DULCIMER DAY 2012 A HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all that worked to make our Fourteenth Annual Dulcimer Day a success at the historic Buchanan Log House. ored We had wonderful weather and great performances but most of all, we honored David with a day celebrating the music of the mountain dulcimer with picnic ic and friends. Our TRADITION CONTINUES segment with adults and young people showwcasing the dulcimer was charming and entertaining. The log house was a perfect setting for both the dulcimer and the house. We couldn't have a better ter home ! Lora, thank you for using our media articles and pics in the newsletter each month. Thank you Nancy, for your help with notices to members and the media. Thank you Sandy for arranging for the featured performers and making the stage come alive, yet again. Special thanks to Mike Pentacost for arranging sound for all the stage activities and to Houstons for great food. Thanks also to Judy who updated the flyer again this year and to Jonathan athan for keeping the website current with this year's information. Thanks to the Cookeville gals for taking up the task of the hospitality area. Thanks to Ethan because he supported and assisted whenver asked and led the group in great musical selections. But most of all, thank you Neda. I knew that I could depend on you anytime in any way and I appreciate your support and hard work during the year long preparation. Finally, Thanks to all the performers and to the members of the Grand Old Dulcimer Club for another great celebration of the mountain dulcimer. ulcimer. photos courtesy of Levoy - Sue ------------ * ------------ Mountain Dulcimer Workshopss by Lee Cagle Presented by Fiddle & Pick The Musical Heritage Center Sunday July 15 - Mountain Dulcimer workshops by Lee Cagle. Lee will present two workshops followed by a mini-concert and led jam. m. Workshops are $20 each or $35 for both and include the concert and jam. am. 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Beginners Class We will learn about effectively utilizing our fretboards while learning a tune. We will be tuned DAD. Some intermediate students may benefitt from some of the techniques presented in this class. 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Intermediate Class We will explore using a variety of techniques to play in the key of G, while learning 1 to 2 songs as time allows. Some beginners may benefit fit from some of the techniques presented in this class. 4:50 p.m. Mini Concert followed by a jam session. ------------ * Lee Cagle has been playing mountain dulcimer since 1988. She is the cofounder and president of The Memphis Dulcimer Gathering, Inc. For booking or more information, call 901-877-7763 or visit www.LeeCagleDulcimers.com ------------ Out & About A trip to Mountain View took me, my sister Stephanie and my friend Judith to purchase our dulimcer. For me and my sister it was our first and for Judith her second. We have been trying to learn to play since January 2012 from our dear friend Debbie Mitchell. - Elaine ------------ * ------------ Uncle Jimmy Thompson Bluegrass Festival Ninth annual Uncle Jimmy Thompson Bluegrass Festival was held Saturday, May 26 as part of Granville Heritage Day. Uncle Jimmy Thompson, country music pioneer, was the first entertainer ever to appear on the Grand Ole Opry. Uncle Jimmy was born in the Granville Community in 1848. Granville is near Carthage, Tennessee. Judy participated in this year's dulcimer competition. According to Judy, the best part about competing was hearing WSM announcer, Eddie Stubbs, say, "Thank you, Miss Judy, Nice job! -----------Upcoming Events * ------------ Bing Futch is coming into Nashville on June 22nd for a short set at Ri'chards in Whites Creek at 6:30 p.m. www.richardscafe.com Then Bing is off to Townsend, TN at Clemmer's Pickin' Porch June 23, 2012. www.clemmerdulcimer.com Kentucky Music Week www.kentuckymusicweek.com June 17-22 , 2012 Bardstown, KY 11th Annual Cowan Creek www.cowancreekmusic.org June 25-29 , 2012 Letcher County, KY Dulcimer U Summer Week www.wcu.edu/5046.asp July 15-20, 2012 Cullowhee, NC The Gateway Dulcimer Music Festival www.gatewaydulcimer.org August 9-12, 2012 Belleville, IL Harmony Harvest Dulcimer Festival www.harmonyharvest.org September 14-16, 2012 Lancaster, OH Memphis Dulcimer & Folk