All information here is for DMF 15 in
2009, and a page with this kind of information will be created for DMF 16 in
2010 as enough information becomes available.
Dulci-More Festival 15
Concert, Mini-Concert, Workshop Presenters & Vendors
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Les Gustafson-Zook from
Les is the 2001
International Autoharp Champion as well as the 1989 National Autoharp Champion,
and performs and gives workshops on the autoharp at festivals from coast to
coast. He is known for his fast, clean picking of fiddle tunes, his energetic
singing, and for his sensitive arrangements of hymns, waltzes, and Christmas
carols. He is highly respected as an excellent instructor on the autoharp.
Les has 6 CDs recorded
and a book of 30 hymns arranged for the intermediate autoharpist,
called the Autoharp Hymnal. Included
is a CD with Les playing each of these arrangements.
Instruments you might
find Les playing include: guitar, autoharp, mandolin, mountain. dulcimer,
banjo, bowed psaltery, fiddle, ukulele, Jew’s harp, mouth bow, bass, harmonica,
spoons, and limberjack. He was previously with us for
Dulci-More Festival 11.
It's been said that
Madeline MacNeil's audiences hold their collective
breath as the last notes of her songs drift into the tableau of stages large and
small. Since 1972, when she began performing in
Madeline's
It doesn't stop there,
though. With merriment in her eyes, Madeline recalls the day a friend asked her
what kind of music she'd like to add to her repertoire "down the
road." When Madeline answered, without hesitation, that she'd love to sing
jazz songs in the style of Shirley Horne and Ella Fitzgerald when she turns 75
or so, her friend replied: "Why don't you start right now!" To this
day people ask other fans of Madeline's, "Were you there that evening when
she brought the folk concert audience to their feet with her heart-stopping
rendition of 'Saint Louis Woman'?" (This reminds one of the question,
"Were you at
Her recording career began
in 1983 and now includes more than a dozen independent releases, including
tributes to her heritage on Songs Of Earth and Sea and
her love of jazz on As Time Goes By. Heart's Ease (classical and Celtic music
featuring the hammered dulcimer) won an Indie for
string music from NAIRD while Christmas Comes Anew was a finalist for this
coveted award. Her recording of "Shenandoah" has been used
extensively in Public Television productions as well as part of the Apple Tour
in the
But the stages, large and
small, and audiences remain favorites for Madeline. All of her concerts are
memorable, but many are extremely special. Since 1978 Madeline has sung and
played the dulcimer for
In 2005 Madeline was recognized
as a Content Consultant for an exhibit of dulcimers and their scheitholt ancestors at the prestigious Museum of the
She is a best-selling
author of mountain and hammered dulcimer books for Mel Bay Publications,
and for almost thirty years was the publisher of Dulcimer Players News, a
quarterly publication devoted to both hammered and fretted dulcimers.
Maddie was editor and Publisher of
Dulcimer Players News for over 30 years. She is from the Shenandoah Valley of
Virginia. She performed at Dulci-More Festivals 6 and
10, and in the Dulci-More
Concert Series in 2002.
Thirty years may not seem
like such a long time in the life of a human being, a tree or a folk song. But
in the fickle world of modern music, where pop stars shy of their 21st
birthdays often see their careers dumped into oldies bins, 30 years is a very
long time. So as David Tamulevich and Michael Hough
celebrate their 30th Anniversary as Mustard's Retreat, the same question seemed
to burn among aspiring young performers and road-weary old folkies - why you
guys?
In searching for the
answer, one word comes up again and again, the simple word "audience."
Everything Mustard's Retreat does on a stage is aimed at pleasing, moving and
engaging their audience. Whether singing their own gentle love songs and vivid
ballads, telling tall tales or offering treasures from America's vast
traditional song bag, a Mustard's Retreat show always feels like it's designed
for the people who have come to see them that day, in that coffeehouse, school,
concert hall or festival. Audiences sense this from the moment David and
Michael hit the stage, are drawn to it like hungry kids to Sunday supper and
reward it the best way they know how. They come to see Mustard's Retreat again
and again. And again.
