Dulcimer Association
of Andalusia and Opp
Byrdell D. Kersey
603 East Ida Avenue
Opp, Alabama 36467-2311
Monday mornings
Stitch In Time
J. Greg Thomas
PO Box 2052
Hamilton, Alabama 35570
Phone: 205.921.4074
E-Mail
J. Greg Thomas
MD for ages 10 thru 18
Southern Appalachian
Dulcimer Assoc.
Bethlehem Methodist Church
1491 Allison Bonnett Memorial Drive
(Corner of Tin Mill Dr. & Allison Bonnett)
Hueytown, Alabama
Phone: 205.516.2854
E-Mail
Dawn Wilson
Visit the Website
dulcimers and other acoustic instruments
1st Saturday at 1 p.m.
August meeting is at Tannehill State park for our annual picnic.
November meeting is 2nd Saturday.
Deep South
Dulcimer Association
James Quint
1554 Montclair Circle
Mobile, Alabama 36693
Phone: 334.661.4481
The Jubilee Pickers
Stan Hodgin
322 N. Ingleside Street
Fairhopem, Alabama 36532
Phone: 334.990.8895
E-Mail
Stan Hodgin
Thursdays
Mountain Dulcimer
Association
Jake Gibson
327 Forrest Park Court
Huntsville, Alabama 35806
Phone: 256.722.8188
E-Mail
Jake Gibson
4th Saturdays
Montgomery Dulcimer
Players Association
E-Mail
Royce Slate
3406 Sommerville Drive
Montgomery, Alabama 36111
Phone: 334.263.3576
lst and 3rd Thursdays
Morgan County
Dulcimer Association
Gum Springs Baptist Church
Gum Springs Road
Hartselle, Alabama 35601
(Across from Priceville High School)
Phone: 256.353.4239
Janet Henderson, President
2nd Saturdays, MD
1:00 pm autoharp/psaltery
2:00 pm MD & other instruments
Practice, lessons, jamming,
as little business as possible
Also, Dulcimer Gatherings
2nd & 4th Wednesdays
9:00 to Noon
Decatur/Morgan Senior Center
221 Memorial Drive S.W.
Decatur, Alabama 35601
For jamming and fun!
Jam ‘n Folks
Mary Anne Cieutat
17551 River Road
Summerdale, Alabama 36580
Phone: 334.988.8300
Tuesday mornings (MD, HD)
Shoals Dulcimer
& Folk Music Assoc.
E-Mail
Sonja Turner
The Club
(formerly the Florence Country Club)
450 Country Club Drive
Florence, Alabama
Phone: 256.740.6651
All acoustic folk instruments
4th Saturdays
5:00 - 8:00 PM
Our "Tennessee River Dulcimer Festival" is held the third weekend each May.
Dulcimer is the primary instrument with guitar, autoharp and any "non-electrified" instrument that goes along with it.
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322 N. Ingleside Street
Fairhope, Alabama 36532
Phone: 334.990.8895
Thursdays
Ala-Sippi
Dulcimer Association
Archie Lee
Rt. 3, Box 494
Red Bay, Alabama 35582
Phone: 205.356.2274
2 Fests. a year
(Apri/Oct)
Athens Dulcimer
Jam Group
Athens, Alabama
Jerry Todd or Roger Patterson
E-Mail
Jerry
Phone: 256.233.1262 or 256.233.0192
Meet 1st and 3rd Thursday
Athens Rec Center, Hwy 31/251
7:00 - 9:30
All acoustic instruments welcome
We are a stopping place for travelers passing down I 65.
