YEARS PAST SCHEDULES
• Performer • Workshop Instructor • Songwriter • Poet • Private Lessons •
YEARS PAST SCHEDULES
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| DATE & TIME | EVENT | LOCATION | INFORMATION |
| January 27 - 30 | Key West Dulcimer Festival Cancelled for 2011!!! |
Key West, Florida Key West Website |
Contact: Linda |
| February 11 - 12 | Central Florida Dulcimer and Autoharp Festival |
Mt Dora, Florida | Contact Linda or Ruth Harnden |
| February 24 - 26 | WORKSHOPDonna & Nick Dunckel's home |
12971 Cortez Lane Los Altos Hills, California 94022 |
Phone: 650.948.5777 or eMail Donna & Nick Dunckel 3 day workshop offers 12 hours of lessons featuring some of Linda's most beautiful songs and covering such topics as: sustain, getting up and down the fret board efficiently, preparation involved in perfecting a song, exploration of various rhythms in developing a song. The cost of this 3 day workshop is $150 which includes all meals as well as evening concerts featuring Linda. The workshop is limited to 15 students so sign up early to insure your place. |
| February | West Coast Workshop last weekend in feb |
Los Altos Hills, California 40 miles south of San Francisco |
Contact: Linda |
| June 6 - 11 | Dulcimerville | Black Mountain North Carolina Dulcimerville Website |
Contact Person: Lois Hornbostel |
| Sept (Check in after lunch on Wednesday leave after breakfast on Sunday.) |
Girls Only Weekend Diva Dulcimer Retreat With Linda Brockinton |
Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp & Conference Center Little Rock, Arkansas |
Cost:$200 This is a limited space retreat. Thur., Fri. and Sat. we will have 4 hours of instruction, 2 in the morn and 2 in the afternoon. The focus of the music for this retreat is learning to find harmony, writing parts and light theory. The focus for the long weekend is for rest and renewal. We will have a continental breakfast, class, a light lunch, class, dinner and fun-filled evenings of performing for each other, a BBQ, jamming and mini concerts. This is a large house with 20 bunks. It also has a meeting room, living room, dining room and 4 bathrooms. There are 2 hiking trails and and 2 lakes also on the 1500 acre retreat. We have about 15 signed up now so don't wait too long. When the beds are full that will be it. Contact Linda Brockinton Phone: 501.231.8212 |
| Sept 21 - 23 | Melodies and Musing: Our Appalachian Legacy Website |
1805 Gunter Ave, A-1 Guntersville, Alabama |
Beginning, intermediate and advanced workshops. Contact: Jean Ann Moon |
| October 7 - 8 | Little Rock Dulcimer Weekend | Little Rock, Arkansas Festival Website |
Contact: Linda Phone: 501.765.1131 |
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| DATE & TIME | EVENT | LOCATION | INFORMATION |
| March 10 - 14 | Buckeye Dulcimer Festival | Ashley, Ohio Buckeye Website |
Linda will be teaching Advance Level workshops. |
| March 22 - 24 | Arkansas Dulcimer Jamboree | Ozark Folk Center Mountain View, Arkansas |
For more information, contact Linda. |
| May 1 | Dulcimer Day in Duluth Dulcimer Day Website |
First United Methodist Church (Coppertop Church) 230 E. Skyline Parkway Duluth, Minnesota |
Linda will be teaching five workshops. E-Mail Wendy Grethen or call 218.525.5098 for more information. |
| June 7 - 12 | Dulcimerville | Black Mountain North Carolina Dulcimerville Website |
Linda will be teaching a progressing intermediate course. Also check schedule for her performances. <See festival information here.)> Contact Person: Lois Hornbostel |
| July 25 - 30 | Heritage Dulcimer Camp Cancelled for 2010!!! |
Parkville, Missouri Heritage Website |
Linda will be conducting workshops and mini seminars. Contact: Sharon Lindenmeyer - .785.472.4285 |
| August 13 - 15 | Arkansas Dulcimer Geteway | Little Rock, Arkansas Geteway Website |
Linda will be teaching advanced beginner mountain dulcimer. Contact Jim Munns Phone: 501.765.1131 or Sharon Hargus |
