Throughout the year, many of our club members are actively sharing the beautiful sounds of this simple Appalachian instrument. At our last Annual Meeting, it was suggested that we share our music in places where others can hear and be introduced to the dulcimer, and it looks like members took that to heart! Here are just a FEW of the many places that club members have been playing in the past.
Autumn Dulcimers
Our October 18 gathering was graced by beautiful autumn weather! We met at the Bridgewater Retirement Community at 1:30 in the Shenandoah Room and were led by Lori Lineweaver and Dinah Ansley, who shared Balm in Gilead and Whispering Hope, and led sing-alongs of I’ve Been Working on the Railroad and Tennessee Waltz. We were entertained… Continue reading Autumn Dulcimers
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
July’s Joyful Noise!
The Bridgewater Retirement Community’s Studio was filled with joyful strumming and singing on July 19, 2025, as the “Joyful Noise” group of the Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Club led the group in familiar tunes and a new one, too! It was so good to play together! Sharing time was particularly special this month, thanks to… Continue reading July’s Joyful Noise!
A Sunday Morning in July
The Pride of the Blue Ridge provided music for Holy Cross several Sundays this summer. Here is a sampling of some of their music, with “South Wind”, “Celtic Melodies” and “Brother James Aire”. Continue reading A Sunday Morning in July
BRC Fête Fun
Joyful Noise and some of the Pride of the Blue Ridge gathered in the Oasis to help celebrate BRC’s Fête today, Jul 16, 2025. There was lots of food, visiting, and music! We enjoyed being part of this event! “Joyful Noise” started off with the “dulcimer national anthem”, Boil Dem Cabbage Down, and continued with… Continue reading BRC Fête Fun
Jammin’ in June
What a fun time we had, singing along as the host group, River City Strummers, played some favorite songs! Their selection of sing-a-longs were a delight, and they led us in playing two new rounds (Old Chairs to Mend and Oh, How Lovely is the Evening) and an historic fiddle tune Fancy Gap Breakdown. There… Continue reading Jammin’ in June
Our Musical May!
Club members enjoyed a musical treat, both vocal and instrumental, under the able leadership of the Dulci-Cats. This Charlottesville-based group hosted our gathering, May 17, 2025 at the Waynesboro Library, on a beautiful spring day. Our Jam tunes included Boatman and Mississippi Sawyer (excepts in the clip below) as well as Gray Cat on a… Continue reading Our Musical May!
Sunday Sounds
The Dulcimer Spirits provided special music for the Batesville Holy Cross Episcopal Church on March 23, 2025, beginning with an arrangements of Jacob’s Ladder, There is a Balm in Gilead and Be Still My Soul by Dinah Ansley, Jesus Love Me, arranged by Joe Collins, Just a Closer Walk With Thee, attributed to Bunk Johnson,… Continue reading Sunday Sounds
Welcoming Spring!
Our March Gathering started with a springtime theme and continued with sharing some jam tunes and hearing some individual club member’s contributions. It was a joyous gathering with an almost standing room only crowd which included some welcome visitors! Mack Room B was filled to the brim! We look forward to our next session in… Continue reading Welcoming Spring!
Sharing Christmas at BRC
The Blue Ridge Mountain Dulcimer Players welcomed Christmas once again with the season’s most popularly sung tune—JINGLE BELLS, as evidenced by members of the Bridgewater Retirement community. HEARTSTRINGS Group from Woodstock (above) directed our attention more inwardly with WHAT CHILD IS THIS and THE HOLLY BEARS THE BERRY. The DULCI-CATS of Charlottesville (above) invited the… Continue reading Sharing Christmas at BRC
Fall Fun
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… Continue reading Fall Fun
Playing, Singing, and Having 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,… Continue reading Playing, Singing, and Having Fun!
“May” We Sing and Play!
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… Continue reading “May” We Sing and Play!
Irish Eyes A’smilin’
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,… Continue reading Irish Eyes A’smilin’
Sounds of the Season, 2023
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… Continue reading Sounds of the Season, 2023
A Glorious Day for Our Annual Picnic
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… Continue reading A Glorious Day for Our Annual Picnic
Our June Gathering
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… Continue reading Our June Gathering
Our March 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… Continue reading Our March Gathering
Heartstrings at Belle Grove
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
Season’s Greetings!
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… Continue reading Season’s Greetings!
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