09/08/2007 06:00 PM
Dulcimers in the park
HWY 76 AT HIRSCH PARKWAY
White House, Tennessee
Cost: $5.00
Description: A day of jamming and an open stage. Evening indoor concert. All proceeds support the White House elementary school dulcimer program.
09/09/2007 01:00 PM
WNKU Radio Interview
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost: free
Description: On "the Front Porch" with Pam Temple. Listen online at wnku.org
09/09/2007 07:00 PM
The Leo Coffeehouse
Indian Mound Ave. and Montgomery Road
Norwood, Ohio
Cost: $3.00
09/13/2007 07:30 PM
Unitarian Church of Charleston, WV
20 Kanawha Blvd West
Charleston, West Virginia 25302
Cost: pass the hat (it’s really a hat too)
Description: Playing a Unitarian church, with an opener. I got this gig because of a song I put on Myspace, How cool is that!
09/14/2007 08:00 PM - Upper Potomac Dulcimer Fest
Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Cost: $155/$195
Description: A weekend long dulcimer festival featuring several notable dulcimer players. More info at dulcimerfest.org
09/15/2007 08:00 PM
Upper Potomac Dulcimer Fest
Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Cost: $155/$195
Description: Prices include food and lodging as well as 12 hours of instruction. Go to http://www.home.earthlink.net/~updf/fallfest/ for more information.
09/16/2007 07:00 PM - The Purple Fiddle
21 East Ave.
Thomas, West Virginia
Cost: $5.00
Description: A cool little venue, in a neat little town. This will be my first time there.
Ahh so many acronyms. Tomorrow I’m leaving for 7 shows in 10 days anding up at the Upper Potomac Dulcimer Festival in Harper's Ferry, wheere they will be featuring for teh first time, mountain dulcimer instruction. I’ll send another email to talk about next weekend’s shows but I want to focus on this weeken… um tomorrow.
The Saturday show in White House is a benefit concert to get mountain dulcimers for kids in the school’s music program up there. In addition to a rare joint concert by Steve and I, there will be jamming, an open stage, and a performance by the Grand Old Dulcimer club. Steve and I will be leading workshops early in the morning: One each for beginners and intermediate players. These are not part of the dulcimer day (which is free) or the evening concert (which is $5.00). They cost $20.00 and last two hours.
Sunday, I will be on the radio at WNKU in Cincinnati. Of course Cincinnati is home to my favorite fictional radio station, but they may have a great city for radio in general. I’ll be on Sunday after 1pm sometime you can listen online at wnku.org
That night I’ll be playing at the Leo Coffeehouse, one of the oldest coffeehouses in the country. They’re no longer at the wonderful moldering ex-church/monastery that they were before, but are still going gangbusters. Last time I was there it was one of the best shows I ever played. I’m really looking forward to it.
I’m off to Columbus after that to play for some school kids, I’ll try to post photos to my blog, and some stuff from my summer too.
c-ya out there.
-Br
butchross.com
09/08/2007 06:00 PM
Dulcimers in the park
HWY 76 AT HIRSCH PARKWAY
White House, Tennessee
Cost: $5.00
Description: A day of jamming and an open stage. Evening indoor concert. All proceeds support the White House elementary school dulcimer program.
09/09/2007 01:00 PM
WNKU Radio Interview
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cost: free
Description: On "the Front Porch" with Pam Temple. Listen online at wnku.org
09/09/2007 07:00 PM
The Leo Coffeehouse
Indian Mound Ave. and Montgomery Road
Norwood, Ohio
Cost: $3.00
09/13/2007 07:30 PM
Unitarian Church of Charleston, WV
20 Kanawha Blvd West
Charleston, West Virginia 25302
Cost: pass the hat (it’s really a hat too)
Description: Playing a Unitarian church, with an opener. I got this gig because of a song I put on Myspace, How cool is that!
09/14/2007 08:00 PM - Upper Potomac Dulcimer Fest
Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Cost: $155/$195
Description: A weekend long dulcimer festival featuring several notable dulcimer players. More info at dulcimerfest.org
09/15/2007 08:00 PM
Upper Potomac Dulcimer Fest
Hilltop House
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Cost: $155/$195
Description: Prices include food and lodging as well as 12 hours of instruction. Go to http://www.home.earthlink.net/~updf/fallfest/ for more information.
09/16/2007 07:00 PM - The Purple Fiddle
21 East Ave.
Thomas, West Virginia
Cost: $5.00
Description: A cool little venue, in a neat little town. This will be my first time there.
Friday, September 07, 2007
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Updated Info about Saturday's show and event.
Dulcimer in the Park
White House, TN
This Saturday, September 8, 2007
Three locations:
The morning workshops with Butch Ross and Stephen Seifert will take place at White House-Heritage School, 220 West Drive, White House, TN 37188. Take I-65 Exit 108, head East on Highway 76, and turn right on Elementary Drive (2nd street past Sonic). This road ends at the school’s front door.
Jamming and open stage will be at White House Municipal Park, 420 Highway 76, White House, TN. Take I-65 Exit 108, head East on Highway 76. The park is about 1 mile on your left. If it rains, activities will be in-doors.
The evening concert will be at Billy S. Hobbs Municipal Center, 105 College Street (Highway 76), White House, TN. Take I-65 Exit 108, head East on Highway 76. Cross 31W at the Mapco. Highway 76 becomes College Street. The center will be on your right. The concert is in the auditorium.
