Outdoor Music

I'll be playing the dulcimer with a neighbor and friend Christina as she plays her harp on Aug 23 at Sir Ben's.  It's a local bar on Superior Street.  I hope we can do at least part of the music outdoors.  Stop by between 5 and 7 p.m.

I've also ordered a couple more mountain dulcimers with ebony fretboards.  Yes, the ebony just looks nice adding to the beauty of the instrument.  The new ones will be teardrop shape.   Email if you'd like to set up a time to check out instruments.  The new instrument should arrive shortly after Labor Day.

I traveled a bit earlier this month and was down in Madison, WI.  I stopped in at the WI Historical Museum and in their shop bought a book about immigrants and folk tunes.  It has 5 CDs and a DVD plus the book with information on the players and more on the tunes.  It doesn't have the notation of the tunes like I thought.  Several of the tunes are song in different languages.  There even was a song from a person from Luxembourg.  "Songcatchers' help in preserving melodies.  I'm glad to be a part of carrying on traditions of old-time music and instruments that were made in America.

 I'll be teaching a winter time class through Duluth Community Ed.  I have a bunch of dulcimers if anyone has a group of people that would like to set up a intro class.  The books and music sheets are play by number making it pretty quick to pick up songs and play them.

Keep cool in these extra hot summer days.  Fall is around the corner.

Wendy