Kelly: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
Jeremy: YOU NEED ALL KINDS
OF PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE TO HAVE A
WELL-BALANCED LIFE.
OLDER FRIENDS, YOUNGER FRIENDS,
CONTEMPORARIES YOUR SAME AGE.
THIS MORNING.
Jeremy: FOLLOW CACAMMIE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
LET'S WELCOME YOU FOR THE ON
SGLASHGS MOUNTAIN MUSIC
ASSOCIATION.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THERE WE GO.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MUSIC
CAMP.
TELL US ABOUT THE CAMP.
OZARK MOUNTAIN MUSIC IS A N
NOT-FOR-PROFIT TO PROMOTE ON
OZARK MUSIC FOR FOOUT
GENERATIONS.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE
2006, SO THEY -- IT'S A UNIQUE
OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS TO
PASS ON THEIR GIFTS AND TO TEACH
THE KIDS SOMETHING NEW AND
SOMETHING THAT IS PASSED ON FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION.
ONE OF THE THINGS GREAT ABOUT
CAMP IS THAT THEY FORM
FRIENDSHIPS AND MENTORSHIPS THAT
LAST FOREVER.
THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 15
INSTRUCTORS TEACHING BEGINNER TO
ADVANCED MUSIC.
SO THE CAMPER COMES IN AND PICKS
FROM FIDDLE, GUITAR, MANDOLIN,
BANJO OR BASE.
THEY GET TO PLAY A PRIMARY
INSTRUMENT AND SECONDARY AND GET
INDIVIDUAL LESSONS ALL THROUGH
THE DAY.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF
OTHER ACTIVITIES.
THE WHOLE CAMP IS ON THE JAMES
RIVER, SO THERE WILL BE LOTS OF
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AVAILABLE AND
IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN.
Kelly: WHERE IS THE CAMP
EXACTLY?
IT'S THE RIVERFRONT RETREAT
IN THE OZARKS ON THE GA LENA
RIVER.
WE HAVE A WEBSITE,
OZARKMOUNTAINMUSICASSOCIATION.
COM.
AND YOU CAN ALSO FIND US ON
FACEBOOK AND IT HAS LINKS FOF
APPLICATIONS AND ALSO THERE ARE
CAMPERS WHO CAN'T SOMETIMES
AFFORD TO GO TO CAMP.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SPONSOR
A KID WITH A SPONSORSHIP THEY
CAN DO THAT.
THEY CAN ALSO DO THAT ONLINE.
THE INFORMATION IS ALL IN THERE.
Jeremy: I'M ASSUMING WITH A
CAMP YOU HAVE LIMITED USE WITH
15 INSTRUCTORS, IS THERE A LIMIT
HOW MANY KIDS YOU CAN TAKE IN
THE CAMP?
YES.
WE THINK WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 32
SPOTS.
JUNE 23rd THROUGH THE 28th.
IT'S ABOUT FIVE DAYS.
IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC.
Jeremy: DID YOU ATTEND A
CAMP?
DID YOU REPLY INSTRUMENTS?
I PLAYED VIOLIN AND FIDDLE
FOR 19 YEARS, AND I WAS TEACHING
AT THE CAMP SINCE 2011, I
BELIEVE.
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE GROUP
THERE AND I PLAYED FIDDLE FOR
QUITE A WHILE WITH THEM, AND
I'VE BEEN TEACHING WHICH IS JUST
AS FUN I FEEL LIKE.
Kelly: THAT IS FANTASTIC.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING MAPPED OUT.
THEIR LUNCHES AND THAT SORT OF
THING.
DO THEY COME BACK?
YES.
Jeremy: AMANDA, EARLIER WE
TALKED ABOUT INTERMEDIATE TO
HAVING SOME SKILL.
IF SOMEBODY HAS -- I'M BEING
HONEST.
IF SOMEBODY HAS NEVER PICKED UP
THE FIDDLE OR VIOLIN, IS THIS
THE CAMP FROM THEM?
