Banjo camp takes over Tatamagouche

Posted Aug 21, 2011 09:54:31 AM.

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There’s been a lot of pickin’ going on this weekend in Tatamagouche.

It’s the fourth annual banjo camp in Nova Scotia.

Well-known banjo picker Ross Nickerson is among the teachers at the camp, and he says all levels of players have been learning tunes at the camp.

The camp held a Saturday-night banjo bash at the Tatamagouche Centre.

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