February 21, 2005
BCBW 2005
We are not going this year but if we were we would registering ASAP.
BCBW Registration Open
Sorrento Centre will open tomorrow to accept registrations for both the 2005 Bluegrass and Swing Workshops! We?ve planned another three weeks of great workshops and all of the details are available at our updated website (http://www.musicworkshops.ca)
Have a look and reserve your spot by calling Sorrento Centre after 9AM tomorrow.
Phone: 250-675-2421 ? Fax: 250-675-3032 or email: info@sorrento-centre.bc.ca
We've got more of the best instructors you've come to expect and some fantastic new ones. Our program always leaves people with great experiences and fond memories.
If you have specific questions about the workshops or the program, feel free to call Jay Buckwold (Director) at 604-737-0270 or email jay@musicworkshops.ca or contact our Program Director, Steve Fisher at fisheng@telus.net
NOTE: Sorrento Centre will process all applications as speedily as possible. In the interests of fairness to all participants, reservations for classes and accommodations will only be considered after 9AM ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21st. The volume of calls on the first day of registration is very high, so please be patient. Any applications including those by email or mail received before February 21st will be held for 2 days until the initial backlog has been cleared. If you don't receive confirmation of your application within 21 days, please call Sorrento Centre to ensure that it was properly processed.
Posted by songdawg at 11:47 AM | Sorrento
September 9, 2004
More Sorrento 2004 pics
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Posted by songdawg at 7:22 AM | Sorrento
September 7, 2004
Sorrento 2004
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And Sorrento BCBW was amazing. A little wet maybe but still amazing.
NBCMS folks performing "In The Pines". |
Posted by songdawg at 7:26 PM | Sorrento
February 25, 2004
BCBW open for registration
| Woohoo! The 15th Annual British Columbia Bluegrass Workshops are now open for registration. |
Posted by songdawg at 7:45 AM | Sorrento
January 4, 2004
Sorrento Advanced Bass Class Photo
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It's cold here. Really cold. So I am starting to plan my summer vacations. Looks like August will be a blast. First Blueberry Bluegrass, then Edmonton Folk Fest, then we'll be going to Shady Grove and then to Sorrento (Week 2). If I can I think I'll take fiddle instead of bass this year. Just noticed the Sorrento class photos are up. Click on the photos if you need a bigger view. Here's my class: And Marshall's: And here's the whole camp, I am in the upper right beside 24/7-jam-master Larry. Not sure where M is: |
Posted by songdawg at 7:51 PM | Sorrento
October 12, 2003
More Sorrento pics
Finally here are the last of the Sorrento BCBW 2003 photos.
Erin and Kayla visiting the animals.
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Posted by songdawg at 10:16 AM | Sorrento
September 27, 2003
Sorrento BCBW - The Trip There
| Now that my laptop is fixed I am finally getting around to uploading the Sorrento British Columbia Bluegrass Workshop (BCBW) Week 2 pics. This was our second year going to the workshop and again it did not disappoint. What a great time. A week of learning music, jamming, eating and drinking, day after wonderful day.
We left early on August 21st after having packed our gear into Zsa-Zsa (that is what I have named the wagon). We were concerned about the fires ravaging BC. Would the roads be open? Would Sorrento be closed? Luckily the roads were open and we only got stopped once for about 30 minutes while they cleared the road of debris from a cliff. Sorrento Road Trip.wmv (800 KB) Download file It was devastating seeing the countryside burnt up. The strange thing was on the right side of the road the mountainsides were covered with charred trees while on the left side everything was green. We passed quite a few homes that were destroyed near Kelowna. Last night I was talking to someone who's brother lives there - folks are starting to rebuild already.
Marshall insisted on driving all all the way there instead of taking turns (a macho streak I wasn't previously aware of?). We made great time and arrived a day earlier than planned. We called the motel at Sorrento to see if there was room for the night. There was so we unloaded our stuff and took a walk to explore and get some grub. The first person we saw was Augie jamming by the highway hanging out. He was staying at a campground until the next day when he could set up at the workshop site. We ate at a place called Home restaurant which had pretty good food.
We walked off dinner by checking out the site and walking down to the beach. As we were walking back up to our cabin we could hear the student concert from BCBW week 1 - there was even an accordion. Obviously the bluegrass police were missing a little muscle this year. We ended up crashing, glad that we had finally arrived. |
Posted by songdawg at 1:50 PM | Sorrento
September 10, 2003
More Sorrento Pics
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Posted by songdawg at 7:23 AM | Sorrento
September 9, 2003
Sorrento pics
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Laptop update: still not a word from Futureshop. I am hoping today is the day they get a chance to look at it.
J-bird sent me some photos from Sorrento.
More pictures to come soon... |
Posted by songdawg at 7:37 AM | Sorrento
September 2, 2003
Back from Sorrento
Had a great time! Thank you everyone for the birthday emails, cards and phone messages. I spent my birthday drinking Sauvignon Blanc, eating chocolate and playing my heart out on the dawghouse bass with friends in the BC mountains. It was heavenly. Just wished you could have all been there! Maybe next year?
The only downer is that my laptop got sick the morning we left. It's in the shop being repaired - seems the registry file was corrupted which means a backup, restore of data and complete reinstall of operating system is necessary. Thank goodness I have an extended warranty. The waiting period is about 8 days until the technician can take a look at it, I hope they manage to do a good backup.
As soon as it comes back I will upload some pics and maybe a sound bite from our student concert.
I am off to make myself a cup of tea and read my new book "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection"
Posted by songdawg at 7:41 PM | Sorrento
August 20, 2003
Sorrento Bound
We are off in the morning. The birds are at summer camp, we are set to go!
So far we have packed:
- one dawghouse bass, one acoustic/electric bass, one mando, one acoustic guitar and one National guitar, extra strings, tuner etc.
- mini-disc recorder and discs
- food (one weeks worth for me in little frozen containers), canned fruit and powerbars, salsa and corn chips
- Britta filter and some bottled water
- Becks beer, Big Rock Cider, sauvignon blanc (couple of really nice bottles for my birthday celebration) and Baileys
- clothes for every season
- bedding and towels
- jamming chairs
- digital camera
Thank goodness we got the station wagon.
I am undecided on bringing the laptop. It was useful last year for burning cds. I won't have an internet connection so maybe I will leave it behind. I will see in the morning.
Can't wait to get there. The drive will probably be hellish, 12 hours in a car with lots of potential bickering with hubby, the threat of forest fires and road closings etc. But once we get there, it'll be heaven. All the jamming I can stand.
See you soon!
Posted by songdawg at 9:52 PM | Sorrento