News from Our Hurdy Gurdy World

Pour a hot cup of coffee, chocolate or whatever and let’s think spring. Even tho our shop is warm and except for a couple days with no electricity,  brightly lit, we are so ready for warm weather and some Hurdy-Gurdy gatherings. The 13^th of February we will carry our gurdies to the local Am Track station and head for the 54^th Annual University of Chicago Folk Festival. Too many venues and kinds of instrument s to mention, check out their site at http://www.uofcfolk.org

 In May, we will celebrate Mothers Day week end at the Raintree Music Heritage Festival in Spiceland, Indiana. More information at  http://raintreemusicheritagefestival.weebly.com

July 17-20 of course you will find us at the place we discovered the Hurdy-Gurdy and our destiny thanks to Judith Lindenau and some coaching from Dave Smith.

For more information check out  ODPC FUNFEST  http://dulcimers.com/festival.com   

Once a Hammer dulcimer festival only it has grown into the largest dulcimer festival in the world and has the welcome mat out for all acoustic instruments including the Hurdy-gurdy. Its a wonderful place for anyone who likes playing with others and jamming into the early hours of the morning. See their site for the details.

 And the festival where the Gurdy reigns, The Indiana Hurdy Gurdy Workshop sponsored by “Early Music in Motion”. The 2nd annual Hurdy-Gurdy workshop in the Midwest will take place September 4-8, 2014 in scenic Brown County, Indiana, attracting both amateurs and professionals. It’s a great opportunity to learn and play alongside other enthusiasts in a relaxed atmosphere with renowned teachers and performers. All levels welcome! This excellent workshop is sponsored by Early Music in Motion, Bloomington, Indiana. For complete details on the Hurdy Gurdy Workshop see http://www.earlymusic.org

While the blog has been a bit quiet, our shop certainly hasn’t. We just finished two gurdies calling for new some new skills. Mel designed our first tear drop shaped gurdy with a seafaring theme known as the "Mariner". It was so much fun we decided to offer it on our site soon. The second gurdy called for us to in find someone gifted in Pearl inlay. Both instruments are pictured here.