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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

Dulcimer Players News (DPN) Monthly listings of festivals, clubs, instructors and highlights
Dulcimer Music Theory Jerry Rockwell's DulciTheory Newsletter
Everything Dulcimer Very content-rich site for both hammer and mountain dulcimer enthusiasts:  chat groups, articles (you must register to view) and promotions
Kitchen Musician Website - Dulcimer Links Extensive list of other dulcimer-related sites

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
Dana and Hank Gruber HOKD members, mountain dulcimer and guitar performers; tab book and private or group mountain dulcimer lessons available
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
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
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
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
 
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

Cincinnati Dulcimer Society Norwood, OH, contact Madge Moore at 513-531-8772
Elizabethtown Heartland Dulcimer Club Elizabethtown, KY
Louisville Dulcimer Society Louisville, KY
Mt. Dulcimer Society of Dayton Dayton, OH, E-mail
Morehead Mountain Strings Dulcimer Club Morehead, KY, E-mail
Yellowbanks Dulcimer Society Owensboro KY, E-mail

FESTIVALS

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

College Hill Sampler Memorial Day weekend, Cincinnati Ohio, see Everything Dulcimer for details
White River Folk Festival June Festival, Conner Prairie Museum, Fishers, IN
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
Dulcimer Chautaqua on the Wabash Maureen Sellers October Festival, New Harmony, IN
CDS Fall Festival October
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
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