"As much as we aim to
entertain, we also look to educate," David Tamulevich
said of the way Mustard's Retreat approaches audiences, "and hopefully
enlighten and open some doors they maybe hadn't seen before. And ideally, to
create a moment of community where everybody is sharing the same experience,
the same idea, the same song. I mean, that's the only reason for me to be up
there' we really want that connection to people."
In a folk world so peopled by somber, confessional songwriters, Mustard's Retreat are wonderfully unafraid to get silly with their audience, spinning out smartly goofy parodies, too-tall tales of wily rabbits and stupid frogs, hard-traveling cadavers and marauding techno-nerds. Whether performing for large festivals, tiny coffeehouses, at special shows for children or families, it clearly pleases them to please their audiences.
In their serious songwriting,
that desire to connect with listeners is as evident as it is in their robust
sing-along and witty ditties. The moments upon which they hang their songs are
moments all of us have felt: hands held in the kitchen during a quiet moment of
rekindled love, the careless remark that reveals too much about a relationship
withering from inattention, the hectic symphony of a busy city street, the
timeless pleasure of gathering in shared song. And leave it to these guys to
pen a glowing ode to the coffeehouse volunteers whose enthusiasm keeps the folk
embers glowing.
And in the end, it is those
audiences who hold the keys to Mustard's Retreat's long success, audiences who
have made this group's music part of their everyday lives. As Spike Barkin said after seeing them at
David and Michael are both
from
For over thirty five years,
Bill Staines has traveled back and forth across
Singing mostly his own
songs, he has become one of the most popular singers on the folk music circuit
today and averages around 200 concert dates a year.
Bill weaves a magical blend
of wit and gentle humor into his performances, and as one reviewer wrote,
"he has a sense of timing to match the best
stand-up comic." His music is a slice of
Interspersed between
original songs, Bill also includes songs ranging from traditional folk tunes to
more contemporary country ballads and delights in having the audience
participate in many of the numbers. He may even do a yodeling tune or two -
having won the National Yodeling Championship in 1975 at the Kerrville Folk
Festival in
A number of Bill's songs
have been recorded by other artists including, Peter, Paul, & Mary, Makem and Clancy, Nanci Griffith,
Mason Williams, The Highwaymen, Glen Yarborough, Jerry Jeff Walker, Grandpa
Jones, Priscilla Herdman and others. Bill has
recorded twenty-two of his own albums, fifteen of which are still in print.
Additionally, Bill's songs have been published in four songbooks, If I
Were A Word, Then I'd Be A Song,
River, Music To Me, The Songs of Bill Staines, and All God's Critters Got A Place
In The Choir. Two of the books contain nearly one hundred of Bill's
songs.
Radio and TV appearances
have included A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage,
The Good Evening Show and a host of local programs on PBS and
network TV. Bill continues to drive over 65,000 miles a year, doing what he
loves, bringing music to people.
Although this is his first
time at the Dulci-More Festival, Bill has appeared
three times in the Dulci-More Concert Series. He is
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Susan Trump is a singer
whose gentle voice and story songs you won’t forget. For years, she has been
winning fans with her singing, her song writing prowess and her outstanding
instrumental skill on mountain dulcimer, guitar, and banjo. Her audiences use
phrases like “the voice of an angel, singing songs that go straight to the
heart.” She has released four best-selling solo recordings, "What the Hill
People Say," "Tree of Life" and "Live at Caffe Lena" which captures the excitement of one of
her “sell- out” weekend performances. Her newest CD, “Songs of Faith and Hope,”
a collection of inspirational, uplifting songs for everyone is being touted as
her best ever!
Susan has produced two
volumes of the widely acclaimed CD “Masters of the Mountain Dulcimer” featuring
the finest players in the country. Susan has been featured in three public
television specials, “An Adirondack Christmas Carol,” “Christmas in the
Susan is a much sought
after instructor and performer whose work has included concerts and festivals
in North Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio, Texas, California, Kentucky, Missouri,
Arkansas, Connecticut as well as her home state of New York. She has won awards
in both banjo and mountain dulcimer competitions. Her magic stems from her
ability to link the pastoral, tranquil images of traditional rural
Leading youth groups to
work with disabled miners in
Susan also enjoys sharing
her music with school children. She has been associated with the New York
Foundation for the Arts since 1986, and has been awarded several “Meet the
Composer” grants for song writing from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Throughout her career she has shared her music with thousands of school
children and their families.
