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Mountain Dulcimer Clubs
Barbara F. Gregory |
Music is one of the greatest joys in life, and there is no better way to enjoy music than to make your own. It is even better to get together with others and play and sing. I have heard people say, "But I don't read music and can't sing well." Many of the members of my dulcimer club don't read music or sing at all. But they don't have to because others will do the singing and we play by number! The club I have belonged to for many years has started many people playing music. And we entertain at nursing homes, festivals, churches, and other events. We don't have to play like professional musicians to have the audience fall in love with us. They fall in love with us because we are all having a terrific time!
Below is information about more than forty dulcimer clubs gathered from participants of Sweet Music Digest. Perhaps there is a club near you. But remember, this list is nowhere near complete! So if you don't find one here, check the larger list at Dulcimer Players News. If there is no club there for you, start one and let us know; we'll put it on the list!
Barbara
Gregory is a musician living in Ohio. To learn more about Ms.
Gregory, see the Contributors section of Sweet
Music Index. The information here has been collected from participants in the Sweet Music Digest mountain dulcimer discussion list. If you have any additions, changes, or deletions, please contact the Index. To contact a club, use the data listed here.
The information for most of the clubs below includes: 1) the club's name, 2) the area it serves, 3) its meeting place, 4) the name of a club-representative to contact, 5) this person's telephone number and/or e-mail address, and in a few cases, 6) the club's web page address. Meeting days and times can change from season to season, so for this information contact the club's representative.
colorado
Rocky Mountain Dulcimer Club (Denver and Front
Range)
Music Association of Swallow Hill, 1905 S. Pearl, Denver
Donna Lewin 303/692-0174 BonnieCarolDulcimer@earthnet.net
Dulcibuddies (Denver, Boulder, Front Range)
Ellen Stark's house, 2010 Upland, Boulder
Bonnie Carol BonnieCarolDulcimer@earthnet.net
connecticut
Dulcimer Folk Association of Connecticut
(Central Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts)
Christ Church, 35 Harris Road, Avon
Donald Moore 860/242-3003 donruth@erols.com
california
Four Directions Dulcimer Kindred of the San
Francisco Bay Area
21295 Birch Street, Hayward
Kathryn LaMar 510/733-0425 klamar@shaman.com
delaware
Brandywine Dulcimer Fellowship; Wilmington
(Delaware / South NJ, PA and MD)
Grace Lutheran Church, RT. 41 & Graves Rd. Hockessin
B. Scott 302/762-1422 bscott@eecis.udel.edu
georgia
North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association
(umbrella organization for clubs in Georgia)
6065 Roswell Rd. NE, Suite 1163, Atlanta, GA 30328
John Stockard 912/452-5713
jstockard@geocities.com
Allatooners (NW Atlanta)
Redtop Mountain Lodge
Peggy Martin 770/974-1980 wmartin@mindspring.com
The Mountain Dulcimer Philharmonic (Macon
and middle Georgia)
Music Hall of Fame, Macon
John Stockard 912/452-5713 jstockard@geocities.com
Peach Pickers (Peachtree City)
Braelinn Baptist Church, Rm 206
Phyllis Conner 770/487-7475 jstockard@geocities.com
Alpha Fretters (Alpharetta and North
Atlanta)
Alpharetta First United Methodist Church
Rick Troup 770/475-5459 jstockard@geocities.com
In Town Down Home (Downtown Atlanta)
Tenth St. Methodist Church
Cathy Watts 770/393-3454 jstockard@geocities.com
Gwinnoters (NE Atlanta)
Gwinnett History Museum
Michael Lipsitt 770/449-8333 lipsitt@mindspring.com
Blue Ridge Players Satellite (Blue Ridge /
North Georgia)
Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association Facility
Barbara Heartz 706/632-3158 jstockard@geocities.com
Nacoochee Strummers (Clarksville / North
East Georgia)
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Jane Bell 706/754-7583 jstockard@geocities.com
illinois
The South Suburban Dulcimer and Folk Music Society (South Chicago
Suburbs)
Trinity Lutheran Church, 2901 Western Avenue, Park Forest
Mab O'Connor folkgal@starnetinc.com
Dulcimer Society of Northern Illinois
(DSNI--Greater Chicago))
St. Augustine's Episcopal Church, 1140 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette
Lois Hirsch 847/674-5892
lchirsch@aol.com
Rosamond Campbell 847/251-1115
kentucky
Frankfort Dulcimer Club; Frankfort (Central Kentucky)
Ruby Layson 502/223-5175 rlayson@mis.net
Heartland Dulcimer Club; Elizabethtown
(Hardin County / Central Kentucky)
Lorinda Jones 502/862-9747 losnotes@ne.infi.net
Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer
Society; Fort Wright (Northern Kentucky and Greater
Cincinnati area)
Tom Depenbrock 606/431-9914
Dana Gruber 606/984-6515 dulcimerdg@aol.com
Louisville Dulcimer Society (LDS);
Louisville
Molly Freibert 502/245-7807 cfreibert@ka.net
louisiana
Bayou Dulcimer Club;
Mandeville (Southern Louisiana)
Paul Andry 504/845-3493 pandry@neosoft,com
new
jersey
Greater Pinelands Dulcimer Society;
Mt. Laurel (Greater Delaware Valley)
P.O. Box
292
Rancocas,
NJ 08073
Janice Steinbeck 609-596-5315 JannaSong@aol.com
new
york
Dulcimer Association of Albany (DAA) (Albany / Northeast New York
State)
McKownville United Methodist Church, 1565 Western Avenue, Albany
Roy Teal 518/283-5491 mtdulcimer@aol.com
louisiana
Bayou Dulcimer Club; Covington (Mandeville / Southern Louisiana)
Trinity Lutheran Church, HWY 22
Paul Andry 504/845-3493 pandry@neosoft,com
michigan
Silver Strings Dulcimer
Society; Garden City
Good Hope Lutheran Church
Scott Smetana ramjet@htonline.com
http://www.htonline.com/~ramjet/index.html
Livingston Acoustic Music Society (LAMS);
Howell
Church of Christ near corner of M-57 and Latson Rd.
