Our Annual Fall picnic on Sept. 24, 2024 was a fun chance to visit together, play together and eat a scrumptious lunch together! Thanks to all who shared music and food! We enjoyed playing in one large circle, and were glad for the chance to visit with old friends and meet some new! The Studio was indeed a fine venue for an “indoor picnic”. Our … Continue reading Fall Fun
Our July gathering was hosted in the Bridgewater Retirement Village, by the Joyful Noise Group. They put a new twist on playing songs while tuned in DAA, and inviting all others to play the chords and sing, while tuned in DAD. Yes, DAA and DAD tunings CAN play together, and did so with Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Baa Baa Black Sheep, ABC Song, Will the … Continue reading Playing, Singing, and Having Fun!
Our May Gathering at the Waynesboro Library was filled with the sounds of dulcimers playing AND happy voices singing! We celebrated the springtime weather and blooms with enthusiasm by playing Wildwood Flowers as a group, and with Wildflowers played by a trio of dulcimer, guitar and ukulele! Many thanks to the DulciCats of Charlottesville for sharing music selections leading our group playing! Wildflowers was shared … Continue reading “May” We Sing and Play!
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of St. Patrick behold you. We celebrated St.Patrick’s Day with Celtic tunes, stories from Ireland, lots of green, and felt the luck of the Irish enfolding us, indeed! On March 16, 2024, the WOODSTOCK DULCIMER HEARTSTRINGS treated us to a collection … Continue reading Irish Eyes A’smilin’
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON, our Annual December Dulcimer Program, was heard by a standing-room-only audience at the Waynesboro Public Library on December 9th. Members of the BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER PLAYERS entertained with tunes ranging from The Dreidel Song and Santa Americana to Little Drummer Boy. Listeners sang along as musicians played a variety of Christmas favorites. Various individuals and groups of people, from the … Continue reading Sounds of the Season, 2023
WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY!!! The ANNUAL DULCIMER PICNIC was held at The OASIS in the Bridgewater Retirement Community on September 16, 2023. The Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players Club began its 12th year with its beginning. Founding Members, out of whose efforts gave rise to the Club, and who continue playing and supporting the mountain dulcimer were recognized and gifted with “mugshot mugs.” The crisp … Continue reading A Glorious Day for Our Annual Picnic
DULCIMER GATHERING, June 17, 2023, Shenandoah Room, Bridgewater Retirement Community WE SURE HAD FUN HEARTSTRINGS of Woodstock was our GATHERING’s LEADER and they were MOST EXCELLENT. They kicked off group playing with MORE THAN DULCIMERS, featuring a Native American drum that kept all of us together as we did indeed “Fly Away.” There was a wonderful showing of folks from Greenville to Charlottesville, from Waynesboro to Front Royal. And … Continue reading Our June Gathering
How good it was to be back together again! The great attendance was evidence that we have missed playing together! Thanks to the Charlottesville Group, the Dulce’ Cats, for hosting us today, leading us in a warm-up with a few old favorites, and playing some new ones for us. The Waynesboro Library meeting room seemed to be a good fit! Our next gathering will be … Continue reading Our March Gathering
Heartstrings dulcimer group played Christmas music at the main house of Bellegrove National Historic Park in Middletown on Dec. 30, 2022, as part of the Holiday and New Year festivities. Continue reading Heartstrings at Belle Grove
for and from our Dulcimer Club, as we mark the passage of time with an ending and a beginning. For all of us, we end this year and this decade with major changes in our dulcimer club, both in how we function and in how we are formed in the new year. Rather than “monthly jam sessions,” which has been one of our hallmark for … Continue reading Season’s Greetings!
Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players Club 