Rick Thum is an award-winning, master hammered dulcimer player, builder, and teacher. His specialty is old-time style, and he performs solo and with his band at major festivals, concerts, and contra and square dances. Rick has recorded three CD?s, has published a book, and has taught classes all over the country - at The Augusta Heritage Center (Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV), The Swannanoa Gathering (Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC), The Ozark Folk Center (Mountain View, AR), and more. Rick was voted favorite teacher in 1995, ?96, and ?97 at the nation?s largest hammered dulcimer gathering, The Original Dulcimer Players? Club?s Annual Funfest (Evart, MI), where he consistently draws about a hundred or so hammered dulcimer players to his workshops. For more information about Rick and his dulcimers, visit www.rthum.com.
Bruce Ling , a multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist, fronts his own band, Hawks and Owls , which plays a mix of old-time, bluegrass, country, Irish, and more. He has won a number of area fiddle contests and has performed on stage for concerts and dances, radio and television programs, and stage productions. He produced a CD that sounds like a five-person, old-time string band, but it's all Bruce. Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, Bruce did fiddle, mandolin, viola, guitar, and cello tracks, all himself, and then combined them to make "a band" on the CD. He also multi-instrumentally records and produces sound-beds for corporate DVD?s, commercial radio spots, and video soundtracks. For more information about Bruce, visit www.hawksandowls.com.
Friday, November 12, 7:00 p.m.
Rockford Community Cabin
220 N. Main Street, Rockford, MI
Admission: $10 per person
Join us for an uplifting evening of toe-tapping old-timey dance tunes, gospel songs, stories, and fun. Don't be surprised if some of the audience gets into a bit of spontaneous clogging and dancing in the background.