Last meeting until Fall!

We will be having our last official meeting until Fall this Saturday. Beginners and others new to the Dulcimer will start at 1:30.  Look forward to seeing everyone there.

Kindred Gathering XXXVIII

KG 38 is back in Washington State this year, between August 3rd and 5th, at Rimrock Meadows outside Soap Lake.  As more comprehensive information becomes available, it will be posted here on our website.  Later . . .

Corrections Completed

Just finished the last of the fixes to make the Tab on the Club Music page accessible.  I also added a couple of new tabs for two versions of "Hatikvah".  Later . . .

Website Problems

For whatever reason, links to music tablature on the Club Music page are not working.  This situation was just last evening brought to my attention by a Bellingham Dulcimer Club member.  Troubleshooting has revealed that the problem exists on other pages on the website too.  It would appear that the links to files in Google Documents have been corrupted and the fix requires a file-by-file review of the html code for each, a very tedious task which will take some time.  Sorry for the inconvenience.  Later . . .

Taking the Summer Off

The May, 2012 Bellingham Dulcimer Club meeting will be the Club's last until the Fall.  Club meetings will be in a "summer recess" until September, 2012.  This last BDC meeting before taking the summer off with be on Saturday, 5/12/12 at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship.  Activities for new/newer players and "first-timers" start at 1:30PM.  Others should plan on joining in at 2:00PM.  Following a short Club News discussion, there will be "run thrus" of at least one - and maybe two - "new" tunes and then a traditional "call a tune" Song Circle.  Since this is the last meeting for 3-months, we are hoping for an "awesome" turn out.  See you on the 12th.  Later . . .

April, 2012 Bellingham Dulcimer Club Meeting Report

Great meeting on this past Saturday afternoon.  Such fun to warm up with "Bile Dem Cabbage Down in the Arkan" and "Old Molly Hare" and then forge ahead with tunes like Tim Toth's "Fancy Gap Breakdown", "Liza Jane", "Cripple Creek", "Whiskey Before Breakfast" (aka "Raisins in Your Oatmeal") and, Cindy Friedman's  favorite, "Cluck Old Hen".  Special greetings go out to

• "first-timer" Louise Zimmerman, "Glad you could join us."
• and to Kate and Arden Ashley, "Good to see you back."

And lastly, a sincere thanks to Colleen Verdon for getting us to capo into Em -  more about "The Three Ravens" next month!   BTW, next month's meeting will be the Club's last for awhile, as we're taking a "summer recess" until September. Later . . .

April, 2012 Bellingham Dulcimer Club Meeting

This month's meeting is on Saturday afternoon, April 14th, at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship:

• New and newer players are encouraged to show up at 1:30pm.  All others should plan on arriving at 2:00PM.
• A short discussion of Club business and news will begin shortly after 2:00PM.
• When the discussion described above in done, a Song Circle will be held.

Looking forward to seeing you on the 14th.