CONGRATULATIONS
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CONGRATULATIONS: 30 YEARS OF THE ‘HILLS OF KENTUCKY DULCIMER CLUB’ 1992 - 2022 (and still playing strong!)
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2021 August Edition of the ‘Dulcimer Player News’, the Hills of Kentucky Dulcimers were featured as a ‘Blue-Ribbon’ Club for ‘Surviving the Pandemic’. The article was written by our President, AlAnn Feldmann. All members received a Blue Ribbon as a Thank You for working as a Team to keep our club afloat. 2020-The Year the Music Died. But We Survived!
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The Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer Club enjoy spending time with old friends and making new ones at the Ohio Valley Gathering, Dayton Dulcimer Doin’s and many other festivals
Twenty HOKD members performed onstage during Saturday nights' concert. A big shout out to Rebecca Turney for coordinating our performance and to her husband, Michael for serving as our photographer. THANK YOU!
Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer Club “celebrating” 25 years as a club: June 15, 2017
Beginning with founding member and our first HOKD President, Sharon Eggemeier, followed by founding member, Mal Cobb, each of the remaining presidents shared a few memories of the club and performed a song or two in celebration of the twenty five years HOKD has been educating and entertaining those in our communities with the sweet sounds of the Appalachian dulcimer and other traditional instruments that compliment it.
What a special night when 105 members and guests joined us to commemorate 25 years as a club. Our theme for the night was "How Sweet the Sound." After a delicious supper, Emcee Don McCoy shared bits of HOKD's history from 1992 until the present. Two founding members, Sharon Eggemeier (HOKD's 1st President) and Mal Cobb were the first to perform as part of the night's program. Nine of HOKD's other presidents performed after them.
View our photos from the event in our PHOTO GALLERY Pictured above 1st Row: Sharon Eggemeier; 2nd Row: Judy Munninghoff, Janet Lucas, Judy Durham, Betty Stoeckel; 3rd Row: Dan Hamilton, Mal Cobb, Dana Gruber, Patty Smith, Gail Michalack, and Dinah Shelley. (3 past presidents who were not able to make the celebration were Tom Depenbrock, Nancy Trokan, and Steve Fitzsimmons.)
The Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer Club
Special Recognition: Education
On March 30th Behringer-Crawford Museum honored outstanding local individuals and groups for their significant accomplishments in the areas of history, education and community service at an awards dinner and gala emceed by Local 12 newscaster, John Lomax. Among those honored was The Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer Club for its community service in the area of education. To learn more about this award and event, click on this link, Behringer-Crawford Museum and enter 2 headed calf award in the search box.
HOKD members Jeryl & Patty Smith, Debbie Grizzell, and Gail & Richard Michalach (pictured right) were privileged to sit and have dinner with John Lomax before playing a few tunes for a packed room of over 180 people.
The Winners of the 2-Headed Calf Awards. Pictured far left are Dick, Debbie, Gail, Jeryl, and Patty, HOKD honorees accepting the award for the club.