Playing More Music ... High on Your New Year's Resolution List?

Happy New Year!

Friends and family have returned home. I've just put the last of the egg nog into a bundt cake batter. Today's the first workday of the year for many. And while the Christmas tree still looks good in the corner over there - I may hold out for the entire 12 days of Christmas this year - holiday festivities are behind us, punctuated by the grand celebration of the arrival of the new year. It's time to assess where we are in life and move forward with intention!

Are you thinking about taking your hammered dulcimer skills up a notch? Maybe you need a little boost in the right direction? A few lessons can really give you a jump-start, increasing your understanding of what is needed to master the instrument and providing good motivation to keep at it.

There are several good instructional opportunities coming up in the not-too-distant future.

• Dulcimer Winter Weekend, January 3-6, Lake Junaluska (this coming weekend!)
• Chords and Back Up, for advancing beginners, Yours Truly, January 13, Cary
• Tunes from the Time of the Underground Railroad, Marya Katz, January 21, Winston-Salem

Click on the "Schedule of Events" tab at the top of the page for more info about these events and more. Make plans to attend workshops in 2013. Learn new stuff while having fun with old and new friends.

If private lessons are on your list of things to do in the new year, come and see me in Pittsboro. Lessons begin again next week. Your time slot is waiting! Details at www.SueWilsonDulcimer.com