I thought it might be useful to resurrect this thread. I spent today at a festival put on by the Lone Star State Dulcimer Society. It was mighty good. The place was absolutely bristling with long, pointy mountain dulcimers as well as more trapezoidal, hammered dulcimers than you could shake a stick at. (Come to think of it, there were lots of sticks being shaken at them.) Virtually all of them were making fabulous music. There were lots of workshops from which to choose (see schedule at the link for the winter festival) – even some for complete beginners.

Meanwhile, there were some fabulous performers, the most impressive of which (at least to me,) was Banshee in the Kitchen, a trio of extremely versatile and talented performers who offered an artfully prepared dish of Celtic music seasoned with a dash of jazz.

Quite a few vendors were there, selling every manner of dulcimer as well as psaltries, fiddles, instructional books and CD's. I quickly ran out of cash and had to leave before I was tempted to break out the plastic.

If this was a hint of what will be at Glen Rose, then I will plan to be there. If any of you happen to be in the area in early May, I suggest you give this event some serious thought.