Hands of Illinois
Donna Tufano
PO Box 59
Elmwood Park, Illinois 60707-0059
Phone: 708.456.6292
Not regularly scheduled
Red Hill Dulcimer Club
United Methodist Church
400 S Christy
Sumner, Illinois 62866
Visit Club Website
Thursdays, 6:30
All instruments welcome.
E-mail Paul
Phone Paul: 618.943.3740
Champaign-Urbana
Dulcimer Society
Diane Hillard
Box 816
Urbana, Illinois 61801-0816
Phone: 217.367.1359
3rd Tuesdays
South Suburban Dulcimer
& Folk Music Society
Donna Bereault
337 West Corning
Peotone, Illinois 60468
Phone: 708.258.2616
Mountain & Hammer Dulcimer
Last Thurs.
REGULAR JAM SESSIONS!!!
Springfield College
North 5th Street
Ursula Hall building
Springfield, Illinois
Every other Thursday night
Beginner classes the first hour.
E-Mail
Jimmy Cary
Prairieland Website
Dulcimer Society
of Northern Illinois
Meeting address:
St. Augustine Episcopal Church
1140 Wilmette Avenue
Wilmette, Illinois 60091
E-Mail
Janet Swartz
Phone: 847.432.1701
Website
Usually 2nd Sundays
1:30 to 4:30 PM
Both Hammered and Mountain Dulcimers. Other acoustic instruments are welcome. Sheet music, mountain tab & chord designations are available so music is accessible to all.
Warrenville Folk Music Society
29@140 Butterfield Road, Ste 101
Warrenville, Illinois 60555
E-Mail
Dona Benkert
Phone: 630.393.1247
Website
2nd & 4th Saturdays
3:00 to 5:00 PM
Dulcimer, Banjo, Fiddle, Mandolin, Bowed Psaltery, Guitar
The Prairieland Pickers
United Methodist Church
St. Elmo, Illinois
E-Mail
Sue Borcherding
Phone: 618.780.7125
Prairieland Website
Mountain Dulcimer, Banjo Dulcimer, Psaltry, Mandolin, Guitar, Harmonica, Recorder, Strumpf Fiddle, Electric Bass
Every Monday night
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
South Suburban Dulcimer
and Folk Music Society
Trinity Lutheran Church
2901 Western Avenue
About 1 mile south of Route 30 on Western Ave, east side
Park Forest, Illinois
Phone: 708.258.2616
E-mail Donna Breault
Last Thursday of month
Club Website
A diverse group of musicians playing everything from guitar to spoons. We mostly jam old-time and folk tunes and many us perform regularly as a group.
Rusty Strings
Dulcimer Group
Bryan Bennett Library
217 West Main Street
Salem, Illinois
Phone: 618.548.7784
E-mail Keith Smith
Mt. Dulcimer, guitar, violin etc.
Every Tuesday
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Beginners and Listeners Welcome
Lessons free
Please contact if you need a loaner.
Cedar Valley
Mountain Dulcimer Society
Virginia Pugh
3225 Blue Ridge Drive NE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Phone: 319.363.6121
2nd Saturdays
Mulberry
Jean J. Babcock
3706 East 38th Court
Des Moines, Iowa 50317-5824
Phone: 515.266.6530
E-mail
JeanBee
Thursdays
Echo Valley
Dulcimer Club
Des Moines, Iowa 50320
Call for location information.
Phone: 515.681.9095
E-Mail
Echo Valley
Every monday evening
7:00 PM
Mountain dulcimers, guitar, auto harp, and others
Open to all levels of abilities.
Deep Creek
Folk Music Connection
Pat Walke
3627 105th St.
Preston, Iowa 52069
Phone: 319.689.6691
No Meetings/Monthly Newsletter
New club forming!
Contact Information:
John Dotson
204 Hulin Street
Charles City, Iowa, 50616
"Any inquiries will be appreciated and addressed quicky. Our intent is to meet once a month for jamming and practice sessions. Dulcimer, banjo and guitar are likely to be played but any insrtument is great. Accoustic or amplified accoustic are ok. Take your shoes off at the door and don't feed "GoodYear", the dog."
-- John
E-Mail John Dotson
Great Plains Dulcimer Alliance - Wichita
Jim Roe
1530 Pinon Road
Derby, Kansas 67037
Phone: 316.788.0708
E-Mail
Jim Roe
E-Mail
Barbara Barr, Secretary
2nd Saturdays
9:30 AM Immanuel Baptist Church
St. Marks U.C.C.
Dulcimer Players
Leland L. Ilgen
1859 Ruby Court
Eagan, Minnesota 55122
Phone: 651.452.9438
Every Monday (summer months)
Woodland Strings
Dulcimer Club
Len Sharon
410 SE 8th Street
Little Falls, Minnesota 56345
Phone: 612.632.8608
Twice monthly
Land of 10,000 Strings
Barbara Alter
16303 Morgan Avenue North
Marine on St. Croix, MN 55047
Phone: 612.433.5612
E-mail
Barbara Alter
4th Mondays
Northland
Mountain Dulcimers
Nancy Kampmeier
1622 8th Avenue SE
Rochester, Minnesota 55904
Phone: 507.289.0850
2nd & 4th Mondays
Aitkin Area
Dulcimer Society
Aitkin, Minnesota
E-mail
Jo Ann Heikkila
Phone: 218.326.2729
OR
E-mail
Sylvia Wilmo
Phone: 218.927.6821
Meetings: 12:45
Aitkin Public Library
1st or 2nd Monday
Blue Prairie
Dulcimer Club
Bill Warmack
2313 East Main Street
Mankato, Minnesota 56001
Phone: 507.388.7544
E-Mail
Bill Warmack
A letter from Paula on 2/18/2005:
"Kerry, I purchased probably the last (Gila Mountain) dulcimer you sold in Brainerd (before you moved to New Mexico). Lester (forwarded) your last e-mail to him in November and I thought you might enjoy a picture of our group. We have continued to meet monthly since you had us out to your house -- what was it ten or twelve years ago. . . . I still play your dulcimer but have it tuned to DAd and just forgot to use it for the photo. . . . . just thought you'd enjoy the update and to realize how much we thoroughly enjoy your instruments. They are played on a regular basis and we've found your building skills far surpass many duclimers we've had an opportunity to try through the years. I would not hesitate in the least to recommend your dulcimers to anyone considering a purchase."
