12th Annual ...
Old-Time Gospel Music Retreat

October 12 - 14, 2012

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What is the Retreat: 
                Inspiration, Reflection, Playing, Singing, Bible Study, Fun, Food, Lodging and Fellowship

It's a full weekend of Music ... mountain & hammered dulcimer, autoharp, guitar, banjo, bass and (what am I forgetting?) all other acoustic instruments will join our voices in a weekend of  Old-Time Gospel music.  

Just a word about "Old-Time" Gospel music ... The music that you hear during our retreat is old enough (before 1923) to be out of copyright and into the Public Domain area of music.  We refer to hymnals copyrighted before 1923 and many songs documented on public domain websites and other sources on the Internet.  Each participant receives a songbook where each song includes music notation, dulcimer tablature, chords, and lyrics.

Friday night ... Let's learn a new old-time Gospel tune

Sponsored by:  Country Strings...Barb, Steve, Dot, Mary, Joyce and Shari along with our
friend, Louise Ziegler and ....  YOU !

When: October 12 - 14, 2012

Where:   Golden Eagle Christian Center in Palestine, Ohio 
               (Located on US 36 along the Ohio/Indiana border just south of Greenville, Ohio and north of Richmond, Indiana)                    

Want to know more?   

We are dulcimer people.   The Sunday Morning Gospel Sing is one of the most popular and most meaningful of the activities that take place during a music festival.  If you are one of those people who enjoy the traditional Gospel music, seriously consider this unique music weekend/retreat.   During this experience, you will share the joy of combining voices, wit, instruments, and inspiration with fellow dulcimer people to reinforce Old Time Gospel music in your music life.   



There will be sharing sessions for a variety of music styles and repertoire including:  
Interactive/Response/Motion songs, Singing Graces, Inspirational/Uplifting Songs, Music for all ages including children, and the elderly, Rounds, and finally and perhaps most importantly.. Your suggestions!  
       
Themes like:  Songs of the Cross, Traveling with the Lord (This Train), River songs (Shall We Gather at the River) .... the possibilities are endless.    Add your ideas on the registration form.

There will be sharing sessions for a variety of instruments and opportunities including: hammered dulcimer,  mountain dulcimer, autoharp, harp and others ... playing in a Gospel jam, leading a Gospel Sing, sharing Gospel music with your dulcimer group, old time Gospel music on the Internet and, again, most importantly...  Your ideas!!

There will be Bible study sessions and discussion groups such as: 

"Grace", Ministry through Music, Music as Therapy, etc..    Your ideas!

What else?   Lots of Old-Time Gospel music singing and jamming.   

On Saturday afternoon, we'll gather in the lounge around the piano with Barbara and sing our old favorites.                      
       

Make music with new friends.

The Marketplace:   For one hour on Saturday afternoon, there will be a chance to buy, sell or swap music and related items. 
Bring new or used tapes, cds, books, instruments, etc. and display them on tables in the lower hallway for our shoppers.  If
you are selling, plan to stay with your merchandise during this one-hour shopping spree.  The special 'Marketplace', for
registered Retreat participants only, will end before dinner.

This year, we will once again be offering an Old Time Gospel Music Retreat t-shirt. 
If you are interested, be sure to include your size on the registration form.

Space is limited to 64 participants!   Pre-registration is a MUST! 

Brochures will be sent around August 1, 2012. 

Registration deadline will be sometime in September, but we are normally full long before then.
 

Tentative Weekend Schedule

Friday	3:00 p.m.  4:00  5:30  7:00 8:00	Registration begins Early Bird Jam Dinner Welcome/Vespers/New music/Chimes Make a Joyful Noise (jamming)
Saturday	7:30 a.m. 8:00  9:15  12:00 p.m.  1:30  4:00  5:00 5:30  7:00 - 8:30 8:30 - ?	Devotions Breakfast Morning Sessions Lunch Afternoon Sessions Sing Praises in the Lounge & The Marketplace Evening Vespers Dinner Community Gospel Sing/Open Stage Refreshments and Jam (More Joyful Noise)
Sunday	7:30 a.m. 8:00  9:30	Coffee/Donuts/Bagels SONshine Devotions, Reflections & Gospel Sing Brunch & Goodbyes 'til next time

*** There will be planned sessions throughout the day, but we also want to make time and space available for those who want to have a true 'retreat' experience.  
We want you to take home a refreshed and renewed heart & spirit.

     

Want to know more about the Golden Eagle Christian Center?

This event is held at the beautifully renovated Golden Eagle Christian Center in Palestine, Ohio, near
the Ohio/Indiana border.

This facility with all new wiring, lighting, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning has 12 bedrooms built to sleep 64 people. The Center is  mostly handicapped accessible and offers excellent classroom space, a lovely lounge complete with fireplace and player piano, game room with ping pong and pool, dorm style sleeping with 3 to 6 to a room on sturdy, new bunk beds with new Beauty Rest mattresses.   Each room has a set of oak chest-of-drawers, vanity, & large mirror.  We put everyone in a lower bunk, but if the space is needed, please indicate on the Registration Form if you would be willing to sleep in an upper bunk.

Sleeping quarters are separate from classrooms and jamming areas, so 
quiet time is not an issue.  There are four large restrooms with lots of mirror 
space and ten private showers to help give you a fresh start to each day.  
Bed linens are provided along with a towel and wash cloths for your 
stay if you are staying in the indoor sleeping facility. 

Golden Eagle Christian Center will provide all meals for our Retreat in the kitchen/cafeteria.  These full course meals are like "grandma's home cooking".  You won't find instant cooking here and the large portions will guarantee a full stomach.

Golden Eagle Christian Center is a mostly handicapped - accessible facility.

Motel/Commuter Option

Camping Option

There are limited camping spaces available at the facility if you prefer to sleep in your own bed, but no hookups are available.  However, the Center will be open for showers, restroom use, etc., 24 hours a day.   The Center has allowed  our Rv'rs to bring pets.  They must be on a leash and controlled in consideration of the surrounding neighborhood.    
At no time are pets to be brought into the Center.

There is a special Retreat price for camping participants on the Center grounds.

Golden Eagle Christian Center  
This is an adult-only facility.   No one under the age of 18 can be registered.  Pets will be permitted on a restricted basis.  Look above for the pet restrictions.  No smoking.  No alcohol.

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