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Written by Dan Landrum
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 12:09 |
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While teaching at the ODPC Funfest last month I promised to post the music for Happy Dog Bossa when I got back home. Well, I'm home! Hooray! Click the link below to download the music. Happy Dog Bossa |
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Written by Dan Landrum
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Wednesday, 06 May 2009 20:35 |
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It's that time of year again and there's plenty to do if your a dulcimer fan with cash for gas. I'm teaching and performing four great festivals this summer and attending a couple more. Click on any of the logos below to go to the festival websites. May 16 • Blue River Folk Music Festival, Shelbybille, IN July 5-10 • Common Ground on the Hill, Westminster, MD July 16-19 • Original Dulcimer Players Club Funfest, Evart Michigan August 2-8 • The Swannanoa Gathering - Dulcimer Week, Asheville, NC    
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Last Updated on Thursday, 07 May 2009 12:36 |
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Written by Dan Landrum
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Monday, 02 February 2009 15:34 |
 My old hometown of Kennett, Missouri is still reeling from last week's ice storm. It is one of many small towns in similar situations.
According to this report by a Memphis TV station (you'll have to click in the upper right hand column of the page to start the video) electric crews are going to have to rebuild from the ground up the entire city's electrical grid which feeds over 13 thousand homes. The report focuses on a nursing home where my mother lives.
My sister, Lori, sent me the picture above showing the kind of damage which can be seen on every street. Hundreds of telephone poles are snapped in two. Much of the town will be lucky to see electricity restored before the end of February. Nearly every tree is damaged or destroyed.
It is interesting how little national media attention is garnered when small town life is devastated by disaster. The number of effected people reaches into the tens of thousands when you consider the surrounding small towns in similar situations. I think it is simply a matter of the big news outlets reporting on what is easy and sensational. Small town folk just roll up their sleeves and go to work putting things back together again. It isn't sensational, but it is what makes a nation strong.
Hang in there Kennett. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 February 2009 05:34 |
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