Tryon Fine Arts Center is hosting ‘PACJAM’ (Pacolet JAM) for children in approximately 2nd through twelfth grade from Polk County, NC and Rutherford County, NC schools, as well as North Spartanburg, SC and Northern Greenville, SC schools. It is held on Mondays (3:15-4:45) Wednesdays at the Arts Center from 4:00 to 6:00 with adult classes an hour before and an hour after and on Thursdays for PacJAM Performers from 5:00 – 6:30 pm. Pacolet JAM, named for the Pacolet River, provides small group traditional music instruction including classes in fiddle, clawhammer banjo, three-finger banjo, guitar, mandolin, bass, singing, band, and dulcimer. The program also engages parents and other adults in a community learning approach. The group performs regularly for the community for fundraisers. PacJAM also has a summer camp each year.
Enrichment Opportunities: “Our enrichment time this year was lots of dancing, plus a guest story-teller, a guest choral group from Uganda, a student open mic, teachers playing & singing for the kids and a big weekend participating in workshops, performing and jamming at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival!”
Program Director
Julie Moore
Instructors
Jamie Carter, Phil Jenkins, Gaye Johnson
Amy Buckingham, Bob Buckingham, Peggy Dean
Will Trakas, Jeremy Thiry, Emily Reisser, Ryan Blanton, Ashley Brooker
Advisory Board:
Robert Nelson – Chair
Marianne Carruth – TFAC
Russ Jordan
Bibi Freer
Bill Ingham
Bob Buckingham
Phil Johnson
Gaye Johnson
Lance Smith
Scott Dadson
Reid Toth
Woody Cowan
For more information, please contact Julie Moore at the Tryon Fine Arts Center at http://tryonarts.org/pacjam
Phone: 864-420-6407 Email: [email protected]
Address: 34 Melrose Ave, Tryon, NC 28782
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