Music in the Mountains Festival
Celtic and Traditional American
JULY 17th ~ Green Valley Lake
Join us in beautiful Green Valley Lake, located at 7000 ft in the San Bernardino Mountain range. Bring your instrument or just come to listen, for a full day (starting at 10:00am)
of making music and breathing clean mountain air. Green Valley Lake offers many amenities that you are sure to enjoy. Explore the rest if this website for more information about this pristine little community.
If you want to spend the weekend, you can rent a cabin or stay at the
campground.
Evening concert from 6pm to 8:30
featuring
four acoustic Celtic bands
Great Food!
Top food vendors
on the site, plus the excellent food at the Malt Shoppe just
down the street.
WORKSHOPS
-- There will be workshops in the morning and afternoon in which professional music instructors will teach a few Irish and traditional American tunes---both how to play the melody and how to play back-up. The workshops are open to everyone: beginners, intermediate and advanced players.
- fiddle classes
- hammered dulcimer
- fretted dulcimer
- pennywhistle
- guitar
- harmonica
- gourd drum-making
Register for this class
(pre-registration for this class is
required)
 DEMONSTRATIONS
- On our demonstration stage you can learn the difference between the various reed instruments---from harmonicas to harmoniums. There will be a foot percussion demonstration where people can learn about the French Canadian style of accompanying tunes using special rhythmic patterns with the feet. There will be an area where both adults and children can learn the basics of how to play a
variety of instruments, such as hammered dulcimers, fretted
dulcimers, drums and many more. This hands-on
experience will help you discover the musician within!
CONCERT STAGE - Two daytime concerts, one
featuring the French Canadian band Les Amis. The second
featuring the beautiful singing and dulcimer playing of Rio Parfrey.
JAMS -- There will be small jams going on most of the day, plus a large jam in the mid-afternoon. This will give people a chance to play the tunes they learned at the workshops earlier in the day, plus take turns playing their own favorite jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas and airs.
Most of these things will take place in our beautiful mountain meadow that is next door to the Community Center/Lilleberg Museum, 32659 Green Valley Lake Road here in Green Valley Lake.
We have a wonderful campground here, plus plenty of cabin rentals for those who wish to spend the night. We have swimming, fishing and boating in the lake for the other family members. You will love the food at the local Malt Shoppe, plus the
excellent food provided by vendors on the site.
Inclusive Admission - $35.00 for the whole day, includes all 3 workshops, jams, daytime and evening concerts. Does not include the Gourd Drum Class.
Evening concert only - $10.00
General Admission - $5 entrance fee and $10.00 per workshop
Children under 12 get in free but must be accompanied by a paying adult.
click here to read
about the teachersand performers at the festival.
click here to see the schedule of events
click here to see the map and get
directions, plus learn more about lodging and dining
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