Welcome to the 14th Annual Kelly Country Pick.

It is that time again—when banjos, fiddles, mandolins and all the other associ-ated string instruments invade Beechworth for another fabulous weekend of Bluegrass, Old Timey (and a dash of Cajun) music. A time where enthusiasts for these musical styles come from all over the country to share and showcase their skills and talents in this historic town; where old friends and new can gather together and enjoy their time ‘picking’ and jamming; wine-ing (not whining) and dining and watching a smorgasboard of concerts. This year we are excited to have 8 new bands attending the ’Pick’ for the first time—from all over the country, so lots of new musical collaborations for you to investigate. It is a healthy sign for the future! We also have some new workshop ideas—in particular, the opportunity to try a new instrument! Every wanted to draw a fiddle bow over the strings or get a chance to try a dobro, or pluck on a double bass? Now is your chance, and there are enthusiastic people on hand to instruct and encourage you. It is never too late to learn to play a musical instru-ment and participate in the joy and camaraderie of making music with others. We’re trying a few new things on the concert stages too—ideas picked up from our time in Asheville, Nth Carolina last year. The fabulous on-stage Old Timey sessions and Bluegrass jams were highlights of our trip and I’m hoping we can re-create something along those lines here. We apologise to those who are disappointed that we did not run a music camp this year. The last 2 years of music camps was a fabulous formative experience. We are extremely gratified by the positive feedback and to see the continued mu-sical development, enthusiasm (and friendships) of the participants. But this year, I’m just looking forward to having more energy to enjoy and participate in the festival weekend! To the volunteers who make the festival run…. we could not do it without you. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and continued support! Special thanks to Bec Humphreys for helping with local advertising yet again! As always, we’d like to thank our sponsors around the town for their generous support – Pam and the staff at The Old Priory, The Indigo Shire, The Hibernian Hotel, The Nicholas Hotel, the Beechworth Brewery, Carriage Motor Inn—we could not have developed the festival to this point without you! 24 hours in a day is just not enough time on a weekend like this. Don’t waste a minute of it! Wendy Jackson

PERFORMERS

Old Timey Sessions There will be 2 on –stage sessions over the weekend led by experienced players. Bring your instrument and come and join in. Help build that resonant old timey sound!

Downtown Pickers The ‘Wagga Boys’ have joined forces with a ‘Bathurst’ boy and have been working hard on their skills and repertoire. They will be launching their debut CD this weekend.

Faux Grass David Aumann is back with his well dressed cowboys, presenting their special mix of traditional and modern bluegrass, and cow-boy harmony songs. Looking good boys!

Old South The boys from Old South are back—all the way from S.A. They love coming to Beech-worth and we love having them. Hot pickin, immaculate harmonies and some big hats!

Breaking Hart Benton Lee Fielding and Michael David’s Brisbane based band feature clawhammer banjo, guitar and fiddle and draws on traditional music to create melodic and lyrically rich original songs. A treat for sure!

Cats in Hats The Cats in the Hats Came Back! All the way from the Sunshine Coast—in winter!! Featuring the exceptional banjo of Wendy Holman and exquisite harmonies, this trio of gals are a treat not to be missed!

Oh Willy Dear With her exceptional bluegrass banjo cre-dentials on display, Jenny Shimmin is nur-turing new talent in Sydney with this band featuring the sweet vocals and guitar play-ing of Dan and Dan. Check them out!

The Butcher Boys Mark Ballesi is bringing the boys (and Bruce) down from Wollongong. Featuring dobro, banjo, mandolin, guitar, and sweet harmony vocals, the boys have a mixture of old timey and bluegrass to share the joy!

The Barkers Vale Brothers These boys, from Northern NSW play a mixture of high energy traditional blue-grass, old timey and original songs with interesting flavours. They are witty and fun!

Strange Bedfellows These fellows have made their way down the highway from the nation’s capital and they have stories to tell. They had to aban-don the bodhran player along the way!

Kissin’ Cousins This new bluegrass band has morphed into existence in Beechworth since last year and they will have lots in store for you. Make sure you get acquainted with the locals!

Andy Baylor’s Cajun Combo Andy Baylor is a musician who traverses many genres, equally adept on fiddle, man-dolin and guitar . He’ll have a hot band as always so don’t miss the Combo!

Passionfruit Fools Wendy and Peter will be joined by John Werner, Mick Moffitt and Geoff Wright—3 big guns who can jump in off the cuff— to bring you their best for one gig only over the weekend. So don’t miss your chance.

Bluegrass Jam We are trying something new! Finishing off the Sat night concert with a blistering blue-grass jam. The hot pickers will be out in force, spurring each other on. Expect to be inspired with some great improvisation!

Kristy Cox Kristy is back with her beautiful voice , a hot support band and her 2nd Bluegrass album to share. Then, she is off to the U.S. for an extended stay, so make sure you catch her before she leaves our shores.

