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Dulcimer workshop resurrects sounds of mountain music
Professional panel will play and teach on the old instrument
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Dulcimers come in all shapes and sizes. A workshop on how to play the instrument will be conducted Sunday at Fairview Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville. - photo by Rob Swystun
Sounds from the early traditions of the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer will be heard as instruments from the era are played during a living museum workshop Aug. 16 in Lawrenceville. The workshop will be 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, in the Fellowship Hall of Fairview Presbyterian Church, 857 Duluth Highway, in Lawrenceville. A panel of presenters will give the history of the early mountaineers travels and settlement along the Philadelphia Wagon Road, then the Wilderness Road blazed by Daniel Boone and his axmen in 1775.