good job, Mel! - and by the way i have found a really nice used gurdy and should have it soon. cheers!
On Dec 1, 2012, at 2:06 PM, Melvin Dorries wrote: > Hi Belinda, > > There will be at least three HG get togethers this year in the USA that I > know of: > 1. Folk College at Junietta College in PA which is for all instruments > generally but includes HG. See pic 1 > Unfortunately there were only 4-5 HG players in attendance last year. This is > a great way to learn to play well with others. A Pro HG player named Thomas > Lozano was featured last year along with many other groups and instruments. > http://www.folkcollege.com/ > 2. The event for the HG this year, in the unfortunate absence of "Over the > Water Festival" will be held in Bloomington, IN Hosted by "Early Music in > Motion". > Last year (its 1st year) there were well known > players/performers/teachers/builders in attendance and we had a great time. > See pic 2 > http://earlymusicinmotion.org/EMIM/Hurdy-Gurdy_Workshops.html > 3. ODPC Fun Fest. This festival offers at least 2 classes for the HG and lots > of opportunity to jam and learn from the many many classes taught. Last year > year we had about 8 HG players at this Evart MI festival. Though it focuses > on the Hammered Dulcimer there is a growing interest in the HG. See Pic3 HG > Classes are taught by Myself- Mel Dorries and Ann my wife with several > helpers. This is a huge "get together" held in July with professional HD > players from all over the country and many more instrumentalists & singers > who love to make music. > http://dulcimers.com/festival.html > 4. A final note is that Hurdygurdycrafters will be hosting the July meeting > of the Michigan Violin Builders Assn. at our home in Hadley, MI. We will be > doing a presentation of the HG, its history, building techniques, playing > demo, shop tour & input from pro violin builders as well as their business > meeting. We will have more on this on our site in the future and all are > welcome to attend. http://hurdygurdycrafters.com/ > > All the Best > Hurdygurdycrafters > Mel and Ann > From: Belinda Daughtry <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 1, 2012 9:16 AM > Subject: [HG-new] HG Festivals in the U.S. > > > Does anyone know of any Hurdy gurdy festivals or any events involving Hurdy > gurdys coming up next year in the U.S.? I would love to go to one. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new > subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new > subscribers are held pending approval by the > webmaster.<IMG_8378.jpg><IMG_7783.jpg><IMG_8648.jpg> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
