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Wildwood Flower
Soldiers Joy
Mississippi Sawyer
Lynchburg Town
Angelina Baker
Mister Moon
Rocky Top
Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Old Joe Clark
Tennessee Waltz
Amazing Grace
Forked Deer
Oh! Susannah
Waterbound
Sugar Hill
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Joy to the World
Silent Night
Pretty Betty Martin
Okechobee Grass
Cucharin's Cross
Nail That Catfish to a Tree
Muss I Denn
Groundhog
Shaving a Dead Man
Beech Spring
Flop Eared Mule
Ten Thousand Charms
Do Lord
Little Liza Jane
Whiskey Before Breakfast

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Club News!!

• Summer is a month for vacations and festivals!! Ed Newkirk made us proud as he won second place in the Uncle Dave Macon Days dulcimer competition! Congratulations, Ed! Here's his account of the event:
  "The day of the contest was a wet one. It had rained most of the day in Middle Tennessee, so the weather outlook for that night in Murfreesboro was not certain. Deborah, Melissa, Lynne, David, Tony and I gathered around 6pm at Deborah Randle's house in Murfreesboro for a couple of hours of jamming. We weren't sure we were even going to Uncle Dave Macon Days. But by 8pm the weather subsided, so we all went over to the festival to see what was happening. I talked to Deborah, and convinced her that she and I needed to enter the dulcimer competition for the experience. She would play "Blue Moon of Kentucky," and I was going to play "Danny Boy." Neither of us had played at Uncle Dave before. Before we got on stage, we were practicing under the big tent behind the stage. I was also trying to get in tune, but I could hardly hear myself because of the nearby sound system! Finally, i heard my name called out, and I went up on stage to play. For those who have been up there, you know that you can't see a thing but darkness because of the floodlights shining in your face, and because it was 11pm. Deborah and I both made it through our songs! The other 9 dulcimer players all did really well, so I was not too hopeful. However, they announced my name, so I went up and graciously accepted the 2nd place envelope. We are now talking about going to the Franklin festival in 2 more weeks! Deborah and I did accomplish what we wanted, and that was to get some experience being on stage. It is something I would recommend for all our dulcimer friends!"

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• Melissa Griffey was a big winner on CMT's "Most Wanted Live" show!! She played the "Spin the Wheel" game and won a Gibson guitar (which she traded for a banjo) and was able to give the dulcimer some publicity too. When asked if she played the guitar, she said, "No, but I play the dulcimer!!" Melissa was the first person to win an instrument on the show!! Learn more about Melissa in her profile below.

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• June Geddie, Nannette Martin, Sandy Conatser, David Schnaufer, Sarah Musgrave, Wanda O'Guin, and Donna Harvey represented the Club at the opening of the new Tower at the Cumberland Science Museum on Saturday, July 13. We had a great audience and ripped through Whiskey Before Breakfast, Old Joe Clark, Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm along with some solos and duets before closing with a rousing "Boil Them Cabbage Down." We were received very well and were invited back to perform at the Educators' night on August 1. Put it on your calendar!! Donna Harvey played and sang "All the Pretty Little Horses," a tune which she learned at Neal Walters' workshop. It was her first time to play and sing with her dulcimer...and WOW!!!...it was great....we'll definitely be calling on her again!!!

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• Event Coordinator Needed!! We are getting more requests to play as a club at local functions and we need a coordinator! It would involve communicating with club members and letting them know about scheduled events, arranging a rehearsal time if necessary, and being the link between the club and the organization. Most of it can be done through email...with some phone calls. Please let Sandy know if you would like to volunteer. Specific possibilities include the August 1 date at the Cumberland Science Museum, a September date at the Centennial Arts Center (we played this one last year and it was great fun and very casual!), October 26 History Day at Warner Park Nature Center. Other venues we have played in the past include the Bicentennial Mall and the City Cemetery. We have also played at nursing homes and could expand this as a club function as well if there is interest. We need an energetic coordinator!!

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• The tablature books ordered from Maureen Sellers are here, and there will be an opportunity at the July meeting for those who ordered them to get together and get started learning the tunes and perhaps setting additional meeting times between club meetings. Thanks, Glen, for taking the lead on this project!!

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• Mountain Laurel did a program for the Tennessee School for the Blind kids ages 8 to 16 on a weekend camping outing at Old Spencer Mill in Dickson on July 13. The kids thoroughly enjoyed a hands-on demonstration of two different types of mountain dulcimers, and they were all great spoon players. Mountain Laurel will be appearing at the Wilson County Fair in August. They will play in the Fiddler's Grove church each day of the fair.