Great Plains Dulcimer Alliance

Everyone is probably really tired of hearing about COVID-19. So, let’s look at the brighter side of things right now. Hooking up – all over social media, news casts, and even in neighborhoods many good things are happening. What can we do with our music? Share it with LOVE. Zoom sessions are being setup for Jams, lessons, and practice. Wow, Zoom is overwhelmed. Teachers are caravanning in neighborhoods honking and waving to students, maybe a caravan of music somehow? I saw on

As you’ve noticed in our gpda.io group’s announcement and elsewhere in this newsletter, we are meeting in April as a Zoom meeting.It looks like it will be quite interesting. We do have a little bit of club business to conduct. I am aware that some have figured out how to jam. I am sure that it will make for an interesting meeting. Be watching for sign in information as it gets published. We are experiencing odd times. The likes of which none of us have ever seen. And, it is a

In my journey of playing the mountain dulcimer, fiddle, and even trying the mandolin I always wondered about musicality. Musicality definition: the quality of having a pleasant sound; melodiousness, "the natural musicality of the language". Have you ever watched a performance and went “wow”, that was more than just music, it was awesome?! I have witnessed this with instructor concerts, Winfield, and many other places. It has always been a goal of mine to bring the musicality

I have discovered in recent years that I am an artist. This was news to me. I did not think of myself as an artist and yet it is obvious when I look back over my life that I have always been an artist. My artistic expressions have taken many forms and I can trace my artistic exploration clear back to my most distant toddler memories. I have learned to express myself artistically in several different media, paint and canvas, clay, wood, steel, electronics, writing, storytel