August 2013 Meeting Report

The  "dog days" of summer are here and we did have a guest canine at the meeting along with 11 other hearty souls. It was good to see many older club members and have their expertise among us and would love to have such a well rounded group at every meeting.

We are experimenting with our new format for meetings; starting with Happy Land we then proceeded to play our list of songs getting in Harrison Town, Lynchburg Town, A Soalin, Acres of Clams and Butcher's Gap. We spent time reviewing some tips and taking apart a few of the songs so that we all understood the tune. We did not have a new song this month. We then went to calling tunes and played Old Joe Clark, Liza Jane and June Apple. The meeting ended at 3:30 and a few people stayed to chat.

Please let us know your thoughts on the meeting and how you would like to see the club evolve. Next month Jillian will teach us "Spanish Fangdango".

2013 Club Song Titles

The following is an ongoing list of song titles that the club has played beginning

MAY 2013

HAPPY LAND

ACRES OF CLAMS

RHYTHUM

WILDWOOD FLOWER

WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST

CLUCK OLD HEN

JUNE APPLE

LYNCHBURG TOWN

HARRISON TOWN

LADY MARY

RIVER

THE THREE RAVENS

A SOALIN

BUTCHERS GAP
OLD JOE CLARK
DAD Back Up Chords
NEW RIVER TRAIN
SPANISH FANDANGO
CROOKED RIDGE

July 2013 Meeting Report

The July meeting was a great success with a record number of players. We again began with "Happy Land"  then quickly got involved with learning some new techniques taught to us by Darcy Fusch. Everyone enjoyed her explanation of DAD chord variations and tips she had picked up at dulcimer camp. We continued to call tunes and had three new melodies introduced; "Spanish Fandango", "Death of Queen Anne", and "Tear My Still House Down". Our discussion continues on how to keep everyone interested and more experienced players interested and coming to share the great sounds of the dulcimer.