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Nov-Dec 2006, Prussia Valley Dulcimer - 3770 entries WOW!
May-June 2006, Modern Mountain Dulcimer - 2627 entries
December 2007, Butch Ross Christmas CD - 1035 entries
July 2008, A Sterling Performance dulcimer pendant and necklace - 1565 entries

Contests prizes are great, low-cost exposure!

Congratulations to Kristin Slaughter for winning the July 2008 contest. Kristin won An Elegant Mountain Dulcimer Pendant and Necklace from A Sterling Performance. There were 1565 entries for this prize! Kay's got a lot of impressive jewelry, so take a look! Click here to take a look!

August 2008 Contest

A Complete Set of Learning CDs from Steve Smith and the Western North Carolina Dulcimer Collective

This professionally duplicated series of "Learning CD's" contains tunes from all of the newsletters WNCDC published from 1990 through 2007. Each music CD has tunes played slowly on just the mountain dulcimer melody string, and then again up to speed with chords. (Some include a third track, finger-picked.) Also available is a Tablature PC CD containing tab and lyrics for all of the tunes, plus MP3 music files of the strummed version of each tune. It's set up as a website, viewable alphabetically and by CD.

Steve let's these CDs go for only $5 per CD, one of the best values around!

Just sign up for your chance to win. Drawing will be in early September, 2008. (One entry per person, please.)

Past Winners:

June 2002 - Congratulations to Charlie and Susan Mink of Mountain View, AR for winning EverythingDulcimer.com's inaugural contest (June 2002) - a 15 string plucked psaltery

July 2002 - Congratulations to Carol Morrison for winning EverythingDulcimer.com's July 2002 contest. Carol won a A handmade hammered dulcimer pin by Exclamation Designs of Monrovia, California an $18 value.Click here to see more!

Aug-Sep 2002 - Congratulations to Mary Davis of Blue Ridge, Georgia for winning a complete Jenny Wiley Dulcimer kit donated by Stinson Creek Dulcimers valued at $100!

Oct-Nov 2002 - Congratulations to Julie Guthrie for winning the Oct-Nov drawing, A Dulcimer Builder's Do-It-Yourself Guidebook by Randy "Ardie" Davis

Dec 2002 - Jan 2003 -Congratulations to Elizabeth DiPietri for winning the Dec 2002 - Jan 2003. She won a Stinson Creek Complete Dulcimer Kit valued at $100!

Feb-Mar 2003 - Congratulations to Brian McCormick of New York for winning a set of books and CDs from Steven K. Smith valued at $75! Click Here

April 2003 - Congratulations to Kathy Walker for winning Marcy Prochaska's Hammer Dulcimer CD entitled "No Loose Threads" valued at $20. Click here for more

May 2003 - Congratulations to Kathy Gates for winning the May 2003 contest and claiming A BEAUTIFUL set of hammers from Kattywompus String Band valued at $28

June-July 2003 - Congratulations to Veronica Lindsey. She won a custom-Made, Quilted Mountain Dulcimer Carrying Case from Stinson Creek Dulcimers. This handy case sells for $40

August-September 2003 - Congratulations to Edward Sapp who won three dulcimer treasures from Kattywompus String Band of Monrovia, CA. Prize set valued at $43.

October - November 2003 - Congratulations to Eli Taylor who won a Hammered Dulcimer Cover from Dove Creek Treasures.

December 2003 - January 2004 - Congratulations to Marie Harding who walked away with some beautiful HD Hammers handcrafted by Jill Weimer valued at $30!

April-May 2004 - Congratulations to Clay Sheets who landed a fabulous student mountain dulcimer from Sweet Woods Instruments valued at over $100! Clay was the lucky one of 277 entries!

What happened in 2004?? Well, it's a long story. While ED had plenty of offers for contest prizes, what was lacking was time for your humble webmaster to actually administer the contest. (Sea duty, deployed to the Arabian Gulf, etc.). But, that's done now. Let the contests roll!

February-April 2005 - The contest lives again! Congratulations to Laura Shangraw for winning the Feb-Apr 2005 contest...a Folk Notes BanjMo valued at $250!

May 2005 - Congratulations to Reine Bullard for winning the Stephen K. Smith CD/Book collection. This collection will put Reine's dulcimer education in hyper drive! For more information on Stephen's mountain dulcimer products, see his website here

June-July 2005 - Congratulations to Steven Lilly for winning the Sweet Woods Cherry teardrop dulcimer. Steven was one of 2886 entries. Obviously these dulcimers are in high demand, so I encourage you to get over to Sweet Woods and order yours today.

Aug-Sep 2005 - Congratulations to David Ellison for winning the Western North Carolina Dulcimer Collective Learning CD Set. David was one of 618 entries. Go here to get your own CD Set.

