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