16th Annual Harvest Festival of Dulcimers

ANNUAL DULCIMER FESTIVAL IN CULVER CITY, CA

 Enjoy folk music played on the ancient hammered dulcimer and the American fretted dulcimer!

The Southern California Dulcimer Heritage will be hosting its 16th annual Harvest Festival of Dulcimers, Saturday, September 25, 2010, at the Culver Palms United Methodist Church; 4464 Sepulveda Blvd.; Culver City, CA, from 9 AM until 8 PM.  [See summary below]

An 11:30 AM concert is free and open to the public, in addition to the ticketed twilight concert at 6 PM. Featured performers will be Neal Hellman, from Santa Cruz, CA, on fretted dulcimer; Kendra Ward and Bob Bence from Ohio, on hammered dulcimer and guitar; and Carmen Amrein, all the way from Munich, Germany, on the hackbrett (German hammered dulcimer). All of these musicians are nationally acclaimed players of dulcimers.

For those wanting to learn more, teaching workshops will be held all day long on various aspects of the instruments and music, including classes for guitar, ukulele, tin whistle, bodhran (Irish drum), and storytelling. There will also be food and musical vendors, and musicians young and old will be around the grounds, jamming and singing.

For tickets & more info: www.scdh.org, or e-mail dulcimer@scdh.org, or call (714) 534–2855.

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Date: Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, 9 AM – 8 PM
Event: Harvest Festival of Dulcimers

Location:, Culver Palms Methodist Church; 4464 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA

Features: Concerts & workshops w hammered & fretted dulcimers, other instruments.
Photos: Available upon request, or may be copied from SCDH website, www.scdh.org

Organization: Southern California Dulcimer Heritage (SCDH) (Non-Profit ID 33-067-996)                     
Comp. Passes: Members of the press/media admitted free of charge w/Press I.D.

Further information: (714) 534–2855, www.scdh.org.