Red River Valley Dulcimer Club       MARCH 2008 NEWSLETTER Get Better Fast Annette!            Best wishes are being sent from the club and friends of Ms. Annette Lindsey. Seems that a ladder got the best of her as she was painting and her shoulder took the brunt of the fall. Lots of mending and therapy now. And David - well, now it's time to send him the aprons and dish gloves everyone! I foresee domestic duties in his future. Great Job at Parkside            Seven members represented the club at the Parkside Pacesetters monthly meeting in Denison Saturday performing for 93 people. Good job everyone - Read more below * * * * * * Red River Valley Dulcimer Club aka: RRVDC Interested in becoming a member? Monthly meetings with workshops in MD and HD All levels of experience Active Membership Frequent public performances Annual club sponsored festival No dues (donations accepted) COME JOIN THE FUN! * * * * * *      The purpose of our Dulcimer Club is to provide opportunities for dulcimer enthusiasts to meet and share ideas and information, learn new music, and just have a good time jammin'. The club meets the 4th Saturday of each month. A short business meeting is followed by workshops for mountain and hammered dulcimers and a jam session. All stringed instruments are welcome. * * * * * * * * * * * * Meeting Reminder Saturday March 22nd First Baptist Church Willifa Woods Road Cartwright, OK 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM SEE DIRECTIONS BELOW Bring a sack lunch if you want New Song: Red Wing Anyone wanting to submit music for this song, please feel free to do so. We prefer DADD and key of D for HD/MD jamming. A midi link is always helpful. Upcoming Events March 22nd Club Meeting March 23rd Easter Sunday March 27th - 29th Palestine Old Time Music & Dulcimer Festival Palestine, TX http://www.geocities.com/palestinefestival April 12th Nacogdoches American Music Fest Nacogdoches, TX Free festival / a MD workshop with Q. Stephens http://www.visitnacogdoches.org April 26th Club Meeting Email with events and happening news. Parkside Club Performance           Larry and Peggy Gooch, Lois Roberds, Mary Jo Tonelli, Jeannie Strey, Annette Lewis, and Laurel Hamrick performed for a group of 93 Parkside Pacesetters Saturday the 8th. The Pacesetters set us with a fantastic meal and then we performed for about an hour. Larry, Peggy and Lois sang beautifully and Mary Jo added a special touch with her recorder. The club did a wonderful job and had a great time performing, and it seems the gossip has it we were well accepted and enjoyed. Thank you for your generosity and hospitality Pacesetters of Parkside! Click for larger image Last Call?            As all of our members know, Larry and Peggy are very active performers at various locations around the North Texas area. One of their gigs may come to an end soon and I thought it would be nice to mention this may be one of the last times you can catch them performing in a public venue that happens to serve dinner too. This Saturday, the 15th, they will be performing at the Circle V restaurant on Hwy 121 S. in Westminster starting around 6:30p. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone could converge on this location, enjoy a dinner and give Larry and Peggy support from their friends. Hope you can make it RRVDC Meeting Place Directions           I'm posting these directions again so those people that didn't make the meeting will have these to help find their way. Boy I hope those who didn't come last month hadn't planned on coming but instead drove around looking for the place for three hours. If you did, please don't tell me - I'd feel really really bad…           On 75A/91 N. out of Denison: cross the dam - don't continue on the 91 turn east, go straight off 91, take a left like going to West Burns Run, immediate right on Willifa Woods Rd.; church on west side of road. OR S. on Hwy 75/69 from Durant, east on 75A/91 like going to Cartwright and the dam BUT do not cross dam. You'll continue west straight off 91 - then turn right (N.). It's really not hard to find.           The meeting rooms are in the fellowship hall on the back side of the parking lot. We had a great place to do workshops in separate rooms and a very large area for jamming. Everyone agreed to continue to meet there for monthly meetings. Helpful Hint           Joining in on jam sessions gives you the chance to learn new music for one; but you have to look at it as a fantastic way to practice backup techniques too - not just playing the melody all of the time like we do at home. Speaking of at home - so how do you get the chance to jam as often as you can? Play one of the CD's you've picked up over the years and start playing along. What better way to be able to 'come up to speed' when you don't have the club or group of people to jam with often Interesting Web Sites Have you visited an interesting site? Email us the link to share with all Check out this great link for MD and HD tab, lyrics and related midi's. You can convert any song into DAD or whatever tuning you'd like. Also shows tab pennywhistle! A wealth of information..... Digital Tradition Folk Music Database So much information! You've got to see this one Silver Strings Dulcimer Society Check out Linda Brockinton's free tab page and make sure you listen to the MP3 samples of her recordings. Linda Brockinton's Free Tab Page Ever wonder what that song sounded like that you heard at our last meeting or at the last workshop you went to? Try Hetzlersfakebook.com Dulcimer Player News The "Official Hammered Dulcimer Site" Newsletter Contributions This is your newsletter folks. If you have an announcement, a cartoon, a handy trick, input on a festival or event you went to, please send things in. Since not everyone does the same things, it's nice to share experiences and news with others so everyone can hear about them too! If your interested in getting together with other members between meeting dates to play, it’s been expressed by some that they would entertain getting together to practice. Email to rrvdc@texoma.net and we’ll get everyone connected. HOME ABOUT US CONTACT US NEWSLETTERS 7thANNUAL WINTER CREEK REUNION - 2008 Information As Available THE TRANSITION WINTER CREEK REUNION PHOTOS 6th ANNUAL WINTER CREEK FESTIVAL PHOTOS
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