2016 Banjo Gathering

​​The 2016 Banjo Gathering was held in Charlottesville, Virginia from 
​Thursday, November 3 through Sunday, November 6, 2016.
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The 2016 Banjo Gathering was held in Charlottesville, Virginia from Thursday, November 3rd to Sunday, November 6th. 

PROGRAM 

Thursday, November 3rd

6:00 - 6:30PM

​Welcome to the Gathering! Introductions and Overview, by Peter Szego and Jim Bollman

6:30 - 7:15PM

Bidding Farewell to Friends of the Banjo, by Bob Carlin

7:30 - 8:15PM

Movement Revolutions: Transgression and Defiance in Blackface Banjo Dance and Song, by Dr. Christopher J. Smith 

8:30 - 9:00PM

Current Projects and Initiatives, led by Jim Bollman

Friday, November 4th

9:00AM - 9:45AM

Banjos in the Digital Humanities, by Marc Fields and Greg Adams

10:00AM - 10:45AM

Possessions to Pop: Banjos and Related Instruments Across Moroccan Music, by Christopher Witulski

11:15AM - NOON

The 1997 Conference on Antebellum Culture and the Banjo, and what followed, panel discussion led by Peter Szego

2:00PM - 3:30PM

Banjo Publishing Projects Panel, with Bob Carlin, Gerard DeSmaele, Lewis M. Stern, Richard Jones-Bamman and Bob Winans

4:00PM - 4:45PM

All Hand Work: Continuing the legacy of Jenes Cottrell, by Christopher Dean

7:00PM - 7:45PM

Frank B. Converse: ‘Father’ of the Banjo, by Joel Hooks

8:15PM - 9:00PM

Estudiantina Espanola: The Spanish Students: How Medieval Universities, Joey the Clown, Japanese Acrobats, and the Slums of Rio Created the Tenor Banjo, by Michael Wright

Saturday, November 5th

9:00AM - 10:30AM

Modern Banjo Makers: Historic Roots, panel with Pete Ross, Jim Hartel, Kevin Enoch, Richard Newman, and Brooks Masten

11:00AM - 11:45AM

The Gourd Banjo: Deep Rural Roots, by Kristina Gaddy and Pete Ross

2:00PM - 5:00PM

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Fieldtrip

7:00PM - 7:45PM

Classic-Era Banjo Restoration Techniques, by Andy FitzGibbon

8:15PM - 9:00PM

The Banjo in Appomattox, Virginia: Then and Now, by David Wooldridge

9:00PM - 9:30PM

Open Discussion about the 2017 Gathering

Sunday, November 6th

10:00AM

Brunch at Armand Theibold's home

2:00PM

Tour of Appomattox Courthouse
***Time for Networking, Trading, and Jamming
Throughout the day and evening, there will be time between presentations for conversation and jamming, as well as viewing, trading, or purchasing banjos, other instruments, and banjo-related ephemera. ​

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