May, 2014 Meeting Announcement

May 10 is our next scheduled monthly meeting.

Our monthly meetings are held the second Saturday afternoon of the month at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. from 1:30-3:30, and occasionally we extend for snacks and social time. We are on the second floor, there is an elevator and the building is handicap accessible. All players, both beginners and experienced, are welcome to join in. The first half of the meeting is reviewing recently learned tunes, then learning a new tune. The second half of the meeting is "Song Circle" so please come with some tunes in mind. There is a list of our practiced songs further on this site.

Oh, My Darling Clementine

Just put tab for "Oh, My Darling Clementine" on the site.  Click on "Club Music", above, and then scroll down to where it reads "ADDED 4/17/14" and you will find a link to two (2) versions of the tab for this tune that I shared with those in attendance at the April Club meeting.  Later . . .

April, 2014 BDC Meeting Report

Darcy Fusch led a small group of us in some inspired mountain dulcimer playing at our Club meeting yesterday.  After warming up with "Happy Land", we moved on - pun intended - to "Farther Along" and then continued with "Streets of Laredo", "Crooked Ridge", "Old Joe Clark" and "June Apple".  Darcy's presentation regarding "thoughtful" - again, pun intended - fretting, including an insightful approach to "Mississippi Sawyer", was awesome!  There are some pics from yesterday's meeting posted at "Club Pics".  Check them out.  Later . . .

April, 2014 Meeting Announcement

April 12 is our next scheduled monthly meeting.

Our monthly meetings are held the second Saturday afternoon of the month at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St. from 1:30-3:30, and occasionally we extend for snacks and social time. We are on the second floor, there is an elevator and the building is handicap accessible. All players, both beginners and experienced, are welcome to join in. The first half of the meeting is reviewing recently learned tunes, then learning a new tune. The second half of the meeting is "Song Circle" so please come with some tunes in mind. There is a list of our practiced songs further on this site.

Streets of Laredo

Just put tab for "Streets of Laredo" on the site.  Click on "Club Music", above, and then scroll down to where it reads "ADDED 3/18/14" and you will find links to two (2) versions of the tab for this tune.  Later . . .

March, 2014 Meeting Report

It was a good Anniversary #5 meeting. We had 8 people attending and one of the club founders, Jerry Kramer. We had some snacks and soda provided by Darcy which we enjoyed during a break. It was good to break in the middle and visit with others in group, we will continue this format in the future. We reviewed our 3 songs, "Groundhog", "Farther Along" and "Crooked Ridge" and then held a bit of discussion on flat picking. This was another idea that maybe we could discuss some terminology each time so that we are educating ourselves along the way. Louise did a great job at introducing "Streets of Laredo". After break we had a song circle and a few of us played until 4! Thanks to all for participating and missed those who just couldn't make it this time.  Hope to see you all in April.

Another Source of Information

Ran across this "dulcimer-related" group on Facebook.  It's a source of some interesting information about these instrumentS.  To access it, click here.  Later . . .