Memphis Dulcimer & Folk Gathering 2014

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Memphis Dulcimer & Folk Gathering 2014

Our 10th Annual Festival!
The festival is open to everyone from
beginners to advanced players to those
who just enjoy listening.

September 19 & 20, 2014

Second Baptist Church

4680 Walnut Grove Road

Memphis, TN 38117

Gathering Concert
Friday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Church Sanctuary
$10 per person
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Memphis Dulcimer & Folk Gathering seeks to provide the highest quality instruction in a warm and friendly atmosphere. We encourage interaction among students and staff. In order to retain the personal feel of the festival and to keep workshops small enough to enable individual attention and a non-threatening environment, registration is limited to 125 workshop participants.

Midday concerts are free and lunch ($8 per person per day) can be ordered without being registered for classes. Admission to the evening Gathering Concert, featuring our guest artists (Friday, September 19 at 7:00 p.m.), is $10 per person.

Your donations to MDG, Inc. are tax-deductible. We are looking for sponsors for this year's festival. If you or someone you know would like to make a tax-deductible donation and be listed in the program for the festival, please e-mail Lee or call 901-877-7763. You may wish to honor someone or remember someone who has passed away with a donation of $10 or more. These remembrances will also be listed in the festival program.

Many thanks to our SPONSORS FOR 2014:
Second Baptist Church
Sherril Blair, Realtor, John Green Realtors

Jake's Cabin Dulcimers
McSpadden Dulcimers
Office Depot, Collierville
Betty Westmoreland, in honor of Breakin' Up Winter,
Cedars of Lebanon State Park
Danny and Tricia Autry
Victoria Johnson

Patrick & Caye Groves

Jess Dickinson, video and production

Please contact me if your are interested in sponsoring the festival or making an honorarium or memorial to someone. All donations are tax deductible.

Two days of workshops -- jams -- demonstrations -- midday concerts -- open stage -- vendors --

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. each day.
Workshops are held from 9:00 a.m.
until about 4:30 p.m. both days.
A hot lunch is available from the church
(must be reserved and paid in advance)
or you may bring your own lunch.
Open mic concerts and vendor times are held
during the lunch break.
There will be an instructor-led jam on Saturday afternoon
and a guest artist concert on Friday night at 7 p.m. ($10).

Instructors for 2014

Rick Thum

Lee Cagle

Doug Felt

Jess Dickinson

Thomasina Levy

Mike Anderson

Agene Parsons

Kevan Barley
midday concert
and autoharp (yes, I know
he is holding a banjo, not an
autoharp! Very talented fellow!)

REMEMBER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SILENT AUCTION!
We have two beautiful instruments available from McSpadden Instruments and Jake's Cabin.

McSpadden Mountain Dulcimer

Value: $451.00

4 String, Flat Peghead, Hourglass with Red Cedar top, Walnut back and sides — 28 ½" vibrating string length — tuned in the Key of D with 6 ½ and 13 ½ frets included — basic setup is D-A-dd

Bidding starts at $200 and must be increased at increments of $5.

Bidding ends promptly at 1:00 p.m. CST on Saturday, September 20, 2014.

Payment must be made immediately by check or cash. If payment cannot be made, the bid will go to the next highest bidder who stands ready to pay with check or cash.

Jake’s Cabin Hammered Dulcimer — Traveler Model

Value: $450.00

FEATURES: 14 treble 13 bass courses – solid spanish cedar top – solid
hard-rock maple pin block – 5-ply birch plywood back – solid walnut end rails –
color-coded tuning pins

SPECIFICATIONS: Bottom Rail: 35-3/4" – Top Rail: 17-1/4" – Side Rail:
17-1/4"
Height: 14-5/8" – String Spacing: 1-1/4" – Weight: 9lbs.

Bidding starts at $200 and must be increased at increments of
$5 or more.

Bidding ends promptly at 1:00p.m. CST on Saturday, September
20, 2014.

Payment must be made immediately by check or cash. If payment
cannot be made, the bid will go to the next highest bidder who stands ready to
pay with check or cash.

Be sure to order your 2014 Gathering t-shirt when you register. No extras available at the festival.

VENDORS
All guest artists will have a booth
Susanna Cullen, handwoven bags

A variety of instruments will be available for purchase
from several vendors

Click here for workshop
schedule and descriptions.

Advanced registration is by mail only with a check or money order
payable to Memphis Dulcimer Gathering.
Please mail to:
Memphis Dulcimer Gathering
PO Box 224
Moscow, TN 38057

EARLY REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS AUGUST 31

CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR
THE REGISTRATION FORM:

Click Here to Download Form

** MDG, Inc., works hard to provide the finest in instruction and entertainment to participants at our festival. We work with a small "to the penny" budget each year. All money from festival proceeds goes directly to pay for the festival. Therefore, we regret that we are not able to provide a refund should you be unable to attend. However, because we are a federally recognized nonprofit corporation, we will happily provide you with a tax deduction letter for the amount of your registration should you be unable to attend. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Cost of all events (workshops, vendor area, jams, midday concerts, Friday night concert)
(excluding lunch) is $100 per person.
If paid by 8/31, cost is $95 per person (lunch is an additional $8 per day).

A one day pass is $50 per person.
Advanced registration for one day is helpful but not necessary.

Concert tickets are $10 per person.

Lunch is available with advance registration and payment by 8/31 at a cost of $8 per day. No lunches will be available on site without prior reservation. Lunch includes hot entree, salad, dessert, drink and gratuity.

THE TOTAL COST OF ALL EVENTS PLUS LUNCH BOTH DAYS IF PAID BY 8/31 is $111.
To receive the discount price,
all pre-registrations
must be postmarked by 8/31
*** NO EXCEPTIONS!!!! ***

If you do not order lunch, you may still bring a sack lunch to join us for music and fellowship during the midday events.

HOTEL INFORMATION

HAMPTON INN Walnut Grove
33 Humphries Center Drive
Memphis, Tennessee 38120
901-747-3800

This hotel is very convenient to
the Gathering.
$92 plus tax, includes full breakfast buffet
Open for reservation: Currently
Deadline to reserve: August 18, 2014

Make the reservation for the group rate for Memphis Dulcimer Gathering.

Hampton Inn is located at the corner of Walnut Grove and Humphries Blvd just east of the Walnut Grove exit from I-240. From the Inn, festival participants will travel west on Walnut Grove Road, and the church is located on the north side of Walnut Grove just a few miles from the hotel.

Write to Lee