Memphis Dulcimer Gathering & Folk Festival 2011

Our 7th Annual Festival!

September 23 & 24, 2011

Second Baptist Church

4680 Walnut Grove Road

Memphis, TN 38117

Instructor Concert
Friday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Church Sanctuary
$10 per person
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

The Memphis Dulcimer Gathering & Folk Festival 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 Instructor concert (Friday, September 23 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 2011:
Second Baptist Church
Jim and Sherril Blair

Betty Dawson Dulcimers
Anna Hough
Jake's Cabin Dulcimers
Kara Kilpatrick and Jeno Smith
McSpadden Dulcimers
Ilace and Ray Mears
Office Depot, Collierville
Betty Westmoreland

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

Jake's Cabin will again be donating a Traveler model hammered dulcimer valued at over $450. Thank you, Jim Newman!
McSpadden Dulcimers is donating a beautiful teardrop mountain dulcimer, cherry/spruce, six-strings valued at over $450. Thank you, Jim and Betty Woods!
Office Depot will again donate copies of materials for the festival. This is a tremendous help to us. Thank you to manager Amanda Hill and all the staff at the Collierville Office Depot!

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. Lunch is available from the church (must be reserved and paid in advance) or you may bring your own lunch. Concerts and vendor times are held during the lunch break. There will be an evening instructor-led jam and an instructor concert.

Detailed schedules with class topics can be accessed on the link below:

Click here for schedule of classes & descriptions.

Instructors for 2011

(jewelry by Cathy Hellweg)

Mona's Ivory Keys Art & Jewelry

In addition, each of our instructors will

have a table of CDs and instructional

materials for sale.

Midday Concerts include**
Open Stage
Side Street Steppers
Chris Roof, djembe
Linda Arthur, Native American Flute
Harry Johnson & Russell Johnson,
bones/bodhran/Celtic dulcimer
Dan Reese, bowed dulcimer
Mulberry Jam String Band
Kevan Barley
Jonathan Haynie, Chilean Folk/classical guitar

**performances subject to change

Mixed Bag Workshops
Kevan Barley, shape note singing
Agene Parsons, autoharp
Tom Garrett, mandolin
Kevan Barley, clawhammer banjo
Dan Reese, bowed dulcimer

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

CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR
THE REGISTRATION 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 $95 per person.
If paid by 9/10, cost is $85 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 9/10 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 9/10 is $101.
To receive the discount price,
all pre-registrations
must be postmarked by 9/10
*** 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
This year, we will be recommending that participants stay at

HAMPTON INN Walnut Grove
33 Humphries Center Dr.,
Memphis, Tennessee, USA 38120
901-747-3700
$95 plus tax, includes full breakfast buffet
Open for reservation beginning August 4
Deadline to reserve: Sept. 1
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.