President - Gene Lacy • Vice President - Jim FryTreasurer - Gerry Neely • Newsletter Editor - Terri Melton

Members at Large - Joann Scott & Diana KirkFacebook Page - Terri Melton & Marilyn Craig • Website Manager - Stephanie McCullum

"For the Love and Preservation of Traditional Music"

SEPTEMBER 2 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm 9 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm 11 Lanesville Heritage 11:00am - 12:30pm16 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm18 Old Capital Days 11:00 - 12:30pm23 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm24 Corydon Farmers Market 5:00 - 7:00pm30 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm

OCTOBER 7 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm14 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm21 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm23 Galena Lamb Park 7:00 - 9:00pm28 Slow Jam 6:00 and Regular Meeting 7:00pm

UPCOMING MEETINGS / EVENTS

FUTURE SCHEDULED GIGSLight Up Corydon, November 27 - TBD • Culbertson Mansion Christmas Open House, December 4, 2:00 - 3:30pm

Despite the high temperature, we had a good time and a wonderful audience at Becks Mill for their 213th Birthday Bash!

2021

Our Thoughts and Prayers We have sad news to report about Marty East. He passed away August 27 at home after a long battle with cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are

with his wife Ginger, his children and grandchildren. Marty volunteered for many years at our Spring Mill Retreat as a teacher, Emcee or anything we needed him to do. We Will Miss You Marty! A memorial service will be determined at a later date. We'll keep you posted.

Also, Joann Scott has been diagnosed with cancer, please keep our sweet Joann in your prayers. Diana Kirk had a good report from her heart cath, keep her in your prayers as they are still trying to diagnose her other health issues.

If you have any requests, please email me at terrimelton54@gmail.com

September Birthdays David Crecelius 9/8Randy Hensley 9/15Alan Hoskins 9/20Linda Wedge 9/17Don Wiseman 9/22CARD BOMB!!!!

www.corydondulcimersociety.com

New Members We have new members from our beginner classes,

please make welcome; Ashlynn Kappell, Brooklynn Batman, Bram Kitterman, Joanne Jones and Stewart Penwell. Job well done - their playing is terrific! A big thanks to our dedicated teachers.

We also welcome Walter Olin on the guitar. Walter is a long time guitar player and friend of Dave Craig. Hi Walter, glad to have you!

David Schnaufer (September 28, 1952 – August 23, 2006) was an American folk musician. He is widely credited with restoring the popularity of the Appalachian dulcimer.

Schnaufer was born in Hearne, Texas, and grew up in La Marque, Texas. Schnaufer was an award-winning dulcimer player and session musician. He moved to Nashville, Tennessee, during the 1980s, and in

1995, accepted a position at Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music, where he taught dulcimer as an associate adjunct professor.

He established himself as one of the country's premier dulcimer players. He played the dulcimer on recordings with The Judds, Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash, and Chet Atkins, among others. One of his earliest recordings was on Mark O'Connor's 1988 album Elysian Forest. O'Connor had initially sought out Schnaufer after hearing him play an instrumental version of the Joni Mitchell song "Both Sides Now".

Schnaufer also released several solo albums of dulcimer music. He had many students, one of whom was the singer Cyndi Lauper.

Schnaufer died at Alive Hospice in Nashville after a battle with lung cancer.

Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk".

In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, from her family and community), many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries old British and Irish songs, including dozens of Child Ballads. In adulthood, she shared these songs with wide

audiences, as well as writing some of her own songs using traditional foundations.

She is ultimately responsible for the revival of the Appalachian dulcimer, the traditional instrument of her community, which she popularized by playing the instrument on her albums and writing tutorial books.

She also spent time collecting folk music in the United States and in Britain and Ireland, in order to research the origins of her family songs and help preserve traditional music.

She inspired a wide array of musicians, including Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Shirley Collins, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris and Judy Collins.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie for a detailed biography of Jeans' life and many accomplishments.

Two Mountain Dulcimer Players Credited for the Revival of the Instrument We Love! (reprinted from Wikipedia)