Schedule:
8:00 – 9:30 Stephen Seifert
BEGINNER
Foundational Techniques for the Beginning Mountain Dulcimer Player
DAD Tuning
$20
We’ll cover stringing, tuning, strumming, fretting, and chording. I’ll give you some tips on developing good timing and memorizing tunes. You’ll also get some shortcuts to knowing all the chords you’ll need. Expect a fiddle tune and a hymn.
8:00 – 9:30 Butch Ross
INTERMEDIATE AND UP
Modal Mysterioso
$20
No third? No problem! Learn droney modal tunes and the lonesome hollow sound that defines the classic Appalachian tunes. A Capo is recommended.
9:45 – 11:15 Butch Ross
BEGINNER
The Keys to the Kingdom
$20
if you've learned "boil dem cabbage", and we pretty much all have, then you have the building blocks you need to understand basic theory, to find the chord changes in most songs, and stay involved in jams, even if you don't know the tune.
9:45 – 11:15 Stephen Seifert
INTERMEDIATE AND UP
WHAT to Practice to Become a Better Mountain Dulcimer Player
DAD Tuning
$20
Want to work towards being a well-rounded, capable, and interesting player? I’m going to give you plenty to work on including practice tips, strumming, flat-picking, cross-picking, fingerpicking, fingerings, hammer-ons, pull-offs, chords, scales, exercises, riffs, jigs, Blues, clean playing, capos, tuning, tunings, string arrangements, and more. I’ll use fragments from a number of fiddle tunes, hymns, and old-time songs to make my points. This stuff is homework you can use!
11:00 – 1:00 Jamming
1:00 – 3:00 Open Stage
The Grand Old Dulcimer Club will play at the open stage at 2:00 We will play our usual jam tunes similar to what we played at Centennial Park. Let's gather at 1:00 to warm up and finalize our song list.
3:00 – 5:00 Jamming
6:00 - 8:00 – Evening Concert - $5 - Proceeds go to support the dulcimer program at Heritage Middle School.
White House Heritage Students – 15 min.
White House Players – 15 min.
Intermission – 15 min.
Stephen Seifert – 30 min.
Butch Ross – 30 min.
Ross and Seifert – 20 min.
For concert ticket information call 615-497-3293.
For more information contact:
Chester Page - (615) 497-3293
Sue Claiborne - (615) 325-0310
Judy Beier - (615) 226-5868
White House, TN
This Saturday, September 8, 2007
Three locations:
The morning workshops with Butch Ross and Stephen Seifert will take place at White House-Heritage School, 220 West Drive, White House, TN 37188. Take I-65 Exit 108, head East on Highway 76, and turn right on Elementary Drive (2nd street past Sonic). This road ends at the school’s front door.
Jamming and open stage will be at White House Municipal Park, 420 Highway 76, White House, TN. Take I-65 Exit 108, head East on Highway 76. The park is about 1 mile on your left. If it rains, activities will be in-doors.
The evening concert will be at Billy S. Hobbs Municipal Center, 105 College Street (Highway 76), White House, TN. Take I-65 Exit 108, head East on Highway 76. Cross 31W at the Mapco. Highway 76 becomes College Street. The center will be on your right. The concert is in the auditorium.
Schedule:
8:00 – 9:30 Stephen Seifert
BEGINNER
Foundational Techniques for the Beginning Mountain Dulcimer Player
DAD Tuning
$20
We’ll cover stringing, tuning, strumming, fretting, and chording. I’ll give you some tips on developing good timing and memorizing tunes. You’ll also get some shortcuts to knowing all the chords you’ll need. Expect a fiddle tune and a hymn.
8:00 – 9:30 Butch Ross
INTERMEDIATE AND UP
Modal Mysterioso
$20
No third? No problem! Learn droney modal tunes and the lonesome hollow sound that defines the classic Appalachian tunes. A Capo is recommended.
9:45 – 11:15 Butch Ross
BEGINNER
The Keys to the Kingdom
$20
if you've learned "boil dem cabbage", and we pretty much all have, then you have the building blocks you need to understand basic theory, to find the chord changes in most songs, and stay involved in jams, even if you don't know the tune.
9:45 – 11:15 Stephen Seifert
INTERMEDIATE AND UP
WHAT to Practice to Become a Better Mountain Dulcimer Player
DAD Tuning
$20
Want to work towards being a well-rounded, capable, and interesting player? I’m going to give you plenty to work on including practice tips, strumming, flat-picking, cross-picking, fingerpicking, fingerings, hammer-ons, pull-offs, chords, scales, exercises, riffs, jigs, Blues, clean playing, capos, tuning, tunings, string arrangements, and more. I’ll use fragments from a number of fiddle tunes, hymns, and old-time songs to make my points. This stuff is homework you can use!
11:00 – 1:00 Jamming
1:00 – 3:00 Open Stage
The Grand Old Dulcimer Club will play at the open stage at 2:00 We will play our usual jam tunes similar to what we played at Centennial Park. Let's gather at 1:00 to warm up and finalize our song list.
3:00 – 5:00 Jamming
6:00 - 8:00 – Evening Concert - $5 - Proceeds go to support the dulcimer program at Heritage Middle School.
White House Heritage Students – 15 min.
White House Players – 15 min.
Intermission – 15 min.
Stephen Seifert – 30 min.
Butch Ross – 30 min.
Ross and Seifert – 20 min.
For concert ticket information call 615-497-3293.
For more information contact:
Chester Page - (615) 497-3293
Sue Claiborne - (615) 325-0310
Judy Beier - (615) 226-5868
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