CONCERTS

FRIDAY PRIORY HIBERNIAN NICHOLAS

6.00 Ol Timey Session on Stage

7.00 Downtown Pickers

9:00 Faux Grass

Breaking Hart Benton

10:00 Old South Cats in Hats

11.00 Cajun Combo Oh Willy Dear

SATURDAY THE PRIORY BRIDGE RD BREWERY

12.00-2.00 Black board Concert

2.00 Oh Willy Dear The Barkers Vale Brothers

3.00 The Butcher Boys Cats in Hats

4.00 Downtown Pickers CD Launch

Strange Bedfellows

SAT NIGHT THE PRIORY HIBERNIAN NICHOLAS

7.00 Barkers Vale Brothers

8.00 Strange Bedfellows

Kissin’ Cousins Faux Grass

9:00 Old South Kristy Cox

Passionfruit Fools

10:00 Cajun Combo

The Butcher Boys

11.00 Bluegrass Jam Old Timey Jam

SUNDAY PRIORY BREWERY HIBERNIAN

12:30 Kissin’ Cousins

3.30—6.30 Blackboard

Concert

KELLY CORPSE

CLUB Join us for dinner, drinks

and a final session at the

Nicholas ….then back to the

Priory.

1:30 Breaking Hart

Benton

2:30 Kristy Cox

Map of Priory Basement Level—Workshop Rooms

Late night jamming at the Priory takes place in all of the downstairs rooms. Please do not jam upstairs or in corridors in the evenings—be considerate of people trying to sleep.

Breakfast Room

Room 1

Room 2

Room 3

Pot Belly Room Instrument Makers and Merchandise Stairwell

Private

Room Staff only

Staff Only

Cajun Dance Workshop

Weekend Workshop Program

Saturday

9.00—10.00 10.00—11.00 11.00 –12.00

Room 1 Fingerstyle Guitar

Harmonica Ol Time Banjo

Room 2 Ukulele Cajun Fiddle Ol Time Fiddle

Room 3 Double Bass Harmony Singing

Try a New Instrument

Priory Hall Fiddle Tune Jam

Clogging Cajun Dance

Sunday

9.00—10.00 10.00—11.00 11.00 –12.00

Room 1 Bluegrass Fiddle

Mandolin

Room 2 Autoharp Dobro

Room 3 Bluegrass Guitar

Bluegrass Banjo

Garden Gospel Singing

Weekend Workshops

Fingerstyle Guitar

Bob McGowan Get that alternating thumb work-

ing, and some counter melody!

Bob will help show you how!

Ukulele Bill Plant and Trisha Scott

Fresh from their tour of the States,

learning the uke with Bill and

Trish is just too much fun!

Double Bass Evan Webb Evan plays lots of instruments and

he’s on the bass case this year!

Fiddle Tune Jam Peter Hisco Wendy Jackson

Bluegrass style jam for all instru-

ments —pick the melodies or play

the chords of some standards at a

medium pace. All welcome.

Harmonica Rick Dempster We’re so fortunate to have a master teaching

our first harmonica workshop. Break out those

harps and don’t miss it.

Cajun Fiddle

Andy Baylor Andy is a versatile musical treasure and he’ll

be sharing his love of Cajun music with some

invaluable tips on this fiddling style.

Harmony Singing

Old South The boys from S.A. with the finest of harmo-

nies will be sharing their expertise and also

leading the Sunday Gospel Session.

Clogging Belinda Gibson Belinda has been keeping the clogging alive at

Beechworth for a while now. Get along and

get those feet tapping.

Ol Time Banjo

Lee Fielding Come and meet Lee, who is all the way from

QLD with ‘Breaking Hart Benton’ and get

some tips on his fine clawhammer style.

Ol Time Fiddle

Norm Adams Norm has a long history of teaching and per-

forming in the Old timey scene in Victoria.

Come and soak up some of his expertise!

Try a New Instrument

A whole crew of helpers

Ever wanted to try—double bass, fiddle, man-

dolin, dobro, banjo, autoharp but never had

the chance……. Now is your chance!!!

Cajun Dance

Margot Hitchcock

The Cajun Queen will get your steps up to

scratch so you can do a bit of two-stepping to

the Cajun Combo on Saturday night!

Bluegrass Fiddle

Mick Moffitt

Mick is one of the finest bluegrass fiddlers in

the country and will share some insights into

the bluegrass style.

Autoharp Graeme Fletcher

Just back from the ‘California Autoharp Gath-

ering’ Graeme has lots of ideas to share.

Bluegrass Guitar

(Uncle) Doug Wallace

With a wealth of all round guitar knowledge

under his belt, Doug plays with precision and

great tone. How does he do it?

Bluegrass Banjo

Jenny Shimmin She’s been mixing it with the top players in

the U.S. for years and keeping the boys here

on their toes. Don’t miss her valuable advice!

Dobro Leonard Cohen Leonard will surely inspire you to embrace the

beautiful steel sounds of the dobro.

Mandolin Andrew Hook Andrew has a long Bluegrass pedigree in Aus-

tralia. Get some tips on his technique.