Susan is from
To say that Mark Alan Wade
is an eclectic performer understates the acoustic explosion of music his
concerts ignite. His visit to a dulcimer player's home in Kentucky lit the
spark that started it all. Over a decade later, Mark is a headlining performer
in concerts and music festivals around the country.
Mark's audiences are drawn
into a broad spectrum of emotions that his music evokes. Mark captures the joy
of American traditional music from fiddle tunes to Texas Swing to Jazz. Just
after he has fired off a fiddle tune with a frenzied display of technical
marvel, his mastery of the subtleties and finesse of Celtic Airs and Chopin
Nocturnes will put a tear in your eye. It's not surprising that his 1998
National Contest-winning repertoire included a Celtic ballad, a contemporary
piece by Rich Mullins, a Baroque harpsichord solo and, of course, Danny Boy.
Mark's unique edge comes
from growing up in a "bluegrass" family with classical training in
trumpet, piano and guitar. Technique, musicality and expression pervade his
entire arsenal of instruments and music. From his beginning piano lessons at
age five to receiving his B.M. in trumpet and piano at Ohio Wesleyan
University, Mark continued to push his musical limits by earning his Masters
Degree in trumpet performance at The Ohio State University. Mark completed his
doctorate in music at The Ohio State University in trumpet performance in 2008.
The result of this musical emersion is that Mark is equally at home at a front
porch jam session or playing a dulcimer concerto with a symphony orchestra.
Mark's classical training
has earned him the ear of such notables as President George Bush Sr., Ross
Perot and the U.S. Secretary of Defense, William S. Cohen. In his hometown of
Columbus, Ohio, Mark has a full studio of students of all levels, from rank beginners
to published professionals. His students continually place in national and
regional contests. Mark has personally released four CDs and has published a
successful book, "T.N.T.: Tunes 'n' Techniques for Hammered
Dulcimer."
In 2004, Mark toured with
the newly formed band, Hammer On!, consisting of 4 dynamic
multi-instrumentalists loaded with an arsenal driving rhythms & hot licks.
Mark was joined by Randy Clepper (
Dulci-More Festival 2 was the
first time that Mark gave workshops and performed at a festival. From there, he
has gone on to become the National Hammered Dulcimer Champion and to instruct
at least two other National Champions and many Regional Champions. This will be
his eighth appearance at a Dulci-More Festival. We
expect that he will be joined by his wife, Cristina, on bass and his father,
Roger, on guitar.
Bill Schilling is a high-energy folk-style singer and
multi-instrumentalist who believes that this type of music should be inclusive.
He is the founder and leader of Dulci-More and the Dulci-More Festival and a member of many other groups,
which share or support the music. At Dulci-More
Festivals, he has performed solo and as Bill Schilling with Carol Ellis; Bill
Schilling, Linda Sigismondi, and Marge Diamond; Bill
Schilling & Folks; Threes Co.; Whistler's Lane; and presented his
Schilling's Slides, Songs, & Stories program. Bill has put together the
music that Dulci-More uses and has it available in
several volumes and formats: Dulci-More Public Domain
Songbooks -- Volumes 1, 2, 3, Christmas Volume (all with numbers for lap
dulcimer melody strings as well as music, chords, and lyrics), Autoharp Volume
(with melody chord numbers in place of the dulcimer numbers), General Volume
(with DAA Numbers) which is the full size version of the four smaller volumes
plus much more material, Lyrics with Chords for those who prefer not to have
the written music, but want to play along, and Lyrics Only for those who just
want to sing along. The full size version is over 300 pages with over 300
songs. Bill has released a CD, Songs from Canal Days, with Linda Sigismondi and continues to threaten to release more
recordings upon the world. Since 2005 with Dulci-More
members Marcy and Dale Tudor, he has been the Music Coordinator and a regular
instructor for Folk Music
at Weatherbury Farm, the Tudor’s award winning
farm vacation bed and breakfast in
Dulci-More: Folk & Traditional Musicians is a club that started in January 1993, at the First United Methodist Church of Salem. The purposes of the club are to have fun with folk-style music and to share that music with others. The club meets at 7:00 pm on the first Tuesday and Third Tuesday (note: it was the third Wednesday until January, 2000) of each month just off the sanctuary in the Unity Classroom of the First United Methodist Church of Salem, 244 South Broadway, Salem, OH 44460. All levels of acoustic instrumentalists and singers are always welcome at the meetings to jam, to learn, to listen, or to perform. Call ahead if you are coming from far away since performances or special meetings may be scheduled a few times a year on regular meeting nights.