DO YOU START FROM THE GROUND UP?
IT'S BEST IF THEY HAVE LIKE
AT LEAST A WORKING UNDERSTANDING
OF THE INSTRUMENT AND CAN PLAY A
SONG OR TWO JUST BECAUSE THAT
WAY WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TEACH
THEM THE ACTUAL LITERAL BASICS.
THEY DON'T -- IF THEY'VE
PLAYED -- FOR INSTANCE, WHEN I
WENT I DIDN'T PLAY FIDDLE MUSIC
BUT PLAYED CLASSICAL MUSIC.
IF YOU KNEW THAT, THAT WILL BE
WORK.
THERE WILL BE TEACHERS FOR
BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO KNOW VERY
MUCH.
BASICALLY KNOW HOW TO USE THE
INSTRUMENT, AND IF YOU PLAY A
SECONDARY INSTRUMENT, THAT'S
WHERE WE START YOU OFF A LITTLE
MORE FROM THE BASICS.
IS IT IMPORTANT TO READ
MUSIC?
NO, IT'S ALL BY EAR.
MY GRANDMA TAUGHT ME PIANO BY
EAR.
WHEN I GOT TO COLLEGE AND WAS
STUDYING, THEY SAID I HAD TO
READ THE MUSIC.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS
DIFFICULT TO TRANSITION FROM.
IT'S A LOT EASIER, I THINK,
BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ
ANYTHING.
YOU JUST LISTENING TO WHAT IT
SOUNDS LIKE AND COPY THAT.
Kelly: I THINK EMILY WAS
TALKING ABOUT THAT AND HOW SHE
TRANSITIONED FROM READING TO
LEARNING TO PLAY BY EAR.
I THINK THAT IS MAYBE EASIER
THAN THE OTHER WAY AROUND,
BECAUSE I PLAYED BY EAR AND IT
WAS HARD TO TRANSITION.
I CAN PLAY MORE THAN I COULD
READ, AND THAT'S DISCOURAGING, I
THINK.
SO THESE KIDS, DO THEY -- IS
THERE A CERTAIN DAY THAT YOU
TEACH THE SQUARE DANCING AND ALL
THAT?
THEY'LL DO SQUARE DANCING IN THE
EVENINGS, WHICH IS, I GUESS,
KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS
MUSIC A LONG TIME AGO, IS FOR
THE DANCING.
Kelly: I LOVE THAT WE'RE
KEEPING THE MUSIC ALIVE.
Jeremy: THE CONSERVATION THE
MUSIC.
HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO PASS IT
DOWN?
WITH EVERY GENERATION WE LOSE A
LITTLE MORE OF THE OZARKS
HISTORY.
IF WE DON'T TRAIN THE KIDS,
THEN THE SONGS WILL BE LOST.
THERE'S HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE KIDS PLAY
THE MUSIC PASSED DOWN, AND THEY
FOR THE DAY OF THE 28th I THINK
STARTING AROUND NOON.
WE HAVE MUSIC JAMS AND SOME
LOCAL MUSICIANS AROUND AND YOU
CAN STOP IN AND JAM WITH THEM
AND PLAY WITH THEM ALL DAY.
AT THE END OF THE EVENING, WE'LL
HAVE A SHOW WHERE THE CAMPERS
WILL ALL PLAY AND SHOW WHAT
THEY'VE LEARNED FOR ABOUT AN
HOUR FOLLOWED BY SOME HEADLINING
THEN ALSO ON FACEBOOK, YOU CAN
LOOK UP OZARK MOUNTAIN MUSIC.
Kelly: THE KIDS ARE REALLY
GOOD.
WE GET TO HEAR THEM AGAIN.
THANK YOU, BOTH.
WE APPRECIATE YOU.
COMING UP, WE HAVE ANOTHER
PERFORMANCE LIKE WE SAID FROM
THE YOUTH TROUP OF OZARK
MOUNTAIN MUSIC CAMP, AND THEY
ARE FANTASTIC.
YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THEM.
STAY WITH US.