The North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association (NGFDA)

Presents:

A Day with Joe Collins

Saturday, August 17, 2024

McDonough Presbyterian Church, 427 McGarity Road, McDonough, GA 30252

This live on-site festival will be geared towards mountain dulcimer players who are between the Advanced Novice and Intermediate Plus levels. This will be a great opportunity to spend more than 5 hours learning with Joe Collins and then hear Joe give a concert.  In addition to learning some new techniques and songs, you will be able to renew some old acquaintances and make some new friends.  Joe will be bringing some CDs and books to sell and there will be a sale/swap table for festival attendees.  The cost will be $45 for the entire day. If you want Lunch included the cost will be $55.00. More details will be provided soon, but for now, please mark your calendars!

This live on-site festival is geared towards mountain dulcimer players who are between

Advanced Novice and Intermediate Plus. For some players, these workshops may be a

bit of a stretch (which might not be bad) and for others, they may provide reinforcement

for what you already know (which might also not be bad).

If you have played the dulcimer any length of

time, you will be familiar with Joe. After

competing in a number of competitions and

winning several regional competitions over a

ten-year period, he won the National Mountain

Dulcimer Championship in 2007 in Winfield,

KS. Over the past twenty-five years, he has

had the opportunity to teach and play in

festivals from California to the east coast, from

Florida to Vermont, and a lot of places in

between.

This festival will feature more than 5 hours of

instruction, an instructor concert and the

opportunity to interact with other dulcimer

players. Joe will have several of his books

and CDs for sale. If attendees have any

dulcimers or dulcimer related merchandise

they would like to sell, we will also have a

sale/swap table.

Participants must be pre-registered.

See the next several pages for the detailed schedule and registration information.