Upcoming 2025 Dulcimer Events
Spring Planting Day, Big South Fork National Park - Bandy Creek - April 26, 2025
Spring is here so it’s time to get out and enjoy it! No better place to do it than the Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. We will be performing under the big tent near the Visitor Center from 10 am to 10:45 am Eastern time. Since our play time is shorter this year, please have your setlist music ready and in order when you arrive. We will be using Setlist 2025-4 BSF which is now available on the club website. The schedule we have this year will allow us the opportunity to enjoy the other activities happening at Spring Planting Day which is something we haven’t been able to do in the past. If the weather is nice, we may set up a jam in the campground in order to play together more.
Camping will be available. The Park Service is providing camping sites 1-5 in Section B. Sharing a site is encouraged, but cars are limited to two per site. (There is additional parking available a short walking distance from the sites.) The Park Service will provide one free night of camping. If you stay Friday and Saturday nights, you will pay for one night.
Weather permitting, we will have a Friday night fireside jam with some sort of dessert goodie provided.
Please sign up below at the SignUp Genius. You will need to sign up for the playout and if you are camping, you must sign up for camping also. If the camping appears full, please contact Marie to see if sharing a site is possible.
If you have questions, please contact Marie Webb at marie.webb49@gmail.com
Rocky Branch - Friday, May 2, 2025, 6 - 9 pm.
Come join us at Rocky Branch on Friday, May 2, from 6 pm to 9 pm (4633 Rocky Branch Rd, Walland, TN 27886). We will play two songs together – “Sugar Hill” and “I’ll Fly Away.” Both songs are in our online music library. It is recommended that members memorize the tunes. Wear your club t-shirts and bring your instruments as we join the jam. Parking is limited so carpool if possible.
Doors open at 5:30 pm. Food is available for purchase with the kitchen starting food service at 6 pm. Music begins around 7.
Contact Cindy Steighner at 865-805-7743 with any questions. Sign up below at the SignupGenius so we know how many to expect.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration @ Foothills Mall, Monday, May 5, 2025
We will have a popup playout at Foothills Mall located at 197 Foothills Mall, Maryville, TN, on Monday, May 5, 2025 from 10 am to Noon to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. We will meet in the open area under the skylight in front of the AMC theater and have a festive time playing for the mall shoppers and walkers. At noon, we have lunch at the Cancun Mexican Restaurant located in the mall.
Contact Cindy Steighner at 865-805-7743 with any questions. Sign up below at the SignupGenius.
Mother's Tea - Autumn Care West - Thursday, May 8, 2025
On Thursday, May 8, 2025, from 2 – 3 pm, we will be doing a semi-professional performance for a Mother’s Day Tea at Autumn Care West, located at 136 Canton Hollow Rd, Knoxville, TN 37922. The club will receive a donation for this performance. Our host has requested that we dress nicely for this by wearing a plain white or black top with black pants.
There will be one hammered dulcimer player that will start it off by playing background music. Then five mountain dulcimers will do a 20-30 minute performance. Please plan to arrive no later than 1:45 pm to set up and tune. Please bring your own chair for this playout. Below are the list of tunes we will play. You should feel comfortable playing all of these.
- Wildwood Flower
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Black Mountain Rag
- Saro Waltz
- Old Joe Clark
- His Eye is on the Sparrow
- Mo Jo (G)
- Rose of Sharon Waltz
- Sugar Hill
- Amazing Grace
You can sign up below at the SignUp Genius. If you have any questions, please contact Marie Webb at marie.webb49@gmail.com
Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort - Friday, May 9, 2025
On Friday, May 9, 2025, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, we will be performing for the residents of Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort. This is a one-hour playout and we will be using Setlist 2025-2 which can be found on the club website. All levels of players are invited to participate in this playout. Please plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early in order to set up and tune. There will be chairs provided.
You can sign up below at the Signup Genius. If you have any questions, please contact Marie Webb at marie.webb49@gmail.com
Corryton Senior Center - Tuesday, May 13, 2025
On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, we will be performing for the Corryton Senior Center, located at 9331 Davis Drive, Corryton, TN 37721. We will perform 45 minutes and must arrive by 10 am to set up and tune. They will be providing us lunch afterwards. There are chairs available. The center is looking forward to having us play again.
We will use Setlist 2025-2. Please sign up below at the SignUp Genius. If you have questions, contact Marie Webb at marie.webb49@gmail.com
Mountain Laurel Festival 2025 - Wartburg, TN - Saturday, May 17, 2025
On Saturday, May 17, 2025, we will be participating in the Mountain Laurel Festival in Wartburg, TN as we have in the past. This event starts with a stage performance from 10 am to 10:45. Afterwards, we will gather under a tent and play until we get tired or 5:00 pm whichever comes first. Ten people are needed for the stage performance so that is a separate signup. We asked for a larger tent to jam in after the performance this year so we will have room for 15 more players.
This is a fun festival with lots of different vendors to browse. There is food available for purchase on site or restaurants close by or you could pack your own lunch. Be prepared for any weather and bring your chair, just in case.
We will use Setlist 2025-4 BSF for the performance and jam. The stage performers need to be ready to set up at 9:30 am. Sign up below at the SignUp Genius. If you have any questions, please contact Marie Webb at marie.webb49@gmail.com
Past Activities
On Saturday, August 31, 2024, 25 KADC members played played music on the porch of the Heritage Center in Townsend to participate in the International Play Music on the Porch Day. CLICK HERE to hear us play!
On September 16, 2023, KADC members played at the annual Storytelling Festival at Bandy Creek, Big South Fork for a walk-by audience. Weather was good and only had one short shower!
Check out videos from the 2023 Play Music on the Porch Day on the Photo/Video Gallery.
Nine KADC members came out to play at the Butterfly Festival in Oak Ridge at the UT Arboretum on Saturday, September 9, 2023. Viki Rouse, Pam Tice, Claire Meggs, Susan Gulley, Linda Smith, Ruth Rizzie, Laura Van Eps, Sue Bartlett and Mark Reda played.
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL – We had nine members show up for playing at the Storytelling Festival on Saturday, September 18, 2021. Rudy Ryan spent the day teaching people who had an interest in learning to how to play the mountain dulcimer while the other eight played for a small walk-by audience. As it was in April at Spring Planting Day, the event was hampered by passing rain showers, however, we all had a good time. Below is link to videos of us playing.
Click below for Fiddler Has Played His Last Tune