December 2011

Thank You and Happy Holidays!

I know this is going to sound like a cliché...but where did this year go? Another cliché.....the older I get, that faster time slips by me. Well, the good thing about those cliché's is that at least I had some great music to listen to as the days passed. We say this every year....but last year at Fur Peace might have been our best year. That is not to say that any one year and the folks that come are any less important. What I mean is that the lessons, the joy, the gratitude and the friendships were just so profound. It's something that we never saw in our three year business plan that the powers that be make you construct before you start a business. I wouldn't have believed it anyhow.

Starting Fur Peace was one of the most reflective events of my life. The gifts that have come as a result are too bountiful to name. When Jorma and I say we are blessed, we mean it in the truest sense of the word. I have 5,000 new friends because of the Ranch, employees that are like family, and the grace that allows me to continue to try to make this better ever year.

Thank you all for your continued support of our classes and our shows and your countless purchases at the Company Store. In 2012 we will be offering more unique tea blends, some incredibly cool t-shirts and yes....more great music! A special thanks to our daughter Izze who donated proceeds from her Israel Love Super Girl Power Tea to Athens, Ohio Visiting Nurses and Hospice and for giving up a Saturday afternoon to sample her tea line at our local Krogers Supermarket.

The Happiest of Holidays to you all.....

Vanessa

 Fur Peace Ranch On The Road Royal Lahiana Resort Maui, Hawaii January 16-20, 2012 And January 23-27, 2012

Week 1: January 16-20, 2012

Jorma Kaukonen: Acoustic Guitar: Engines Revving; Now Shift Gears: Level 2/3

This workshop invites participants at the middle/higher end of level 2, as well as more experienced players (level 3), for a solid ride into technique and repertoire building.

Songs will be taught in their fully decorated versions, but the class will include breakout groups and individual sessions with the instructor, to custom-tailor the experience for each participant. At minimum, there should be some experience with using alternating thumbpicking for establishing a bassline. We will also focus on adding the melody line as a counterpoint, and expand on the use of chord inversions and variations that add spice to the pieces covered.

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Week 2: January 23-27, 2012

Jorma Kaukonen: Acoustic Guitar: Songwriting: All Levels

Jorma will teach his first ever Songwriting workshop in Maui! Jorma will illustrate in a workshop setting how he charts the path of a song from his heart to his hands and voice.

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Week 2: January 23-27, 2012

Chris Smither: Acoustic Guitar: Let Your Guitar Be Your Voice: Level 3

The two major influences on Chris Smither's guitar style were Lightnin' Hopkins and Mississippi John Hurt. This workshop will demonstrate how he has combined aspects of their playing to form his own style. 

The goal is to show students how to make a guitar arrangement that is an integral part of a song, as opposed to mere accompaniment; how to use these techniques as a stimulus to song-writing in which the guitar part becomes the song instead of an after-the-fact embellishment.

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Join Jorma Kaukonen and Chris Smither in Maui at the Royal Lahaina Resort from January 16 - 20 or January 23 - 27, 2012 for a bucket list experience and a winter break that will leave your friends envious and wanting to join you.

Join us in Maui... It's well worth the trip!

Tuition*: On Site: $2200 at the Royal Lahaina Resort 

Off Site: $1800 (For locals, or make your own lodging accommodations at one of Maui's many fine resorts or inns.)

Tuition includes 12.5 hours of workshop instruction, All Meals (Monday dinner, all day Tues, Wed, Thursday and breakfast on Friday), Lodging (with on-site tuition), concert with instructors!

*Please note that airfares are not included.

Extended Stays: You may extend your stay at the Royal Lahaina Resort for up to 3 days on either side of your workshop (for a total of 6 extra days). Fee: $200/night (based upon double occupancy), add $35 for each additional person.

Last winter much of the nation was pounded with heavy snows!!   . . . But not Hawaii!!

Bring the loved one(s) too . . . 

Guest Fee: $325/pp includes lodging (with enrolled student), meals, student performance, instructors performance, all other activities excluding workshops.

Sign up now and be apart of the FPR On-The-Road Hawaii 2012 workshops and escape the cold, dreary winter and experience the Hawaiian sunshine and Aloha spirit!

Practice Aloha!

We have been having a sale in our Company Store . . . that continues through the end of December!

 All orders receive free shipping!

• 25% off all Sweatshirts and Tee Shirts
• 25% off all Coffees and Teas
• 50% off all Posters

Speaking of posters . . . beginning in January we will begin adding all of the remaining Fur Peace Station Concert Hall posters!  Many of which have been signed!  Plus some Hot Tuna tour promotional posters from across the country.

Enrollments for 2012 workshops keep streaming in!  A couple classes have sold out already and several more are nearing sellout status. Get your application in before your class becomes closed out!  Remember you save $75 on your second 2012 workshop, $100 on your third and $200 on your fourth workshop in 2012.

• JANUARY 16 -20 Jorma Kaukonen at Royal Lahaina Resort, Maui, Hawaii
• JANUARY 23 - 27 Jorma Kaukonen, Chris Smither at Royal Lahaina Resort, Maui, Hawaii
• MARCH 16 - 19 Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Barry Mitterhoff  
• MARCH 30 - APR. 2 Jorma Kaukonen, Bill Payne, Geoff Achison, Dennis McNally 
 
• APRIL 13 - 16 Jorma Kaukonen w/ Marjoire Thompson (SOLD OUT), Happy Traum, Larry Campbell (SOLD OUT) 
 
• APRIL 19-21  FPR HOSTS WORKSHOPS, LECTURES AND Q&A'S WITH WANEE PERFORMERS AT THE              WANEE FESTIVAL IN LIVE OAK, FL
• APRIL 27 - 30 Frank Vignola W/ Vinny Raniolo, Laurence Juber, Clive Carroll 
 
• MAY 11 - 14 THE ENTRANCE RAMP: Introduction to Fingerstyle Guitar: Jorma Kaukonen Marjorie Thompson and David Wolff 
• JUNE 1 - 4 Tommy Emmanuel: Special Masters Acoustic Guitar 
• JUNE 15 - 18 Pierre Bensusan, Country Joe McDonald, Spencer Bohren
 
• AUGUST 10 - 13 Jorma Kaukonen, Jack Casady, Jill Sobule, The Persuasions
• AUGUST 24 - 27 Jorma Kaukonen w/ Marjorie Thompson, Jesse Colin Young, Woody Mann
• SEPTEMBER 7 - 10 Jorma Kaukoen, Steve Kimock, George Porter Jr. Marjorie Thompson 
    
• SEPTEMBER 28 - OCT. 1 GE Smith, Roy Book Binder, Time Thompson
   
• OCTOBER 12 - 15 Verlon Thompson, Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen
• OCTOBER 26 - 29 Jorma Kaukonen w/ Marjorie Thompson, Ernie Hawkins, Stefan Grossman
• NOVEMBER 9 - 12 Jorma Kaukonen w/ Marjorie Thompson, Jack Casady, Bill Kirchen

Fur Peace Ranch will be going On-The-Road to the Wanee Festival in Live Oak, FL April 19-21, 2012 to host a special series of workshops, lectures and Q & A sessions with Wanee Performers. 

More information about this great outing will be released in the coming weeks!

Read more about what's happening at FPR and On-The-Road

• Jorma - Cracks In The Finish
• Vanessa - The Labryinth
• Hurl's - Checkin' The Levels

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