Cahaba Olde-Tyme
Music Society
Jack and Jimmie Smitherman
104 Meadow Wood Lane
Centreville, Alabama 35042
Phone: 205.926.3999
E-Mail
Jack and Jimmie
Mondays -- MD and HD
(other acoustic instruments welcome)
Caloosahatchee
Lap Dulcimer Society
Frank Dennis
5118 Rutland Court
Cape Coral, Florida 33904
Phone: 941.542.2066
E-Mail
Frank Dennis
Mountain Dulcimers
Tuesdays
7:00 PM
Appalachian Strings
Ruth Nederveld
5056 San Rocco Court
Punta Gorda, Florida 33950
Phone: 941.639.9321
E-Mail
Ruth Nederveld
MD (a.m. meetings)
Mellow Tone
Dulcimer Club
Maureen Detrick
5100 60th St. E, Lot 0-34
Bradenton, Florida 34203
Merry Noters
Carol Thompson
901 Clearmont Street
Sebastian, Florida 32958
Phone: 772.589.0564
E-Mail
Alice Douberley
Fridays
Take Your Pick Dulcimer Players
Recreation Center for
Arrowood Mobile Home Park
3500 Fell Road
Melbourne, Florida
Phone: 321.727.2105
E-Mail
Cara Boyd
Thursdays
1pm - 4pm
All instruments welcome.
Jacksonville
Dulcimers & Friends
Lynn Wadley
6519 Lenczyk Drive
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
Phone: 904.743.1876
E-Mail
Lynn
Call for meeting information
Dulcimer Club
of Southwest Florida
Erma Clarke
89 Silver Oaks Circle
Naples, Florida 34119
E-Mail
Erma Clarke
MD
Dogwood
Dulcimer Association
E-Mail
Freda Whaley
Pensacola, Florida
Phone: 850.456.8744
Meets twice a week
Monday:
Trinity Presbertian Church 7:00
Thursday:
Methodes Church
on Williams Ditch Road
Pelican Pickers
Dulcimer Club
E-Mail
Mary Boyce
Phone: 850.678.3114
Shalimar Baptist Church
17 4th Avenue
Shalimar, Florida 32579
(the Northwest Florida area)
Monday evenings
6:30 pm
Melrose Dulci-vangelists
E-Mail
Laurie Alsobrook
Phone: 352.475.1335
25728 Park Street
Melrose, Florida
Second Saturdays
6:30pm - 9:00pm
String-A-Long
Mountain Dulcimer Society
Camille Hospadaruk
3027 Oak Hill Road
Clearwater, FL 33759
Phone: 813.797.7834
E-Mail
Camille
Meets Saturdays
at Heritage Village Cultural Park
Largo, Florida
Beginners
10:am 'til noon
River City Dulcimers
and Friends
E-Mail
Bruce Ford
904.536.7180 (cell)
or 904.379.9704 (office)
St. Paul United Methodist
8264 Lone Star Road
Jacksonville, Florida 32211
1st & 3rd Saturdays
2 - 4 PM
We welcome any stringed instrument. Singers are also welcome and needed.
Mount Dora
Mtn Dulcimer Players
Ruth Harnden
6 Marlene Court
Sorrento, Florida 32776
Phone: 352.735.4907
E-Mail
Ruth Harnden
1st Saturdays
W.T.Bland Library
1995 Donnelly Street
Mount Dora, Florida 32757
10:30 AM til 1:00 PM
Mountain Dulcimer Club
of Bradenton/Sarasota
Tom McGill
5613 Garden Lakes Majestic
Bradenton, Florida 34203
Phone: 941.755.3427
E-Mail
Tom McGill
meets 1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesdays
6:30 PM
Dedicated Dulcimers
of Dunedin
E-Mail
Roxie Smith
Phone: 727.781.8472
HaleActivity Center
330 Douglas Avenue
Dunedin, Florida 34698
Mountain dulcimers, recorders, folk instruments welcome
A warm, welcoming group.
All levels are invited.
Newbies are given support & encouragement.
Every Tuesday
1:00-3:00 PM
Cypress Dulcimer Society
E-Mail
Fletcher Lipford
Phone: 863.669.8990
Lake Wales & Winter Haven, Florida
Beginners Class:
2nd Friday
In the clubhouse at Pedaler's Pond Mobile Home Community in Lake Wales;
HWY 27 No of Home Depot & So of Cypress Gardens Blvd.:
6pm
Jamming for all levels:
7pm to 9pm
"Dulcimer in the Park":
4th Friday
Central Park in Winter Haven
6:30pm to 8pm
Mountain Dulcimers & other acoustic intruments welcome.