| Sept 15 - 19 (Check in after lunch on Wednesday leave after breakfast on Sunday.) |
Girls Only Weekend Diva Dulcimer Retreat With Linda Brockinton |
Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp & Conference Center Little Rock, Arkansas |
Cost:$200 This is a limited space retreat. Thur., Fri. and Sat. we will have 4 hours of instruction, 2 in the morn and 2 in the afternoon. The focus of the music for this retreat is learning to find harmony, writing parts and light theory. The focus for the long weekend is for rest and renewal. We will have a continental breakfast, class, a light lunch, class, dinner and fun-filled evenings of performing for each other, a BBQ, jamming and mini concerts. This is a large house with 20 bunks. It also has a meeting room, living room, dining room and 4 bathrooms. There are 2 hiking trails and and 2 lakes also on the 1500 acre retreat. We have about 15 signed up now so don't wait too long. When the beds are full that will be it. Contact Linda Brockinton Phone: 501.231.8212 |
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| DATE & TIME | EVENT | LOCATION | INFORMATION |
| Jan 10 | Dulcimer Class with Linda | Fort Smith, Arkansas |
Contact Penny Brickman for location and time. |
| March 10 - 14 | Buckeye Dulcimer Festival | Ashley, Ohio Buckeye Website |
Linda will be teaching Advance Level workshops and she will be performing in the Staff Concert. |
| March 21 11am - 2pm |
Spring Fling Foodie Event | Little Rock, Arkansas |
For more information, contact Charlotte Hall Or Linda. |
| May 1 - 2 | Rail Spitter Dulcimer Festival New Festival!!! |
River Bank Lodge (523 South 6th Street) Petersburg, Illinois |
Held at the River Bank Lodge beginning at 5 P.M. on Friday. Saturday Concert will be at the New Salem Park Visitor Center. Featured will be Larry & Elaine Conger and Linda Brockinton. Everything will be indoors. $70 advance registration. Schedule will be much the same as the duet workshop at the Dixie which was cancelled for Aug 22 - 23. E-Mail Jerry Cripe or call 217-532-4551 for more information and registration forms. |
| May 8 - 10 | Branson Spring Social | Branson, Missouri Festival Website |
Contact Person: Rod |
| June 21 - 26 | Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer Week View WCU Flyer |
Cullowhee, NC WCU Website |
Linda will be teaching Int-adv fingerpicking with Nina Zanetti, this yrs national champ as her assistant. She will have duet parts to all her fingerpick tab -- Fingerpicking from A-Z. Also check schedule for her performances. Contact Person: Bobby R. Hensley |
| July 25 | Redwood Dulcimer Day | Bonny Doon, California Dulcimer Day Website |
Linda's review. |
| August 14 - 15 (exact dates to be announced) |
Arkansas Dulcimer Get Away | Little Rock, Arkansas Get Away Website |
Linda will be teaching advanced beginner mountain dulcimer. Contact Jim Munns Phone: 501.765.1131 |
| August 22 - 23 | Dulcimer Duets at the Dixie
Cancelled!!! (See listing for May 1-2 Rail Splitter Festival) |
Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center Huntingdon, Tennessee |
See the listing for the New Festival held May 1 - 2. It will be much the same as this festival was. |
| September 2 - 5 | "Passages Through Time" Federation Of Genealogical Societies 2009 National Conference Local Host, Arkansas Genealogical Society |
Little Rock Statehouse Convention Center Little Rock, Arkansas Federation Website |
See www.fgsconference.org for more details. |
| September 16 after noon till Sunday Morn (exact dates to be announced) |
Girls Only Weekend Dulcimer Retreat With Linda Brockinton |
Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp & Conference Center Little Rock, Arkansas |
