Heritage Craft and Dulcimer Day's Festival, Roscoe Village, Coshocton, OH, June 2008
with guest performers, Dave and Sue Gilchrist
Chagrin Falls Art Festival,
Chagrin Falls, OH
June 2008.
Lake County Fair, Painseville, OH, August 2008 here to add text.
Olde Time Faire, Twinsburg, OH, September 6, 2008
with guest Harmonica player, Larnie Zellner
A very talented, eight-year old Anna Truax performed with us on the hammered dulcimer!
Photo by Mary Shimitz.
Photo by Mary Shimitz
Photo by Luke Lehman
Photo by Luke Lehman
Photo by Luke Lehman
Photo by Mary Shimitz
Photo by Mary Shimitz
October 10, 2008, we played for the Twinsburg Historical Society to help raise money to help refurbish the Locust Grove Cemetary. It was new to me in that we virtually were playing in the dark, our only light source being the single candle lantern.
Newer pics at bottom of page!
October 17th, 2008
We want to thank the Margush Family of Kent, Ohio "The Sojourning Minstrels" for playing with us at Roscoe Village's Anuual Apple Butter Stir. Tim actually took off work to bring his family down and we appreciate them performing with us. Seated left to right is: Kayla on acoustic guitar (an up and coming amazing flat-picker), Tim on twelve-string guitar, and David on marimbula.
We want to thank the Margush Family of Kent, Ohio "The Sojourning Minstrels" for playing with us at Roscoe Village's Anuual Apple Butter Stir. Tim actually took off work to bring his family down and we appreciate them performing with us. Seated left to right is: Kayla on acoustic guitar (an up and coming amazing flat-picker), Tim on twelve-string guitar, and David on marimbula.
Kayla plays guitar, hammered dulcimer and marimbula. David played the marimbula but his heart and exceptional skill is in the hammered dulcimer!.
October 18th, 2008 On the second day of the Apple Butter Stir, Kevin Heisey of Bainbridge, Ohio drove down to perform with us. We especially appreciate his willingness to play since he came down alone on his birthday!!!
Kevin has a real love of music and he too performs with his family. He is an excellent guitar player and we have played together numerous times in the past. It was fun to play with him again and we had a great time together!
The weekend was beautiful and it was probably the most enjoyable Apple Butter Festival we have had! .
Friday evening, during the last hour of the festival, we invited Lacy "Mrytle" (Mansfield, Ohio) up to our vendor tent to try her hand at the marimbula. Lacy is 13 years old and picked it up quickly and we asked her to join us on stage the next day. Band member for the day, she did a very good job and we appreciate her willingness to fill in for us. She's welcome anytime!
Lacy also helped out, instructing younger children on how to play the "limberjack", an Appalachian rhythm toy/instrument. She also helped get the children seated and organized. Thank you Lacy!
Look at 'em dance!
During all the performances, well...we just had fun! Besides performing on the instruments, we explained the history of all the instruments, some of the songs, and even customs of the 19th century. (Did you know that according to a list that was found, actually written by a pioneer, that a fiddle was considered a necessary tool to build a log cabin?) We also had some singing, audience participation, and again, ALOT of fun :)
Beside, hammered dulcimer, I also played the banjo, strumstick, and Appalachian dulcimer.
Serenity played fiddle and sang, but thoroughly enjoyed thumping away at the marimbula!
October 19th, 2008 was the last day of the Butter Stir. As has been the custom for the last several years, a jam gathers under our tent. This is one of our favorite parts of Roscoe's Festivals and we appreciate the friends who gather! Don and Marty of Wildwood Music located in Coshocton at the far end of Roscoe Village, started this wonderful tradition, one which we look forward to at every festival!
From left to right:
Lacy "Myrtle" on marimbula, Marty, owner of Wildwood Music on the hammered dulcimer, uh...can't remember the names, but a friend of Don & Marty's on autoharp, another friend, Louise on accordian, and Ren. Thanks Don & Marty, we love what little fellowship we have with you all!
Lacy "Myrtle" on marimbula, Marty, owner of Wildwood Music on the hammered dulcimer, uh...can't remember the names, but a friend of Don & Marty's on autoharp, another friend, Louise on accordian, and Ren. Thanks Don & Marty, we love what little fellowship we have with you all!
At every festival, we do our best to get folk involved with making music and one way to do that is to introduce them to the strumstick, a great little instrument that is fun and easy to play! Lauren, Hannah and Carolann Wengerd of Dundee, Ohio were just a few of many who stopped by and tried some of the instruments. Hannah, (left) was the first to try the strumstick and picked it up right away...just look at that smile! I think she likes it! The Wengerd girls even joined us for a few songs in the jam! (below) To the right, Hannah played the marimbula while Lauren (red sweatshirt) and Carolann (gray sweatshirt) played along on the strumsticks! They all did a great job!
LEFT: Playing at GitterPicker's Open Mic at Mavis Winkles in Twinsburg, OH.
BELOW: Ren and I, along with some of my advanced students played for a Leukemia Fundraiser at Michael's Restaurant in Twinsburg, OH in April, 2009.
Backing-up Deb and Rob Davenport at the fundraiser. Deb has been a student of mine for about three or four years. Rob joined in a few years back. They take lessons together and perform as a family.
Jim Vernon on guitar, Kathleen Lockhart on Marimbula, Ren on fiddle and me on banjo performing together for the second time.
On April 25th, 2009, we played with Jim Vernon and Kathleen Lockhart at the Antique Corners Coffee House in Burton, Ohio. Here we were just messing around and "posing". The coffee house has several rooms filled with antiques. We had a lot of fun!
Just hamming it up in a more "colonial" room at the Antique Corners Coffee House.
Kathleen & Jim are both very talented musicians, singers, and performers!
Punderson State Park, July 3. We were supposed to play outside but the weather was cool and cloudy so we played inside the lodge. It was different and even though there was no real seating, it didn't stop people from making a place to sit down or little girls (and grandmothers) from dancing!
On July 4, we played a private party from 3:30 to almost 9:00!
It was very relaxing and fun. The weather was great and the atmosphere perfect. We had a great time, ate (always included in a good time), visited, and of course had the best time just playing!
