Columbus Ohio Dulcimer Clubs
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I was a member of Firelands Dulcimer Club for many years.
We had meetings in Huron when the club began, but it has since moved
to Norwalk, Ohio. People from outside the area may not know where
the name "Firelands" came from:
"The Firelands was part of the Western Reserve of Connecticut in the Northwest Territory.
"In 1786, Connecticut ceded most of its western lands to the American government, in preparation for the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The state kept its claim to an area of land in the northeastern portion of the Northwest Territory known as the Connecticut Western Reserve. Connecticut chose to sell most of the land in the Western Reserve to finance the state's educational system. Approximately 500,000 acres were reserved for Connecticut citizens who had suffered property losses during the American Revolution. This portion of the Western Reserve became known as the Firelands or the Sufferers' Lands. During the Revolution, British troops had burned several Connecticut towns and many of their residents had lost everything they owned. They were able to start over again in the Northwest Territory. A company called the Ohio Corporation distributed the land to eligible applicants. Much of the settlement of the region did not occur until after the War of 1812."
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=702
I moved to Columbus in 2007. Columbus, Ohio has several folk music clubs:
The Columbus Mountain Dulcimer Club has a facebook group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/394699823956657/
Central Ohio Hammered Dulcimer Club also has a facebook group.
https://www.facebook.com/Central-Ohio-Hammered-Dulcimer-Club-342850763153148/
Central Ohio Hammered Dulcimer Club is on Facebook. We are hoping to do sort of a slow jam of Old Time and Celtic tunes
and also allow time for people to practice performing, if they
want..
We are planning on meeting the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month at
the Holy Family Jubilee Museum, 57 S Grubb Street. Its in the
Franklinton area. Our first meeting will be on December 2 from 1- 4
and we thought we'd play Christmas music that day. Then we'll skip
the 3rd Sunday in December due to the holidays. I'm hoping you can
join us sometime!
The Columbus Folk Music Society has a page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/Columbus-Folk-Music-Society-280420671020/
I have a group Public Domain Dulcimer that
shares Appalachian Dulcimer Music and Hammered Dulcimer Music:
https://groups.io/g/publicdomaindulcimer