Nov-Dec 2005 - Congratulations to Barbara Lomas for winning the Dulcimer Jam Pin Collection donated by Carrot Creek Dulcimers. Go here check out the Carrot Creek website.

Jan 2006 - Congratulations to Peggy Crowe for winning the January 2006 contest. Peggy won a book/CD combination from Steve Eulberg of Owl Mountain Music. Go check them out!

Feb 2006 - Congratulations to Sandi Lowery for winning the February 2006 contest. Sandi won a CD from Jan Hammond entitled 'Just Me and My Dulcimer'. Go to Jan's site

Congratulations to Ky Greene for winning the March 2006 contest. Ky won Mark Gilson's CD entitled 'Dances With Dulcimers '. Check it out!

Congratulations to Gene Griner for winning the April 2006 contest. Gene won "Using the One ½ Fret" by Shelley Stevens! This is GREAT instruction. Get your copy here!

Congratulations to Rosemary Wells for winning the May-Junel 2006 contest. Rosemary walked away with a MODERN MOUNTAIN DULCIMER valued at well over $500! Check out these dulcimers here

Congratulations to Amanda Scime for winning the July 2006 contest. Amanda wins aSIX video lessons by Brett Ridgeway. For more information on these lessons, check out Brett's website.

Congratulations to Belinda Shaw for winning TWO CDs by Max Zbiral-Teller which was the August 2006 contest. Check out Max's exciting brand of dulcimer music at http://www.maxzt.com/home.html.

Congratulations to Mike Weisberg for winning the September 2006 contest and his choice of Tull Glazener workshop CDs. For more information on Tull's CDs, check out his site at http://www.tullglazener.com/

Congratulations to Joyce Reames for winning the October 2006 contest which was for a book and CD collection from Steven K. Smith. Info on Steven's books and CDs can be found at: www.sksmithmusic.com

Congratulations to Lisa Vanhook for winning the Nov-Dec 2006 contest. Lisa won a Prussia Valley Dulcimer valued at $405! For more on these fine Prussia Valley Dulcimers, click here!

Congratulations to Teresa Sheaffer for winning the January 2007 contest. Teresa won a Dulcimer Lover's Gift Set from Kattywompus String Band! Click here to SEE MORE!

Congratulations to Bill Boehner for winning the February 2007 contest. Bill won two books and a CD from Jeffery A. Lambert! Click here to SEE MORE! There were 965 entries!

Congratulations to Venice Campbell for winning the March 2007 contest. Venice won two tab books from Kendra Ward-Bence! Click here to SEE MORE! There were 745 entries!

Congratulations to Michelle Fears for winning the April-May 2007 contest. Michelle won a "Snider's Dance Music of Canada, Book Two"! Email here for details ! There were 1018 entries!

Congratulations to Shannon Egan for winning the June 2007 contest. Shannon won two pairs of Carriage House Creations instrument earrings! Email here for details ! There were 1104 entries!

Congratulations to Elizabeth Ray for winning the July-August 2007 contest. Shannon won a set of "I Love Dulcimers" notepads donated by Dulcimers in Duluth! Click here to see more ! There were 886 entries!

Congratulations to Kathleen Stephens for winning the September 2007 contest. Kathleen wonMark Gilston's CD entitled "Travels with Dulcimers." To order your own copy, or to listen to samples, go to here! There were 459 entries. Visit Mark's Webpage

Congratulations to Catherine Lindley, Paul Lanthum and Nat Stephens for October-November 2007 contest. They won a terrific book and CD set from Russell Cook and Master Works. To see what Master Works has to offer, click here! Also, Gretchen Dinnin won a copy of Butch Ross' Christmas CD entitled "The Dulcimer Christmas Card"

Congratulations to Craig Varney for winning the December 2007 contest. Craig won a copy of Butch Ross' Christmas CD entitled "The Dulcimer Christmas Card." Check out Butch's site by clicking here!

Congratulations to June Furlow for winning the Jan-Feb 2008 contest. June won a pair of CDs from Modern Mountain Dulcimer (Pop's Orchestra and the MMD Family Album)

Congratulations to Barbara Davis and Annette Taylor for winning the March 2008 contest. They each won a CDs from Karen McCurdy and Karen Babb (MacKaren) Click here for more information on this fine CD. There were 871 entries for this prize!

Congratulations to Wayne MacInnes for winning the April 2008 contest. Wayne won a collection of hammered dulcimer assessories from Laser Elegance! Click here for more information. There were 1002 entries for this prize!

Congratulations to Marcia Rooks for winning the May June 2008 contest. Marcia won Don Pedi's DVD entitled "Old Time Dulcimer Workshop." There were 1096 entries for this prize! For more information, click here!

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