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
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, author and educator, Phyllis Gaskins is known as the foremost … Continue reading Gaskins, Heritage Award Recipient
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 by the singing of an original re-working of the Tennessee … Continue reading Autumn Dulcimers
FALL – TIME OF TRANSITION AND CHANGE DULCIMER GATHERING – OCT 18, 2025 also has TRANSITION & CHANGE! The October 18 DULCIMER GATHERING HAS MANY CHANGES:It will be at the Bridgewater Retirement Community—- NOT The Waynesboro Library. It will be from 1:30 – 3:30pm in the Shenandoah Room—-NOT at 10:30a.m. It will be led by Lori Lineweaver and Dinah Ansley—-NOT Pride of the Blue Ridge Group. AND—It will be … Continue reading Our October Gathering
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 we tried these out using several new pieces introduced by … Continue reading Jeff Furman Workshop
SEPTEMBER 12 – Jeff Furman Workshop We look forward to our first workshop since Covid shut us down! Jeff Furman will be offering three classes on Friday, September 12. We are excited! Jeff comes to us from Chapel Hill, North Carolina and brings 37 years of musical performance experience. His gentle, humorous teachingstyle has made him a very popular instructor at numerous mountain festivals, and … Continue reading Workshop and Annual Picnic
The sessions will be recorded, and all registered students will receive links to the videos afterward for review and practice. Session 1 (9:00 am – 11:00 am EDT) – “Waltzes and Airs”We will begin the day with lilting waltzes and lyrical airs from around the world. The arrangements presented will include some Celtic pieces (“Neil Gow’s Lament”, “Rosebud of Allenvale”); a classical piece from New … Continue reading Tull’s Virtual Workshop
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
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 some old favorites. “Gray Cat On a Tennessee Farm” The … Continue reading BRC Fête Fun
