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Gaskins, Heritage Award Recipient
Congratulations to Blue Ridge Dulcimer Players Club member Phyllis Gaskins, recipient of the 2025 Fries Musical Heritage Award This award, sponsored by Legends of Grayson, is presented to a person who has excelled in preserving, promoting or performing the unique traditional music of Fries and the surrounding communities of Grayson and Carroll counties. Master musician,… Continue reading Gaskins, Heritage Award Recipient
BRMDP Begins 2026 Jam Sessions With a New Format
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… Continue reading BRMDP Begins 2026 Jam Sessions With a New Format
Dulcimer U Registration is Open
Several of our club members have reported enthusiastically about their experiences at Dulcimer U, and are planning a return trip this summer, July 19-24, 2026, at Cullowhee, NC. There are morning and afternoon classes, daily jam sessions, and evening concerts by instructors. Housing, dining and lessons are at Western Carolina University. Registration is now open,… Continue reading Dulcimer U Registration is Open
Joyful Noise for the Holidays
BRMDP – Make a Joyful Noise for the 2025 Holidays Our Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players, emceed by intrepid coordinator, Dinah Ansley, opened our annual holiday gathering with a large group performance of “Jingle Bells” and “Good King Wenceslas” at Bridgewater Retirement Community in Bridgewater, VA, on Dec. 13. Before a roomful of dulcimer players… Continue reading Joyful Noise for the Holidays
2026 Schedule is Proposed
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… Continue reading 2026 Schedule is Proposed
Jeff Furman Workshop
We welcomed the opportunity to have Jeff Furman of Chapel Hill, NC for a workshop and concert weekend September 12 and 13, 2025. Jeff’s Friday morning workshop included some essential right hand techniques, the practice of which can form the basis of good playing. In the second workshop, some left hand techniques were introduced and… Continue reading Jeff Furman Workshop
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