Cost:$200 This is a limited space retreat. Thur., Fri. and Sat. we will have 4 hours of instruction, 2 in the morn and 2 in the afternoon. The focus of the music for this retreat is learning to find harmony, writing parts and light theory. The focus for the long weekend is for rest and renewal. We will have a continental breakfast, class, a light lunch, class, dinner and fun-filled evenings of performing for each other, a BBQ, jamming and mini concerts. This is a large house with 20 bunks. It also has a meeting room, living room, dining room and 4 bathrooms. There are 2 hiking trails and and 2 lakes also on the 1500 acre retreat. We have about 15 signed up now so don't wait too long. When the beds are full that will be it. Contact Linda Brockinton Phone: 501.231.8212 |
| Sept 23 - 26 | Melodies and Musing: Our Appalachian Legacy Website |
1805 Gunter Ave, A-1 Guntersville, Alabama |
Beginning, intermediate and advanced workshops. Linda will perform on Saturday. Contact: Festival Organizers |
| Nov 19 - 22 | North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association (NGFDA) Fall Festival |
Unicoi State Park Lodge Helen, Georgia |
Concerts and workshops with Linda. Contact: Mike - 404.822.3666 |
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| January 25 - 27 |  Celtic Connections Eureka |
Eureka Springs, Arkansas Celtic Website |
Enjoy a special weekend devoted to Robert Burns, Scotland's most famous Bard, as we celebrate his 249th birthday. Robert Burns Night Suppers again will be hosted by the 1886 Crescent Hotel on both Friday and Saturday evenings. Celtic Heartstrings, Linda Brockinton and flutist Brenda Ramsey, perform Friday and Saturday evening at Doc Baker's Lounge and at Sunday Brunch in the Crystal Dining Room on January 27th. Burn's Night attendees will also enjoy Linda's musical workshop on Saturday afternoon at the Crescent Hotel. For more information, call 479-363-0363 |
| March 6 - 9 | Buckeye Dulcimer Festival | Ashley, Ohio Buckeye Website |
Linda will be teaching Advance Level workshops and she will be performing in the Staff Concert. |
| May 2 - 3 | Winston/Salem Dulcimer Festival |
Winston-Salem, NC Festival Website |
Contact Person: Terry Lefler Linda will be teaching several Intermediate and Advance Level workshops on a variety of subjects and she will be performing in the Saturday night concert. |
| June 22 - 27 | Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer Week |
Cullowhee, NC WCU Website |
Linda will be teaching an 15-hr. intermediate course mountain dulcimer. Also introducing an ensemble class by Linda and Larry Conger in the afternoon. Contact Person: Bobby R. Hensley |
| August 13 | Kirk Summer Supper | Alexander, Arkansas | Linda will be performing starting at 5:30 p.m. The after dinner program will be centered around the history of the Kirk'n. Contact Person: Sally Fink |
| August 15 - 16 | Arkansas Dulcimer Get Away | Little Rock, Arkansas Get Away Website |
Linda will be teaching advanced beginner mountain dulcimer. Contact Jim Munns Phone: 501.765.1131 |
| August 23 - 24 | Dulcimer Duets at the Dixie | Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center Huntingdon, Tennessee |
Linda and Larry Conger will host another festival at the Dixie! E-Mail Elaine Conger for more information. |
| September 17 after noon till Sunday Morn |
Girls Only Weekend Dulcimer Retreat With Linda Brockinton |
Ferncliff Presbyterian Camp & Conference Center Little Rock, Arkansas |
Cost:$200 This is a limited space retreat. Thur., Fri. and Sat. we will have 4 hours of instruction, 2 in the morn and 2 in the afternoon. The focus of the music for this retreat is learning to find harmony, writing parts and light theory. The focus for the long weekend is for rest and renewal. We will have a continental breakfast, class, a light lunch, class, dinner and fun-filled evenings of performing for each other, a BBQ, jamming and mini concerts. This is a large house with 20 bunks. It also has a meeting room, living room, dining room and 4 bathrooms. There are 2 hiking trails and and 2 lakes also on the 1500 acre retreat. We have about 15 signed up now so don't wait too long. When the beds are full that will be it. Contact Linda Brockinton Phone: 501.231.8212 |
