Camp Survey

Basic/Early Intermediate Level Bluegrass Jam Camp
Silver Bay, NY (Aug 20-25, 2023)

Taught by Harry Gambrill, assisted by Tom Behan

Step 1 of 6 – Intro

Overall feeling of the worth of the class to you:

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The pace of learning was:

Often too fast	Sometimes too fast	Just right	Sometimes too slow	Often too slow

Ratings #1

	Always	Usually	Sometimes	Rarely / Never	Strongly agree
Was the instructor caring and attentive?
Were the explanations clear and understandable?
Were you engaged (“into it”) in your jam group?
Were you overwhelmed in your jam group?
Were you encouraged in your jam group?
Were you well coached in your jam group?

What three things did you like best about the camp?

What three things would you change to improve the camp?

What aspects would you add or emphasize more?

What would you subtract or emphasize less?

Ratings #2

	Excellent	Very Good	Adequate	Sub-par	Very negative
In-class instruction overall
Productive use of time overall
Time spent in small jam groups
Pre-class materials and email

How could the pre-class materials and email be better?

Ratings #1

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Good learning experience
Fun
Worth the money

Please rate the following aspects of camp.

Ratings #3

Please answer only if you took this instruction. You’ll be able to provide comments in the next section.

	Excellent	Very Good	Adequate	Sub-Par	Needed More
Placeholder solos instruction
Practice finding melodies
Transposing
Leading a song in a jam
Singing instruction
Jam Groups
Jam Coaching
Stories, History
Male vocal range singing class
Female vocal range singing class
JAM Songbook

Bass Class

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Comments on Bass Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Banjo Class

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Comments on Banjo Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Dobro Class

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Comments on Dobro Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Dobro Class

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Comments on Dobro Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Fiddle Class

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Comments on Fiddle Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Guitar Class

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Comments on Guitar Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Mandolin Class

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Comments on Mandolin Class (including instrument handouts emailed before camp)

Repertoire Singing class (male vocal range)

Repertoire Singing class (female vocal range)

Kathy Fox – Assistant

JAM songbook

Any other aspect

Please rate your time learning from each of the Silver Bay teachers.

Harry Gambrill

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Fun
Results

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Tom Behan

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Ira Gitlin

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Joan Wernick

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Bob Amos

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Ellen Carlson

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Austin Scelzo

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Barry Mitterhoff

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Scott Hopkins

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Emory Lester

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Brittany Karlson

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Pete Wernick

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Please rate Silver Bay as a site for this camp:

	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neutral	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree
The location was convenient
The accommodations were comfortable
The food was good
The cost for room/meals was reasonable

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