A Few of the Mini-Concert/Workshop Presenters and Festival Vendors
Below Are Still Tentative at this Writing
The Breakneck All-Stars are:
Barb Withee (Bass, Guitar, 5-string banjo and
Vocals), from
Their performances are a
mixture of Celtic, Appalachian & Ozark Mountain, and Tin Pan Alley songs
& tunes. Good lively entertainment is guaranteed. In the words of 91.3 the
Summit (WAPS FM): "Live folk music by live folk musicians."
Ann and Phil Case have been singing and playing music together since 1990. They specialize in singing old-time Appalachian duets, old-fashioned parlor songs, and Depression-era tunes as well as performing old-time instrumental duets. Ann sings with a rare natural sweetness and plays back-up guitar and fiddle. Phil plays guitar, clawhammer banjo, mandolin, and harmonica, and provides harmony vocals. Their sound draws upon the influences of the Carter Family and their contemporaries, early country blues, ragtime, and traditional ballad singing.
Their first CD, The Springtime of Life, was released in 1996 on their own Dry Run Recordings label. Their second CD, Never Grow Old, was released in 1999. Their third CD, Why Should We Be Lonely?, was released in 2003. Their fourth and latest CD, The Old Step-Stone, was released in 2007. These recordings have all received enthusiastic support from public radio programmers across the U.S. and overseas. The favorable reviews they have received in magazines such as Bluegrass Unlimited, Dirty Linen, Tradition, and Sing Out! have earned them a listing in the MusicHound Folk buyer's guide, as well as a feature article in the Summer 2004 issue of The Old-Time Herald. Together, Ann and Phil Case continue to bring reverence, freshness, and vitality to some fine old songs.
Ann and Phil are from Germantown, OH. They performed and gave workshops at Dulci-More Festivals 3, 4, & 5.
Todd Crowley began
singing folk music as a boy. In 1981 he lived with the legendary autoharp
performer Bryan Bowers. At the end of their year together,
A high school
English teacher of 34 years, Todd received his MA in the Teaching of Writing
and Literature from
Todd performs regularly at The Folk Club of Reston-Herndon in Herndon, Virginia and has appeared at the Washington Folk Festival, the Herndon Folk Festival, the California Autoharp Gathering, and the American Roots Music & Arts Festival. He is also a long time member of the Washington D. C. area Capital ‘Harpers.
Ever play a balalaika or balafon? Ever blown into a didgeridoo or shofar? Ever strummed an autoharp or plucked a psaltery? All of these traditional folk instruments and about 100 more, covering the musical alphabet from accordian to zampoya, are part of Todd's Musical Petting Zoo, a fully interactive and hands-on exhibition that will be at Dulci-More Festival 15. Children, young and old, along with musicians, novice to professional, enjoy the Zoo Experience.
Todd's big Musical Petting Zoo has been an integral part of Common Ground on the Hill's American Roots & Arts Festival for the past three years. Smaller zoos have been part of the Washington Folklore Society Midwinter MiniFest and other fairs and folk festivals in the greater Washington D. C. area. Now Todd is ready to bring his zoo on the road to us and other festivals all over the country. Todd has said that one inspiration for creating the Petting Zoo was when he attended the Fort New Salem Dulcimer Festival at the Depot in West Virginia a few years ago and observed Bill Schilling carrying, setting up, doing workshops on, and playing bunches of instruments all around the festival. This will be Todd’s first time at a Dulci-More Festival. In addition to bringing the Petting Zoo, Todd will also lead a workshop and do a mini-concert.
