Dulci-More Festival 15

Memorial Day Weekend

Friday-Sunday, May 22-24, 2009

BSA Camp McKinley

37748 Furnace Road, Lisbon, Ohio 44432

Note that information in red is left from Dulci-More Festival 14 to give a general idea of how things run at the festival. It will be updated as material becomes available.

Program subject to change if needed.

Updated September 11, 2008

Most recent updates are for the evening concert artists for Dulci-More Festival 15.

All information in red still gives information from Dulci-More Festival 14 to give an idea of how things run at the festival until updated material is available.

Dulci-More Festival 15

on Memorial Day Weekend,

Friday-Sunday, May 22-24, 2009

at BSA Camp McKinley,

37748 Furnace Road, Lisbon, Ohio.

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Schedule for Dulci-More Festival 15 & 14

(Schedule subject to change as needed)

Evening Concerts & Workshops:

Dulci-More Will Do a Short Opening Set Each Evening

Les Gustafson-Zook; Madeline MacNeil; Mustard’s Retreat; Bill Staines; Susan Trump; Mark Wade; with Bill Schilling as Performing Emcee

Mini-Concerts & Workshops:

Mountain Marge Diamond; Guy George; Janet Harriman; Susie Large; Gary & Toni Sager; Linda Sigismondi; Smokin Fez Monkeys; Stringed Fantasy; Sutch Sounds; Alice Whitehill; plus mini-concerts by Bill Schilling and by Dulci-More Little Eagles

Festival Vendors

Alice Whitehill (Stitches & Strings); Dulcimer Players News; Guy George; Mountz Gallery; Prussia Valley Dulcimers Acoustic Music Shop; Stapleton Woodcrafts; Sweet Fern Music; Timbre Hill Dulcimers; Waterlily Productions; Winsome Expressions

Evening Concerts & Mini-Concerts Indoors in the Camp Dining Hall

Workshops & Other Activities Outdoors or Indoors (or Under Cover) Depending on Weather

All Workshops Go Ahead as Scheduled Under Cover in Case of Inclement Weather

Lawn Chairs Are Suggested for Comfortable Seating at Workshops

Friday Evening, May 23, 2008

Dulci-More Festival 14

Mini-Concerts, Special Events, & Evening Concerts

Friday

Dining Hall Main Stage for Most Activities

5:00-9:00 PM

Registration

6:00-6:45 PM

Coverdish Dinner (Open to All)

7:00-9:15 PM

Evening Concerts

Dulci-More

Jan Krist

Butch Ross

9:30 PM on

Song Circle, Jamming, Campfire

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Dulci-More Festival 14

Mini-Concerts, Special Events, & Evening Concerts

Saturday

Dining Hall Main Stage for Most Activities

8:00 AM on

Registration

8:00-9:00 AM

Breakfast Time

9:00-10:00 AM

Workshop Cluster 1

10:15-11:15 AM

Workshop Cluster 2

11:30 AM-1:30 PM

Lunch Time

11:30 -11:55 PM

Mini-Concert – Smokin Fez Monkeys

12:00-12:25 PM

Mini-Concert – Susie Large

12:30-12:55 PM

Mini-Concert – Earl & Alice Whitehill

1:00-1:25 PM

Mini-Concert – Stringed Fantasy

1:45-2:45 PM

Workshop Cluster 3

3:00-4:00 PM

Ability Level Jamming Workshops

4:15-4:45 PM

Name That Old-Time (or Other) Tune Contest

5:00-6:30 PM

Dinner Time

5:00-5:45 PM

Open Stage/Clubs Open Stage

5:50-6:15 PM

Mini-Concert – Gary & Toni Sager

6:20-6:45 PM

Mini-Concert – Sutch Sounds

7:00-9:15 PM

Evening Concerts

Dulci-More

Bing Futch

Dan Landrum

9:30 PM on

Song Circle, Jamming, Campfire

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Dulci-More Festival 14

Mini-Concerts, Special Events, & Evening Concerts

Sunday

Dining Hall Main Stage for Most Activities

8:00 on

Registration

8:00-9:00 AM

Breakfast Time

9:00-10:00 AM

Hymn/Gospel/Spiritual Sing

10:15-11:15 AM

Workshop Cluster 4

11:30-1:30 AM

Lunch Time

11:30-11:55 AM

Mini-Concert – Mountain Marge Diamond

12:00-12:25 PM

Mini-Concert – Bill Schilling

12:30-12:55 PM

Mini-Concert – Linda Sigismondi

1:00-1:25 PM

Mini-Concert – Janet Harriman

1:45-2:45 PM

Workshop Cluster 5

3:00-4:00 PM

Workshop Cluster 6

4:15-4:45 PM

Non-Denominational Worship Service at
Workshop Area 4 (Tarp on Dining Hall Hill)

