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The 14th Annual DCBU Bluegrass & Old-Time Camp
​at Common Ground on the Hill

2020 Dates TBA
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Tim O'Brien & Jan Fabricius
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Che Apalache
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Chris Luquette
The greater Washington, D.C. area is home to some of the finest musicians and bands in bluegrass and old-time music. The region has been a hotbed of talent and creativity for more than sixty years and has birthed such major acts as the Stonemans, Reno and Smiley, Emmy Lou Harris, Hazel Dickens, Ola Belle Reed, Mike Seeger, the Country Gentlemen, the Johnson Mountain Boys, the Seldom Scene and many others. Mindful of that tradition, the D.C. Bluegrass Union joins with Common Ground on the Hill to present a week of instrumental, band and vocal classes taught by some of Washington’s best performers and teachers—plus some very special additions. We welcome beginning to advanced players of all ages to an unparalleled week of learning, jamming, singing, concerts and bluegrass/old-time camaraderie. Parents, bring your kids and enroll them in World Village while you play music!  Create your own schedule including art, music dance and lecture classes.

​The  DCBU Bluegrass & Old-Time Camp  boasts a top flight teaching staff who offer five separate class periods of instruction every day, Monday - Friday. The bluegrass and old-time curriculum reflects the reality that both musical styles are historically and currently interrelated in a profound way, and offers campers the rare opportunity to learn from both idioms.

We encourage you to attend the Common Ground on the Hill Roots Music & Arts Festival at the nearby Carroll County Farm Museum on Saturday, July 11, 2020. Don't miss this all star collection of bluegrass and old-time greats! Past performers have included the Kruger Brothers, Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Sierra Hull, Robin Bullock, Alan Jabbour, Bruce Molsky, Eastman String Band, Rachel Eddy, Ken & Brad Kolodner, Paul McKenna Band (Scotland), Award-winning Irish band Connla, Professor Louie & the Crowmatix, Scottish fiddler Pete Clark, David & Annette Lindsey, Scottish musician Frank McGuire, Walt Michael & Co., and many others.

Wake up Monday morning and dive into your classes, enjoy evening concerts and dances and informal playing into the wee hours....for five days and nights!  Consider attending as a family, enrolling your 5-12 year olds in our World Village youth program.  You can also choose to commute. Commuters may elect to stay at any number of nearby motels.
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Tim O'Brien

The 13th Annual DCBU Bluegrass & Old-Time Camp
​at Common Ground on the Hill

Bluegrass/Old-Time Camp Instructors 2019
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2019 Bluegrass
Tim O’Brien – Mandolin, Singing
Jan Fabricius – Singing
Chris Luquette – Guitar, Mandolin
Joe Troop (Che Apalache) – Banjo, Fiddle
Pau Barjau (Che Apalache) – Banjo
Martin Bobrik (Che Apalache) – Mandolin
Frank Martino (Che Apalache) – Guitar
Mark Schatz – Bass
David Morris – Songwriting
Dawn Kenney – Guitar, Songwriting
Randy Barrett – Banjo, Fiddle (DCBU Coordinator)
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2019 Old-Time Staff 
Bob Lucas – Banjo
Bill Vanaver – Banjo
Eileen Carson Schatz – Southern Appalachian Clogging
Ken Kolodner – Hammered Dulcimer, Fiddle
Greg Adams – Banjo
Dena Jennings – Gourd Banjo

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ALL COMMON GROUND ON THE HILL CLASSES ARE OFFERED AS PART OF THE DC BLUEGRASS UNION CAMP, AND ARE OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO ENROLL.  CAMP ENROLLEES ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ANY AND ALL CLASSES THROUGHOUT THE COMMON GROUND ON THE HILL SPECTRUM, INCLUDING DANCE, ART, LECTURE AND ALL MUSICAL GENRES. SEE CLASS DESCRIPTIONS AND INSTRUCTOR BIOS UNDER INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES.

Evening Concerts 8:00 PM, Dances and Jamming until you drop.

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