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
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6:30 - 7:15PM |
Bidding Farewell to Friends of the Banjo, by Bob Carlin
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7:30 - 8:15PM |
Movement Revolutions: Transgression and Defiance in Blackface Banjo Dance and Song, by Dr. Christopher J. Smith
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8:30 - 9:00PM |
Current Projects and Initiatives, led by Jim Bollman
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Friday, November 4th
9:00AM - 9:45AM |
Banjos in the Digital Humanities, by Marc Fields and Greg Adams
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10:00AM - 10:45AM |
Possessions to Pop: Banjos and Related Instruments Across Moroccan Music, by Christopher Witulski
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11:15AM - NOON |
The 1997 Conference on Antebellum Culture and the Banjo, and what followed, panel discussion led by Peter Szego
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2:00PM - 3:30PM |
Banjo Publishing Projects Panel, with Bob Carlin, Gerard DeSmaele, Lewis M. Stern, Richard Jones-Bamman and Bob Winans
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4:00PM - 4:45PM |
All Hand Work: Continuing the legacy of Jenes Cottrell, by Christopher Dean
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7:00PM - 7:45PM |
Frank B. Converse: ‘Father’ of the Banjo, by Joel Hooks
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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
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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
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11:00AM - 11:45AM |
The Gourd Banjo: Deep Rural Roots, by Kristina Gaddy and Pete Ross
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2:00PM - 5:00PM |
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello Fieldtrip
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7:00PM - 7:45PM |
Classic-Era Banjo Restoration Techniques, by Andy FitzGibbon
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8:15PM - 9:00PM |
The Banjo in Appomattox, Virginia: Then and Now, by David Wooldridge
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9:00PM - 9:30PM |
Open Discussion about the 2017 Gathering
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Sunday, November 6th
10:00AM |
Brunch at Armand Theibold's home
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2:00PM |
Tour of Appomattox Courthouse
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***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.
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.
