Evenings are filled with concert performances by the staff, parties, mini-classes, dances, and nightly jam sessions. The staff includes senior traditional artists and the young inheritors of Cajun and Creole traditions. All three have sprung wooden floors. Students will select one class which will meet every day, but will have opportunities to learn from everyone on staff. Augusta's 20th annual Irish Week celebrates the finest of Irish music, craft, and dance traditions in America taught by an array of outstanding artists and teachers.
Students work intensively in small groups with one instructor.
The schedule also includes daily presentations on Irish folklore and culture for the entire group. Join us in the heart of the Appalachian mountains for this week of playing, learning, dancing, and listening to old-time music. Throughout the week, students will be treated to visits by guest master artists, evening dances, song swaps, and jam sessions. Spring Dulcimer Week is the ideal way to hear, learn, and enjoy the hammered or mountain dulcimer. Now in its 14th year, Swing Week is bursting with variety, with intensive instruction in the syncopated styles of dance music and dances from the 1930's, '40s, and '50s.