Pedaler's pond is a gated community so contact Fletcher if you want to attend so he can get you through the gate without any problems. "Dulcimer in the Park" is a jam session open to all dulcimer & acoustic instrument players. We also have an area set up with MDs & HDs for mini-lessons & demos for people who are interested in learning about the instruments. All individuals & dulcimer clubs are welcome to join in the fun.
Central Florida Folk Music Society
Lakeland, Florida
NW side of Lakeland out in the country. Call or email for information.
E-Mail
Carol Stewart
Phone: 863.688.0147
All instruments are welcome as long as you can get it in the door and don't have to plug it in!
Last Sunday
3:00 - 5:30 PM
1st hour is a Sharing Circle:
play a tune, teach a tune.
2nd hour is a slow jam.
We are a new club focusing on traditional American, Celtic, and World music.
There is also a club in
Merritt Island, Florida
E-Mail
Della Ashton
(Della, if you see this,
please send me your updated listing information.)
LaGrange
Dulcimer Troupers
Nancy & Dean Larson
P O Box 3181
LaGrange, Georgia 30241
Phone: 706.883.6915
E-Mail
Nancy or Dean
3rd Sundays
Tri State
Dulcimer Association
Barbara J. Preston
7979 Malone Drive
Donalsonville, Georgia 31745
Phone: 912.861.3278
E-Mail
Barbara
1st Sat. and 3rd Tues
HD & MD
Garden City Strummers
Rick and Peggy Ertz
4492 Hickory Drive
Evans, Georgia 30809
Call for meeting location
Phone: 706.541.2146
M.D. & all folk instruments
Third Mondays
6pm--9pm
Contact Email
Garden City Website
Blue Ridge
Dulcimer Players
E-Mail
Mary Adele Davis
24 Scarlett Drive
Blue Ridge, Georgia 30513
Phone: 706.492.5759
Meets each Monday
Hilltop Strummers
E-Mail
Dan or Barbara Asperger
Canton First United Methodist Church
930 Lower Scott Mill Road
Canton, Georgia 30115
Phone: 678.493.6970
Mountain dulcimer, psaltery, harmonica, guitar
Weekly on Tuesdays
1:30--3:30 pm
Gwinnoters
Brenda Wright
1314 Gatewood Drive
Lawrenceville, Georgia 30506
Phone: 770.962.2480
Call for meeting information
Middle Georgia
Dulcimer Club
Macon, Georgia
Phone: 478.968.0684
E-Mail
Ron Rowland
2nd Saturday
1:00 -4:00 pm
three levels of instruction the first hour, all free
Peach Pickers
Phyllis Conner
121 Glendale Drive
Peachtree City, Georgia 30269
Phone: 770.487.7475
E-Mail
Phyllis
Call/write for meeting info.
The Allatooners
Peggy Martin
4862 Allen Circle
Acworth, Georgia 30101
Phone: 404.974.1980
1st Sundays
In-Town, Down-Home
Mountain Dulcimer Club
Lisa Perry
1407 Winters Park Dr.
Doraville, Georgia 30360
Phone: 404.446.2318
2nd Sundays
Plunkers
Union Local 101
Richard Hathaway
137 Dewey Avenue
Martinez, Georgia 30907
Phone: 706.869.0597
3rd Sundays
The Mountainaires
Phyllis Judge
P O Box 219
Mineral Bluff, Georgia 30559
Phone: 706.374.2246
Yonah Pickers
Mountain Lakes Resort
on Alt. 75
outside of
Cleveland, Georgia
Email
Lynn McCollum
Phone: 706.499.3212
Mainly mountain dulcimer and guitar. We have a lady that plays pennywhistle on some songs. We welcome any instruments that compliment the mtn. dulcimer.
2nd & 4th sundays
2:00 - 4:00 PM
We welcome any and all levels of playing.
Nacoochee Strummers
Clarkesville, Georgia
Bethlehem Baptist church
Hwy. 197
Email
Lynn McCollum
Phone: 706.499.3212
Mountain dulcimer & any that accompany it.