Gathering www.leecagledulcimers.com September 21-22, 2012 Memphis, TN -----------Local Area Groups * ------------ There are many opportunities to play with groups all over the area, in addition to the main Grand Old Dulcimer Club’s monthly meetings. If you have a group you would like to have listed here, please let us know. Twangtown Dulcimers Each Wednesday 10AM until noon Hillcrest United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall 5112 Raywood Lane, Nashville TN White House Dulcimer Players Every Monday night at 6:30 Temple Baptist Church building on Marlin Road White House,TN Dixie Dulcimers 10AM until noon 1st and 3rd Tuesday Cooks Church, Lebanon Road, Mt. Juliet, TN Duck River Dulcimer Club 2nd Sunday (2-4 pm) and 4th Tuesday, (6:30-8:30 pm) Maury County Park Columbia, TN Cheatham County Club Second Sunday of every month 3-5 pm Simpkins Chapel United Methodist Church Ashland City, TN -----------This Month’s Free * ------------ PageTwo Tab Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase Graciously supplied by Tull Glazener! This traditional American song, circa 19th century, was originally learned by David Harrison Macon in the 1880's from the black stevedores who worked alongside the Cumberland River near his childhood home. Though the authorship is unknown, the tune was made popular by David Harrison Macon, better known as Uncle Dave Macon, also known as The Dixie Dewdrop. Born October 7, 1870, Uncle Dave Macon grew in notoriety as the first star of the Grand Old Opry. Just In Time For 35th Annual UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS FESTIVAL He was born into a well-to-do family in central Tennessee, but after the family suffered financial reversals following the Civil War they moved to Nashville, where they ran a hotel. The hotel served as the venue for many vaudeville performers who came through town. The teenaged Macon watched them as they rehearsed and he became fascinated with the various "trick" banjo players then in vogue. Soon, he talked his parents into buying him a banjo. It was not long before he was perfecting his skill as a musician, storyteller, and entertainer. Unable to make a steady living as a musician as a young adult, he started a freight line business, retiring at 52. He continued to entertain the locals as a musician and a storyteller and never went anywhere without his banjo. One day a talent scout offered Macon a job on the vaudeville circuit, where he became an immediate hit in cities from Birmingham to Boston. By 1924, he began making records for Vocalion. He first recorded "Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase" (which he usually referred to as "Cumberland Mountain Deer Race") in 1932. He continued touring and performing at the Opry right into his eighties, and did his last show just months before he died in 1952 at the age of 82. www.uncledavemacondays.com JULY 13 - 14 - 15 Enjoy! In music and friendship, Tull Tull has been sharing the music of the mountain dulcimer since 1984. He has performed and led workshops throughout the mid-west and south. Tull enjoys arranging aires, waltzes, ragtime, traditional, old-time, contemporary, classical, and jazz for the mountain dulcimer. His most recent book is called "Dulcified on Tin Pan Alley", which, as the name implies, is a collection of old Tin Pan Alley era tunes. The selection includes things like "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "Daisy Bell", "Button Up Your Overcoat", "My Blue Heaven", "Peg O My Heart", "Whispering", etc. The arrangements are in D-A-d tuning, with a few requiring a capo. Many are multi-part arrangements. The CD, which is included with the book, has separate tracks for each of the individual parts for each arrangement, plus an additional track with all the parts being played together. Tull also has available a series of teaching/workshop CD packets. Each packet includes the tab for one tune, plus an accompanying teaching CD. It's like having a private lesson on a CD! Titles include things like "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Vincent" (aka "Starry Starry Night"), "Dream A Little Dream of Me", "Mr. Sandman", "Last Date", etc. The most recent ones are "Both Sides Now" and "Moon River". There are 25 titles in all. ? Got any questions? 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