This Weekend in VA and Chatt! Plus Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival and a new Beatles for Uke book.

This weekend! Saturday, March 21st -- all day
Gathering of Sweet Folk Instruments
Mountain Empire Community College
Phillips-Taylor Hall
3441 Mountain Empire Road
Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 24219
Phone 276-523-2400
9am - 9pm
$25 per workshop plus $10 for lunch.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=dqjx5dkab&oeidk=a07eafs3ocsde3e50fe

Sunday, March 22nd
Days of Wine and Ukulele Club
Song Workshop: Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World"
$5 suggested donation.
Contact Trish to RSVP: (941) 330-5547
tfwileman at gmail.com

Friday, March 27 - Saturday March 28th
Chattanooga Dulcimer Fest
Featuring: Dan Landrum, Lisa Ferguson, Katie Moritz, Steve Seifert, Aaron
O'Rourke and myself.
Sign up soon, REGISTRATION IS ALMOST FULL!
Signal Mountain Arts Center.
809 Kentucky Ave, Signal Mountain, TN 37377
Price: $50 - $100 depending

I had a great time at the Ohio Valley Gathering last week. And if you were
there, I hope you had a great time too.

To me the Ohio Valley Gathering is the official kickoff of the Festival
Season*, and this year more than ever. I'm already jumping into two great
festivals before the month is even out.

The Mountain Empire Community College has been a regular Johnny Appleseed
for the dulcimer, and this year they're adding intermediate and advanced
dulcimers to their "Gathering of Sweet Folk" event on Saturday. I'll be
teaching there this summer as part of a week-long event as well.

Then next weekend the Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival is back! Dan and Angie
have designed this year's festival to be a small and focused affair, with a
limited registration that is nearly sold out. But still, despite the small
class sizes, the festival features Steve Seifert, Aaron O'Rourke and
myself. Even if I wasn't on the bill, I'd have to think about going!

I also always use OVG as an excuse to get off my butt and make some new
product. I've debuted pretty much all my books, as well as my last 2 CDs
there. This year was no exception; I released a new book of Beatles songs
for the Ukulele. This two sections: A simple strum and sing version of the
songs, as well as comprehensive finger style arrangements for the Ukulele.
That makes this book perfect for Uke players of any level. I'll have it
available for sale on my web site soon, so what this space!

Okay that's all for now, more stuff coming. Hope you all have survived the
winter and I hope to see you soon.

C-ya out there.

-Br

This weekend! Saturday, March 21st -- all day
Gathering of Sweet Folk Instruments
Mountain Empire Community College
Phillips-Taylor Hall
3441 Mountain Empire Road
Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 24219
Phone 276-523-2400
9am - 9pm
$25 per workshop plus $10 for lunch.
http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=dqjx5dkab&oeidk=a07eafs3ocsde3e50fe

Sunday, March 22nd
Days of Wine and Ukulele Club
Song Workshop: Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World"
$5 suggested donation.
Contact Trish to RSVP: (941) 330-5547
tfwileman at gmail.com

Friday, March 27 - Saturday March 28th
Chattanooga Dulcimer Fest
Featuring: Dan Landrum, Lisa Ferguson, Katie Moritz, Steve Seifert, Aaron
O'Rourke and myself.
Sign up soon, REGISTRATION IS ALMOST FULL!
Signal Mountain Arts Center.
809 Kentucky Ave, Signal Mountain, TN 37377
Price: $50 - $100 depending

*I just learned yesterday that for Ohioans, it's the Buckeye Festival that
starts the season.