Rick Thum

The First Newsletter has been Mailed

The first newsletter has just been emailed to those of you who have signed up on the website. I hope you will enjoy it. Now that I know how to use it I will be sending them out more often. Please sign up if you are not and would like to be. Thanks!

Now Making Dulcimers with Dampers

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Cabin Fever at the Sheldon Theater

The photographer took some great pictures. Click on the read more button below to find the link to see them. Wow what a great time we had. Judging from the comments that we heard so far, it sounds like you the audience had a great time too. The Sheldon is the perfect place to hear our style of music, perfect size, intimate feeling and great acoustics. Put that together with a fun audience and you could only get a wonderful night of entertainment. I would love to hear what you have to say about the performance in our comments section. Please send them in so that others can see what they missed. We will be at the Sheldon again on Tuesday August 17, 2010. I hope to see you all there again and please bring some friends with you.

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Car Show Fun

On Easter Sunday I entered my truck into the St. Louis Forest Park Easter Car Show. Since my truck is a 1935 Ford Panel Truck it was entered into the Hot Rod Trucks 1948 and Earlier division. I met a lot of people and had many inquire about the dulcimer. It was a good day and got even better when I found out that my truck won Top Three in its class. The voting is done by all who are entered. The sun was hot and I got a sunburn.

A to Z Florida

Due to popular demand I will be teaching my A to Z Workshop in Mt. Dora right after the Central Florida Dulcimer & Autoharp Festival. The dates for the A to Z Hammered Dulcimer Workshop are Feb. 14,15 &16 (Monday, Tuesday &Wednesday) 2011.
Class will run from 9 to 11:30 am and 12:30 to 4:00pm daily. The location is the Congregational Church of Mount Dora, 650 N. Donnelly St., Mt. Dora, FL 32757. The cost is $165 for all three days. Contact Rick Thum at 314-406-0690 or email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to sign up. Registration is limited so sign up early.

The class starts at the basic beginning so that we all have the same vocabulary and skills, and then continues to get into more and more detail as we go. ALL LEVELS WILL GET SOMTHING FROM THIS CLASS. I have taught this class for seven years and offer a full refund if it does not help you. I have never had to do a refund. If you want to get to the next level, if your playing has been stagnate, if you don't know what else to do to get better, this is the class for you. Contact me today and I will see you there.