NOTE: With warmer weather, we are planning on some outside gatherings until we can resume meeting inside. Three summertime THIRD SATURDAY jams are scheduled for June, July and August, at Oakdale Park in Bridgewater. The June 19 gathering will be at Shelter #3 from 1 pm – 3 pm. Bring a chair to sit and play in, your dulcimer and jam book. We hope for … Continue reading Join Us At Our Next Jam
Whispering Hope – Septimus Winner, 1868, arr. Tull Glazener Amazing Grace- Tune: New Britain, arr. Edwin Excell, 1829 It Is Well With My Soul – Phillip Bliss, 1873 Go In Peace – Travellers Rest, arr. Tull Glazener Continue reading Sunday Morning at Holy Cross
Three summertime THIRD SATURDAY jams are scheduled, outdoors at Oakdale Park in Bridgewater. The June 19 gathering will be at Shelter #3 from 1 pm – 3 pm. Bring a chair to sit and play in, your dulcimer and jam book. We hope for good weather – check our website, Facebook page or your email if the weather is questionable that morning. The July 17 … Continue reading Let’s Gather to Play!
Some of our club members have been invited to play at Holy Cross Episcopal Church near Batesville. These old hymn favorites were played for the worship on Sunday, February 21. Be Thou My Vision: https://youtu.be/IdJNhGXoX9Q Jesus Loves Me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6UEQIS_HOA&feature=youtu.be He Leadeth me: https://youtu.be/dhoSzviw9DQ Go in Peace: https://youtu.be/AWAPgx1V1os Continue reading More from Sunday Mornings
2021 – WE GIVE THANKS 2020- –the most challenging year in the collective memory for many of us. 2020—a year bookmarked by the passing of two Mountain Dulcimer Legends…Madeline (Maddie) MacNeil, March, 2020; Ralph Lee Smith, December, 2020. Today is January 01, 2021. Today we in the dulcimer world give thanks and recall the blessings we received from Ralph Lee and Maddie. … Continue reading In Memory – 2020
QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival – Feb. 5 – 7, 2021 Joe Collins Online Christmas Workshops Virtual WorkshopsOnly a few slots are still open in Joe Collin’s virtual workshops this December. Class size is limited to 25. Please click on any of the titles below to find out more information, and sign up soon before the slots are gone! Wednesday, December 2 (4 – 5:15 pm Eastern) “A … Continue reading Online Opportunities
Several members of the “Pride of the Blue Ridge” played at Holy Cross recently, during a Sunday morning gathering. Here are some of the clips: Whispering Hope, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Going Home, September on the Mississippi by Larry Conger, and Southwind Continue reading Songs from a Sunday
During this COVID-19 time when we have been missing playing together, meeting at jams, and enjoying the sweet sounds of our dulcimers in groups, we propose “sharing our music” in other ways! If you have a recording, either audio or video, of you or your group, and would agree to having it shared on our webpage, please send it to blueridgedulcimer@comcast.net. Shared here is September … Continue reading Some Favorite Tunes
In Memory of TOM SCANLAN, DULCIMER MAN by Dinah Ansley on behalf of the Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players Club One day, about 15 years ago, two people took note of an instrument they heard played on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The moment changed mountain dulcimer history in Central Virginia and beyond. With extraordinary dedication and enthusiasm, Tom and Jan Scanlan became this area’s strongest … Continue reading In Memory of Tom Scanlan
August 31, 2020: Our hearts were heavy this morning to learn of the passing of our dear dulcimer friend, Tom Scanlan. Our thoughts are with his wife, Jan, and their family. See our tribute on Facebook: Continue reading Remembering Tom Scanlan