2nd & 4th Mondays
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Frettin' On Faith
Ringgold, Georgia
Ringgold First Baptist
(in choir room)
Every Sunday
4:00pm
Website
Phone: 706-673-6730
E-Mail
Michael & Jean Whitfield
(See our picture to the right!)

A few of us at the North Ga. Foothills festival at Unicoi State park in
Helen, Georgia, November 15 - 18, 2007.
(Click on picture.)
Mountain Sounds
Senior Center
424 Meeks Ave.
Blairsville, Georgia 30512
Email
Ray Dale
Phone: 706.835.1688
Mountain Dulcimer, Banjammer, Dulcibro, Fiddle, Spoons & any acoustic instrument
2nd & 4th Tuesdays
1:30 - 3:30 PM
North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association
6065 Roswell Road NE, Ste 1163
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Phone: 770.565.3517
NGFDA Website
NORTH MISSISSIPPI DULCIMER ASSOCIATION
Satellite clubs throughout Georgia (See Below)
ASSOCIATION ADDRESS:
P O BOX 493
BOONEVILLE, Mississippi 38829
Phone: 662.728.5448
E-Mail
Forrest Smith
CHAPTERS:
Boone Country Dulcimers
Boooneville, Mississippi
St. Francis of Assissi
Fellowship Hall
2nd & 4th Mondays
Beginners & Intermediates:
6 PM - 7 PM
Snack & Meeting:
7 PM - 7:15 PM
Jam Session:
7:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Crossroads Dulcimer Club
Corinth, Mississippi
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
1st & 3rd Mondays
Beginners & Intermediates:
6 PM - 7 PM
Snack & Meeting:
7 PM - 7:15 PM
Jam Session:
7:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Tallahatchie Dulcimer Club
New Albany, Mississippi
Public Library
219 King Street
1st & 3rd Thursday
6 PM - 8 PM
(Snack Break at 7 PM)
Tippah Dulcimer Guild
Ripley, Mississippi
Public Library
2nd & 4th Tuesday
6 PM TO 8 PM
Snack Break at 7 PM
Oxford Dulcimer Club
Oxford, Mississippi
Peace Lutheran Church
2nd & 4th Thursday
6 PM TO 8:30 PM
Biggersville Pentecostal
Church Dulcimer Group
701 Highway 45 South
Corinth, Mississippi 38834
1st & 3rd Wednesday
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Homestead Dulcimer Club
Good Samaritan Home
Beatrice, Nebraska
1st & 3rd Mondays
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Magnolia
Dulcimer Club
E-Mail
Ruby Strickland
Phone: 662.286.0197
Corinth, Mississippi
1st Mondays
First Presbyterian Church
6:00 PM
(919 Shiloh Road)
3rd Mondays
Cornerstone Health and Rehab
6:30 PM
(Alcorn Drive, across from Magnolia Regional Hospital)
Central Mississippi
Dulcimer Association
Robert & Ralphine Box
P O Box 275
Flora, Mississippi 39071
Phone: 601.879.8374
E-Mail
Ralphine
2nd Saturdays
Ala-Sippi
Dulcimer Association
Roger Guth
359 Pearly Gates Road
Tremont, Mississippi 38876
Phone: 601.652.3680
2 Fests each year (Apr/Oct)
Tombigbee Dulcimer Group
E-Mail
William Arinder
P O Box 638
Amory, Mississippi 38821
662.256.4520
Southern Strings
Dulcimer Club
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Dixie School Log cabin on Elks Lake Rd. about 4 miles from Hwy 49S. Map on web site.
E-Mail
Karen Mims
Phone: 601.583.6424
Southern Strings Website
Mountain Dulcimer, Hammer Fulcimer & Psaltery & any other acoustical instrument
Tuesdays
6:15 pm class & 7 pm jam
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
The club owns dulcimers that new beginners can borrow 'til they purchase one!