Tom Whitehead 517/529-9148 tewhitehead@bigfoot.com
missouri
Singin' Strings; Perryville Masonic Lodge
Linda Holt blholt@clas.net
Ozark Wilderness Dulcimer Club; Joplin
(Fourstate Area-Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma)
Lloyd or Joyce Woods 316/389-2377
jlwoods@www.columbus-ks.com
north
carolina
Charlotte Appalachian Dulcimer Club; Charlotte
John Renwick 704/375-7827 daluthier@aol.com
ohio
Darke County Folk Music and Dulcimer Society; Greenville
Brick Room at the Brethren's Home on Rt. 121 across from the
Darke County Fairgrounds
Jean Grosch 937/337-3068
Marty Lane marty@erinet.com
Standing Stone Strings and Things Dulcimer
Club; Lancaster, Ohio (Central to Southeastern Ohio)
Gary Sager gsager@frank.mtsu.edu
Mixed-up Strings of Summit County;
Barberton, Ohio
First Lutheran Church in Barberton, OH at the corners of W.
Hopican and Second St.
Vici Gombaski af290@acorn.net
Queenie Matheny DOFERS@aol.com
www.uakron.edu/schlcomm/White/mixed.htm
Mountain Dulcimer Society of Dayton, Ohio
(Miami Valley)
Visitors' Center, Carriage Hill Historical Farm, 7800 Shull Road;
Huber Heights
Marty Lane 937/676-2688 marty@erinet.com
oklahoma
Indian Territory Dulcimer Celebration; Tulsa
Even O'Bannon Dulcichamp96@macconnect.co
pennsylvania
Clarion Dulcimer Club; Clarion / Oil City (Western Pennsylvania)
Sally Ringland 814/226-5674 ringland@mail.clarion.edu
Pocono Dulcimer Club; Stroudsburg
(Northeast PA, Pocono Mts., & Western NJ)
First Baptist Church, East Stroudsburg
Bob Mallalieu 717/420-1896 rkmbanjo@aol.com
tennessee
Bays Mountain Dulcimer Society; Kingsport (Northeast TN,
Southwest VA, Northwestern NC)
Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church, 213 Colonial Heights Rd,
Kingsport
Wynn Herbert 423/239-6257 jherbert@mounet.com
Knoxville Area Dulcimer Club; Knoxville
(Central & Eastern Tennessee)
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, Jacksboro Pike, Knoxville,
Alyce Hemphill AHEMP@AOL.COM
texas
Davy Crockett Dulcimer Society; Crockett
The Wooden Nickel Restaurant, Loop 304 N., Crockett
Gary Hamilton 409/544-5967 ranch3@sat.net
Jerry Wright pickin@aol.com
Tom Mason 409/544-3476 tmason@intrastar.net
http://www.intrastar.net/~tmason/hcda.htm
Sand and Sea Dulcimer Society (Coastal bend
of Texas south of Houston)
Linda Lamprecht 512/992-3184 ARAGONMILL.aol.com
virginia
Fretted Dulcimer Circle; Falls Church (Northern Virginia;
metropolitan Washington, DC)
Thomas Jefferson Library, 7415 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church
Ellie Holsopple 703/578-3106 eholsopple@aol.com
washington
Bill & Bev Wilkinson 360/668-4887 junco@premier1.net
united
kingdom
Nonsuch Dulcimer Club http://www.hillside.co.uk/nonsuch/
Sally Whytehead nonsuch@hillside.co.uk