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Bring the family! Silver Bay YMCA Conference Center offers: Housing choices, some w. private bath, some as low as $60/night. Rate includes all meals and activities. 35-55% off for kids, under 6 free! All-site Wifi. Activities! Swimming, boating, tennis, crafts, gym, shop, hiking trails, volleyball, archery, family programs. Licensed day camp every morning. Night fun! Campfires, movies, karioke, late sunsets. Camp-“lite” (9am-12:30pm only, $250/week) includes: Daily instrument classes for banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, bass... AND... Coached small groups: Beginner slow jams, all the way to advanced band coaching Add the Afternoon program (2-5pm daily, only $150 extra!): Daily classes on harmony singing, slow jamming, songwriting, practice “boot camp”, band lab, more! Activities every night – Open mics, bluegrass movies, karaoke, talks, jamming! Choose morning-only or all-day program: Only $250 / $400 for five days! The Program SilverBay.org Explore the website to view site, rooms and rates, activities. More about this camp on BGjam.com Great place for a camp like this!!! The small jams were challenging and empowering, a big confidence boost for me. The mixed instrument, jam opportunity and performance experience were invaluable. Likewise student population was great, helpful and fun, a major part of the success. Awesome location!!! Silver Bay Bluegrass Camp All- Wernick Method teaching! by Pete Wernick and these certified, experienced bluegrass player/teachers Pete Wernick – “Dr. Banjo” of Hot Rize and Country Cooking, originator of jam camps, banjo camps and the Wernick Method Ira Gitlin (bass) multi-instrumentalist, kids program leader, camp teacher Joan Wernick – “The Colorado Songbird,” world-traveled performer/jam teacher Bob Amos (guitar/songwriting) Front Range lead singer/bandleader, songwriter Ellen Carlson (fiddle, singing) High Range Band, many music camps, directs Fiddleheads JamCamp Bob Altschuler (banjo) Dyer Switch Band, heads beginner track, Banjo Camp North, banjo author Alan Epstein (mandolin) Presents workshops for all levels of mandolin Gilles Rézard (mandolin/banjo) Outstanding French musician and teacher Harry Gambrill (dobro/banjo) member of three bluegrass bands Terry Baker (dobro) Camp Advisor on Lake George, NY Ý June 22-26 High quality instructors. B l u e g r a s s C a m p Call Now to register! 518-543-8833 xt. 350 Register by telephone only Family friendly! Lots of hands-on, just what I was looking for. On Lake George!

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Bring the family!Silver Bay YMCA Conference Center offers: Housing choices, some w. private bath, some as low as $60/night. Rate includes all meals and activities.35-55% off for kids, under 6 free! All-site Wifi.

Activities! Swimming, boating, tennis, crafts, gym, shop, hiking trails, volleyball, archery, family programs. Licensed day camp every morning.

Night fun! Campfires, movies, karioke, late sunsets.

Camp-“lite” (9am-12:30pm only, $250/week) includes: Daily instrument classes for banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, dobro, bass... AND... Coached small groups: Beginner slow jams, all the way to advanced band coaching

Add the Afternoon program (2-5pm daily, only $150 extra!): Daily classes on harmony singing, slow jamming, songwriting, practice “boot camp”, band lab, more!

Activities every night – Open mics, bluegrass movies, karaoke, talks, jamming!

Choose morning-only or all-day program: Only $250 / $400 for five days!

The Program

SilverBay.orgExplore the website to view site, rooms and rates, activities.

More about this camp

on BGjam.com

“ Great place for a camp like this!!!”

“ The small jams were challenging and empowering, a big confidence boost for me.”

“ The mixed instrument, jam opportunity and performance experience were invaluable. Likewise student population was great, helpful and fun, a major part of the success.”

“ Awesome location!!!”

Silver Bay Bluegrass Camp

All-Wernick Method teaching!by Pete Wernick and these certified,

experienced bluegrass player/teachers

Pete Wernick – “Dr. Banjo” of Hot Rize and Country Cooking, originator of jam camps, banjo camps and the Wernick MethodIra Gitlin (bass) multi-instrumentalist, kids program leader, camp teacherJoan Wernick – “The Colorado Songbird,” world-traveled performer/jam teacher

Bob Amos (guitar/songwriting) Front Range lead singer/bandleader, songwriterEllen Carlson (fiddle, singing) High Range Band, many music camps, directs Fiddleheads JamCampBob Altschuler (banjo) Dyer Switch Band, heads beginner track, Banjo Camp North, banjo authorAlan Epstein (mandolin) Presents workshops for all levels of mandolinGilles Rézard (mandolin/banjo) Outstanding French musician and teacherHarry Gambrill (dobro/banjo) member of three bluegrass bandsTerry Baker (dobro) Camp Advisor

on Lake George, NY Ý June 22-26

“ High quality instructors.”

Bluegrass CampCall Now to register!

518-543-8833 xt. 350Register by telephone only

Family friendly!

“ Lots of hands-on, just

what I was looking for.”

On Lake George!