Marge Diamond began playing Mountain Dulcimer in the
mid eighties with virtually no music background but tons of enthusiasm. Through
attending Dulcimer workshops and getting in touch with the playing styles of
established dulcimer players from all over the country, she found the greatest
tool for making friends and having a great time. That is what she teaches
others to do. Her early efforts emphasized the playing of fiddle tunes and
taking part in a square dance band, The
Bentwood Rockers. She then moved on to playing songs that required a little
more arranging. Currently Marge plays with The
Oberlin Dulcimer Group and Dulci-More. Marge has
performed and taught Dulcimer workshops since 1987. She has been on hand
teaching and performing at all of the Dulci-More
festivals, at the past fifteen Fort New Salem Festivals, at several of the Kent
State Folk Festivals and has been on hand for some of the COFF festivals. Since
retirement in 2003 Marge has been pursuing her love of making art. With her
business, Winsome Expressions, she
makes airbrushed music themed shirts, "Ultimate Totes", and other
items for sale. Marge has one recording, Beyond Cabbage. which is
now available on CD.
Guy George is a rhythmic, melodic hammered dulcimer
player with a definite jazz influence to his playing style. He also plays
saxophones, flute, whistle, steel drum, and keyboard. His wife, Sharrie, performs and records with him on the guitar. Their
CD is Dream Castle. Guy also is included on Maddie
MacNeil's CD, As Time Goes By. Guy and Sharrie joined us from their home in Concord, Ohio for Dulci-More Festival 7. Demetrius
Steinmetz performed along with Guy and Sharrie at Dulci-More Festival 8. At Dulci-More
Festival 10, we had Guy George with Tull Glazener. Since then, Guy and Tull
have performed together at several festivals. Guy and Sharrie
along with Sue Rust joined us for Dulci-More Festival
11, Guy and Sharrie were back for Dulci-More
Festival 12, and Guy returned for Dulci-More
Festivals 13 & 14.
The Hired Hands are very local group for our festival
(living about a mile from the festival site) and have attended some workshops
at the festival in the past as well as a couple of Dulci-More
meetings over the years. Their preference is for Scottish music (with some
Irish and other Celtic music mixed in). Dulci-More
Festival 15 will be the first time that some of the group members are giving
workshops at a festival. These sisters from the Miller family include:
Allison (age 23) began to
study music at age three at Mt. Union College studying Suzuki piano under Carol
Wunderle and continued her studies under Mrs. Mary
Louis Foster for the next 11 years. She began to play the folk/lever harp at
age 14 and began the tradition of attending the Ohio Scottish Arts School in
Oberlin, Ohio, for harp instruction. After completing an undergraduate degree
in the US, Allison had the opportunity to pursue post-graduate studies at the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland in Clarsarch (Scottish small harp) and Scot’s Song. She has
studied under masters of Scottish and Irish harp, including Sue Richards, Ann Heymann, Sharon Knowles, Patsy Seddon,
Savourna Stevenson, Corinna
Hewatt, Uschi Laar, and Wendy Stewart. Allison has taught privately in
both the US and Scotland and co-taught a course at the 2007 Edinburgh International
Harp Festival. She has appeared in concert at multiple venues in the States and
as far as Glasgow and the Isle of Skye. She has
formed a duo with her sister, Sairey, The Hired Hands, and they are releasing
their first CD, Something,
this spring.
Sairey (age 17) began her musical
career with ten years of Suzuki piano under Mrs. Mary Louis Foster, which
trained her ear and allowed her to make a smooth transition to the folk/lever
harp at age 8. She has studied harp at the Ohio Scottish Arts School in
Oberlin, Ohio, for the past six summers and at the 2007 Edinburgh International
Harp Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. She has had the privilege to study under
such diverse musicians as Sue Richards, Ann Heymann,
and Sharon Knowles of the US, Wendy Stewart, Catriona
McKay, Corinna Hewatt, and
William Jackson of Scotland, and Robert Huw Bowen of
Wales. She has competed extensively and was awarded first place in the master’s
division at the National Scottish Harp Competition in 2008. She plays a Steen
harp made by Steve Green of West Virginia. She has just completed her freshman
year of college at Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia.
Laura (age 14) has studied
under the Suzuki method for piano under Mrs. Mary Louis Foster since age six.