| December 7 | Newport Presbyterian Church | Newport, Arkansas | Linda will be performing at 11am for the Sunday morning service. Contact Allen Ford, Minister 523-3733 |
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| January 18 - 21 | Workshops Celtic Connections Eureka |
Eureka Springs, Arkansas | The workshops will be held on the 18th at 1:00, the 19th at 4:00, the 20th at 4:00, and then Celtic Heartstrings performs Friday evening at the Basin Park Hotel and Saturday evening at the Crescent Hotel |
| March 2 - 3 | Dulcimer Association of Albany Mountain Dulcimer Fest |
Website | |
| March 7 - 11 | Buckeye Dulcimer Festival | Linda will be teaching Advance Level workshops and she will be performing in the Staff Concert. | |
| June 24 - 29 | Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer Week |
Cullowhee, North Carolina Website |
Linda will be teaching an 11-hr. course in Novice (advanced beginner) mountain dulcimer. |
| August 10 - 11 | Arkansas Dulcimer Get Away | Website |
Linda will be teaching advanced beginner mountain dulcimer. |
| August 24 - 25 | Dulcimer Duets at the Dixie | Linda and Larry Conger will host another festival at the Dixie! E-Mail Linda or Larry Conger for more information. | |
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| January 14 | Prairie Dulcimer Club Winter Warmer Festival |
Website | Pre festival jam at Jim Curley's Mountain Music Shoppe on Friday, Jan. 13th from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. |
| February 18 | Celtic Fair & Art Exhibition | Website | Sponsored by Arkansas Celtic Music Society |
| March 25 - 26 | First Presbyterian Church | Heber Springs, Arkansas | There will be refreshments in the gallery. |
| August 11 - 12 | Little Rock Dulcimer Getaway | Website | |
| August 25-26 | Dulcimer Duets at The Dixie | Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center Huntingdon, Tennessee |
Duet Workshops with Linda Brockinton & Larry Conger Contact Lee Warren |
| October 19 - 22 | Dulcimer Chautauqua on the Wabash | New Harmony, Indiana Go to Maureen Sellers' website. |
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| December 2 | Jupiter Java Coffee Shop | Hwy 5 in Bryant, Arkansas | |
| December 3 | Newport Presbyterian Church | Newport, Arkansas | Linda will be performing at 11am for the Sunday morning service. Contact Allen Ford, Minister 523-3733 |
| December 8 - 9 | Heber Springs Presbyterian Church | Heber Springs, Arkansas | Linda will be playing for a church wide family dinner on Saturday and for the Sunday morning service. |
| December 19 | Park Hill Baptist Church | North Little Rock, Arkansas | Linda will be performing a Christmas lunch program for the Senior Adult Ministry Contact Fred Helms 753-1221 |
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| February 19 | Arkansas Celtic Music Society Celtic Fair & Art Exhibition |
Mabelvale United Methodist Church 10500 Woodman Street Mabelvale, Arkansas 72103 Website |
12 noon to 8 p.m. $10 Admission includes meal & music. Celtic music and food, Irish dancing, Irish wolfhounds and Arkansas craftsmen and artists. |
| April 14 - 16 | Old-Time Music Weekend | Hot Springs, Arkansas | Contact the Festival Organizer |
| third weekend in May | Jubilee of Acoustic Music festival | Held at Longview College Kansas City area |
The festival will include workshops, a Saturday night headliner concert, mini-concerts, and opportunities to jam. |
| June 12 | Ordination Service | Graham Memorial Presbyterian Church Forrest City, Arkansas |
5pm |
| July | Kentucky Music Week | Bardstown, Kentucky Website |
Email Nancy Johnson Barker Or call her at 502-348-5237 Mail to: KMW, Inc., PO Box 86, Bardstown, KY 40004. |
