ODPC Funfest 2010 -
You can see the workshops which were available at the festival July 15-17. Some of the handouts which leaders distributed are also there.

The festival proudly boasts the best instructors, super stage shows, great jams, vendors galore, and more friendly folks than you can imagine.

 
Photos taken at the Funfest (aka Evart) -
Here are the photos which have been made available. More will be coming. These pictures were taken by various festival attendees.

This event is "the" hammered dulcimer event! It's the largest festival of its kind in the world and one of the few festivals which features the hammered dulcimer. The above photo was taken by Pete Lascell. (The image will change every time you refrest or come back to the page.)

Center of the Dulcimer World

This site accents the hammered dulcimer. We are from Michigan and there are more hammered dulcimers per capita in our state than in any other. Michigan is the home of the Original Dulcimer Players Club (O.D.P.C.), the oldest and largest hammered dulcimer club.

You'll find information on the O.D.P.C.'s Funfest (held each year in Evart, MI). (Most of the photos on this page were taken at the 2009 Evart festival.) We want the world to know about Michigan's hammered dulcimer events. Of course, we also include links to other hammered dulcimer festivals in other states, but the "accent" is on what is available in Michigan.

This site is our gift to the music community and want it to be commercial-free; therefore, we have created a second site: http://dulcimers.biz where you can shop for a hammered dulcimer. It even includes a classified section where you can list (for free) your own re-sale music items.

What does a hammered dulcimer sound like?

You can click arrow at the left end of the "player" to hear 16-year-old Keith Billings' version of "Amazing Grace" from his CD. (An email form will come up and you can explain your interest and ask questions.) Click Here to request CD Information.

Clicking the tiny arrow on this player will allow you to hear Dee Dee Tibbit's original composition, "Bryson Hall Waltz," from the Sonas "Timeless" CD which can be found at http://SonasMusic.com The main instrument you hear is Dee Dee's lovely hammered dulcimer.

If you have a hammered dulcimer recording you'd like to have featured on this website, please contact me. (My email link is at the bottom of this page.)

Hits to the Website

We had 3,745,666 HITS in the twelve months (August, 2009, through the end of July, 2010)! That's right, nearly THREE AND THREE QUARTER MILLION!! (Note: In May, there was a problem with the server for dulcimers.com and stats were only collected from 5/20-5/31. Therefore to produce the annual statistics, May's numbers were generated by taking the daily average for the days which were recorded x 31 days.) Thanks to all of you who like our site.
Source: Webalizer statistics, 8/1/2010.