NORTH MISSISSIPPI DULCIMER ASSOCIATION
Satellite clubs throughout Georgia (See Below)
ASSOCIATION ADDRESS:
P O BOX 493
BOONEVILLE, Mississippi 38829
Phone: 662.728.5448
E-Mail
Forrest Smith
CHAPTERS:
Boone Country Dulcimers
Boooneville, Mississippi
St. Francis of Assissi
Fellowship Hall
2nd & 4th Mondays
Beginners & Intermediates:
6 PM - 7 PM
Snack & Meeting:
7 PM - 7:15 PM
Jam Session:
7:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Crossroads Dulcimer Club
Corinth, Mississippi
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church
1st & 3rd Mondays
Beginners & Intermediates:
6 PM - 7 PM
Snack & Meeting:
7 PM - 7:15 PM
Jam Session:
7:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Tallahatchie Dulcimer Club
New Albany, Mississippi
Public Library
219 King Street
1st & 3rd Thursday
6 PM - 8 PM
(Snack Break at 7 PM)
Tippah Dulcimer Guild
Ripley, Mississippi
Public Library
2nd & 4th Tuesday
6 PM TO 8 PM
Snack Break at 7 PM
Oxford Dulcimer Club
Oxford, Mississippi
Peace Lutheran Church
2nd & 4th Thursday
6 PM TO 8:30 PM
Biggersville Pentecostal
Church Dulcimer Group
701 Highway 45 South
Corinth, Mississippi 38834
1st & 3rd Wednesday
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Homestead Dulcimer Club
Good Samaritan Home
Beatrice, Nebraska
1st & 3rd Mondays
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Southern Highlands
Dulcimer Club
E-Mail
Tricia Hall
5525 Meat Camp Road
Todd, North Carolina 28684
Phone: 828.297.6664
2nd Wednesdays
Pick & Play
Dulcimer Group
Don Selzer
P. O. Box 2847
Cullowhee, NC 28723-2847
The Calabash
Dulcimer Players
Mary Clute
3 Arden Court
Calabash, NC 28467
Phone: 910.579.8387
3rd Sundays
Charlotte Appalachian
Dulcimer Club
John Renwick
2025 Lyndhurst Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28203
Phone: 704.375.7827
E-Mail
John
Western North Carolina
Dulcimer Collective
Steve Smith
607 East Blue Ridge Rd.
E. Flat Rock, NC 28726
Phone: 828.697.6388
E-Mail
Steve
2nd Sundays
(Asheville)
Crystal Strings
Dulcimer Club
Donell Meadows
2103 Shady Lane
Morehead City, NC 28557
Phone: 919.726.7699
E-Mail
Donell
1st Sundays
Mountain Aire
Dulcimer Players
Gladys Eichenberger
Rt. 1 Box 66
Robbinsville, NC 28771
Phone: 704.479.6168
4th Sundays
Foothills
Dulcimer Club
Elizabeth Baptist Church
301 North Post RD
Room 102
Shelby, North Carolina 28150
Mountain Dulcimer
Phone: 704.484.8414
Foothills Website
E-Mail
Joe Collins
2nd Saturdays
10:00am
(Last update - 08.04.09)
Brookridge
Dulcimer Players
Tom DuVal
2225 Poole Court
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Phone: 336.759.3037
1st Tuesdays
Triangle Mountain
Dulcimer Association
Pullen Memorial Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
First Thursday
E-Mail
Ken Babb
Mountain Dulcimer
Beginners
All instruments welcome
Triangle Mountain
Dulcimer Association
Cary Senior Center
Maury O'Dell Pl
Cary, NC 27513
Phone: 919.460.0033
Website
Second Thursday
E-Mail
Mark Rose
2nd Thursdays
7--9 pm
Mountain Dulcimer
Beginners
All instruments welcome
Olde Tyme Strummers
Joy and Al Williams
1320 Valmont Drive
Hendersonville, NC 28791
Phone: 828.692.0276
E-Mail
Joy and Al
Meetings every Thursday
Carolina Mountain
Dulcimer Players
Shirley Ray
104 Walden Drive
Carrboro, North Carolina 27510
Phone: 919.929.5359
E-Mail
Shirley Ray
Third Thursdays
Jeff Furman from Chapel Hill won the dulcimer competition at the Grayson County Fiddlers convention in Elk Creek, Virginia, June, 2006.
Nice going, Jeff.
