Harp Guitar Gathering 7

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL HARP GUITAR GATHERING^®

WILLIAMSBURG, VA October 30 through November 1^st, 2009

Photo by Linda Morgan, All other photos copyright Chuck Thompson, unless other photographer is listed in file name

Special Halloween Night Extravaganza!

Captions by Gregg Miner

	Stephen Bennett came as his own great-grandfather, with "sexy pirate" Susan Taylor	The pope came as, what else...? With Bruce Labadie	Is nothing sacred? Bruce (monk) and Cindi (nun) Labadie	Joe Morgan (stage manager) and Linda Morgan (staff)
Linda kindly swapped skirts with Ms. Mike Doolin	Bob Hartman as Sherlock Holmes, still searching for Dyer clues...	Andy and Kitty Wahlberg, both equally fetching	Stacy Hobbs, painted by Susan Taylor	Frank Doucette as "Boris the Spider" with wife Christa Percival as Little Miss Muffet
	\ Jim and DeAnn Worland	Viking Rick Wortzel	Featured Guest Hirokatsu Takai even got into the act.

The real fun was seeing the costumed performers onstage...
	...like Joe Giacoio singing and playing in a penguin suit....	Brad Hoyt as Indiana Jones See the Video!	Stephen Bennett as his great-grandfather... See the Video!	...and Matt Thomas as Stephen Bennett See the Duet with SB! Video 2 Video 3


Frank Doucette: 6 hands are better than 2	Carter Lancaster as a "defeated Ninja" See Video 1 Video 2	I got rid of my robes to do a song as Droopy Dog See the Video!


John Doan as Jimi Hendrix (though "Michael Jackson" got more votes)	Andy did the entire Bohemian Rhapsody in full minstrel attire See the Video!	Not to be outdone by the master showman, I came back out at David Crosby See the Video!


Stacy Hobbs	Andreas David & Katja Brauneis


Bad Drew Baldwin & Juke Joint Johnny	Featured Guest Hirokatsu Takai See Video 1 Video 2	Stephanie Jackson See the Video!

Sunday Performances (street attire)


Jason Carter See Video 1 Video 2	Andy Wahlberg See the Video!	Rex James (Dave & Tone Powell) See the Video!


Brad Hoyt See the Video!	Pete Bradshaw	Gregg Miner	Matt Thomas	Stephen Bennett

Workshops and Features of the Weekend
Jason Carter Close Up
Matt Thomas Close Up
Blues Harp Guitar with Drew Baldwin & Juke Joint Johnny
Hirokatsu Takai
Luthier’s Forum Hosted by Rich Mermer

	Benoît Meulle-Stef		Rich Mermer

	Dave Evans		Mike Doolin		Duane Noble

	Dennis Mitchell		Tone and Dave Powell		Jim Worland

	Mike Brittain
Recording the Harp Guitar An interactive workshop with Kim Person =
John Doan Workshop Harp guitar technique with professor Doan
What’s New in Harp Guitar Scholarship Knutsen and Dyer updates with Gregg Miner and Bob Hartman		Gonky’s Guitar Stephen Bennett		What’s New at Harpguitars.net: Gregg Miner's "State of the Union" address
The Harp Guitar Gathering Manifesto: Presented by Stephen Bennett and the HGG Board

Behind the Scenes and hanging out...	See the Video!

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