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Welcome to Blown Away On The Bayou - World Class Harmonica Summit!

Led by renowned harmonica players Jerry Devillier, Grant Dermody, and Joe Filisko, Blown Away On The Bayou (BAOTB) is a harmonica instructional camp, specializing in Blues and Cajun Music, now expanded to become a 3-day harmonica summit and mini festival.

In-depth instruction for beginning, intermediate, and advanced harmonica players. Tickets available for the full weekend, by day, by workshop, or by evening concert event.

SCHEDULE

THURS OCT 20

3pm - 6pm Registration, Orientation and Gospel Choir Lab

6:30-7:30pm Dinner Break

8:00-9:15pm Grammy winner Michael Douchet speaks on ‘The Blues I Grew Up Listening To ‘

9:30pm Thursday Joe Filisko / Cajun Dance- Chris Miller Band featuring Jerry Devillier.

FRIDAY OCT 21

8-9am Breakfast

9:15-10:30 Harmonica Instruction Joe Filisko, Harmonica Fundamentals

10:45-12:00 Harmonica Instruction Grant Dermody Harmonica- Tone Production and Improvisation

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:30-2:45 Harmonica Instruction Jerry Devillier, Cajun Harmonica, Tunes and Techniques

3 - 4:30 Break / Jamming

4:30 - 6:15 Gospel Choir Lab- working on songs for Saturday concert

6:30 - 7:30 Dinner

8:00 --9:15 Evening Presentation- Dirk Powell on Playing The Blues

9:30-late Grant Dermody with Dirk Powell Album Release Celebration / Cedric Watson and Bijoux Creole

SATURDAY OCT 22

9:15-10:30a Harmonica Instruction Joe Filisko, Harmonica Fundamentals

10:45-noon Harmonica Instruction- Grant Dermody, Harmonica Tone Production and Improvisation 12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:30-2:45 Harmonica Instruction- Jerry Devillier, Cajun Harmonica, Tunes and Techniques

3:00-4:00 Break/Jam

4:30-6:15 Gospel Choir Lab - practicing songs for evening concert

6:30- 7:30 Dinner

7:45 - 9:00 Event Presentation Steve Riley, My Approach to Blues playing

9:30 - late Gospel Choir + Raising Holy Hell from Alaska with Blown Away All Star Jam

SUNDAY, OCT 23

8:00-9:00a Breakfast

9:30-10:45 Corey Ledet, my approach to Blues Playing

11-12 Re-cap, questions and answers, where do we go from here and continue the learning?

12 noon Lunch and goodbye til next year

There are on-site housing or local hotel options available. Transportation will be provided for out of town students from the airport and back, and to and from the hotel. You won’t need a car during the camp time.

The camp will be catered by Jolie Meaux, a renowned Cajun Chef. She will be providing the usual three meals a day as well as snacks. She’ll have traditional Cajun and non-Cajun options at meal time. Vegetarian, Gluten-free, and Dairy-free choices will be available as well. If you have other dietary restrictions, please let us know and we’ll do our best to accommodate them.

We look forward to welcoming you to Louisiana, and helping you to have a rich musical time with us. See y’all soon!