| August 12 - 13 | Little Rock Dulcimer Getaway | Pulaski Heights Baptist Church Website |
Mountain and Hammer Dulcimer Workshops • Open Stage • Directed Jams • Friday Evening Concert • Vendors • Meals on site |
| September 10 | Haynesville Celebration of Butterflies | Haynesville, Arkansas Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds Website |
Butterfly Parade at 9:30 AM. Educational workshops, musical entertainment, creative fun for kids and a nature photography contest. |
| September 15 | Russelville Tech Music Department | 7:30 History of the Mountain Dulcimer, and O'Carolan & His Music. All are welcome (free) | |
| September 19 | Presbytery of Arkansas | ||
| September 30 - October 2 | Sawdust Dulcimer Festival | ||
| November 26 | Bryant Coffee Shop | ||
| December 5 | Celtic Service | First Presbyterian Church Newport, Arkansas |
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| February 14 | Pops Accoustic Revue | Website | Linda Brockinton and Happenstance |
| February 27 | Ferndale Extension Homemakers Beans and Cornbread Fundraiser |
Ferndale Community Center | Fri from 5-7 Ferndale Extension Homemakers annual Beans and Cornbread fundraiser. Contact Person Marcella Grimmett: 501-821-3148 |
| February 28 | Touchpoint | Little Rock, Arkansas Open House 2 to 4 |
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| February 29 | Kirk of the Pines Presbyterian Church | Both services on Sunday | |
| March 19 | Opening at the Hastings Music Store |
6:00 PM - They sell books, videos and cds. They are a big book store and I look forward to participating in their grand opening. Please stop by to see me and browse through their great products. | |
| April 16 - 18 | NGFDA's Spring Festival | Hard Creek State Park | |
| May 12 - 15 | Spring Dulcimer Festival | Branson, Missouri Website |
Sponsored by DreamCatcher Resort and Hunter's Friend Resort Phone: 800-577-0345 or 800-338-2842 E-mail: dreamcatcher@pcis.net or handan@huntersfriendresort.com Build and learn to play your own mountain dulcimer, attend beginner, intermediate and advanced classes, and maybe find that special music CD that you've been looking for. Look forward to the "Ice Breaker Breakfast" and a catered dinner. |
| Kentucky Music Week (KMW) | Bardstown, Kentucky KMW Website |
E-Mail or call Nancy Johnson Barker, 502-348-5237 KMW, Inc. P.O. Box 86 Bardstown, KY 40004 |
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| DATE & TIME | EVENT | LOCATION | INFORMATION |
| January 17 - 18 | Kentucky Music Winter Weekend | Bardstown, Kentucky Website |
E-mail or call Nancy Barker at 502-348-5237 Mail to: KMW, Inc., PO Box 86, Bardstown, KY 40004 |
| February 28 | Ferndale Extension Homemakers Beans and Cornbread Fundraiser |
Ferndale Extension Community Center | 5-7pm -- Proceeds go for Community Center Yearly Upkeep. Contact Marcella Grimmett: 501-821-3148 |
| March 29 | Saline Memorial Hospital | Fund Raiser Style Show at the hospital 11:30 - 1:30 | |
| May 16 - 18 | Dulcimer Days | Coshocton, Ohio Website |
Call 800-877-1830 for information. Featuring the Mid-Eastern Regional Dulcimer Championships. Music workshops, jam sessions, dulcimer competitions, concerts, and more complete this musical weekend. Performances are held at Lake Park Pavilion. |
| May 23 - 25 | Southern Ohio Dulcimer Festival | Ripley, Ohio | Please visit Mel's Website for current informaiton. |
| June 7 | 50th Wedding Reception for Ellen Moses |
St Lukes Episcopal Church | 4:00 - 6:00 PM |
| July 22 - 27 | SAMFest'03 | Cypresswood Christian Community Center Houston, Trxas |
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| November 15 - 16 | Great Smokey Mt. Dulcimer Retreat | Pigeon Forge, Tennessee | 3 classes, 1 Novice, 1 Intermediate, 1 Advanced Saturday night concert, Sunday morning Hymn-sing E-mail Bill Taylor or call him at 865-428-8960 |
2011