Practice:
Southwest practice
​Date: April 5, 2023
Please RSVP to Ellie
Mt. Zion Lutheran Church (Every 1st Wed) 
4520 W. Ajo Hwy, Tucson AZ 85746
TIME: 10 am - Noon
NOTE: For this location practices will be on the
First Wednesday of each month
A love offering [ any amount ] is welcomed and encouraged to help offset the church’s utility costs.
Call Ellie Burgess for more information 
Ellie & Lin Burgess
520-833-0561 (Ellie's cell phone & text)
leburgess8@gmail.com 
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Date:March 16, 2023
Northwest practice 
St Andrews Presbyterian Church (Every 3rd Thurs)
7650 N Paseo Del Norte
Tucson, AZ 85704 
SW corner in Main Church Choir Room
TIME: 10:00 to Noon
cross street is W. Chapala Drive.
Call Anne Magee for directions or more information if needed. This room is handicap accessible.

For this weeks practice we will meet in the building on the NE corner in the room where we will be performing in April.  Use the NE parking lot and enter through the breezeway to the hall on the right side of the breezeway.

We will be using  50 First Songs by S Eulberg along with some songs from the song list for April's performance for this practice.

Songs to practice from 50 first songs:
All the Pretty Little Horses
Blown' in the Wind
Brown Eyed Girl
Jolene
Mama Don't Low
Over the Rainbow
​Shenandoah
Take Me Home, Country Road

SONGS FROM PERFORMANCE LIST:
John Stenson # 2
Ruben's Train -  Capo 1
Ode To Joy - Zanetti
Bonnie Doon - Zanetti
Shalom Chaverim - MacNeil Rounds book
I'll Fly Away - L Haas
Simple Gifts - Lassi 
Swing Low - J Collins
Be Thou My Vision (Slane) - Zanetti
Amazing Grace - Zanetti
 * Kum Ba Yah - J Cormie (S Wiggins 3/4 time)
God Bless America - E Case
When the Saints go Marching In
Black Mountain Rag - Seifert Join the Jam


Performance Members we will practice and time out our longlist after the regular group has left at noon.

 Performance Group Practices
March 16 - St Andrews after Group session
April 5 - Mt Zion after Group session
​April 12 - Either Jim R  or Susan W home
TBA at practice
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The books we use:
Follow Me Merrily - M MacNeil / J Baker
Tunes for Two or More Books: I, II, III  Zanetti / Lassi
Join the Jam Books I and II  Steven Seifert
First 50 Songs Steven Eulberg
We will be starting to learn songs from Steve Eulberg's book "First 50 Songs" at our January practice. Please bring this to practice or arrange to share with someone that has the book.
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If you have a special request you wish to play at practice please send Bob Bush an email with the song and if possible the name if the arrangement you wish to use. We may need to make copies if it is not on our web page or in one of the above books.

Send request to TucsonDulcimerEnsemble@gmail.com.
Thank you.

Up Coming Events / TDE News:

UPDATE:

New Event : Hugs Senior Group at St Andrews
April 19, 2023

Anne Magee notified me that we have the "Hugs Senior Group" Dulcimer Performance at St Andrews scheduled. It is being held on Wednesday April 19th at 10 am to noon. We will be playing for about an hour during this time. Set up will be at 9 am so we have a short period to do a final tuning and short practice if needed.
It was requested that we do some Religious style songs along with others types of songs for this event. The group also stated that they will supply a meal for those who wish to stay and eat with them. Let Anne Magee know if you plan on staying for the meal.

For those members who wish to participate in this event we will hold a short meeting after the Jan. 19th practice at St Andrews. Please let Anne Magee, Jo or Bob know if you are interested in this if you are unable to attend the practice on Jan. 19th.

​We will place the TABS we will use in the "Performance TABS" folder  in the members only sheet music folder so everyone will be using the same Tab sheets instead of using different versions as we have done in the past. This folder will be maintained for each performance we do. 

Next small group practice is at Susan W house on March 9th.
We will also go over the song list in a short practice after each practices at the churches when possible. Make sure you check the Performance folder for any new changes. I will make all the current songs show in black so any new changes will be in orange.
​Bob

JUST IN FROM NM Dulcimer Association
News:
 The New Mexico Dulcimer Association (click here for website) is excited to announce a change in direction for 2023. While we will not be producing our 2-day dulcimer festival, we will be focusing on building a local/state-wide community of dulcimer players and working towards having a strong support base for future festivals. We will be maintaining our website and Facebook page with information regarding events, jams, and our involvement in the larger dulcimer community. We will be presenting 1-day events throughout the year and will continue to work towards having more of a presence in Albuquerque and the surrounding area. We will look towards 2024 and see how the national in-person festival climate changes throughout this year.
 
2023 Dulcimer Schedule – Two dulcimer festivals in our region and our first one-day event. Let’s lend our support to our local and regional dulcimer events!
    May 4-6, 2023 (Thursday-Saturday) – Colorado Dulcimer Festival, Littleton, CO
      Early registration is open now!
     May 26 (Friday) NMDF dulcimer headliner event, Albuquerque, NM
       Nina Zinetti workshops/mini-concert (Albany, NY - 2008 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion)
       Click here to see details and how to register.
    More to be announced.
      August 4-6, 2023 (Friday - Sunday) – Red River Dulcimer  and Old Tyme Music Festival, Red River, NM
      Make your hotel reservations early as the town fills up during vacation dates
 FACEBOOK:  Facebook forced us to move to a new Facebook page (click here) in June of 2022. If you had liked our old page, you must like us again to receive festival updates. Thank you.
 
Hoping to see you soon!
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