Honoring the Journey, Shaping the Future Over 15 years of leadership, music, and community culminated on September 12 at The Studio at Bridgewater Retirement Center, where the Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Club gathered for a festive picnic and jam to honor Dinah Ansley, Club Coordinator and Grand Poobah, alongside outgoing officers. Five Area Groups Share Their Music After the tribute, coordinators from five area groups … Continue reading 15 Years of Music Making
Our Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players Club invites all dulcimer players and friends in Central Virginia to our fall INDOOR picnic and jam September 12, this Saturday. Please arrive at 10 am, if you plan to play, at Bridgewater Retirement Community, “The Studio,” 100 Virginia Avenue, Bridgewater, VA 22812. Our current officers have done a wonderful job promoting our club and the love of the … Continue reading We Strum in New Officers at Fall Picnic
Our Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players Celebrate, Appalachian Style! At our July 18 jam Dinah Ansley led our fantastic hosts Merrifield Music Makers from Ruckersville, Viginia, and Joyful Noise from Bridgewater, Virginia, through our deepest roots of song at the Bridgewater Retirement Community Studio. We kicked off our musical journey with “The Water is Wide,” a 400-year-old folk tune that has been beautifully transformed into … Continue reading “More than Fireworks” — 250 Years of Folksong and Freedom
Join us for our summer jam July 18, 1:30 pm, at the Bridgewater Retirement Community Studio. This gathering will be hosted by the Merrifield Music Makers from Ruckersville, and Joyful Noise from Bridgewater. Our warm-up tunes will be in the Dave Haas Jam Book and include: Old Joe Clark – p. 113Mississippi Sawyer – p. 108Lisa Jane – p. 102 Then the DulciCats from Charlottesville … Continue reading Our July Jam Celebrates America, Appalachian Style
DulciCats of Charlottesville led off the May 16 gathering with pieces they have been working on all spring as hosts of our Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players jam at the Studio at Bridgewater Retirement Village Community in Bridgewater, VA. The group has five players: Jim Albert, Sharon Baiocco, Lynn Gould, Penny Reighart, and Trisha Taylor. Penny Reighart, coordinator, introduced the group, and Sharon Baiocco introduced … Continue reading DulciCats of Charlottesville Demonstrate Diversity
DulciCats of Charlottesville will host our May 16 Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players meeting and jam at 1:30 pm at the STUDIO at our Bridgewater Retirement Village Community in Bridgewater, VA. They will lead off with pieces they have been working on all spring, including “Celtic Melodies,” arranged by our own Dinah Ansley, an Irish jig, and three songs. The group consists of five players: … Continue reading Charlottesville DulciCats to Host May Jam
How does “Bile Dem Cabbage Down” sound when a group of about 30 dulcimer players becomes an orchestra? Dinah Ansley, our coordinator, taught us! The Club launched a short session she calls “Becoming an Orchestra” on chording at different positions on the fretboard as our March jam session took on a different look with the additions of some learning opportunities. Becca Chalam, club secretary, warmly … Continue reading BRMDP Begins 2026 Jam Sessions With a New Format
Club leaders made the decision at a Sept. 30 meeting to revise our schedule to FOUR gatherings a year, with the possible addition of a Christmas program, and to host them all at THE STUDIO at the Bridgewater Retirement Village Community (BRC) in Bridgewater, VA. Look for directions on our webpage: Gatherings. These will occur on the THIRD SATURDAY from 1:30 to 3:30 in March, … Continue reading 2026 Schedule is Proposed