Cane Creek
Mountain Dulcimers
8874 NC 87 South
Graham, North Carolina
Phone: 336.516.3835
E-Mail
Side Saddle
Mountain Dulcimer
4th Thursday
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Waterbound Dulcimers
Nancy Galambush
Kinston, North Carolina 28501
Phone: 252.747.8757
E-Mail
Nancy Galambush
Queen Street United Methodist Church
2nd Tuesdays
7:00pm - 9:00pm
Down East Dulcimers
Fairfield Harbour
New Bern, North Carolina
Phone: 252.633.9671
E-Mail
Dee Dricks
mostly lap dulcimers, pennywhistle, autoharp
Fridays
10 am - noon
Would welcome guitar player to the group. We play old time, celtic and some popular music.
Upstate
Dulcimer Players
Carolee J. Stewart
1178 Woodruff Road, Suite 13
Greenville, SC 29615
Phone: 864.288.1440
1st Sundays
Low Country
Dulcimer Society
Millie Chaplin
P O Box 4
Harleyville, SC 29448
Phone: 803.462.2137
3rd Tuesdays
Dulcimores
Trinity United Methodist Church
155 Blythewood Rd
Blythewood, SC 29016
I-77, Exit 27, 1/2 mile east on the left past Wendy's
Phone: 803.786.2661
E-Mail
Betsy Hunnicutt
Mountain Dulcimer, Hammered Dulcimer, Guitar, Autoharp
2nd & 4th Thursdays
1:30-3:30 pm
Dulcimores Website
Over The River
Dulcimer Club
Susan Bafford
1027 Brookhaven Dr.
Aiken, SC 29803-6614
Phone: 803.649.6916
Oconee Bells and Beau's
WhiteWater Room at the Clubhouse of Keowee Key in Salem, SC
Seneca /Salem, SC
Phone: 864.888.3328
E-Mail
Bonnie Lamarand
Mountain Dulcimer, others welcomed but emphasis is the mountain dulcimer. The club has both experienced and new players. Our music and pace is slow to accommodate new learners. We are willing to take time to help others become better acquainted with the instrument.
4th Tuesday each month
1:00pm - 3:00pm
(Last update - 08.04.09)
Wierd & Wonderful
Dulcimer Players
Tom & Sandy Witman
1858 Cestus Lane
Charleston, South Carolina 29414
Phone: 803.763.2760
Meets sporadically -- Call for info.
Bays Mountain
Dulcimer Society
Peggy Ferrell
1704 Lowell Drive
Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
Phone: 423.247.3773
E-Mail
Peggy Ferrell
3rd Thursdays -- (Sept.-May)
Knoxville Area
Dulcimer Club (KADC)
E-Mail
Anne-Marie Begley
Phone: 865.494.0763
KADC Website
2nd Sundays
1:30 to 4:00 pm
Church of the Good Shepherd
Knoxville, Tennessee
Club jam begins at 3 pm
Dulcimer & Accompaniment
Association
Joe Ridolfo
1885 Chatanooga Valley Road
Flintstone, Georgia 30725
Phone: 706.820.0275
E-Mail
Joe Ridolfo
2nd Saturdays
Cumberland
Dulcimer Club
Julia deRooy
145 Circle Drive
Crossville, Tennessee 38555
Phone: 931.788.5003
3rd Sundays
Three Rivers
Dulcimer Association
E-Mail
Roberta Robertson
604 West Main Street
Waverly, Tennessee 37185
Phone: 931.296.2423
1st Saturdays
Smoky Mountain
Dulcimer Club
Bill McDaniel
P.O. Box 121
Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738
Phone: 615.436.8898
4th Sundays
Memphis Area
Mountain Dulcimer Club
E-Mail
Bob Magowan
3012 Reynell Cove
Memphis, TN 38119-8715
Phone: 901.751.8306
1st Sundays
White House
Dulcimer Players
Clearview Apartments Community Building
3318 Highway 31 W
White House, Tennessee 37185
E-Mail
Chester Page
White House Website
Phone: 615.497.3293
Mountain dulcimer, harmonica, others welcome
Monday (except holidays)
6:00 pm