WINTER CREEK REUNION

Winter Creek Reunion is an acoustic music festival that takes place on the banks of Winter Creek in Bennington, OK, the dulcimer capital of the USA. It is sponsored by David's Dulcimers and the Red River Valley Dulcimer Club. It was started as a get together to work on David's shop in 2002 by musician friends and grew into what we now call Winter Creek Reunion.

Cheryl and David Turner along with Mike and Brenda Jeter were the driving force in getting Winter Creek Reunion on its feet in the beginning years. As the Red River Valley Dulcimer Club grew and gained strength it was able to take over many of the duties of getting the festival ready. This had been the vision of David's Dulcimers, the Turners, and the Jeter's from the beginning. The club now runs the festival and is very excited about its future.

Winter Creek Reunion is a free festival and offers workshops in hammer dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, guitar, banjo, autoharp, fiddle, rythmn, and shape note signing. You will always find someone jamming and are all are welcome to join. There is camping on the grounds available for rv's and tents along with a campground at Masterworks close by. Vendors are also available to offer a variety of crafts and musical products. Everyone enjoys the afternoon and evening concerts as well. Everyone loves the relaxing, laid-back country atmosphere of the festival. You'll feel like you've been to a family reunion by the time you leave!

Come be a part of this wonderful event that takes place the first weekend of October each year. Visit the club's website at www.rrvdc.com/ for information and registration.

Here are some of the performers for Winter Creek Reunion 2010!!!

Our all-time favorite dulcimer player, Bill Spence, will be joining us as a performer and workshop leader. Be ready to listen to some great old-time New England tunes as he plays some toe-tapping music that everyone is going to love!

Bing Futch from Florida will be joining us again this year. We had such a great response from everyone at last year's festival that we wanted him to come back and continue his spell-binding music.

Jeanean Martin from Maryland plays a mean hammered dulcimer! We are very privedged to have Jeanean and her family join us. Get to rock and roll with lots of old-time music from her and her family. Visit their website at:

www.themartinfamilyband.com.

The Martin Family Band is a family music group from Maryland which has been performing since 1995. Besides being invited to play in such diverse places as Ireland, New Mexico, Washington D.C. and Germany, they were recently awarded a showcase and scholarship for Traditional Music Group at the 2010 Folk Alliance in Memphis, Tennessee. Each member of the family has their own distinct talents and accomplishments, and as a group they present a lively and masterful blend of traditional folk music.

Our super favorite family will be back!! The Wright family will be joining us to teach workshops (Margaret on mt. dulcimer and shape-note singing, Lloyd on mt. dulcimer and banjo), perform, and jamming. What great fun. You won't want to miss any of their talents. They were a driving force behind the great time everyone had last year!

David Moran and Joe Morgan will also be joining us this year at Winter Creek Reunion.
David Moran and Joe Morgan are a hammered dulcimer & guitar duo rapidly taking the world by storm. They teamed up in 1995 and the world of hammered dulcimer and guitar music has never been the same. While both are well versed in the traditional fiddle tunes that many associate with the hammered dulcimer, they have expanded their musical vision to include music from a variety of sources. Tunes from around the world, original compositions, hymns and gospel tunes, contemporary popular music and the occasional a cappella duet are all included in their repertoire. This diversity has been well received by the dulcimer world. As a result, David and Joe are featured performers andinstructors at festivals from coast to coast.