Hello and thanks for visiting Dittyville!
Fall is here and although times are still unsteady we strive to thrive. Carl and I hope you are all safe and finding ways to stay busy with activities you enjoy and keep your spirits up this Autumn. We try to do that here at Dittyville and are grateful for the many small pleasures of our 1st summer here in southwest Virginia not spent on tour. The garden was bountiful and canning batches of our own salsa, sauce, pears, peaches and hot sauce filled us with a sense of accomplishment. We will enjoy taste of summer in our jars of veg and fruit this winter and we’ve given some away too. Plus, we’ve had a few, small jams with friends outside here or within a couple hours drive. These gatherings meant so much more now that they’re so rare.
Music for Kids: Carl and I work part-time for Alleghany JAM (Junior Appalachian Musicians) program which just started up again. All the kids get private lessons this year (mostly online) and the teachers and staff made a tune & songbook book for the children which we’re really proud of. It includes heritage musician bios that teach kids about traditional musicians in the area…pretty cool.
Livestream Concert! Carl and I are going to give a concert of our original tunes and songs live on facebook and youtube on SAT, September 26th at 2pm EST (11am Pacific time or 7pm UK time). Here’s a link to our new facebook artist page where it will happen: https://www.facebook.com/Dittyville Please save the date and tune in!
New Caps – We ordered some Dittyville caps in some cool new colors! You can pick one up yourself in the Dittyville store on this website!
Online Music Classes start in one week! Our summer classes were a blast so we’re offering fall classes for Fiddle, Guitar & Clawhammer Banjo. We’re offering the $75 Corona special again. You get six 1 hour music classes on zoom (they’re fun group workshops) plus we provide fiddle sheet music (beginners get music with fingerings) from me or banjo tab/ guitar chord charts/exercise sheets from Carl if you take his classes. The best part is each lesson is recorded on zoom and stays up for a week after each class so you can watch it anytime if you were busy the day of the lesson or you can download the lesson on your hardrive to keep. Here’s the schedule:
Erynn’s Intermediate Fiddle Class A – 11am EST Sundays: Sept 20 to Oct 25
Erynn’s Intermediate Fiddle Class B – 1pm EST Sundays: Sept 20 to Oct 25
Erynn’s Adv-Beg/Early-Int Fiddle Class – 7pm EST Tuesdays: Sept 22 to Oct 27
Carl’s intermediate+ guitar class – 3:30pm Sundays: Sept 20 – Oct 25
Carl’s intermediate clawhammer banjo 7pm EST Mondays: Sept 21 – Oct 26
To register write us at info@dittyville.com and the $75 payment may be sent via paypal and venmo at http://paypal.me/dittyville or www.venmo.com/dittyville
Patreon Video Lessons: We love being on Patreon. We teach a tune a month on fiddle/mando/guitar/banjo and providing songwriting tips, recipes, music, tab, lesson videos and more for $3, $6 or $10 a month! Check out all the music goodies we offer here: https://www.patreon.com/dittyville
Well that’s our fall update. Thanks for stopping by. These days it’s good to have a way to find refuge, (health breaks), from the stress of the pandemic, politics, fighting for what we believe in, or upheaval in the natural world. Here’s to brighter, safer days ahead. It’s good to remember when we play music or engage in any form of art we live in the moment… free from worry and strife. Music is very precious right now…
Take care, Erynn and Carl
