The 21st annual Gebhard Woods Dulcimer Festival will be held June 14-15, 2008 at Gebhard Woods State Park, Morris, IL

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Benefit Concert and Workshop

A Sampler Concert and workshop to benifit the Festival will be held April 12,2008 at the Harding, IL community center.

A new feature which was started at the 2007 Sampler Concert is a Silent Auction. If you are interested in donating an item to be sold at the 2008 auction, please contact David Lynch by email or phone 708-481-7884

Raffle

As usual, there will be a raffle this year. Tickets will go on sale at the Sampler Concert and be available up to and including the festival weekend. If you would like to donate a Raffle prize, please contact Steve Schafer by email or by phone: 708-479-8111.

Yahoo group

We have set up a GWDF Yahoo group. Anyone interested in receiving festival information from time to time by email can join the group. You can also use it as a discussion group. To join the group, please go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GWDF and click on "Join this Group!".

Performer Bios and Workshop Descriptions

Motels for 2008

If you are planning to attend the festival and would like to get Motel reservations in the Morris Area, please book early. Information at Park and Accommodation or Morris-Illinois.com

Corporate Sponsorship

The Festival Committee is actively looking for Corporate Sponsors for this year's festival. If your Business or Corporation is interested, please contact Diane Bruske by email or by phone: 708-479-8111.

Donations

If you would like to make a donation to HANDS of Illinois, Inc. (Hammers and Noters Dulcimer Society of Illinois, Inc.), you may do so using PayPal by clicking the button below. Your donation will help with performer fees and the general expenses involved in putting on the festival

Note on Web Site Updates

Updates to this site are made as information becomes available and when Webvizier has the time. You may find some of the links take you to pages that are for last year's festival.

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Page last updated 1/23/2008