Location Map !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Workshop Locations *) Participants find instructions in their Welcome Pack

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!Welcome to the

!Preface We are happy to welcome you to the 7th Summer School in Elmstein -- enjoy your stay!

What’s new this time: There is now an additional time slot for workshops in the afternoon, so that you could attend two classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, PLUS the Set Dance workshop. We are very happy to welcome Paddy Keenan, who offers a Master Class for Uilleann Pipes and Whistles in the afternoon! Two classes are offered for the first time: “Boost your Repertoire”, where every participant has a chance to learn new tunes, and “Live Sound Mixing”, where you can learn about the specific challenges when mixing the sound of a folk music band at a live performance on stage.

There is also a new 30 minutes time slot “Open Stage” for everyone to present your music as a band or as soloist to the Summer School participants. Your performance is not restricted to Irish music only, you could show exceptional instruments usages, touch other genres, or show your special cross-over approach in folk music. If you are interested, please contact Wulf to find one of the 5 possible time slots throughout the week.

As always, if you have ideas for improvements of the event, please send your comments to info@IrishMusicSchool-Elmstein.eu — many thanks!

Wulf & the Pat Kelly Irish Music School Elmstein team

This event is hosted by

NaturFreunde Deutschlands, Ortsgruppe Ludwigshafen, a registered non-profit organization For more information see www.IrishMusicSchool-Elmstein.de orwww.Naturfreundehaus-Elmstein.de

Band for Kids (Sabrina) Terrace outside Garden

Banjo/Mandolin (Guido) Reading Room Seminar House

Bodhrán (Guido) Reading Room Seminar House

Boost Your Repertoire (Daniela) Smokers Room (but NO SMOKING !!) Hikers’ Hostel

Box/Concertina (Donna) Seminar Room, Nunnery Nunnery*)

Ensemble (Borja, Mark) Guestroom ! Hikers’ Hostel

Fiddle (Mich) Herbert’s Living Room Private*)

Fiddle (Rebecca) Karin’s Living Room Private*)

Flute (Steffen) Dining Room Hikers’ Hostel

Guitar, standard tuning (Ekhart) Seminar Room 1 Seminar House

Harp (Cheyenne) Meeting Room Youth Hostel

Irish Language (Nóirín) Karin's Solar-shed Private*)

Kindergarten Beer Garden (if raining: Stammtisch) Garden

Live Sound Mixing (Steffen) Dining Room Hikers’ Hostel

Master Class (Paddy) Seminar Room 2 Seminar House

Set Dance (Martin) Classroom Seminar House

Singing (Noel) Classroom Seminar House

Uilleann Pipes (Mick) Rear Entrance Area Seminar House

Uilleann Pipes (Tom) Smokers Room (but NO SMOKING !!) Hikers’ Hostel

Vocal Coaching (Dunja) Classroom Seminar House

Whistle (Pat) Stage Garden

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14:30-16:00 = 16:00-17:30

Contacts

!The reception desk... ...will be open very long. During the evening, "Night Bistro" snacks, such as sausages or salmon rolls (Lachsbrötchen) may be available until closing time.

Afternoon-Events All Afternoon-Events are free of charge. Guests are welcome.

Afternoon-Events are staffed by volunteers. You can show your respect and appreciation by contributing a donation, which will immediately be given to the presenters.

Monday, 16:00

Used Instruments Basar - everyone can offer used instruments for sale (Guestroom, Hikers’ Hostel)

Tuesday, 16:00

Bodhrán Trial Lesson (“Schnupperkurs”) - Guido Plüschke offers a free introduction to the very basics of Bodhrán playing for interested absolute beginners (Guestroom, Hikers’ Hostel)

Wednesday, 16:00

An introduction to Dancing - As preparation for the Dance Event on Wednesday night, Martin O’Connell gives a short introduction to the very basics of Set Dance rules (Stage outside in the Garden, if raining: Guestroom, Hikers’ Hostel)

Thursday, 16:00

Guided Tour in the Forest - Siggi Winkler offers an insight to the local flora and fauna (meet outside the main entrance of the Hikers’ Hostel, in German)

Friday, 16:00

Travel Destinations in Ulster - An exchange of insider tips to spend exciting holidays in the province Ulster (Guestroom, Hikers’ Hostel)

!Folksounds In 2015 we started a new initiative at the Naturfreundehaus in Elmstein, which is focussing on European folk music. Under this headline we bring together singers and players of (rare) instruments and expose them to mostly unknown songs and tunes to elaborate on interesting, new arrangements. Next event is the “Folksounds Summer Workshops” from September 8th to 11th 2016, registrations still possible, and please note the “Folksounds Winter Workshops” in your calendar for January 26th to 29th 2017.

