"Is this normal for this event?"
It's very normal for that event, and has frustrated me in the past (and others). They just aren't very big on putting stuff on their website, for whatever reason. Not everyone has those skills. But it is a good little conference. Nothing on the scale of SPAH, and very chromatic and old-timey based, not a lot of blues action there when I went a few years ago, but you can significantly improve any technique with the excellent pros that show up there to teach (when I was there Filisko and many other greats were teaching).
For a while I was going to Columbus a lot for work, and there was a great blues bar there near the hockey arena where the Blue Jackets play, forget the name, if it's still open. They had a great blues jam led by a house band and had in all the national acts.
Bill Hines Hershey, PA
-----Original Message----- From: harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:harp-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bfilbeck Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:29 AM To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: [Harp-L] Buckeye Harmonica Festival question
I've only been playing harmonica for a year or so but my wife and I attended the SPAH convention in Milwaukee last summer and had a great time. Since we are going to be in the Columbus area around the time of the Buckeye, we thought we'd attend that one, too. I have been regularly checking the Buckeye web site http://www.buckeyeharmonica.org/ and the only 2008 information seems to be the festival dates. There is no posted schedule of seminars and such for 2008 and no ticket information. Is this normal for this event? Is pre-registration required/encouraged like SPAH or is walk-in registration common for Buckeye?
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