Events Calendar - PeggyCarter.com

Events Calendar - Updated regularly.

The Merry Waits of Windsor

"The Albeni Falls Pipe Concert." Aug. '06 ... Peggy performs with Irish Tenor Jon Brownell.

Peggy, Eric & Kate

PEGGY CARTER'S 2008 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE -

Feb. 5, at 7:00: Mitchell Intermediate School Winter Choir Concert at The Woodlands United Methodist Church in The Woodlands, on Lake Woodlands Drive. Peggy will play a hammer dulcimer accompaniment for their performance of Kalanta Of The New Year.

Feb. 8 - 9: Central Florida Dulcimer and Autoharp Festival in Mt. Dora, FL. For info, contact Ruth Harnden: dulcirah@msn.com.

Peggy is teaching: "Lovely Minor Tunes" for MD (Star of the County Down and Wayfaring Stranger); and "Two Appalachian Tunes" for MD The Jack Fish and Shady Grove (Using A Capo); and "Playing Jigs" for HD (3 Jig Exercises, Regan's Jig, and "Banks Of Newfoundland."

Feb. 15 - 16: Texas Music Educators Assn. Convention in San Antonio. Peggy is accompanying "Kalanta Of The New Year " on HD for the Mitchell Intermediate School Chor, in their HONOR CHOIR performance on Thurs. Feb. 15 at noon.

March 25 & 29: Artistic Residency at Kohrville Elementary School, Spring TX

April 20: Sandpoint Church Of The Nazarene in Sandpoint ID. Peggy will present special music, performing some of her own original Praise Music, written for HD and Praise Choir.

April 25 - 26: Spring Fling Festival in Portland, OR. Peggy will teach HD workshops for Beginners (Beyond Melody - first steps in embellishing using 2 hymns, Ode To Joy and Amazing Grace); Advanced Beginners (Using Arpeggios to Accompany 2 Irish Songs); Intermediate (Exercises to develop Jig hammer patterns and learn a Jig Medley from County Clare, Ireland); and Advanced (Play "Dream" by learning how to play chromatics on a non-chromatic HD). http://www.peteballerstedt.com/sfr08.htm

June 6 - 7; Yellow Banks Dulcimer Festival: Owensboro, KY. Peggy will teach 5 workshops – 4 for HD and 1 for MD and HD ensemble. Beg. 1 HD ( Using 3rds & 6ths to harmonize Ode To Joy and Amazing Grace; Beg. 2 HD (Rx for the Lazy Left Hand Syndrome - or How to become an "Ambidulcimist" and play Whiskey Before Breakfast; Int. HD ("Red White and Bluegrass" - Red Wing, White Cockade, & Blackberry Blossom); and Adv. HD (Jigs & Reels, Exercises and 2 great tunes- Glendart Jig and Over The Moor To Maggie); and Ensemble for Int. MD and HD, plus mandolin, banjo & bass if you like (Star Of Hope and Uncle Joe). www.yellowbanksdulcimer.org

July 17 - 20: ODPC Funfest in Evart MI. Peggy is teaching 7 workshops for HD and 1 for MD. (Link to workshop descriptions and music) http://www.dulcimers.com/evartpage.html

August 17 - 22 – Alabama Folk School (HD): at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo Alabama. "Hammer Hands - Dulcimer Tunes and Tricks" for "progressing" hammer dulcimer players (Beginners thru Intermediate). Learn how to get that "dulcimery" sound on favorites like Amazing Grace and Old Joe Clark. Create great intros and endings. Play "Ragamuffin" style backup. Add many new tunes to your repertoire – lots of Celtic tunes and old time fiddle tunes.

http://www.campmcdowell.com/FolkSchool/schedule.htm (links for both HD and MD)

August 22-24: Alabama Folk School (MD): at Camp McDowell in Nauvoo Alabama. "All Tuned Up And Ready To Go" - If you're tuned to DAD and can strum a steady beat you're ready for a weekend of tunes and techniques. Strumming styles for the right hand, Chords for the left hand - Simple enough for a beginner with some challenging ideas for "fill-ins" for advancing players.

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NEW 2008 Workshops by Peggy Carter!

Coming Soon!


Mt. Dora, Fla. Feb 8-9, 2008! Newspaper article!	The banjo player is Bill Snuggs from Houston, and John Wilson from Mt. Dora is playing guitar. On Stage at Mt Dora!

2007 "Evidence" that Peggy's been out and about, teaching and generally having lots of fun!

Heritage Dulcimer Camp at Kansas City, Mo. 2007

Kentucky Music Weekend - 2007

Dulcimer Gathering - Des Moines, Iowa - 2007

Master Class at the SCDH Festival in Dana Point, CA 2007.

Here's a hint for practicing:

".........reporting on a study at Johns Hopkins University on learning
physical skills that "required unusually precise and rapid hand movements" (sound
anything like playing the dulcimer?).

The study showed that it took the brain six hours to 'learn' the new
skill, whereby it was stored in a more long-term memory part of the brain.
This six hours is not more practice, but resting time, and is hampered if
an attempt os made to learn some other skill in that time.

The researcher, Dr. Henry Holcomb, said "If you [were learning] a ... piece
for the first time and then immediately started practicing someting else,
it would cause problems in retention of the initial piece you practiced.
It would be better if the initial practice was followed by six hours of
routine activity that required no new learning."

I hope this helps us all...I think I'll go take 6 hours of not practicing
right now.

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