-- Paula
"That was 17 years ago, Paula!!! Thanks over and over again!"
-- Kerry
Brainerd Area Dulcimer Club
Paula Persons
Brainerd, Minnesota 55804
Phone: 218.829.1326
E-mail
Paula Persons
FRONT: left, Paula Persons; center, Ruth Fyhr; and right, Linda Larson (with an early Gila Mountain Dulcimer).
BACK: left, Archie Frenz (with probably the first Gila Mountain kit dulcimer); center, Dale Fyhr (with one of your dulcimers); and right, Al Larson.
This picture does not show another five or so who have been coming.
Prairie Dulcimer Club
Lilah Gillette
First Presbyterian Church
100 North Pleasant
(Westminster Hall, diagonally from church)
Independence, Missouri
Phone: 816.781.4636
E-Mail
Ed Barlett
Prairie Dulcimer Club Website
Hammer & Mountian Dulcimers
Other acustic welcome
3rd Saturdays
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sinkin' Creek
Dulcimer Society
Madeleine Kirkland
HC 62, Box 570
Salem, Missouri 66560
Phone: 573.729.8639
E-mail
Madeleine Kirkland
Monthly meetings
Dogwood Dulcimer Club
Suzie Billiard
12128 Andrew Sapp Road
Ashland, Missouri 65010
Phone: 573.657.4269
E-Mail
Suzie Billiard
3rd Sundays/Jefferson City
Turkey Creek Dulcimers
Rod Westerfield
2116 Acacia Club Road
Hollister, Missouri 65672
Phone: 417.544.1720
E-Mail
Rod Westerfield
Tuesday Afternoons
Call for times scheduled
Classes are currently taught on a scheduled basis. Contact Rod to see availabilty.
Ozark Wilderness
Dulcimer Club
E-Mail
Donna Boeke
1st Tuesday at
Park Plaza Christian Church
Mountain Dulcimer Players
Dennis Norwood
2101 N. Johnston
Springfield, Missouri 65803
Phone: 417.869.8226
E-Mail
Dennis Norwood
2nd Mondays
Show-Me Dulcimer Club
Carol Welch
10710 Audrain Rd. 951
Thompson, Missouri 65285-2363
Phone: 573.581.3202
3rd or 4th Saturdays
Turkey Creek Dulcimers
E-Mail
Rod Westerfield
Hollister, Missouri
Phone: 417.230.1861
3rd Tuesdays
Hollister Presbyterian Church
(corner of 2nd and Oak Streets)
Heartland
Dulcimer Club
Anita Smith
16704 State Hwy HH
Elmer, Missouri 63538
Phone: 660.825.2444
E-mail
Anita Smith
Meets once a month in Kirksville
All are welcome
Performances once or twice a year
Golden Gate
Dulcimer Club
Jim Abbitt
61 Country Creek Drive
St Peters, Missouri 63376
Phone: 636.447.7928
E-mail
Jim Abbitt
Mountain and Hammer Dulcimer
Meets 3rd Sundays, 2-4 PM
St Peters Community and Art Center
All are welcome
Wildwood
Dulcimer Club
The Benson Grind
6107 Maple
Omaha, Nebraska
Phone: 402.733.6294
E-Mail
David Millar
4th Sundays
September - May
Take I-680 to the Maple St. exit; go east to downtown Benson. The Benson Grind is on the south side of the street.
Email us in advance if you plan to attend as we are hit and miss
Annual or Bi-Annual workshops
Homestead
Dulcimer Club
Sam Kohler
Good Samaritan Home
1306 South 9th Street
Beatrice, Nebraska 68310-4919
Phone: 402.645.8167
Dulcimers an' Stuff
Ann DiBraccio
2565 N. 128th Street
Brookfield, Wisconsin 53005
Phone: 414.786.6059
Every Tuesday
6:30 pm
South Wisconsin
Dulcimer Club
Nancy Hasse
4309 N Juniper Dr
Janesville, Wisconsin 53545
Phone: 608.756.0635
MD and HD
E-mail
Nancy Hasse
3rd Sunday
Dunn Dulcimers
222 E Main St
Menomonie, WI 54751
The Folk Art Emporium
(across from the historic Mabel Tainter Theater Downtown)
Phone: 715-231-2112
E-mail
Jenny
mountain dulcimer, irish drum, native american flute, guitar, mandolin
Tuesdays
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Wild Strings
Mary Kruse
7302 10th Avenue
Kenosha, Wisconsin 53143-5406
Phone: 414.657.9267
E-mail
Mary Kruse
3rd. Saturdays
