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Weekend Jam Camp
Mar 20 – Mar 22
Taught by Cade Thacker & Joe Sewards using the Wernick Method
Roswell, GA
Haigwood Studios, 565 South Atlanta St, Roswell, GA 30075 (just 30 minutes north of downtown Atlanta)
Friday 5:00-9:00pm; Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm; Sunday 1:00-5:00pm
Tuition: $225
$25 discount for fiddle players!
Assisted by Duck Adkins
Includes Saturday lunch. $10 off if you register by Feb 20; $25 off for Cade & Joe’s returning Wernick Method students; $25 off for Roswell & Cumming Music Jams Members; discounts can’t be combined. $50 deposit holds your spot; 50% refundable for cancellations more than one month in advance.
As soon as you register you’ll receive our Student Prep Guide with links to our 116 Bluegrass Jam Favorites Playlists. A digital copy of our JAM Songbook will be emailed shortly thereafter, and you’ll also get a hard copy of the book at your class if you don’t already have one.
Plenty of lodging options available; see hotels.com. Saturday lunch is included in your tuition, and several restaurants within walking distance for other meals.
Cade Thacker (Roswell, GA) was born and raised in Georgia and came up in the jam band tradition of Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers. In college he heard a Garcia/Grisman album and “Old and in the Way” and bought a mandolin and never looked back. Cade says he came to bluegrass for the music, but stayed for the community! He loves playing mandolin, guitar, bass and fiddle. Cade is founder of the Roswell Music Jam, while also employed as an IT professional.
Joe Sewards (Cumming, GA) has been playing guitar for most of his life, plays upright and electric bass, and has taught music for years. He’s performed in bands in Chillicothe, OH, St. Augustine, FL and DeLand, FL as well as teaching horticulture at the University of Florida, training master gardeners, and serving as a county extension agent. For 10 years Joe had a weekly radio show, “The Sunday Afternoon Breakdown” on WFCF in St. Augustine, playing a mix of bluegrass and old time music. Since moving to Cumming in 2022 he helps lead the Roswell Music Jam with Cade Thacker.
“Joe and Cade were fabulous! They interacted so well with each other and with the students. They kept the pace going ~ interesting and fun from one thing to the next.”
“Cade and Joe are both engaging and helpful instructors. I left the class with a strong enthusiasm to learn more about bluegrass and the confidence to join jams in the future.”
“Cade and Joe are so patient and helpful ~ I couldn’t have come this far without them and the Wernick method.”
Register
Tuition: $225
Includes Saturday lunch. $10 off if you register by Feb 20; $25 off for Cade & Joe’s returning Wernick Method students; $25 off for Roswell & Cumming Music Jam Members; discounts can’t be combined. $50 deposit holds your spot; 50% refundable for cancellations more than one month in advance.
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