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Weekend Bluegrass Jam Camp

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Taught by Petr Brandejs using the Wernick Method*

Šenov u Nového Jičína Moravia, Czech Republic

Hotel Salaš, Na Salaši 187 Šenov u Nového Jičína Moravia 74242

January 21-23, 2022

Friday 6-10pm; Saturday 9:30am-6pm; Sunday 9:30am-2pm

Tuition: 3,100 CZK (includes accommodations and meals)

Each student must submit either proof of COVID vaccination or a proof of having COVID not more than 180 days before the JamCamp.

Until further notice, all Wernick Method classes will be conducted either outdoors or in very well-ventilated indoor spaces.


Petr Brandejs has been voted Banjo Player of the Year three times in the Czech Republic. He now performs with the traditional Czech band Bluegrass Cwrkot, his own Petr Brandejs Band and blues-oriented local band Klika NJ Blues.

He has produced three banjo instruction books (including recordings) in Czech and a Czech jamming DVD. Since 1995 Petr has organized over 50 workshops and taught in Norway, Slovenia, and Slovakia. He is a co-author of a bluegrass music program for kindergartens. He is also a chairman of the Czech Bluegrass Music Association.

Petr’s students say:

“I’d like to thank you and the others for a great experience at your workshop! true love for bluegrass music.”
“I’d like to thank you and the others for a great experience at your workshop!”
“I was VERY satisfied with everything, the workshop really helped me a lot. See you next time!”
“Very pleasant atmosphere ensured mostly by superb teachers as well as all the students.”
“The participants were from the beginning drawn into action and started immediately with bluegrass.”
“They were patient, friendly as well as appreciative – all of them!”
“In less than a year I got to the position of the main guitar player, offering solos and (most importantly) singing. ”
“I can’t think of anything to change, I think it’s perfect.”
“Thanks to events like these bluegrass music in the Czech Republic will keep flourishing.”

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