She branched into Suzuki violin for a year until attending the Ohio Scottish
Arts School in 2005 and now plays exclusively Scottish and Irish fiddle. Since
2005, she has studied under fiddle masters Carl MacKenzie
of Cape Breton, Anna Wendy Stevenson of Scotland, Mike Vaas
of Scotland, and Ed Pearlman of Vermont, US. She has
competed at both the Ohio Scottish Games and the Ligonier Highland Games in
Ligonier, PA. Laura plays on her sisters’ CD The Hired Hands: Something and has played at local venues including nursing homes,
festivals, and at church.
Micah (age 13) has also
studied the Suzuki piano method under Mrs. Mary Louis Foster for the past seven
years and picked up the Anglo concertina in 2005. She has taught herself this
instrument, with the aid of listening to recordings of Irish and Scottish
traditional bands. She appears on several tracks on the CD The Hired Hands: Something with her sisters and has competed
in an Ensemble division for the past two years at the Ligonier Highland Games
in Ligonier, PA and been awarded first place. She also plays at local nursing
homes and festivals.
Gary
& Toni Sager are from Waverly,
Toni has been playing the autoharp for about seven years, after getting an Oscar Schmidt as a Christmas present. She had seen a lady playing one at the Fraley Mountain Music Festival at Carter Caves State Resort in Ky. and fell in love with the instrument. Toni mostly plays chord style as she plays along with husband Gary, who plays the mountain dulcimer. She has taught beginner workshops at several regional festivals. She really enjoys getting folks started on the autoharp. Toni and Gary have done occasional performances at several dulcimer festivals. Their recently released recording of instrumentals, Rats in the Fence Corner, features them with appearances by Doug Felt and Stephen Seifert.
Linda Sigismondi is the
leader of the Banks of the Ohio Dulcimer Club in Gallipolis and director of the
Fort New Salem Dulcimer Festival. She has five mountain dulcimer books: Appalachian
Ballads & Songs, Songs from Canal Days, Christmas Songs, Celtic
Tunes, and Old Time and Fiddle Tunes. Linda has released a
recording, Songs from Canal Days, with Bill Schilling and has
companion recordings for her other books. She also sings, plays guitar, Native
American flute, Kratz zither, and MacArthur
harp, and writes songs. Linda has taught workshops and performed at many folk
music festivals in West Virginia, Ohio, and New York. Linda has played at Fort
New Salem, West Virginia, for the Harvest and Christmas Festivals for many
years. She is a Dulci-More member, attending a few
activities a year even though she lives in Gallipolis. She has won many
competitions at Roscoe Village Dulcimer Days and other competitions. Linda has
been part of all of our Dulci-More Festivals.
Stringed Fantasy returns from the Canton-Massillon-Ravenna
and beyond area. They sing; and Sue Wheeler plays hammered dulcimer, harp, and
autoharp; Rosalind Wilson plays 6 and 12 string guitars and hammered dulcimer;
Mary Thompson plays autoharp, whistles, flute, fife, harp, and more; Rod Thompson
plays autoharp, bodhran, and washtub bass; Alma
Houston plays percussion. All are Dulci-More members
and some are members of the Canton Folk Song Society. Some are also members of Strings
’n Lace specializing more in classical music than folk music. Sue and Roz started giving workshops at Dulci-More
Festival 2, and Stringed Fantasy has been with us for Dulci-More
Festivals 3-11 & 14. Some members of the group are on sabbatical, but might
be present for some things. Gene Johnson plays guitar; Connie Johnson plays
mountain dulcimer, mandolin, Irish banjo, and octave mandolin; Donna Johnston
plays hammered dulcimer and bass; Christina Kambrick
plays mountain dulcimer, and accordion; and Steve Wheeler plays autoharp and
percussion.
Adam Sutch and Sutch Sounds will return this year from Daisytown
Alice Whitehill is a Dulci-More member from Hookstown,
PA. She has been a part of all Dulci-More Festivals.
Alice sings and plays dulcimers, autoharps, guitars, and more. She is often
joined in performance by Earl Whitehill (her
husband), Rachel Huff (her daughter), Deb or Kristi Boyd, or others. She also
leads the Dulcimer Players of the Upper Ohio Valley. She and Earl have won a
variety of competitions at Roscoe Village Dulcimer Days. Alice sells musical
instruments and supplies as Stitches & Strings and is a vendor at this Dulci-More Festival.
