Join Us In-Person for the July Meeting
The July meeting is to be held at Second United Methodist Church, 1524 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN on Sunday, July 6, 2025. Please note that our meeting, beginning in 2025, is now on the first Sunday of the month. If you are not feeling well, please stay home.
We will no longer be broadcasting our meetings on Zoom. Instead, we will record the meetings and post them on our YouTube page. You can now watch the meeting at your convenience. Also, if you were there at the meeting and would like to review something that you may have missed, you can now do that.
CLUB MEMBERS!! Due to security reasons, we MUST enter and exit our meeting facility using the coded door from the parking lot on the Western Avenue side of the building. We must use this entrance ONLY for our meetings. This is at the request of the church. Please show your respect and appreciation for our wonderful meeting facility by fully cooperating. The door code for KADC was changed in March and members should have the new door code that was sent out in a member email. If you are visiting, there is a phone number listed on the door to call for assistance.
July Meeting
1:30 pm – Gathering
1:45 pm – Announcements – A BIG WELCOME to all members & guests. There will be a door prize!
In addition to classes, there will be Mountain Dulcimer Spa Day at this meeting also. Rick Long and Darlene Brazil will be at this table. If it’s been a while since the strings have been changed on your dulcimer, you may want to consider changing them here. Rick & Darlene will be happy to help. We ask that you bring a set of strings for your dulcimer, however, we will have some strings available for purchase at the table if you are unable to get any prior to the meeting.
2:00 -3:00 pm – LESSON TIME
Beginning Mountain Dulcimer – Deby Libby Novice Mountain Dulcimer – Pam Wynn
Both Beginning and Novice lessons will be using club music–Black Mountain Rag, Whiskey Before Breakfast and Wildwood Flower. Both classes will work on this tunes using skills they have learned so far this year. Black Mtn Rag will introduce some hammer-ons and pull-offs. CLICK HERE for the class handout.
Intermediate/Advanced MD – Linda Smith We will work on playing the tune, “Elk River Blues.” CLICK HERE for the tab.
Ensembles Class – Sue Bartlett We will continue working on the song “Away in the Manger.” If time allows, we will move on to “By the Waters of Babylon.” Be sure to bring your book – The Whole is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts. We will also decide if we want to participate as a group in the Showcase Supper in August. This would be a great opportunity to “showcase” what this class is all about!!
Beginning Hammered Dulcimer – Holly Gwin Holly will provide HD Lesson #5 in the ongoing lessons. Tunes include “Old Joe Clark” and “Wildwood Flower.” Click Here for Lesson 5 Agenda.
Intermediate & up HD – Phyllis Woods Brown Phyllis will work on an HD version of “Elk River Blues.”
3:00 – 4:00 pm – SLOW JAM AND REGULAR JAM
Slow Jam – Leader: Deby Libby
Slow Jam Setlist
- Boil Them Cabbage
- Gray Cat on TN Farm
- Old Joe Clark
- Liza Jane
- Sally Ann
- Susanna Gal
- Oh Susannah
- Mississippi Sawyer
- Black Mountain Rag
- Whiskey Before Breakfast
- Wildwood Flower
Regular Jam – Leader: Mark Reda
Regular Jam Setlist
- Sugar Hill
- Cherokee Shuffle
- Black Hawk Waltz
- Arkansas Traveler
- Mojo (G)
- Tombigbee Waltz
- Jingle Bells (For Christmas in July playout)
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing (For Christmas in July playout)
- Piney Forks Waltz
- Sally Slapped Me with a Flounder
- Amazing Grace
Need a KADC Name Tag? Click Here to access the application form for a new or replacement name tag.
We invite you to come visit a KADC meeting. All acoustic instruments are welcome. You will discover many more things about the club and meet some especially nice people. Our meetings are held the fourth Sunday of every month (except November and December) at Second United Methodist Church located at 1524 Western Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37921
Membership is not required to participate in club meetings; however, we occasionally have meetings for Members Only with the club bringing in a special instructor. The jam is open to listeners as well as players.
If you would like to join KADC, the dues are $25.00 for a year beginning January 2025. For all members of a household, the rate is $40. Dues are prorated as follows for new members only: Dues for the period of July 1 thru December 31 will be $15 and household $30. Membership in the club includes our monthly newsletter, Dulcimer Daze, permission to play club music from our music library plus sound files on many tunes to help learn them via our Members Only page. The password for the Members Only page will be given to you upon receipt of your paid membership. Click on the link below to get a Membership Application and bring to a meeting or mail to the address on the form.
KADC Members play Sugar Hill at the KADC Homecoming Celebration jam on Sunday, September 25, 2022.
KADC has its own YouTube channel. Check out our videos and be sure to subscribe so you can see any newly added videos! We’re adding new ones all the time! To go to YouTube, click the link @knoxvilleareadulcimerclub290
Members do have access to our extensive music library on the Members Only page. This music is provided to you as pdf files which include our current jam and playout tunes. You can print at home or export to a tablet or other device. Some tunes also have a sound file that you can use to get familiar with a tune or download to your device. The password to this page is changed every March after registration for that year is complete. Renew Now! Don’t be left out in the cold!