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Our
Fall Festival is October 23, 2010
featuring
Alan Darveaux and John Sackenheim!
Alan Darveaux grew
up in New England, moving to the Great Lakes then
settling in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The dulcimer
caught his eyes and ears
while visiting friends at Berea College in Kentucky
back in 1967. He left
Berea with all the information, books and records
he could find on the dulci-
mer. Since then he has eagerly sought as much
history, lore and makers of
the dulcimer as he can fit into his life. Jean
Ritchie along with George and
Gerry Armstrong became his listening interest.
Jean has always been in the
mist of his dulcimer enchantment. Howie Mitchell
became one of his build-
ing gurus. Homer Ledford was his biggest influence
in building dulcimers.
As Alan traveled throughout the Appalachian mountains
he met many build-
ers and was received with warm encouragements
everywhere he went. Alan
is the first Kentucky State Dulcimer Champion.
He was the Grand Champion
Dulcimer at Harper Van Hoy’s Old Time Fiddle
convention. He made the
top five at the National Flat Picking championships
in Winfield. Alan has
taught workshops from Bar harbor, Maine to Orcas
Island, Washington and
was featured at the National Australian Folk Festival.
His unique and energetic style of stand up dulcimer
playing adds to the songs and tunes of traditional,
old time, folk, contemporary folk and his own
singer/
songwriter material presented in his shows. The
Cincinnati Dulcimer Society is pleased to welcome
Alan for a day of workshops and an evening concert.
You can visit his website at www.alandarveaux.com
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John Sackenheim has been playing
the mountain dulcimer since May, 1999. He has
performed in various venues in Ohio, Kentucky,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and West Virginia.
He is the author of a 1-3-5 tab book entitled,
“New” Old Hymns and has recorded a
CD, entitled It’s About Time. He also has
five other tab books available: The Mountain Dulcimer
Plays Hank Williams, The Mountain Dulcimer Plays
Patsy Cline, The Mountain Dulcimer Plays Johnny
Cash, The Mountain Dulcimer Plays Classic Country
Vol. 1, and The Mountain Dulcimer Plays Classic
Country Vol. 2. John has written several commentaries
on various books of the Bible and has written
two books documenting the lives of two
WWII veterans. John and his wife Marti reside
in Okeana, Ohio. You can visit his website at
www.johnsackenheim.com.
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Details
on classes will be listed in next month’s newsletter.
Festival
Location:
Connections
Christian Church
7421 East Galbraith Road
Cincinnati, OH 45243
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The
object and general purpose of the Cincinnati Dulcimer
Society is to be a non profit organization to aid
in the preservation of the musical instrument called
the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer, to promote the
use of the instrument, encourage development of
musical abilities of members, and to preserve this
cultural heritage.
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