Saturday, November 16th 12:30p-2:30p $40.

For the Beyond Beginner thru Intermediate level player. A collection of 15 holiday songs in an 18-page handout covering 4 different tunings and 3 different keys. Arrangements include some fingerpicking, some flatpicking, and some traditional strumming - many with harmony line options. Have fun exploring playing in the keys of D major, G major, and D minor with some easy to play songs as well as some more challenging ones to work on. Students should be able to tune their instruments and are expected to bring their own dulcimers to this workshop. 

"Musician & educator Wanda Degen first saw a mountain dulcimer at an arts & crafts show at the MSU Union when she was a freshman at MSU in December of 1971. Elderly Instruments opened up at its first location in East Lansing shortly thereafter. A few years later Wanda had built her 1st dulcimer and soon began performing as well as writing up tablature, organizing songs swaps, and teaching lessons. She offered private instruction at Elderly for over 45 years and has taught workshops at numerous festivals all over Michigan including Wheatland, Hiawatha, Bliss, the ODPC Funfest, & the Midland Folk Festival. From 2014-2023 Wanda was on the faculty of Interlochen's College of Creative Arts - Adult Programming as an instructor (and organizer) of the Mountain Dulcimer Immersive. She simply loves sharing what she knows about playing this instrument. Wanda describes herself as a "handout heavy" instructor. Participants can expect to have an abundance of material to take home to continue exploring & learning from."