Practice:
​September 24, 2021
Riverfront Park, Oro Valley
551 W Lambert Ln, Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Set Up 08:30. Practice 9 am - 11 am.
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Be aware of possible travelling delays due to construction on Oracle Road in Oro Valley.

Please bring a MASK to practice as we do not know if another member wants us to wear one due to the rising number of COVID cases.  Our goal is to have a fun safe practice that everyone can enjoy.
​PLEASE CHECK HERE BEFORE LEAVING FOR PRACTICE FOR CANCELLATIONS DUE TO WEATHER OR OTHER REASONS.
​POSTING WILL BE DONE BY 6AM THE MORNING OF PRACTICE IF THERE IS A CANCELLATION.
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We usually use the Tunes for Two or More Volumes I, II, III by Zanetti / Lassi and the Join the Jam books by Steven Seifert for  songs.

The group, at the end of last practice, decided they would like to play the following songs at the next practice to save bringing a lot of paper sheet music books with them to practice.
So, Please bring these songs with you to practice.

Fa La Nana Bambin.  Zanetti, Book 1
Loch Lommond.  Zanetti, Book 1
Wild Mtn Thyme - . Sheila Strong AND Sarah Morgan’s version
Westphalia Waltz - Joe Collins
Poor Wayfaring Stranger. …..Zanetti, Book 3
Coleman’s March…… Susan Trump,
       (played like a dirge, not a march)
Possum Up a Gumstump -  Byerly
Fiddler Played His Last Waltz,  -  Larrabee
Lover's Waltz - D. Larrabee

Any left over time we will use the list for Songs to know by memory for the Circle selections.

SONGS TO KNOW BY MEMORY
Please bring these songs to practice in case we decide to use these during practice until they are memorized.
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 Angeline the Baker                            Lil Liza Jane
Aura Lee                                              Mississippi Sawyer  
Black Mountain Rag                           Ole Joe Clark
 Castles of Dromore                           Possum Up a Gum Stump
Clinch Mountain Backstep                Rosen the Beau
​Columbus Stockade Blues                Ruben's Train [Capo 1]
Crooked Ridge                                    Soldier's Joy
Dillan Bay                                            Southwind
Down in the Valley                              Sugar Hill
Fly Around Little Miss                        Sweet Sunny South
Gray Cat                                              Whiskey Before Breakfast
Holy Mana (Sara Morgan)                  Wild Flower
John Stenson #2                                 You Are My Sunshine
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Up Coming Events / News:

September 24 - 26, 2021
Southern California Dulcimer Heritage (SCDH) presents our 27th annual / 2nd virtual Harvest Festival of Dulcimers, Friday night - Sunday, September 24 - 26, 2021, Pacific Time!
The dulcimer beat goes on! 
We’ll again be Zooming right into your home! It’s super easy to use Zoom, especially for students, who need only a free, basic Zoom account. See SCDH & Zoom, attached.
Featured hammered dulcimer player is Jody Marshall of Virginia 
Featured mountain dulcimer player is Aubrey Atwater of Rhode Island
These are two really exceptional players, as you can sample via their links!
Friday night we’ll have three free virtual jam groups (levels) to kick things off, and another three of these on Saturday after the workshops.
There are multiple workshops all day Saturday by Jody and Aubrey plus Southern California instructors: Patti Amelotte (HD), Bill Dempsey (Uke; How to Plan/Lead Sing-Alongs), Barbara Gershman (HD), Terry Gucwa (Make a Composite Music Video), Karen Harvey (HD), Leo Kretzner (MD), Joellen Lapidus (MD) and Patty McCollom (Bodhran; Tinwhistle) - all online.
An online concert Saturday evening will feature headliners Aubrey Atwater and Jody Marshall plus local multi-instrumentalists Patti Amelotte and Brenda Hunter and Joellen Lapidus on mountain dulcimer. Aubrey will be joined by multi-instrumentalist Elwood Donnelly and Jody will be accompanied by Jim Queen on fiddle. See Concert flyer, attached.
Sunday: Focus Workshops, smaller group sessions with the featured performers, will be for four hours on Sunday, September 26. See here and here.
Our website, below, has Zoom basics, and festival details. Our online (or mail-in) registration / payment system will be posted closer to the festival. For questions, see contact options below.
Please share this and the attached information with your friends and local players!!
Hope to see you on screen the weekend of September 24th!
 For SCDH,
Leo Kretzner     
www.scdh.org          dulcimer@scdh.org        714-534-2855

October 15 - 16 2021
New Mexico Dulcimer Festival Info: 
For now, website information still reflects the 2020 festival.
Our Board of Directors have decided to keep the 2021 festival online only.
We hope to return to a live festival in 2022.
Soon, we'll update the entire website to reflect the upcoming 2021 festival. With more instructors to be announced, this is our dulcimer lineup so far. We plan on also offering other instrument classes, open mic, jams, evening concerts and more!
   MD - Carol Crocker (NC)
​   MD - Sarah McWhirt-Toler (TN)
   MD & Autoharp - Karen Mueller (MN)
   MD - Irma Reeder (NM)
   HD - Colin Beasley (AL)
   HD - Carrie Crompton (CT)
   HD & Bowed Psaltery - Scott Reeder (NM)
For information about TDE or joining us for a practice session please use the contact form on the About Us page or
E-Mail us at TucsonDulcimerEnsemble@gmail.com.