I am registered for Augusta Irish Weekend. I have also been to Augusta on a previous year, so I already know what it’s all about. However, Augusta is not offering a flute class in my skill level (basic-intermediate), so I wish I was going to East Durham instead. Unfortunately I can’t attend both. I have the following questions regarding East Durham:
At Augusta, everything is centrallized, on a small college campus, so it’s possible to visit everything and anyone by just walking to it/them, at any time. I think they even provide attendees with their own campus map. Most of the attendees eat and stay on campus. I’ve heard that East Durham is different than that, in that it’s all spread out throughout a town, and people are staying in various hotels located around the town. I don’t know what the food situations there are. At East Durham, do you have to be more pro-active to find opportunities to do stuff with other people (other than the ones in your class) because everything is unattached and everyone makes their own personal accommodations? Does the weekend program provide attendees with their own map? I get an impression that everything is unattached at East Durham, and so a lot more difficult for someone who hasn’t been there before. If anyone has been to both Augusta and East Durham, maybe you can “see where I’m coming from” (or maybe not, I don’t know).
What are the locations used at East Durham, and how far away from each other are they? What central meeting places are there? Are there any that are outdoors?
Do cellphones get service in East Durham?
Are the roads between locations at East Durham made of cobblestone or other similarly rough “period pavements”, gravel, or are they made of asphalt or other similarly smooth/modern pavements?
There is provided a list of different sessions and where they’ll be, as well as a map.
What are the locations used at East Durham, and how far away from each other are they? What central meeting places are there? Are there any that are outdoors?
Pubs, hotels, firehouses, whatever. Some are walking distance, others are father. My pipes class was way out in the next county two years ago, but most classes aren’t. One sort of central meeting place would be the Michael J. Quill place where you go to get your information packet. It has a porch where some of the chiffers have met in past years.
Do cellphones get service in East Durham?
As of last year, yeah…sometimes… on higher ground/balconys,etc.
Are the roads between locations at East Durham made of cobblestone or other similarly rough “period pavements”, gravel, or are they made of asphalt or other similarly smooth/modern pavements?
Hi, Tweeto. I wonder if you could take John Skelton’s whistle class to learn flute? It wouldn’t wholly focused on flute, but as I understand it, John is more into flute than whistle these days and the instruments are fairly similar. I think it’d be worth asking Joanie Madden and John about the possibility.
I’d suggest Shannon Heaton for this year…new at E. Durham this year but very good…not to suggest John isn’t (may he not report me to the “accordian” police…yep, I was there at the “double-barreled” session)