How Was Catskill Irish Arts Week?

[richard]

Hello

 

I would appreciate hearing any descriptions and impressions of your experience

of the concertina workshops at the Catskill Irish arts week. How did those great players run their workshops? What was it like to have all those great players all together? Would you reccomend this event to others as a learning experience?

 

Thanks,

 

Richard

[Ken_Coles]

You can read some anecdotes (not so much about classes, perhaps) here.

 

Ken Coles

[Helen]

Richard,

 

You can take one class in the morning and one in the afternoon. Some people take 2 classes, some take one, and some just go to all the sessions.

 

You can take different instruments for the different classes. I took PA for the morning and concertina for the afternoon. Concertina was offered at all levels, I believe, both morning and afternoon.

 

It was a lot of fun to put faces to some of the Cnet members and to hear *live* the artists that I only knew on CDs.

 

There was something to do every hour of the day. Classes in the morning and afternoon. Sessions, lots and lots of different types of sessions. Listening Room = which was the teachers giving performances in a small venue. Concerts every night. More sessions.

 

Helen

[Animaterra]

It sounds absolutely wonderful. Maybe next year...