With summer coming so comes the festival season, and with that several Wernick Method Jam Camps and Jam Classes are popping up within a 4 hour drive of where I live.
a) Has anyone attended a Wernick Method Jam Camp or Class?
2) Is a stand-alone 2 hour class worth a 4-hour drive twice?
To be honest, I’m looking at some festivals, like Grey Fox, but I’m much more interested in the jamming than watching stage acts, even though Grey Fox has some of the best!
The second part is the festival itself. I’m 68 years old, have spent the last 30 years wilderness canoe camping in the Adirondacks. There have been many wonderful times with my old wood stripper Prospector.
I pretty much had my turn at sleeping in a tent, getting up in the rain, freezing at night & roasting during the day, packing & unpacking all the camping gear plus food and being eaten alive by bugs. The idea of sitting in a hay field, rain or shine, has lost some of its allure, too. And don’t forget the long hikes back to the car because “someone” forgot that one special item. I won’t mention the pills the doctor has me taking. Let’s just say the porta-john isn’t as close as is convenient.
I realize it’s all part of the wonderful festival experience, with new friends and new experiences, but these old bones will have to be way out in the wilderness before they sleep on the ground again. Getting off the ground ain’t what it used to be!
And, no, I’m not going to buy a camper. I use my money for $40 thumb picks.
