String sessions: Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival
<p>Aaron Green, right, a guitar maker/dealer from Groton, Mass., listens as Robben Ford plays in the main lodge at Flathead Lake Lodge on Wednesday afternoon. Ford and Green both took part in the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival — Green as a sponsor and Ford as one of the headliners. Ford taught blues at the festival and played to a sold-out crowd on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Before a concert on Wednesday, Kevin Van Dort of Missoula plays a guitar built by Sean Kochel of Missoula out of a wooden cigar box. Van Dort used some of his time in the Flathead to record a new reggae single on Thursday in Whitefish, which he performed on Saturday at the opening of the final concert in the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival.</p>
<p>Allison Kalvig, 14, of Kalispell rehearses with intermediate rock instructor Tobias Hurwitz on Wednesday afternoon during the Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival.</p>
<p>Acoustic finger style instructor Doug Smith works one-on-one with Chuck Caldwell at Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork.</p>
<p>Aaron Green plays a guitar he made in the main lodge at Flathead Lake Lodge on Wednesday. Green attended the guitar festival before and enjoyed the experience so much he came back this year as a sponsor.</p>
<p>Aaron Green plays a guitar he made in the main lodge at Flathead Lake Lodge on Wednesday. Green attended the guitar festival before and enjoyed the experience so much he came back this year as a sponsor.</p>
The annual Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival featured not only a week of sold-out
concerts but also workshops and educational sessions.