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The links below are provided as a means for you to connect
with other mountain dulcimer enthusiasts and suppliers.
NEWS AND INFO
PERFORMERS/INSTRUCTORS
These instructors have
presented workshops and/or taught classes for Hills of Kentucky
Dulcimers:
| Joe Collins |
Mountain dulcimer performer and instructor, tab books and
free tab available |
| Tull Glazner |
Mountain dulcimer performer and instructor, tab books and
free tab available |
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Dana and Hank Gruber |
HOKD members, mountain dulcimer and guitar
performers; tab book and private or group mountain dulcimer lessons
available |
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Hollis Landrum |
Mountain dulcimer performer and instructor. Former
guest columnist for HOKD newsletter |
| Lee Rowe |
Mountain dulcimer performer and instructor, 1999 national
dulcimer champion; tab books available |
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John
Sackenheim |
HOKD member, performer and group
instructor, tab book New Old Hymns, follow e-mail link or US mail to
John at P.O. Box 220, Okeana, OH 45053, phone
-513-738-3167 |
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Stephen Seifert |
Honorary HOKD member and adjunct mountain dulcimer
instructor at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music; tab books, instructional
CD's, recording services available |
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Maureen Sellers |
Mountain dulcimer performer and instructor, tablature books
available |
| Tom and Missy Strothers |
Workshops and private lessons |
| Susan Trump |
Instructor and performer; classical arrangements dulcimer tab
book available |
Forget-Me-Not, Historical Dance Company
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The Forget-Me-Not Dance Company and the HoKD share similar
interests in the preservation of period music and dance. On occasion
the two groups perform together with the dulcimers providing music for the
elaborately costumed, authentic dances of the Forget-Me-Not Company.
The dance company is
available for dance exhibitions and workshops. |
CLUBS
FESTIVALS
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Ohio Valley Gathering |
March Festival by Louisville Dulcimer Society, |
| Kentucky
Music Week |
Nancy Barker runs three festivals in the
Bardstown/Louisville, KY area: Kentucky Music Week - a
June folk music camp with classes and concerts, featuring the
mountain dulcimer and a wide range of other folk instruments;
Kentucky Music Winter Weekend held in Bardstown- a
weekend music camp with classes and concerts held in January; Kentucky Music Weekend, a July festival of
concerts with nationally known folk musicians, held in Louisville |
| Dulciburr Weekend |
February Festival, Rough River Dam State Resort, Falls of the
Rough, KY
www.kystateparks.gov/roughrv2.htm |
| Wyoming Dulcifest |
Wyoming, Ohio
Click link at left for more info |
| Dayton Dulcimer Doins |
February Festival, for more info contact
Gretchen Beers @ 937-767-1457 |
| Buckeye Dulcimer Festival |
March Festival, for more info contact
Louise Ziegler @ 740-747-2326 |
| CDS Spring Festival |
April Festival, featuring Sweetwater
Click link at left for more info |
| Blue
River Folk Festival |
May Festival in Shelbyville, IN. Mountain Dulcimer,
Hammered Dulcimer, Singing, Autoharp and more |
| Dulci-More
Festival |
Memorial Day weekend, at BSA Camp
McKinley, Lisbon,
Ohio
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| College Hill Sampler |
Memorial Day weekend, Cincinnati Ohio, see Everything Dulcimer for
details |
| White River Folk Festival |
June Festival, Conner Prairie Museum, Fishers, IN |
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Ole' Tyme Music
Festival |
June Festival at Caesar's
Creek Pioneer Village, bluegrass, celtic, gospel, folk and country music on several
different stages (follow link for more info) |
| Cincinnati Dulcimer Celebration |
August |
| Dulcimer Daze |
August Festival inVermont, for more info, contact George
Haggerty:
swewater@sover.net |
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Dulcimer Chautaqua on the Wabash |
Maureen Sellers October Festival, New Harmony, IN |
| CDS Fall Festival |
October |
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Heartland Dulcimer Club Fall Festival |
First weekend in November in Elizabethtown, KY |
| Southeast
Ohio Dulcimer Festival |
Jerry Rockwell's festival in Athens, OH, held
in November (e-mail festival@jcrmusic.com
for info) |
SHOPS AND LUTHIERS
| Blue
Lion Dulcimers |
Janita Baker's site for Blue Lion
dulcimers and guitars |
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Bear Branch
Dulcimers |
HOKD members Steve and
Lee Ann Lucier; cyberstore of dulcimers and dulcimer related
accessories. Land location opening soon at 427 St. Clair Street,
Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 |
| Dulcie's
Dulcimers |
HOKD member Ed
Weiss, custom builder and luthier of acoustic instruments and repairs. |
| Jam
Court Dulcimers |
HOKD member
Adam Lawrence, luthier of custom mountain dulcimers |
| McSpadden
Dulcimers |
Dulcimers and accessories |
| Prussia
Valley Dulcimers |
Gary and Toni Sager's shop in Waverly,
OH sells dulcimers, other acoustic instruments, accessories,
recordings and books. Gary is a luthier of dulcimers and repairs
instruments |
| Woods-N-Strings |
Mike and Connie Klemmer's dulcimer shop in
Townsend, TN |
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