From butchross at butchross.com Tue Jul 10 09:26:53 2018 From: butchross at butchross.com (News, info and tourdates for Butch Ross) Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2018 09:26:53 -0400 Subject: [ From Butch Ross ] Summer Tour starts now: PA, IN, MI, VA Message-ID: THIS WEEKEND July 13 - 14 Dutchland Dulcimer Gathering - IV St. Thomas Episcopal Church St. Thomas Road Lancaster, Pennsylvania with Dave Haas, Bing Futch Nina Zanetti, Judy House Atwater/Donelly and Rich Carty http://www.lancasterdulcimer.com/the-dutchland-dulcimer-gathering---iv--2018.html Tuesday, July 17 Bloomington Songwriters Showcase Bear's Ale House & Eatery, 1316 E 3rd St Bloomington, Indiana with Chris Wolff and Angela White Truth be told, I can't even remember how I first got involved with these folks, but they're a great bunch. Always a good time. https://www.facebook.com/BloomingtonSongwriters/ The big one! July 19-21 OPDC FunFest Evart, MI with... well just about everybody. Evart is big and awesome and just $15! http://evartdulcimerfest.org/ Then it's off to. Mountain Music School - July 23-27 Mountain Empire Community College Big Stone Gap, VA http://www.mountainmusicschool.org/ Well, I guess this happens every year. I feel like I haven't done much of anything and then I look back and realize that 2018 has been action-packed. If you follow me on Facebook tho' (and you should), you already know that there has been a lot going on. Most of what you may know about is the personal stuff. But in addition to getting married and all the good things that come with that. I've been also working on the following: Recording singer/songwriter Ryan Oyer's forthcoming album as well as classical guitarist Hara Paper. For myself, I've been working on an all Ukulele Album, as well as a Ukulele instruction book. Tab books for both the most recent album (Found Objects) and a book of dulcimer arrangements of songs from the 70's are also in the pipeline. As they say, there are not enough hours in the day. But in the middle of this comes the big summer tour. And while I hate open holes in the schedule, there really aren't any, given the distances between events. Lancaster, Evart, Mountain Music and the Bloomington Songwriters Night are all great events that I'm lucky to be a part of. I'm really looking forward to it. And in between I'll sneak in visits to my folks and friends that I haven't seen in a while. I heartily endorse everything I'm about to do. So if one of these events is happening close to you, you should totally go. C-ya out there. --Br www.butchross.com "Now I know what a dulcimer is supposed to sound like" —Jake Shimabukuro