Song List
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!!

• Bob Mize passed away on Wednesday, June 11, 2003. Bob brought more than music to our lives. He brought his love for life, his humor, his optimism and his giving spirit. We were very fortunate to have had Bob with us for three Dulcimer Days. We will miss him. Click here for a remembrance.
• Grand Old Dulcimer Day #5....what a success!!! In the midst of a very wet spring, we had a perfect day!! We missed David very much, but he was with us in spirit. Even though he was not able to attend, he made sure the historic exhibit was there and was an important part of the day. Donovan Carpenter taught two workshops...both of which were full!!... and Sarah Elisabeth saw 38 kids during her two workshops. Thanks to everyone who came early, stayed late, and worked hard!!! Let's do it again next year!!
• Bill Littleton publishes an online newsletter ,The Bridgeworks, which has lots of interesting local music news. He gave Dulcimer Day a nice review! There is a Nashville Folk Festival in the works and you can read about it in Bill's newsletter.
• From Karen Cole - Thanks to the hardy souls who braved brisk winds and cool temperatures to play at the Franklin Main Street Festival the last weekend in April. The group, who competed with a nearby jazz band and a noisy kettle corn machine, played with smiles and good spirits and represented the club well.
• From Nannette Martin - Bob and I traveled up to Owensboro, KY for the Yellowbanks Dulcimer Festival. We enjoyed Friday night's concert immensely...listening to Kendra Ward and Bob Bence, Sweet Funk, and the delightful Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly. I took a class in Using the Dulcimer as Harmony with Aubrey Atwater and came away a little smarter....it was such fun!! I would recommend this festival for club members....it's only 2 hours and it's free! Bob and I plan to return next year.
• From Judy Beier - Will the Circle Be Unbroken? "Yes!" say Ed Newkirk and a "circle" of others who are keeping this musical tradition alive for us and future generations! Dulcimer Day's Singalong brought singers and strummers together to fill Two Rivers Mansion with gospel and other familiar tunes. In his friendly, down home style Ed emerged from the circle of dulcimer players to be song leader. As strummers began melodies such as, "How Great Thou Art," "Where the Soul Never Dies," and "Holy, Holy, Holy," people gathered round the circle. It mattered not how well you sang or played. The singalong is a natural extension of what dulcimer playing is all about. The simple but elegant sounds of the mountain dulcimer evoke spontaneous singing reminiscent of those experienced on porches, in living rooms and in old fashioned tent meetings. Spontaneous it was, when at Dulcimer Day 2002, a few folks gathered to play inside the mansion. As one began to sing, "Farther Along," a lovely voice was heard joining in. One still remembers the feeling of awe as players widened the circle. Voices filled the parlor as more and more people gathered in singing the tunes we love. Thus the Dulcimer Day Sing-a-long tradition began. Appreciation goes to Ed Newkirk for compiling the song list. Thanks to June Geddie for hosting a practice session at her home. Joining June for practice was Mary Lawrence Breinig, Judy Beier, Joe Hardaway, Donna Tokarski, and Glen Wilson. Many thanks also to all the players who helped form the unbroken circle.
• From Marilyn Konruff - We (Mountain Laurel) are playing all the music, just dulcimer and guitar, for my church in Kingston Springs this coming Sunday (15th). Our church (Kingston Springs United Methodist) is having its 200 year celebration and we're turning back the clock. It will be a recreated church service, including the sermon, which was actually given in the early 19th century. We will play selected hymns known at that time and appropriately attired for the time period. We've been busy doing other stuff, but we are really looking forward to this particular event!
• From Scott Conner - Jim Wright and I will be performing as "Remember When?" on June 28 and 29 at Portage Indiana - 6/28- Historical Society All City Picnic on US 6 at Country Side Park, 6/29- at the Gazebo Woodland Park for Community Concert series. As "Remember When?" they play acoustic rock, folk, gospel and blugrass/roots music. Any of you southerners in the area, stop by! Heck, you can even stayover if you like at our home. At the picnic 6/28 I will also have a table demonstrating making and playing the dulcimer and will have some for sale.
• We were happy to see Michelle Nikolai and husband John Smith at Dulcimer Day with their new son, Conor Thomas Smith, born 3/21/03. He was 8 lbs, 4 oz and 21 1/2 inches. Dr. Rojas was their attending physician in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Baptist Hospital. Small World!!!!
• Do you know anyone who lives near Springfield who would be interested in playing at a nursing home? If anyone is interested, contact Carolyn at 361-5951 and she will give you the contact name and telephone number.
• The Tennessee Music Box is getting some good exposure! Nancy Nikolai (sister of club member Michelle) is producing a Nashville Public Television spot on the history of the music box, and Mary Nichols is working on a music box documentary with a grant from MTSU.
• Don't miss the 14th Paul Pyle Dulcimer Festival in Tullahoma on Friday June 20. There will be a pot luck dinner with jammin' before and after. On Saturday June 21 there will be jammin' and a Barbeque supper (RSVP by noon Saturday, $6.50 per person). On Sunday June 22...sort of open concert. More info contact Fred Sackleh at 931-455-0347 or by Email at fsackleh@cafes.net
• The Nashville Dulcimer Quartet will be guests on "Live in Studio C" with Will Griffin on WPLN radio, 90.3 FM at 11:00 on Tuesday, June 24. They will also be playing at a festival at Travellers Rest on October 25....more details later!
• The Three Rivers Club in Waverly will again sponsor their October festival....more details later!
• Don't miss the June 15 meeting. Let's take another look at "Sally Ann" and "Old Molly Hare" and use them during our warmup time. We'll try to have some handouts for them.