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2008 Workshop Memories with Peggy Carter!

Mt. Dora, Fla.  Feb 8-9, 2008! Newspaper article!	The banjo player is Bill Snuggs from Houston, and John Wilson from Mt. Dora is playing guitar. On Stage at Mt Dora!

2007 "Evidence" that Peggy's been out and about, teaching and generally having lots of fun!

Here's a hint for practicing:

".........reporting on a study at Johns Hopkins University on learning
physical skills that "required unusually precise and rapid hand movements" (sound
anything like playing the dulcimer?).

The study showed that it took the brain six hours to 'learn' the new
skill, whereby it was stored in a more long-term memory part of the brain.
This six hours is not more practice, but resting time, and is hampered if
an attempt is made to learn some other skill in that time.

The researcher, Dr. Henry Holcomb, said "If you [were learning] a ... piece
for the first time and then immediately started practicing something else,
it would cause problems in retention of the initial piece you practiced.
It would be better if the initial practice was followed by six hours of
routine activity that required no new learning."

I hope this helps us all...I think I'll go take 6 hours of not practicing
right now.

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