3/20/99 Dear All: Ive always wondered why I loved the hammered dulcimer and the lap dulcimer!! It has to be my VA/Scottish/Melungeon(?)/Irish ancestors?!! I also own 2 lap dulcimers, one was hand made for me from an old fellow in VA. I got it many years ago when I went to Davis and Elkins College one summer for classes on herbs. I love my dulcimers. And I sure love the music. Nancy/Illinois At 01:31 AM 3/19/99 -0500, you wrote: >Dear List, > Growing up in Kentucky I cared little for "hillbilly" music and even less >for the "high lonesome" tenors singing bluegrass. The accoustic >instrumentals of the post-Monroe groups I really enjoyed. I attended many >festivals while living in Ohio and Michigan and it was there I met the >hammered dulcimer. It was love at first sound. > In learning to play this instrument I learned many, many Irish jigs, reels >and ballads. I learned an equal number of fiddle tunes. There is no doubt >in my mind that Bluegrass evolved from our Celtic heritage. > >Sue McN. > > >==== SW_VA Mailing List ==== >#9 As of 2/27/1999 we have 485 members. Traffic can get heavy so check your >mailbox often. We should regulate traffic so it don't get out of hand. >There is an average of ten members coming and going each week. >-sysop > >