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Volume 34, No. 1 - Winter 2008

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Our 2nd annual mosaic of reader photographs fills the Winter 2008 Dulcimer Players News cover. Thanks to everyone who contributed, and we hope you enjoy spotting faces and memories. We’ll keep building our library of photo’s for next year, so feel free to send in great pictures when they become available. The inspiration for this year’s mosaic comes from a ceiling medalion designed by Antoni Gaudi and Josep Maria Jujol in Park Güell, Barcelona, Spain (1900-1914).

We’re growing. Butch Ross has joined our staff as a writer and graphic artist. We also welcome artist, Jerry King and look forward to his cartoon work in the coming year. Australian fretted dulcimist, Adrian Kosky, is contributiong with a series of stories to take us on a walkabout throuhout 2008.

The Winter 2008 Sampler CD, available to subscribers and advertisers, has over 70 minutes of material. The selections are from our reviews and stories. Below you'll find the track listing for this issue's sampler CD.

1. Dan’s Intro
2. Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song - Mykchaylo Zakhariya
3. Leather Shoes - Jud Caswell
4. Dulce - Rick Fogel
5. Butch’s Intro
6. Emma’s Waltz - Neal Hellman
7. Wellyn - Sarah Elizabeth
8. La Partita - Butch Ross
9. Neal’s Intro
10. Darlin’ Corey - I.D. Stamper
11. Pretty Polly - I.D. Stamper

12. Dan’s Review Intro
13. Silver Lining - Peat and Barley
14. Star of County Down - Sue Carpenter
15. Music Room Rag - Jeff Hames
16. Calliope Rag - Picks and Sticks
17. O’Carolan’s Concerto - Ricko Donovan
Selected Quickpicks
18. Georgia Buck - Neal and Coleen Walters
19. The Snow Lay on the Ground - The Homers
20. Sweet Fern - Bob and Rose Taunton
21. Minor Meandering - Wanda Degan
22. For the Beauty of the Earth - Wanda Degan

There’s a lot of extra material this month, including more sheet music than we could fit in the magazine. Look for the words 'Web Extra!!!'.

In This Issue...
	When you Copy, What is Right? - Dan Landrum Discussion about the rights and wrongs of copying music are often contentious and confusing, and anyone willing to engage the argument has probably already formed an opinion. Why even broach the subject in DPN? Click here to read the article.

	Transformative Powers of Music - Steve Schneider Steve Schneider's tells the story of how playing for his hospitalized mother-in-law changed their relationship. He's also looking for your suggestions about public domain pieces he can arrange for future columns. Learn more about that here.

	Arranging Lagrima (& Other Disasters) - Butch Ross Butch Ross recounts the trials and tribulations of arranging a supposedly "simple" piece of music for the mountain dulcimer. Click here to read the article.
Web Extra!!!	Download "La Partida" for solo dulcimer. Available as a pdf or Tabledit .tef file. (right click and choose "save as" to download the file)

	Music Mentors, Dulcimer at Street Level - Heidi Muller Heidi Muller reviews the history and progress of her Husband Bob Webb's inner city dulcimer program in Charleston, WV

	Profile: Sarah Elizabeth - Jim Pfitzer Jim Pfitzer profiles dulcimer prodigy Sarah Elizabeth, and the ways in which she's using her music to help children with autism.

	Unicoi, A Dulcimer Festival Success Story - Angie Landrum What makes a festival successful? We interview past and current presidents to find out what makes the North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association's yearly gathering at Unicoi, Georgia a continuing success.

	Walkabout with Adrian Kosky This is the first in a series of articles by Adrian Kosky, reflecting on his experiences exploring and absorbing roots music and dulcimer culture in America.

	The Whole World in One Place- Karen Ashbrook Once every other year, in a different country, the Cimbalom World Organization hosts hammered dulcimer players from around the world at the Cimbalom World Congress. Karen Ashbrook reports from Oberammergau, Germany.
Web Extra!!!	Download sheet music played at the festival: Rosa (pdf), by Rui Ogawa: Japan Tarkus Variations (pdf), by Uchihashi arr. Sakimura: Japan Sakura (pdf), a Japanese traditional song transcribed by Christie Burns: Japan Muß i' denn zum Städtele hinaus (pdf), a German traditional song performed as the closing song of the gala concert: Germany

	Bowed Dulcimer - Choosing a Bow - Ken Bloom Of all the various things associated with the bowed dulcimer, the importance of the bow and how to choose one is the least understood. Ken Bloom walks you through the process choosing a bow.

	A Medieval Hammered Dulcimer of Carinthia and Slovenia - Winfried Goerge, translated by Nicholas Blanton Taking the helm of the technical dulcimer column from Sam Rizetta, Nick Blanton translates an article about a Medieval hammered dulcimer with history, detailed plans and information on how to build it and why it's important (originally appeared in the Bavarian magazine Sänger und Musikanten).
Web Extra!!!	Download the plans and tuning scheme here.