Southern Appalachian Dulcimer Association

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1 October- December 2016 Newsletter President: Lavelle Wright: (205) st Vice President: Frank Smelley: tsmelley@gmail.com 2 nd Vice President: Isabelle Sexton: billisabelle@icloud.com Treasurer: Joyce Clark (205) jclark2420@att.net Secretary: Polly Vaughan Agnes.Vaughan@yahoo.com (205) Festival Chair & public relations: Dawn Wilson (205) halfpintwil@gmail.com WEB PAGE: SADA web page is Facebook page: Southern Appalachian - check out our Facebook page for pictures from our festival & gatherings, as well as meeting notices and links to events. If you can t find our Facebook page, please send an to Dawn Wilson and she will try to friend you. SADA's You-Tube page: Address for Bethlehem Methodist Church is: 1491 Allison Bonnett Memorial Dr. Hueytown, AL Directions to Bethlehem Methodist Church are: From I-59 at Exit 115, turn on to ramp towards Allison-Bonnett Memorial Dr. Bethlehem Methodist Church is on the right just across the RR tracks To enter go to the left side of the church (off Tin Mill Rd), pass the handicap ramp, and enter the basement door before the concrete steps. Area SADA Practice groups besides the monthly meeting: Shelby Strummers: Meet at Camp Branch Methodist Church on 123 Camp Branch Rd. in Alabaster, every other Tuesday of each month. Jams begin at noon and last until 2 pm. Call Sallie and Bob Sutton on for directions and current practice times, since occasionally the group plays at nursing homes or is canceled due to church activities or other scheduling conflicts. There are lessons on the other Tuesdays for beginners. A few loaner dulcimers are available. Other acoustic instruments are welcome! Trussville Joyful Jammers: Meet at the First Baptist Church on 128 N Chalkville Rd in Trussville, AL every Thursday evening at 6 PM room #206. Enter at the parking lot between Willow and Walnut streets, come in the corner door and take the elevator (to the left) to the 2nd floor. New attendees please call Bobbie Payne at if you plan to come since occasionally the group plays at nursing homes or is canceled due to church activities or other scheduling conflicts. Other acoustic instruments are welcome! Page 1

2 News Due to a conflict at Bethlehem Church, the November 2016 meeting has been moved back to the first Saturday in November, which will be November 5 th. We appreciate the work of past vice presidents Dennis Jones and Nancy McIntosh and want to give them a special Thank-You for everything they have done. We welcome new vice presidents Frank Smelley and Isabel Sexton. All other officers remain the same. UPCOMING SADA EVENTS October 1, 2016: "Jammin on the Porch" at Mahan s Historic Montebrier Home. Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm Hwy. 139 Brierfield, AL. Bring your own chairs and lunch. This home is within three miles of the Brierfield Ironworks Park. If you would like to camp call November 5, 2016: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. December 3, 2016: Christmas party at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 10:00 a.m. January 6, 2017: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. February 4, 2017: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. March 4, 2017: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. April 1, 2017: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. May 4 7, 2017: SADA 44 th annual festival at Tannehill State Park, McCalla, AL June 3, 2017: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. July 1, 2017: Jam at Bethlehem Methodist Church beginning at 11:00 a.m. Note: Items highlighted in yellow are a change from normally scheduled time, location or date. The highlighted portion is the change from our regular meeting.

3 DUES INFORMATION Dues are $10.00 per family per year (from May 1st - April 30th), please make checks payable to SADA and complete the form below: For SADA membership - complete below and mail check for $10.00 payable to SADA to: SADA c/o Polly Vaughan th Street Calera, AL Name: Spouse Name: Children s Names (if planning to attend festival): Address: City: State: Zip: Home Phone: Cell Phone: Cell Phone for spouse: Name: Name: Only list 2 nd if both family members would like to receive an . Please list the name for each person s Receive newsletter by Postal or Page 3

4 UPCOMING Festivals and Classes in the South October 6-8, 2016 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention, Athens, AL - Athens State College Campus - Known as the Granddaddy of Midsouth Fiddlers Conventions Dulcimer competition on Friday. Website- October 14-15, 2016 Archie Lee Memorial Dulcimer Festival Sponsored by the Ala-sippi Dulcimer Association "Waterway Distributor Inc." at 704 Access Road, Fulton, MS, In a building for Music. Camping is available at Whitten Park at Fulton MS - a Corps of Engineers facility on the Tombigbee waterway bpburkeen@bellsouth.net October 28-30, 2016 Dogwood Music Jam Festival Lake Stone Campground 801 W. Hwy 4, Century, FL contact park for camping reservations (850) Yvonne Ward (850) Camp N Jam Oct , Website: Smoky Mountain Dulcimer Retreat will not be held in 2016, but planning a great festival for 2017, Website: November 17-20, NGFDA (North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association) Fall Festival at Unicoi State Lodge. Website: Feb , 2017 Alabama Folk School at Camp McDowell- Rob Angus will be teaching a beginner s class in lap dulcimer. Website: Feb , Southern Strings Dulcimer Festival, Hattiesburg, MS. Website: //mississippidulcimer.com/ March 9-12, 2017 Lagniappe Dulcimer Fete: West Baton Rouge Community Center in Port Allen, LA. Website: March 30- April 2, Montgomery s Let s Gather at the River Dulcimer Festival at Gunter Hill Corp of Engineer Park. Camping reservations can be made through All activities are held in the pavilion in the Antioch Loop. Their club is on Facebook, search Montgomery Dulcimer Player for updated festival information. Contact Barbara Betts at heartstrings2@charter.net for further information. If you know of upcoming festivals in the Southeast in 2017, please provide Debra Duke with the brief information to go into future newsletters. Many of these festivals are word of mouth and it s difficult to find dates and locations. Debra s is: johndebkel@msn.com

5 Sharing our Dulcimer Music: Shelby Strummers played at the Chandler Nursing home in Alabaster on September 27, 2016 and they requested that we come back again soon. Shelby Strummers will be hosting a jam at the Old Baker Farm on October 15, 2016 beginning at 10:00 a.m.. All are welcome to come join in the jam. Joyful Jammers will play at Brookdale Retirement Center on Oct. 27, 2016, SADA will play at Rocky Ridge Retirement Center- November 10, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. SADA-Will perform at the Shades Mountain Elementary School Care Program at 3:30 PM. SADA Shelby Strummers will perform an An Old Time Music Fest at the Montevallo Parnell Public Library on from 6:30-8:00 PM. SADA Joyful Jammers- will perform a Christmas music program at First Baptist Centerpoint Church at 11:00 AM on Dec. 8, In Memoriam- Nancy Bawcum, a long time member of SADA who taught dulcimer classes for many years passed away in August, She will be missed greatly by her family, as well as her many friends in the dulcimer community. Don t forget to SMILE and give someone a hug REMINDER SECTION Remember our web page at Join our Facebook page: Southern Appalachian Joyful Jammers Facebook page: Joyful Jammers Dulcimer Club in Trussville, AL-SADA View our You-Tube page: Enjoy your Dulcimer! Mark your calendars for the 44th annual SADA festival April 30 May 7, 2017 Don t forget to SMILE and give someone a hug today! Page 5