NOTE: Our winter jams are planned for Maple Terrace, in the Bridgewater Retirement Village, (usually in the Blue Ridge room), assuming there is no increase in Covid infections. We hope in the future to meet in the Augusta County Library in Weyers Cave for our spring jams. It is an accessible meeting room, with no stairs, convenient restrooms and near-to-the-door by parking. However, they are … Continue reading Join Us At Our Next Jam

Phyllis Gaskins, BRMDP Club member, and nationally recognized Galax dulcimer noter player and teacher, will be leading a week-long workshop at the John C. Campbell Folk School from February 27 – March 4. Make plans now to attend this in-person learning opportunity! Read more here: https://classes.folkschool.org/Instructors.aspx?id=275369&fbclid=IwAR1ojNDUBhJ9DTpjq-Nc3HMddqNd93LaUjbY7qZfyQEYtY7bQZ1lke2rWlA Continue reading Workshop Opportunity

We love to support the wonderful workshop leaders we’ve had, and here are several fantastic ways to “play with Joe” in some great workshops! If you have his “Christmas with the Mountain Dulcimer, Vol. 2”, he is hosting a free “PLAY THROUGH”. Thursday, October 21 (7:30 pm EST) – New Harmony Dulcimer Workshop/Showroom. Free and open to the public. We talk about caring for your dulcimer and … Continue reading Join Joe Collins Virtually

Southern California Dulcimer Heritage (SCDH) presents our 27th annual / 2nd virtual Harvest Festival of Dulcimers, Friday night – Sunday, September 24 – 26, 2021, Pacific Time. Continue reading Virtual Harvest Festival of Dulcimers

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!

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