10th Annual Florida Gulf Coast Dulcimer Retreat Schedule

Thursday

8:30 am - 9:30 am - Beginning Ukulele - BEGINNER - Sharrie (UKE) Gazebo

8:30 am - 9:30 am - Mountain Dulcimer Fundamentals - Bing (MD) Living Room

9:45 am - 10:45 am - Beginning Pennywhistle or REVIEW!! - Guy (PW) Patio

11 am - 12 pm - Learn Ten New Songs By Watching Hands - Richard (MD) Gazebo

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm - Manatee Orchestra - Mountain Dulcimers - Bing (MD) Living Room

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm - Get Up to Speed on Hammered Dulcimer - All Levels - Guy (SD) HD Lower

3 pm - 4 pm - Uke Performance Skills - Manatee Orchestra - Sharrie (UKE) Living Room

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm - Fun With Galax-Style Dulcimer Tuning - Richard (MD) Gazebo

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm - Manatee Orchestra for Hammered Dulcimer, Pennywhistle, & Steel Drum - Guy (HD, PW, SD) Living Room

6 pm *** Sangria Steel Drum Happy Hour! - Join us for a chilled glass of Sangria, and enjoy a demonstration, workshop, and steel drum fun! Bring your Jumbie Jam Steel Drum and stay for the workshop! Those who play are welcome to add to the demonstration - if you’ve never played before, now you can try one! Become an island music player on Steel Drum! 

Friday

8:30 am - 9:30 am -  One song, IN DEPTH - Richard (MD) Living Room

9:45 am - 10:45 am - Hammered Dulcimer Duets - Intermediate  - Guy (HD, PW, SD) HD Lower

9:45 am - 10:45 am - Mountain Dulcimer - The Secret To Chord Melody Style - Bing (MD) Gazebo

11 am - 12 pm - Mountain Dulcimer - Learn “Margaritaville”! - Bing (MD) Gazebo

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Ukulele All levels— Essential Chords and Strums - Sharrie (UKE) Living Room

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm - Make A Melody Great By Leaving Out Some Of The Notes - Richard (MD) Living Room

1:45 pm - 2:45 pm - Pennywhistle - All levels - Easy Chromatics in Songs - Guy (PW) Gazebo

3 pm - 4 pm - Mountain Dulcimer - Slide Dulcimer - Bing (MD) Gazebo

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm - Celebrating Harry Belafonte - “King of Calypso!” - Past Beginner & Above - Sharrie (UKE) Living Room

Saturday

8:30 am - 9:30 am - Play Melody with Ukulele Duets - Intermediate Sharrie (UKE) Gazebo

9:45 am - 10:45 am - Learning To Play Native American Flute - Bing (NAF) Gazebo

9:45 am - 10:45 am - Celebrating Harry Belafonte - “King of Calypso!” Pennywhistle - Intermediate Guy (PW) Living Room

11 am - 12 pm - Dulcimer Amplification In The 21st Century - Richard (GEAR) Garage

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Manatee Orchestra - Mountain Dulcimers - Bing (MD) Living Room

1:45 pm - 4 pm - Manatee Orchestra Rehearsal (ALL) -  Living Room

The Manatee Orchestra will open up the Saturday evening concert at 7 pm

Sunday

9:00 am - 10:00 am - Sunday Morning Coming Down - Bing (ALL) Living Room