Thelston residency at Boojum

Popular regional rock act Andrew Thelston Band will hold a special monthlong residency every Saturday evening in The Gem downstairs taproom at Boojum Brewing in Waynesville.

Performance dates will be Feb. 4, 11, 18, and 25. All shows begin at 9 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more on Thelston, click on facebook.com/andrewthelstonmusic.

dulcimer players. Songs played include traditional mountain tunes, hymns, and more modern music. The group meets at 1:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of every month in the basement of St. John’s.

Pic’ & Play has been playing together since 1995. The more experienced members welcome new players, help them navigate their instruments, and guide them through some of the basics of tuning, strumming, and playing.

The mountain dulcimer, also known as a fretted dulcimer or a lap dulcimer, is a uniquely American instrument. It evolved from the German scheitholz sometime in the early 1800s in Appalachia and was largely known only in this region until popularized more broadly in the 1950s.

For more information, call Kathy Jaqua at 828.349.3930 or Don Selzer at 828.293.0074.

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