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The Official Newsletter of the Great Plains Dulcimer Alliance Volume XXVI Number Six June 2008
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FROM OUR PRESIDENT: |
From your praise pickin' Pres. April showers bring May flowers and beautiful they were. Now, May is gone and with it the school year. The month of graduations and Mother's Day has flown by again. Now it is time to gear up for summer fun. Camp outs, little league games, gardening and vacations loom large for many of us. Music brings us the chance to play for the GS at Cowtown and, this year, also music camp. Winfield warm up picnic will be here before you know it. We have again been invited to play for the Crawl on 12 Sept. at Maggies place. This is the night before Walnut Valley Festival starts and Maggies place is an Italian restaurant in Winfield. We played there last year and it was lots of fun. It sort of gives you the feeling that you are part of the festival. Don't miss out on these great play opps and activities.
On the 20 th of May in the afternoon a group of us played for Cherry Creek Retirement Center at Pawnee and Rock in Wichita . We played in the dining hall to a nice sized audience. Playing went well. We played some from the usual play list. We then played a couple of hymns. Most of the rest of the performance time was spent with requests for hymns. Jim and Toni had brought the blue hymn books. This allowed for audience participation and this group really enjoyed participating. Thanks, Karen, from Cherry Creek Retirement Center . Karen attended our Spring Fun Raiser and this prompted the invitation to play.
On the 31 st of May a group of us played for a Hymn Sing at Sterling house Nursing Home in Derby . There was a good turn out of players. It is so nice to see some of our newer members joining us as we share the gift of music. The audience participated well and seemed very glad that we'd come. I am still adhering to the theory that less than perfection in our singing bolsters the confidence of the residents to sing. Perhaps rationalization has set in, but please don't burst my bubble. Thanks again to Toni and Jim Warren for setting up the play date and making and putting up posters in the nursing home to let the residents know about the event.
Our condolences to Michelle Yoder for the loss of her father, and to the Bonnes's for the loss of Alma . Pat
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VICE PRESIDENTIAL CORNER: |
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From the desk of your V.P.
Here's two cents worth from your V. P. : Just a reminder: at our June 14th meeting Joyce Bloyer will be doing a workshop on finger picking for the mountain dulcimer. So bring the appropriate instrument. As usual we will be jamming after that. Come and join in on the fun! I also wanted to thank those who sent their condolences and who also attended the funeral service for our Mom, Alma in Derby on the 29th. Thanks also to everyone who has played for her and others at Brookridge Plaza and at Lake Point care center in Rose Hill. Those people always enjoy us when we come. Keep on playing. :-)
Lonnie |
| Address Changes for the 2008 Handbooks Dave Martin should be corrected to:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS: |
Playing Opportunities
4 June and 18 June 12:20 to 1pm Prairie Pines- Camp Allegro Regular play list
Hymn Sings at Care homes, call Toni Warren for dates & further information.
Upcoming Events & Festivals TREE HOUSE Bartlett Arboretum June events at The Mountain Music Shoppe (Jim Curley) 12710 Shawnee Mission Parkway , Shawnee , KS :
June 5 - 7, 2008 Grove, OK American Heritage Music Festival email grandlakefestivals@hotmail.com www.grandlakefestivals.com
June 7, 2008 , Saturday - Lane County Country Bluegrass Festival Lane County Fairgrounds, Dighton, Ks 10:00 am - 10:00 pm lccbluegrass@hotmail.com
Ozark Folk Center . Mountain View , Arkansas www.ozarkfolkcenter.com/events-calendar/ Events at the center: June 9-12: Autoharp, July 21-24: Mt. Dulcimer workshops, Aug 4-7: Hammered Dulcimer workshops.
June 20- 22, 2008 June KBA Pickin' Picnic Spring Lake, near Halstead, KS contact Kerry or Retta Harrison for information 316-524-6795 or kstoto@cox.net for reservations
June 19 - 22, 2008 Teluride, CO Telluride Bluegrass Festival email planet@bluegrass.com www.bluegrass.com
June 20 & 21, 2008 Brown County Breakdown Bluegrass Festival Fairview City Park , Fairview , KS www.johnjokeim.com/Bluegrass%20Page.htm
June 21, 2008 Marion KS - First Annual Bluegrass at the Lake , Marion County Lake contact Steve Hudson 620-382-3240
June 22-27,2008 Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer week Cullowhee , NC www.dulcimer.wcu.edu email Hensley@email.wcu.edu ( This is a long way from KS, & expensive, but a big deal in the Dulcimer world)
July 18-20, 2008 KBA Pickin' Picnic Marion Lake, Cottonwood point www.reserveusa.com Saturday evening potluck at 6:30pm
July 25 - 26, 2008 9 th Annual Bluegrass & Old Tyme Music Festival Milford State Park , Junction City , KS bwahle@embarqmail.com
June 25-20, 2008 Hill Country Acoustic Music Camp, Kerrville , TX 830-896-5711 www.tacef.org
July 20-25, 2008 Heritage Dulcimer Camp Parkville, MO www.heritagedulcimercamp.org slndmyr@carrollsweb.com (our own Princess Harris as well as others instructing at this one)
August 3-9, 2008 Swannanoa Gathering Dulcimer Week Asheville, NC www.swangathering.com gathering@warren-wilson.edu (another one a long way from KS, but another big dulcimer event)
Cowtown news
Sheri Gaskins is the new Volunteer Coordinator Old Cowtown Museum 1871 Sim Park Drive Wichita , KS 67203 Ph: 316-350-3317 SGaskins@wichita.gov
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Info on Local Jam Sessions:
Ongoing Jams & events Tuesday Night Jam Woodlawn United Methodist Church , Derby , KS 431 S. Woodlawn, Derby , Choir room 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Monday night Irish Jam at Old Chicago, Wichita , KS 7:00-9:00 pm
Emma Chase Café Cottonwood Falls , KS Jam - 7:30 PM every Friday - Various types of music
Kansas Bluegrass Association Monthly meeting/jam 1 st Saturday of each month 10:00 am- 1:00pm Immanuel Baptist Church
Garden City jam third Thursday 7-9:00 PM Kadee's Coffee Break 210 East Spruce, Garden City Folk and Bluegrass . Arkansas City Bluegrass & Country Jam Monday 7 - 9 PM Cherokee Strip Museum 620-442-2107
REMINDERS
GPDA June meeting at Immanuel Baptist Church 1415 S. Topeka Wichita, KS Saturday, June 14, 2008 9:30 - 12:30, Happy ½ hour coffee at 9:00 to 9:30.
Please send Email address changes to News Letter editors - Dwayne & Jan Jennings HDJ1933@aol.com , also any items you wish to add to News Letter such as instruments for sale.
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FOR SALE
Lonnie has a Kent guitar - 6 strings (needs new ones) and picks, hard case and beginner books. Very good condition. Auditorium style. Reduced price - $85.00
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