2010
Winter Festival of Acoustic Music

The Winter Festival of Acoustic Music will be held on February 12 & 13, 2010 at the First Methodist Church in Irving, TX.

The Festival will feature a series of concerts of nationally known performers. The concerts will be featuring acoustic instruments, including Hammered Dulcimer, Mountain Dulcimer, Autoharp, Harp, Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo, and others. Daytime concerts will be held each day from 11:30 to 5:30. Evening Concerts will start at 7:00. Workshops will be held each day from 9:00 to 4:30 with a break for lunch.

It’s Winter Festival time again! We think we have a great festival planned for you in 2010. Our ’10 headliners will be:

Dan Landrum
The GALLIER BAND with Gary Gallier
Stephen Humphries
Mark Nelson

We have also assembled another first-class "local" staff, many of whom are in demand as headliners at other festivals around the country. Put it all together and you have a weekend filled with informative workshops, outstanding concerts and good times. We hope you'll be able to join us.
We have a few openings for Volunteers in the registration booth, staff booth and Sat. night cleanup crew. We are unable to offer any ticket discounts to our volunteers, but you will earn our eternal gratitude, and we reserve the first couple of rows in the concert area for you, so you'll have the only reserved seats in the house!
The workshops are, for the most part, hands-on, so bring your instruments. Audio recorders are permitted in workshops, as long as it's for your own use. Do not sell or distribute anything recorded at Winter Festival. No video recording allowed without prior express written permission from each individual staff member who will be taped. No video/audio taping allowed in concerts.

At the FLEA MARKET TABLE, you can place used instruments for sale. This will be near the staff booth. LSSDS and WF will not participate in the transaction and can't be responsible for instruments there, but we'll all try to keep an eye on them and we've not lost anything from there, yet.

PLEASE NOTE: Orders that include tee shirts or sweatshirts must be postmarked by January 19th to be honored. Orders for tickets only must be postmarked by January 26th. Orders mailed after these dates will be subject to "At the Door" prices

SPECIAL MOTEL RATES: We are once again using the Super 8-Irving Motel. The Super-8 is on the NW corner of Hwy 183 (Airport Fwy) and Esters Rd. For reservations, call 972-257-1810. Ask for the Winter Festival group rate, which is $40 per night plus tax. They have a meeting room that should be available for jamming after the festival. There are a number of other hotels/motels in the South D/FW Airport area, but we only have arrangements for a special rate at the Super-8.

ATTENTION RVer's and CAMPERS! There is no overnight camping at the festival site. The limited space available is reserved for a couple of our crafts vendors. No other campers will be allowed. There are nice rv parks/campgrounds at Trader's Village in Grand Prairie and at Cedar Hill State Park. Both are about 20-30 minutes away, depending on traffic.
Food will be available at the church during the day as well as dinner each night. This, however, is subject to change. You must make a reservation at the festival entry desk for the evening meals. McDonalds and Arby's are across the street from the church and other restaurants a short drive away.

FOOD will be available at the church during the day as well as dinner each night. This service is brought to you by and benefits the church's youth organization. Check to see whether you need to make a reservation for dinner. It's really nice to have a chance to eat onsite and visit with friends, extending the festival experience. However, other food is available nearby. McDonald's and Arby's are across the street and other restaurants are close.

Tickets

Advanced Ticket and General Info:

Call: Linda Lowe Thompson, 940-387-4001
Harvest Time Music, 309 Pennsylvania Drive Denton TX 76205

Download Ticket Order Form (Acrobat PDF file) Download General Information File (Acrobat PDF file)

E-Mail LLT@lindalowethompson.com

Concert Schedule

Concerts to be held in the Chapel

The Festival will hold a series of workshops for Hammered Dulcimer, Mountain Dulcimer, Autoharp, Fiddle, Guitar, Banjo and others featuring the headliners listed above, and these additional clinicians: Charles Whitmer, Dana Hamilton, Princess Harris, David Moran & Joe Morgan, Wesley and Linda Lowe Thompson, Debbie Porter, Scott Odena, Betty Odum, Sue Carpenter, Karen Detjen, John Cardascia, Fred Moss, Mark Shelton, Gerald Jones, David, Cara, & Annette Lindsey, Karen & Chuck Daniels, Nancy Price, Lloyd Wright, Karl Neumann, Cheryl & David Turner

Friday Workshop Schedule
***Tentative Schedule****

Saturday Workshop Schedule
***Tentative Schedule****

The Festival will be held at:

First United Methodist Church
211 West 3rd St.
Irving, Texas
(one block south of Irving Blvd and one block east of O'Connor Rd.)

Map to First Methodist Church, Irving, Texas

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