Mac Kelly

5:00-6:30 PM

Dinner Time

5:00-5:45 PM

Open Stage/Clubs Open Stage

5:50-6:15 PM

Mini-Concert – Dulci-More Little Eagles

6:20-6:45 PM

Mini-Concert – Guy George

7:00-9:15 PM

Evening Concerts

Dulci-More

Karla Armstrong

Randy Clepper

9:30 PM on

Song Circle, Jamming, Campfire

Monday, May 28, 2007

Final Pack-up & Clean-up

Weekend Workshop Schedule for Festival 14

Tentative with some Blank Titles and Changes Still Possible as Posted on May 6

(Subject to Final Additions, Approvals, and Changes)

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Dulci-More
Festival 14
Workshops

Featured
Entertainment
Workshops

Various
Instruments
& Songs

Beg/Adv Beg
Lap, Fretted, or
Mtn. Dulcimer

Int/Adv Lap,
Fretted, or
Mtn. Dulcimer

Various
Instruments
& Songs

Various
Instruments
& Songs

Beg/Adv Beg
Hammered
Dulcimer

Int/Adv
Hammered
Dulcimer

Children,
Families, or
Whoever

Location

1 Dining Hall
Main Stage

2 Dining Hall
Porch SE End

3 Camp by Path
N of Dining Hall

4 Tarp on Hill
Dining Hall Hill

5 Shelter at West
End Parking Lot

6 Trading Post
South Door

7 Trading Post
Picnic Tables

8 Trading Post
North/Garage

9 Tarp Near Pool
Bottom of Hill

Workshop
Cluster 1
Saturday
9:00-10:00 AM

Stories Behind
Some Songs
All
Mac Kelly,
Jan Krist,
Bill Schilling

Beginning
Autoharp
Beg
Toni Sager

Bass Mountain
Dulcimer
Adv Beg (DAD)
Bob Taunton

Dark Side of
the Mountain
Dulcimer
Int/Adv (Capo)
Bing Futch

Calming
Butterflies
All
Sue Wheeler

Arranging
Songs for the
Band
All
Smokin Fez
Monkeys

Easy &
Efficient
Hammering
All HD
Janet Harriman

Gospel
Repertoire
There Is a
Fountain
Int/Adv
Guy George

Whistling with
Dulcimers
D Whistle or
C Recorder
Jim Miller

Workshop
Cluster 2
Saturday
10:15-11:15 AM

Topical,
Humorous, &
Story Songs
All
Smokin Fez
Monkeys

Absolute
Beginning
Bowed
Psaltery
Beg
Steve Stapleton

Primal
Mountain
Dulcimer
Beg-Adv
Bing Futch

Railroad
Songs for
Mountain
Dulcimer
Int (DAD)
Gary Sager

Songwriting
Care &
Feeding of the
Creative
All
Jan Krist

Autoharp
Precision
Playing
Adv Beg/Int
Karla Armstrong

Scottish Music
HD & All
All Levels
Stringed
Fantasy

Rudimentary
Tricks for
Spicier Playing
Int
Dan Landrum

Dulcimers for
Loan - Lap
Dulcimer for
Children
All (DAA)
Alice Whitehill

Workshop
Cluster 3
Saturday
1:45-2:45 PM

Just Plain Folk
Interview
All
Karla Armstrong,
Tom Ball,
Jim Stone

Fiddle
Techniques
Adv Beg
Holly Overton

Starting from
Scratch on the
Mtn. Dulcimer
Beg (DAA/DAD)
Linda
Sigismondi

Thinking In-
side the Box -
Playing Across
the Strings
Int (DAD)
Butch Ross

Guitar Open
Tunings &
Rhythm
Adv Beg-Int
Jan Krist

Accompanying
Vocals with
the Autoharp
All
Mary Thompson

Blues
Progressions
for HD
Beg/Adv Beg
Adam Sutch

Irish
Ornaments
on the HD
Int/Adv
Randy Clepper

Percussion &
Homemade
Instruments
All
Smokin Fez
Monkeys

Ability Level
Jamming
Saturday
3:00-4:00 PM

Area Closed -
Sound Checks
for Evening
Concerts

Intro to
Jamming
Beg/Adv Beg
Marge Diamond,
Gary and/or
Toni Sager

For Workshop
Clusters 3 & 6
Beg & Adv Beg Pennywhistle
Guy George’s
vending area

Share Your
Song
All
Susie Large

Tentative
Schedule as of
May 17, 2008.

