Saturday, March 25, 2006
Festival Hotel Info
Dan and I are working on the Festival website this weekend. I thought I'd give you this hotel information now, for those of you planning ahead.We’ve got an arrangement with the Courtyard by Marriott for Thursday through Saturday nights for $119 (regularly $159). You can stay Sunday night for $99. Just tell them you’re with the Dulcimer Festival when you make your reservation. This hotel is right across the street from the Tennessee Aquarium. Great location! Click here to visit their website.
Dan is almost finished mastering the new CD he recorded with Stephen Humphries. It sounds great and should be available within a week. He plans on having some to sell at the Augusta Heritage Festival, which is the first week in April.
Angie
Friday, March 10, 2006
Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival Web Site
We're almost ready to put the Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival Web site on line, but almost means it's not quite done yet. Stay tuned, we're working on it amid dozens of other fun and time consuming projects.
In my last post regarding the festival I mentioned a surprise. Since it is taking longer that I thought it would to get the web site up I'll just spill some of the beans now.
The suprise involves the Saturday night concert, 6/24/06. The first is the debut of my new jazz trio, shown here.
We'll be introducing an album's worth of new material that we've been working on for several months.
I'm joined by Steve Philips on piano and Alan Shikoh on guitar. These guys are great musicians and together we are writing some of the most rewarding music I've ever attempted. This music is forcing me to approach my hammer dulcimer in new ways and our twice-a-week practice sessions are challenging, but incredibly fun. We're getting close to posting some sample audio clips to give you a taste of what's to come.
There's more news to come but it will have to wait. I hope you can too! In the mean time write me or Angie with any Chattanooga Dulcimer Festival questions:
dan@danlandrum.com
angie@danlandrum.com