Details for Great Guitar Camp - January 19-21, 2024

WELCOME BACK!

We are thrilled to bring back the Great Guitar Camp and hope you’re just as excited as we are. This year’s guest instructor, the amazing Ruth Wyand, blues guitar player extraordinaire, joins Danny Gotham, Jon Shain, and FJ Ventre as our inimitable instructors for the weekend. Looking forward to seeing you there!

COST

Great Guitar Camp is $275. This year, you have the option to kick in $10, and pay $285 to help with other operating costs. As always, your registration fee gets you all classes during the weekend and the instructor concert Saturday night.

If you’re interested in supporting the Picknbow community and our continued outreach to those who may not be able to afford the camps, please consider contributing to the scholarship fund! And if you need a bit of help, scholarships that cover all or part of the cost of attending Great Guitar Camp are available! Contact Leah Kaufman for scholarship info, how to make a donation, and if you have any other questions!

COVID PRECAUTIONS FOR CAMP

• To be updated closer to when Great Guitar Camp begins

REGISTRATION

Because of the venue size and to keep classes manageable, registration for Great Guitar Camp is limited. Please register online and get your full payment in as soon as possible to hold your spot. You can register and pay online, please do so at least 1 week before camp begins.

LOCATION

Great Guitar Camp is held at the Old Murphey School, on the Shared Visions campus, in Durham, NC. Click here for a map.

WHAT TO BRING

You’ll want to bring snacks and beverages, lunch on Saturday and Sunday (or go out nearby), and a potluck dish+serving utensil for Saturday evening. For comfort, plan to bring layers; it can be warm then cool and warm again. Other things to bring:

• Music accessories such as capos, tuners, guitar slides, spare strings, music stand, instrument stand, etc.

• Notebook for taking notes in classes, folder/binder for handouts from instructors, pens/pencils.

• Bring your phone or another recording device (audio and/or video) and a charger, since capturing some of the classes can be helpful in your follow-up practices.

• Lyrics with chords and songbooks for any music you might want to share or have others play and sing with you.

• For Saturday evening potluck, instructor concert, and Sunday’s camper performances, invite your friends and family! The potluck and instructor concert are one of the best parts of the weekend! <3

• Beer and wine for your enjoyment or to share at any time during the weekend.

• And of course, bring your love of music, your enthusiasm, and your love of learning!

WHAT WE PROVIDE ON-SITE

• Sound system for the instructor and student concerts

• Coffee, coffeemaker, cups, plates, plasticware, napkins. Feel free to bring some of these to donate for use during the weekend — we can always use more paper towels :-)

• Refrigerators, microwave, oven

• Copy machine