Hi folks,

This will be a short Blog with a longer follow-up next month. I just got back from a couple weeks at Maine Fiddle Camp and still trying to catch up. Maine Fiddle Camp is a multi-generational, outdoor, overnight, traditional music camp with instruction for 14 different trad instruments plus singing. Instruction is offered for all levels. here’s the link.  Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it I guess), Camp is full for this August, but there is a waiting list. I figured I’d give a few highlights of June 2025.

Individual classes at MFC all have bird names. Here’s the “Herons Nest”:

At Fiddle Camp each evening we have a “dinner concert,” known as “Maestro Bistro,” where staff members do a 15 minute set in the main tent. We set up tables and folks bring their dinner from the dining hall for 3 or four staff performances. Here’s a video of Lissa Schneckenburger, accompanied by Bethany Waickman, playing a tune Lissa composed.

Enjoy the video, see y’all next month. – bill