Sunday/Check-in
Welcome to Mountain Collegium!
Dinner tonight (and ALL meals) will be in the Catamount Cafe (also known as Courtyard Dining Hall). Your weekly schedule also lists Brown as an option, but this is not accurate.
Tonight’s Big Blow and Bow will be held in the Blue Ridge Conference Room, 1st floor. Bring your music stand, instruments you’d like to play, and a pencil to experience the first sounds of the workshop! We’ll also have our workshop orientation during this time.
Following through with a favorite tradition, the opening Ice Cream Party is Sunday evening after the Big Blow and Bow session.
Items for sale should be place in Blue Ridge 230. If you are selling, please mark everything so folks know how to find you.
Monday
Check the 4th floor hallway between the elevator and The Bridge for sign up sheets for student-led ensembles (Wednesday night) and Garklein Choir (Wednesday afternoon).
If you suspect you are not placed in a correct class, please let Jody know by the end of the day Monday. He’ll do what he can!
Big Blow and Bow tonight is split into multiple sessions. We’ll update locations ASAP.
Tonight is Renaissance Dancing on the The Bridge! Join us as Chris Rua teaches us dances with the assistance of a LIVE BAND!!! Dancing starts at 9 pm.
Tuesday
Join us in Coulter Auditorium at 7:30 pm for this year’s Trexler Folk Lecture with guests Janie Rothfield and Allan Carr.
Tonight is Renaissance Dancing on the The Bridge! Join us as Chris Rua teaches us dances with the assistance of a LIVE BAND!!! Dancing starts at 9 pm.
Wednesday
Garklein Choir meets at 5 pm today on the Bridge. You may appreciate bringing earplugs if you have them! The overtones can be quite intense!
Garklein Choir music is in the 4th floor corridor (actually on the floor) where the sign up sheets are.
You can download the Garklein Choir music electronically from the same folder where you found the Big Blow and Bow book. Check Jody’s email from Tuesday for a link.
Student-led ensembles will meet tonight. There are some great options. You can either take advantage of one of these opportunities or plan a jam session of your own. There are still a couple of blank sign-up sheets.
Thursday
The faculty concert is tonight in Coulter Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Coulter is labeled on the map in your check-in packet. If you want to walk there, it’s level surface until stairs at the building. There’s parking near Coulter at the auditorium level if you prefer to drive. The faculty will be performing music spanning the Medieval period to the 21st century. The concert is free and open to the public!
Friday
Classes Friday will run on a different schedule. See the weekly schedule (above) for the exact times. Check your classrooms for personal belongings before you leave that classroom for the last time today.
Friday’s Participant Recital will be in CONFERENCE ROOM A at 2:45 pm. Participants should bring the music and instruments they need to perform their class selections. MUSIC STANDS WILL BE PROVIDED.
Workshop participants and faculty will perform AND RECORD Martha Bishop’s “Mountain Estampie” during Friday evening’s Big Blow & Bow. Pat Petersen, Al Cofrin, and Phil Hollar will also lead brief playing sessions. YOU WILL NEED YOUR OWN MUSIC STAND FOR BIG BLOW & BOW.
Please join us for the end-of-workshop social Friday evening on The Bridge after the Big Blow & Bow.
We have extra Big Blow & Bow books for sale for $10 each. We prefer cash or check, but you may also pay via PayPal. Jody will have the extra books at the Participant Recital and at the Big Bow & Blow Friday evening.
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There are still plenty of items for sale (and some items for free!) in Blue Ridge 230. I’m sure the sellers would love to see each and every item go home with a loving musician!
Missing someone this year? We have some cards for you to sign in the Blue Ridge lobby. These are several of our regular attendees or faculty who weren’t here this year. Let us know if there’s someone else you’d like us to send a card.
Look for the address list posted on the 4th floor corridor. Please verify that your information is correct by making a check mark. We’ll send everyone a workshop directory at the end of the week.
Check-out details
If you need to leave earlier than 7 am Friday, please contact Chrissy to arrange an earlier departure. She’s in BR 361 or text cell phone 828-789-9089.
To help housekeeping and conference staff, please make sure you have all of your belongings, take your trash (and any recycling) to the dumpsters at the end of the Blue Ridge parking lot, make sure your room is clean, and place used linens on the bed.
Return your key and key card to Chrissy and her team at check-out in the Blue Ridge first floor lobby between 7-11 am on Saturday. Your key deposit will be returned to you then, or you can donate it to the Mountain Collegium work study fund.