Additional Workshops by Dulci-More Members, Festival Vendors
Performers & Performance Order Subject to Change as Needed
Festival Vendors
Alice Whitehill (Stitches & Strings)
Alice Ann Whitehill will be
back again for Dulci-More Festival 15 with stock from
Stitches and Strings. Alice expects to have a variety of instructional,
song, and tune books for different instruments. She will also have accessories
including strings, stands, electronic tuners and tuning clips, picks, and more.
Alice also has several instruments in the shop including lap dulcimers and
Oscar Schmidt guitars and autoharps. Alice is a Dulci-More
member and has been a part of all of our Dulci-More
Festivals. Alice has regularly contributed prizes for our Name That Old Time
(or Other) Tune Contest and will do so again this year.
Michael C. Allen (~Cloud Nine~ Musical
Instruments)
Michael C. Allen has been creating professional quality hammered dulcimers and other instruments since 1977. For the past several years Michael has been one of only three dulcimer makers selected to create an instrument as a prize in the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship held in Winfield, Kansas each September. 2007 marked the 30th Anniversary of ∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments!
∼Cloud Nine∼ Musical Instruments is located at 5701 Stover Road, Ostrander, Ohio 43061 and may be reached at info@cloudninemusical.com or (740) 666-4253.
Michael was with us for Dulci-More Festival 9 when he played fiddle for the Friday evening square dance with Kendra Ward and Bob Bence while his wife, Pamela Spence Allen called the dance.
Guy George, in addition to performing this year, will
also be a vendor with products like Rick Thum
hammered dulcimers, Chieftan pennywhistles, mountain
dulcimers, Fluke ukuleles, Steel Drums, some books and CDs, and more. Guy has
performed at five previous Dulci-More Festivals and
started vending with us at Dulci-More Festival 10.
Lynn McLeish
Lynn will have a selection of home made and other
musical accessories available for festival attendees. This is her first time
vending at a festival, but she was in charge of our Dulci-More
Festival kitchen for Festivals 13 & 14 and is once again a key part of the
planning and working group for this year’s festival.
Lois and Ken Mountz operated
a framing gallery and art store in downtown Salem for many years. They moved it
from downtown Salem to their home outside of Salem during 2008. A few years ago
they added musical instruments and accessories to their stock, and they say
that Mountz Gallery is “where art and music have
come together.” They will be vending with us for the sixth year in a row. They
are members of Dulci-More, and Lois is a member of Humours ’n’ Hammers. Mountz
Gallery is located at
Prussia Valley Dulcimers Acoustic Music
Shop
Gary and Toni Sager were with us for the first time at
Dulci-More Festival 12 and this will be their third
year with us. They have been vending at festivals around the country for
several years with the Prussia Valley Dulcimers that Gary makes and many other
products. After years of doing that, they also opened their Prussia Valley Dulcimers Acoustic Music
Shop in Waverly, Ohio a couple of years ago with a full stock of folk
instruments, books, recordings, and accessories. The shop is located at
Norm Schoenmeyer
Norm Schoenmeyer is a
longtime Dulci-More member from Akron who provided
the sound system for our festival for some years and located and donated the
stage that we use at Camp McKinley. Norm is planning to have a variety of
instruments and stands that he has collected or made on hand for Dulci-More Festival 15.
Steve Stapleton has been handcrafting his own musical
instruments since 2005 and selling them at festivals over the past couple of
years. He specializes in mountain dulcimers, bowed psalteries, plucked
psalteries, and thumb pianos. Steve is from
Paul Conrad is from Holmes County, Ohio. He started
building mountain dulcimers for a while in the mid 70s, and he returned to
building them in 2005. He mixes woods in visually stimulating patterns on some
of his dulcimers to give them a unique look. He has taken his dulcimers to
several festivals. This is Paul’s second time at a Dulci-More
Festival.
Jack & Sara Mullins will be back for their fifth
year vending at Dulci-More Festival with their
recordings by In Company of Friends. Jack & Sara are from Norwich, and they
can be reached at Waterlily Productions, PO Box 32, Norwich, OH
43767.
Marge Diamond will be back with Winsome Expressions including airbrushed music themed shirts and
other items for sale. Look for her latest "Ultimate Totes" with music
themes. Marge is based in
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