For more info see www.Folksounds.de

What Who

General overall questions Wulf Rühl 📞 0151 5661 4266 or Fergal O’Mahony

Medical emergencies Medizinische Notfälle

Dr. Christof Heun-Letsch

📞 0175 2079 515 🆘

Transportation from/to Bus Station in Appenthal Reception Desk 📞 06328 229

Paying the bill for the rooms and/or catering – Please pay your bill at some point in time during the week, not on the last day! The reception desk only accepts cash or EC-cards, no credit-cards accepted

Reception Desk 📞 06328 229

Paying the Workshop fees Teachers

Sticker with the School’s logo (for a donation of 2€ or more) Reception Desk 📞 06328 229

WLAN Access (best signal strength in the reception area within the Main House) Reception Desk 📞 06328 229

Students & Teachers presentation organization Daniela Messer

Technical support for Concerts Steffen Gabriel

Donation collections at the end of Concerts and Afternoon-Events

Diane Furth & others

Videos Ilona Drechsel-Avedikian

Photos Please post your photos in our facebook group

CD/DVD/Book Sales Reception Desk 📞 06328 229

CD/DVD/Book Sales Organization; preparation: Monday 12:00, closing: Friday 12:00

Joni Ammon

Private Lessons Teachers

Press contact Diane Furth

T-Shirts, Hoodies, Caps, … www.irishmusicschool-elmstein.eu/shop

Behavioural Think-abouts — Please keep in mind:

‣ Workforce of the Naturfreundehaus are many nice people, so please do not treat them like hotel servants, no snipping with fingers, treat them with respect. Go for a fair discussion instead of complaints.

‣ Please bring back your used dishes to the prepared places, this is an enormous help for the kitchen staff!

‣ Vegetarian food is prepared for those, who ordered it! Please do not take any vegetarian food if you did not order it at online registration!

‣ The Naturfreundehaus is located in a calm valley of a wonderful landscape. Just try to be in the shoes of close by residents: they want to relax and enjoy silence during the night! AFTER 22:00, PLEASE respect legally requested silence: No music outside of buildings, please close the windows and rather have breaks when opening the windows, no loud conversations outside, please respect the neighborhood! Otherwise police will be called by them to create a lot of stress for the organizers and the Naturfreundehaus.

Danke für Euer Verständnis! Thank you for your understanding!

Go raibh míle maith agat as do thuiscint! !!Markets

Several items will be offered for sale directly from supplier to customer:

‣ CDs/DVDs & Books from different musicians and authors (teachers, students) will be presented in a display case (Vitrine) next to the reception. You can buy the products throughout the week before Friday at the reception desk.

‣ If you are interested in buying a new Bodhrán: Guido Plüschke has instruments and accessories to sell in different price-ranges. Please contact Guido for further details.

‣ If you are interested in buying a new Flute: Steffen Gabriel is not only an excellent flute player and teacher, he also builds flutes. Please contact Steffen for further details.

‣ Used Instruments Basar - everyone can sell and buy used instruments on Monday afternoon 16:00 in the Guest Room (Hikers’ Hostel).

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Concerts

The free concerts start at 20:00 and are staffed by volunteers, you can show your respect and appreciation by contributing a donation, which will immediately be given to the musicians.

Sunday Borja Baragaño & Friends, Folk music across celtic Europe

Monday Ann Grealy & Friends, Irish traditional songs & tunes

Tuesday Noel Lenaghan, Songs and tunes to stir the porridge

Wednesday Dance Evening, with tunes played by The Last Set

Thursday Students & Teachers Concert

Friday Paddy Keenan & Friends, An Irish legend in concert

Concert location

Dining Room in the Main House, alternatively if the weather is nice in the Garden.

Sessions

Each day starting after the concerts at about 21:30. Please watch the announcements before the concerts.

Singing Sessions will be additionally held on Monday, and Wednesday, in the Seminar Room 2 (Guest House), Story Telling on Tuesday and Thursday.

Private Lessons

Some teachers offer private lessons based on an hourly rate. If you are interested, please contact the teacher of your choice directly to agree on the hourly fee and the time schedule:

Borja Baragaño - Uilleann Pipes, Whistle, Flute, Asturian Bagpipe Cheyenne Brown - Harp Daniela Messer - Fiddle Donna Harkin - Accordion or Concertina Dunja Koppenhöfer - Vocal Coaching Ekhart Topp - Guitar, Banjo Guido Plüschke - Bodhrán, Banjo, Mandolin Mark Bloomer - DADGAD Guitar Mich Neumaier - Fiddle Mick Loos - Uilleann Pipes, Bulgarian Gaida, Kaval Nico Schneider - Banjo, Waldzither Noel Lenaghan - Mandolin, Flute, Whistle Nóirín Bohl - Irish (Gaelic) Language Paddy Keenan - Uilleann Pipes, Whistle Pat O'Connor - Whistle Rebecca Mc Carthy-Kent - Fiddle Sabrina Palm - Fiddle Steffen Gabriel - Flute Tobias Kurig - Bouzouki Tom Kannmacher - Uilleann Pipes !Open Stage

For groups or individual musicians to present themselves to the Summer School participants. Daily from 14:00 to 14:30.

Irish 11-O’Clock-Tea

Please be aware that from Monday to Friday at 11:00 sharp, you‘ll find hot water and Irish tea bags served outside of the Dining Room at the terrace for half an hour. Please remind your teacher of this break!

Please mark in your calendar... Irish Autumn Elmstein 2016: 18. - 20. November 2016; Summer School Elmstein 2017: 30. July. - 5. August 2017; Irish Autumn Elmstein 2017: 24. - 26. November 2017; for more info: see our website: www.IrishMusicSchool-Elmstein.de “Events” (“Veranstaltungen”)