The Springfield Dulcimer Club

                              

The 2008 National Trail Dulcimer Festival  will be held

April 25-27, 2008 at Tomorrow’s Stars RV Resort. 

National Trail Dulcimer Festival

For more information, you can contact Dean either by email, letter, or phone. Mail: Dean R. Yoesting, 2397 Liberty Road, New Carlisle, OH 45344               Email Dean HERE

937-845-0846

About the Festival

More about the Festival

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HERE for Butch & Christie’s website

Featured Performer

Featured Performer

Click HERE for

Gary’s website.

The National Trail Dulcimer Festival, which is sponsored by the Springfield Dulcimer Club, will be held at the Tomorrow's Stars RV Resort, 6716 East National Road, just East of Springfield, Ohio, on April 25-27, 2007.  This is the 7th National Trail Dulcimer Festival.  Walk in reservations for the Festival will begin mid-afternoon on Friday April 25th.   Friday evening activities will consist of Club Showcases and the Workshop Leaders showcase.  Saturday there will be workshop all day for the mountain dulcimer, hammer dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, fiddle, penny whistle, and spoon/bones.  A concert will be held by the headliners on Saturday evening.  Sunday morning there will be a gospel sing.  Jam sessions will continue throughout Friday afternoon and evening and will be available all day on Saturday.  A wide range of Vendors will be available throughout the Festival.

Click HERE to go to the National Trail Dulcimer Festival website.

Gary built his first dulcimer in 1991, then began building seriously in 1992, and has been building and playing since that time. Gary, along with his wife Toni, are the owners of “Prussia Valley Dulcimer Acoustic Music Shop” , and reside in Waverly, Ohio. Gary has taught playing workshops at Fort New Salem Dulcimer Festival, Dulcimer Doin’s in Dayton, OH, Buckeye Dulcimer Festival in Ashley, OH, The Great River Road Dulcimer Festival in Grafton, IL, Yellowbanks Dulcimer Festival in Owensboro, KY, Chestnut Ridge Dulcimer Festival in Greensburg, PA, and several other local festivals. Gary and Toni have done occasional performances at some of these festivals, and will be headlining with us at the 2008 National Trail Festival.

To call Butch & Christie old-time musicians would probably upset a lot of purists. They bring to the table a lively mix of diverse traditional influences from Irish to Swedish to folk and even Rock-n-Roll. (albeit in unusual and subtle ways.

Now based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Butch and Christie enjoy teaching and performing at various dulcimer & acoustic music festivals all over the US and abroad. In addition to their website above, Christie and Butch are also on  MYSPACE MUSIC.COM . Stop by both sites and check out their music and video! The National Trail Dulcimer Festival is pleased to have them join us.