Dulcimer Society of
Updated January 21. 2024
The Dulcimer Society
of Trumbull County is a small group of dulcimer players (mountain and hammered),
other acoustic instrumentalists, and singers who get together at Scope Howland
Center in Warren (Howland), Ohio weekly to enjoy sharing music with each other.
Meetings:
Scope Howland Center,
It's always a good idea to check here, to contact Bill
by e-mail or phone (234-564-3852), or to check with another member
before coming out for a meeting – especially if you are coming from a distance.
Starting in April of
2023, the Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County has been meeting weekly on Friday
of each month from
With the closing of
our previous meeting place at the end of September of 2019, members needed to
find a new location. One member arranged for the new meeting dates on the
second Friday of each month from 6:00-8:00 PM at Scope Howland Center, 8273
High Street NE, Warren, OH 44484 with the first meeting there on Friday,
December 13, 2019.
Previously, meetings
had been held on the second Monday of the month from 6:00-8:00 PM in the Lobby
or Choir Room of the First United Methodist Church of Warren, 309 North Park, Warren, Ohio from December of 2002 through August of 2019.
Although the club had been dormant for a few years before that, there had been
several meeting places for many years prior to that including other churches
and the Trumbull County Campus of Kent State University.
The meetings of the
club may include some instruction and familiarization with new songs and some
informal song circle time with individual members each taking a turn to choose
a song. Choices are usually taken from a source available to several members
such as the Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook
which allows others to join in the performance. However, members may
sometimes choose to perform songs for the rest of the group – whether old
favorites or songs that they are just in the process of learning. Singers and
acoustic folk-style instruments of all sorts are welcome. Instruments which
have been played at the Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County include (but are
not limited to): dulcimers (mountain and hammered), autoharps, guitars (6 &
12 strings), recorders, whistles, harmonicas, banjos, mandolins, fiddles, jug,
percussion, and more.
Membership
Membership in the
Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County is open to anyone who enjoys dulcimers,
other acoustic instruments, and/or singing folk-style music and agrees to work
with the other members for the mutual enjoyment of all. There is no membership
fee or charge. Come to a meeting and join along in the music if you would like
to be a member. There may be members who just choose to sing along on a few
choruses; members who are trying to learn to play an instrument who play so
quietly that almost nobody else can ever hear them; members who usually play
and sing only for their own enjoyment; members who gave up performing publicly
years ago, but have decided that this is something they can enjoy doing; and
members who currently perform professionally. Members may enjoy doing songs by
contemporary singer/songwriters, folk favorites from the fifties and sixties
(and earlier and later), traditional ballads, celtic
music, world music, children's songs, humorous songs, the blues, popular songs,
country songs, seasonal music, music fitted to various themes, and more.
Purpose & Methods
The Dulcimer Society
of Trumbull County is a club open to anyone who enjoys dulcimers, other
acoustic instruments, and/or singing folk-style music and agrees to work with
other members for the mutual enjoyment of all. The primary purposes of the club
are to share in the enjoyment of dulcimers, other acoustic instruments, and/or
singing folk-style music, to share friendships with others who have similar
interests, to help others to become familiar with this type of music and the
instruments involved with it, and to help our members follow their own goals in
relationship to the music. These purposes may be accomplished by having regular
meetings or activities to play and sing; by finding ways to communicate to let
members and others know about the activities of the society, its members, and
other organizations or individuals with similar purposes; by sponsoring
programs, shows, festivals, conferences, seminars, workshops, lectures,
classes, meetings, displays, or publications; and by working with or supporting
other organizations in similar or related activities.
Activities
In addition to the
regular monthly meetings, members of the Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County
have also done public performances as the Dulcimer Society of Trumbull County
and have sponsored dances and concerts.
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Contact Information
984 Homewood Avenue
Salem, Ohio
44460-3816
234-564-3852