Greetings all, I am trying to arrange a Northeast Hurdy-gurdy workshop and things are starting to take shape. R.T.Taylor, an excellent gurdy teacher (if you don't already know) has contacted me and would like to come to the Northeast on the weekend of June 23rd. The workshop would be held in my house in Chelmsford MA (about 40 minutes Northwest of Boston - exit 32 off 495) Meals would be served there as well. Lodging for workshop participants would be in the local hotels which are about $100 a night (some a little less, some more - some a lot more). I can send out more specifics on lodging info later. If everyone wants to stay in the same place, I'll work on getting a gorup discount. My house is an 1800 brick colonial - it's a pretty cool place for a workshop and I think we will have enough space there. House has 2 cats and 2 dogs but it's fairly allergen free - we have wood floors and my husband is a neat freak so it's pretty well vacuumed. It's also smoke free.
Here's what I'm figuring: Price of workshop: $125 This includes meals 3 for Saturday and breakfast and lunch on Sunday and instruction by R.T. Friday night, Saturday and Sunday (till afternoon). It's going to be an intensive hands-on training. You will need a working gurdy for this workshop. There's no expertise level required. He said he'll tailor the workshop to the needs of the students and feels confident that he can get absolute beginners up and cranking very soon. We need 6 people to make this work and we need committments fairly soon. The reason is that I am going to fly R.T. here with some frequent flyer miles that my husband has amassed but these tickets go fairly quickly. If we were to pay for his ticket, it would add another $50-$100 to the cost per person. So that's the scoop - please email me if you are interested and also indicate your level of play and whether you play a D-G or C-G instrument. Also feel free to forward this to anyone you think would be interested in attending. Hope to see you all in June! - Jocelyn
