Banjo Building Workshop

February 12-15, 2006
Registration Deadline: January 27, 2006

Click here for Registration form. (PDF format)

Make and learn how to play your own Banjo! Professional banjo builder Mike Ramsey provides instruction and his own uniquely crafted kits.

For information on the banjo you would build click below and click on the student model. (http://hometown.aol.com/banjoramse/banjo.htm) About this program:

  • The banjo you make is yours to keep!
  • Meals and lodging provided though out the workshop
  • Participation is limited to 20 participants for a better instructor participant ratio!
  • This Workshop is designed for adult first time participants. Returnees may send in their registrations (not checks) and will be placed on a waiting list.

Cost: Only $550.00!!

Refund Policy: Full: by January 27, 2006; 50% : after January 27, 2006; Nonrefundable after February 3, 2006

This covers all programming fees, instructor, banjo kit, meals, and lodging. WHAT A DEAL!!!

About the instructor:

Mike Ramsey lives and creates his banjos in the Chanterelle Workshop near Appomattox, Virginia and is one of the few master builders of banjos in this country. Come enjoy an exciting experience with a team of wonderful builders of this string instrument!

For more information Contact Nate Mahanes at 434-248-5444 or nmahanes@vt.edu


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