Shady Grove 2006 is but a memory.....but a good one! We had lots of happy campers this year.

Our thanks to Janita Baker, Steve Eulberg, Louise Ziegler, Gary Sager and Art Burmeister for being wonderful teachers. Thanks go out as well to Mike LePage and Gene Pugh for helping the building class.



Sad as we are to say it, this 10th annual Shady Grove camp was the last. I just seemed like time to try something else, I guess. So, what are YOU doing this July 4th??? <G>

All of our love and appreciation goes out to the folks who came to Shady Grove year after year, and thanks as well to those who tried it the first time and liked it. I've always felt that we did Good Work at Shady Grove - we changed some lives, helped people have fun learning to play the dulcimer.....and had a blast, besides.

Thanks and gratitude to those who helped in a thousand ways - Louise Ziegker, Mike and Mary Jo LePage, and all the other special people who volunteered to move chairs, take tickets, haul things, lead jams.....you're the best!

I'd also like to thank all the wonderful, talented artist/teachers we've had during the entire ten years of Shady Grove. All of them, stout-hearted and true, and ready to help in any way they could. From wet cabbage leaf hats, to morphing into the Little Blue Man, you've all been good friends, and your expertise has enhanced the Shady Grove experience many times over. From the champions, to the local friends, getting to know all of you better, and exposing your music to our campers was the gravy on our biscuits! (and trust me, that's GOOD!)

We will miss you all dearly. Shady Grove may be but a memory, but there are lots more dulcimer festivals out there. Maybe we'll see you there! Sure hope so.....keep in touch, now.

xox
Cindy
Shari
Shelley

The Sweets