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Terms for Tuition, Room, and Board:

Location: The clinic will be held @ Concordia College in Bronxville, NY. Bronxville is served by multiple parkways, the NY Thruway, and rail service via the Harlem Branch of Metro North and Amtrak. Bronxville is a 25 minute train ride north out of Grand Central Station. Directions & shuttle information

Resident Rate includes all Friday, Saturday, and Sunday classes. Resident students get a minimum of 12 hours professional class instruction, admittance to "Banjo Overdrive" - the Saturday night concert featuring Bill Keith's band: "The Saturday Night Bluegrass Band" plus appearances by many of the banjo instructors - the Friday night jam with the instructors, Friday and Saturday double-occupancy dormitory lodging, and 6 meals (Friday lunch - Sunday breakfast).

Full Commuter Rate includes all the benefits of Residential without Friday and Saturday lodging.

Partial Commuter Rates includes all of the Residential benefits on whatever day you register for, except lodging:

Friday Commuter rate includes lunch and dinner.

Saturday Commuter rate includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Sunday Commuter rate includes breakfast.

Concordia College (NY) employee and on-campus student rate includes the entire clinic except room and board. When sending your check, include a photocopy of your Concordia College ID card.

Students under the age of 18 must be housed with a paying adult; student or chaperone (guest).

Non-student Guest Rates are available for the weekend (Friday & Saturday lodging plus six meals) or per day (Friday with lunch and dinner, Saturday with breakfast, lunch and dinner, or Sunday with breakfast.)

All dormitory rooms are double occupancy. Linen and towels are not provided. Class rooms are air-conditioned, dorm rooms are not.

Optional lodging without meals can be purchased individually for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday evening. Meals are only available Friday lunch through Sunday breakfast.

All meals will be served in Concordia's cafeteria. Vegetarian meals are available at no extra charge. (We need to know beforehand if you desire vegetarian food!) The food is good. Cafeteria hours are breakfast: 8-10 am, Lunch: 11-1 pm, and Dinner 4-6 pm.

Alcoholic beverages are prohibited on campus. Smoking is allowed only in designated areas outside of buildings.

There is no charge to be picked up or dropped off at the Bronxville, Yonkers, or New Rochelle Train Stations. There is a $15 fee - each way - to be picked up and dropped off at the Croton-on-Hudson Train Station which is an approximate half hour drive each way.

Banjo setup will be available on Saturday. The fee is $30 per banjo to have your head, neck, intonation, and bridge adjusted by a technician. Please change strings and banjo heads before submitting your instrument to be adjusted. Since you will be without your banjo while it is being worked on, consider bringing a second banjo. Setup will be scheduled on a first come basis as registered.

At discounted rates, we are accepting three (3) non-student (guest) positions for licensed & insured drivers willing to shuttle students and guests back and forth from the Bronxville, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Croton-on-Hudson Train Stations to Concordia. Drivers must be available Thursday from 6 pm until evening, Friday and Saturday from 6 am through evening, and on Sunday from 6 am until early afternoon or - as required. With the exception of Croton-on-Hudson (which is less than a half hour away), the three closest train stations are 5 to 12 minutes away. You must have a cell phone. Thursday evening through Saturday lodging (plus Friday lunch through Sunday breakfast meals) will be provided.

Suggested tunes to know for class-time jamming (in G unless otherwise noted):
BGB Beginner: Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Bile em Cabbage Down, Mountain Dew, I Saw The Light, Old Joe Clark, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, Worried Man Blues, When the Saints Go Marching In, Cripple Creek.
BGB Intermediate: John Hardy, Lonesome Road Blues, Little Maggie, Jesse James, Fireball Mail, Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms, Nine Pound Hammer, Old Home Place.

Visit New York City

Non-Guests: Tour Midtown Manhattan from Metro Banjo:

Guests & non-students: Use Metro Banjo as a convenient, cheap, and safe base for sightseeing, shopping, eating, and having fun in New York City! Midtown Manhattan (Grand Central Station) is only minutes away from the Bronxville Station via Metro North's Harlem Branch Express Train. Trains run regularly each way, daily. Round trip train fare is less than $15.00. It's one of the perks of Metro Banjo.

Click on any of these links to learn more about visiting New York City:

From Bronxville, all Metro North train trips to and from New York City go through Grand Central Station. Learn about the station, it's location relative to midtown, and how to plan a rewarding and exciting day trip from Grand Central.
Grand Central Station website

A great site for planning your visit to New York City. Loaded with leads on everything from tours, shopping, and entertainment to cultural centers, dining, and the arts.
Go NYC website

The Lower East Side is loaded with shopping opportunities...and great deals. Close-outs, specials, overstock, imports, and many more buying opportunities await those on the Lower East Side (LES).
Lower East Side website

110 NYC activities including tour packages, descriptions, and individual pricing.
110 NYC Tour Sites website

Links to NYC's top ten attractions and more.
NYC @ 10 Best website

Broadway shows. Visit this site for deals, information, and tickets.
NYC Theatre Packages website

Package deals and suggestions for sightseeing in NYC. Special Empire State Building & Statue of Liberty pricing.
City Sights NY website

In the mood for walking, some nature, or park history? Visit this site to learn what's happening at Central Park.
Central Park website

Another site dedicated to planning your trip to NYC. Great deals, special events, restaurant ratings, what's happening around town - its all here.
City Search website

An icon of midtown Manhattan, visit this site to learn about tours, restaurants, and events at Rockefeller Center.
Rockefeller Center website

Subway and Metro North train schedules, fares, and maps.
Subway and Metro North website

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