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The Location of the Convention
see : http://www.pedalsteelguitar.eu/en/location_en.html#
The Convention takes places in a theater in the Comunity of Talmassons, Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Italy.
Talmassons is a small town (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 72 kilometres northwest of Trieste, about 107 kilometres northeast from Venice and about 15 kilometres southwest of Udine, the capital of the province.
It has a population of about 4,170 and an area of 43.0 square kilometres
The municipality of Talmassons contains the subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets Flambro, Flumignano, and Sant'Andrat.
It 's a quiet and peacefull town in the middle of an agricultural zone where time seems to stand still. A place where you do not expect to find a theater that is very suitable for the Steel Convention to take place.
This is the place where it's gonna happen!
The theater has a capacity of 300 seats, a large stage, plus a number of small rooms, suitable for the individual seminars.
The Municipality of Talmassons supports the Convention by generously providing its theater
The City Hall. of Talmassons and the natural stone mosaic floor in the entrance hall.
Main Program*
Saturday 18th October - Setting up Instruments & Amps - 9.00-10.30
- David Hartley Seminar - Part 1 - 10.30-12.30
- Lunch break - 12.30-13.50
- David Hartley Seminar - Part 2 - 14.00-17.00
- Dinner break - 17.15-20.00
- Concert with free entrance for the public - 20.15-??.??
Sunday 19th October - Personal Instructions, Questions and Explanations by - 10.00-12.30
David Hartley, Mark Horn, Johan Jansen, Ellio Martina,
Jan Visser, Wolfgang Bednarz
- Lunch break - 12.30-13.50
- Afternoon Concert & Jam - 14.00-19.00
- Thank Ceremony with the Mayor of Talmassons - 19.00-19.30
for the support to the Convention by the Comunity
- Dinner break - 19.30-21.00
- Cosey night in the bar - 21.00-??
Extra Program
Monday 20 October - Sight Seeing Trip to Venice - 10.00-18.00
- Dinner - 19.00-21.00
- Party Night - 21.00-??
Tuesday 21 October - Seminars part 1: - 10.00-12.30
• Johan Jansen - E9 picking and bar hand technique
• Mark Horn - C6 (Not yet confirmed)
• Ellio Martina - Universal E9/B6 tuning
- Lunch break - 12.30-13.30
- Seminars part 2: - 14.00-16.00
• Johan Jansen - Backing up a singer
• Mark Horn - C6 (Not yet confirmed)
• Ellio Martina - Blues & Rock Improvisation
- Short break - 16.30-17.00
- Play something you learned - 17.00-18.30
- Dinner - 19.00-20.30
- Musical Jam Night in a Honky Tonk Bar - 21.00-??