Schedule
Subject to
Change if
Needed.

Intermediate
Jam
Adv Beg/Int
All Instruments
Sutch Sounds

Advanced Jam
Int/Adv
No Leaders
Needed - Have
Fun Together

If a workshop subject
is listed for an instru-
ment different than
yours, ask the leader
ahead of time about
attending that one.
Many can and will
include you, but not all.

Workshop
Cluster 4
Sunday
10:15-11:15 AM

Understanding
Irish Dance
Music
All
All Instruments
Randy Clepper

Beginning
Mountain
Dulcimer
Beg (DAD)
Bonnie & Jack
Lutz

Collecting
Tunes for
Mountain
Dulcimer
Adv Beg (DAD)
Marge Diamond

Mountain
Dulcimer
Improvisation
Int/Adv (Capo)
Bing Futch

Songwriting -
Use Traditional
Melodies
for New Music
All
Butch Ross

Singing the
Old Country
Songs
All
Susie Large

Beginning
Hammered
Dulcimer
Beg
Bill Schilling

Norwegian
Wood
Int/Adv
Dan Landrum

Beginning
Autoharp for
Kids
Beg
Toni Sager

Workshop
Cluster 5
Sunday
1:45-2:45 PM

Appalachian
Clogging
All
Linda
Sigismondi

Beginning
Bass
Beg
Jim Stone

Playing
Techniques
for Mountain
Dulcimer
Adv Beg (DAD)
Marge Diamond

Fiddle Tunes
for Mountain
Dulcimer
Int/Adv (DAD)
Gary Sager

Beginning
Music Theory
Beg
Janet Harriman

Harpin’ Hymns
Adv Beg/Int
Karla Armstrong

Chording with
Pachelbel’s
Canon in D
Adv Beg HD
Adam Sutch

Gospel Tune
When the Roll
Is Called Up
Yonder
Int
Guy George

Beginning
Guitar Chords
for Kids
Beg
Susie Large

Workshop
Cluster 6
Sunday
3:00-4:00 PM

Just Plain Folk
Interview
All
Butch Ross,
Tom Ball,
Jim Stone

Improving
Your Singing
All
Roz Wilson

Flatpicking
Mountain
Dulcimer
Adv Beg (DAD)
Gary Sager

Celtic Ballads
for Mountain
Dulcimer
Int (DAD)
Linda
Sigismondi

Irish Bouzouki
(Mandolin
Will Work)
All
Randy Clepper

Beginning
Harmonica
Beg
Don Blair

Droning Is Cool
(Seriously,
It Is)
Beg/Adv Beg
Dan Landrum

Ozark Waltz
for HD
Adv Beg-Adv
Janet Harriman

Dulcimers for
Loan - Lap
Dulcimer for
Children
All (DAA)
Alice Whitehill

 

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(Some Presenters Will Only Be at the Festival One Day As Indicated in the Schedule)

Concert, Mini-Concert, & Workshop Presenters

This information about the artists is available with pictures of the artists at this link.

Les Gustafson-Zook

Les Gustafson-Zook from Goshen, IN is an entertaining performer for children and adults alike. He is popular in elementary schools and senior centers for his Songs of the Pioneers performances, giving dozens of programs a year. Using a variety of traditional instruments, he makes the songs from the pioneer times come alive, keeping children of all ages engaged. His warm spirit and friendly demeanor encourages interest and participation. In addition to solo performances, he's often joined by his wife, Gwen, and daughter, Sadie, for a performance of tight harmonies and enthusiastic music.

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.

Madeline MacNeil

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 Virginia's Shenandoah National Park, Madeline's goal has always been to bring listeners into the song. Her interest in stories first brought the mountain and hammered dulcimers to her attention, for they are part of this country's musical history and the heritage of other countries before they arrived here. This is part of Madeline's treasure as a performer: she sings and tells the stories with her beautiful voice and exceptional dulcimer skills.

Madeline's New England family (she's a first-generation Virginian) arrived in the fishing and mariner towns of Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1635, while her Canadian family members came to Cape Breton from Edinburgh in the mid-1800's. She ties everything together: Scotland's countryside, the lives of families separated and brought together by the sea, and the resilience and art of those who settled in the Appalachian Mountains.

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 Woodstock?")

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 Winchester, Virginia area.

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 midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at a Trappist monastery in Virginia. The Barns At Wolf Trap has presented her in concert, as have arts centers and universities throughout the