18 • Dulcimer Players News July 31-Aug. 8 • Mendocino, CA Lark In The Morning Music Camp. Music and dance, workshops, dances, parties, harps to hurdy gurdies, bagpipes to belly dance. Camping and childcare available. No pets or day visitors. Info: Lark In The Morning, Box 1176, Mendocino, CA 95460. 707/964-5569.
AUGUST August 6-8.Ashevilie, NC Mountain Dance and Folk Festival. Clogging andfiguredancing, oldtime and bluegrass music, ballads, dulcimers, storytelling. Handicapped accessible. Info: Jackie Ward, Ashville Area Chamber of Commerce, PO Box 1011, Asheville, NC 28802. 800/548-1300 (NC), 800/257-1300. August 15-16 • Salem, WV Dulcimer Weekend at Fort New Salem features workshops (hammered and mountain), concert, and jamming. Info: Carol Schweicker, Fort New Salem, Salem-
Teikyo University, Salem, WV 26426. 304/782-5245.
SEPTEMBER September 2-7 • Avoca, IA Old-Time Country Music Contest and Festival. Contests for hammered and mountain dulcimers among many other instruments at the Pottawattamie County Fairgrounds. Camping available. Info: PO Box 438, Walnut, IA 51577. 712/7843001. September 11-13 • Shepherdstown, WV Upper Potomac Dulcimer Festival. Annual hammered dulcimer festival, featuring classes at all levels, open mike and a concert. Info: Joanie Blanton, Box 1474, Shepherdstown, WV 25443.304/2632531.
Plans for the Fourth Annual
September 11-13 • Denison, IA National Traditional Music Performer Awards. Includes contests for dulcimer playing. Held at Crawford County Fairgrounds. Info: NTCMA, PO Box 438, Walnut, IA 51577. September 24-26 • Memphis, TN Memphis Dulcimer Festival, featuring performances and workshops on hammered and mountain dulcimers, autoharp, etc. Info: Memphis Dulcimer Festival, 95 N. Evergreen SL, Memphis, TN 38104. 901/725-6976. (see ad on this page) Sept 27-0ct 1 • Brasstown, NC Beginning Dulcimer Instruction, featuring basic skills and simple chords. Practice dulcimers will be provided. Info: John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC 28902. 704/837-2775.
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