Paul Byrum: News

The WoodSongs Coffee House Concert Series is coming to the Dalton Freight Depot in January 2010.

 

www.WoodSongsDalton.com

 

 

I have been invited to instruct at the Shelby NC Winter Dulcimer Festival on in Feb 2010. Im looking forward to seeing my old friends in the Carolinas!

Dear Friends

Thanks for all of your wishes, prayers and support. We had great area news media converage during our DOC-UP benefit announcement. (Ch3,CH9, WDNN CH10, 104.5 radio, Daily Citizen)

If you did not have a chance to see the newschannel 9 6:00pm coverage the link is below. I thought the media really captured the spirit of hospitality, care and concern that we have for our neighbors that have been really hurt by this bad economy. We also made the front page of the Dalton Daily Citizen. A special thank you to everyone that could attend our media event.

Stay tuned for upcoming news about our CD release party in July! You will not want to miss hearing live, the Dalton song written by Kathy Reed of Atlanta just for this project to benefit DOC-UP.

Kind Regards

Paul


http://www.newschannel9.com/video/index.php?bcpid=1111405995&bclid=1137849423&bctid=23962750001

April 26, 2009 10:54 pm

— Submitted by Dalton Public Schools Brookwood School will host a community arts program Friday evening at 6:30
at the First Presbyterian Church in honor of Dalton’s rich textile history. Area residents are invited to attend as the school pays tribute to the history of Peacock Alley.
Among the highlights will be the presentation of “Simple Gifts”, a short performance featuring live dance and drama with recorded instrumental music by Paul Byrum and Friends. “Simple Gifts” is a tribute to Catherine Evans
Whitener, one of the women who gave birth to the textile industry in
Dalton. Students from Brookwood School will be performing, with local
resident Paula Hall cast in the adult role of Whitener.
The performance was conceived, choreographed and will be directed by Sandra Hughes, Brookwood School’s guest teaching artist and the artistic director of Gateway Performance Productions in Atlanta. Hughes was inspired by a talk Whitener gave to school children before the end of her life.
Whitener’s childhood fascination with and eventual creation of a
tufted bedspread during the 1890s at the age of 15 was a gift that eventually had great significance for our local community and the
entire world. The evening will include photographic images, spoken word
poetry and guitar accompaniment by local college student Mason Gavin in collaboration with Nicky Millwood.
In this tribute to Peacock Alley, Brookwood students will perform several
musical selections under the direction of music teacher Donna Townsend, and will hold a visual art and living history exhibit, led by art instructor
Renee Mahan and local resident Marsha Whitener.
In addition, the school is producing a video documentary in conjunction
with Charter Media, which features local historians and business leaders
discussing the entrepreneurial spirit of the community, past and present.
Selections from the video documentary will be aired at the event. A
Community Conversation segment also will be included, with textile families and historians available for discussion and a walk down Peacock Alley
memory lane.
Members of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society will be present to
assist guests with the purchase of books, prints and other items of
historical interest, as well as provide membership opportunities to area
residents. Light refreshments will be served as guests tour the
multigenerational exhibit.
In sponsoring this school-community program, Brookwood School seeks to
encourage community collaboration and a sense of gratitude — gratitude for
the area in which we live, for the people here and for those who have gone
before us, and for our area’s unique history.
This program is being made possible in part by a grant from Alternate ROOTS
and the National Endowment for the Arts. Partnering organizations include
Brookwood School, Brookwood PTA, the city of Dalton, Charter Media, the
Creative Arts Guild, Peacock Alley Antiques, Tea Room and Gifts, and the
Whitfield-Murray Historical Society.
This event is free to the public, with donations being accepted for the
Whitfield-Murray Historical Society. Please join Brookwood School on
Friday, May 1, at 6:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in this
tribute to our community.


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Raven Welch Band will appear for Sacred Sounds Fridays, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ringgold Depot, corner of Depot Street and U.S. 41 in Ringgold, Ga. for the Share America Foundation. Dulcimer champion Paul Byrum and friends will also appear Randall Franks from TV's "In the Heat of the Night” will emcee.

Bring a cushion for added comfort in metal folding chairs. Catoosa County 4-H will be selling refreshments to support their program.

The event is a fundraiser for the Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship Fund helping musicians achieve higher education. Donations for tickets are adults: $5, Children 5 and under free with adult. Tickets may be purchased locally in advance during business hours at SonShine Christian Books (706) 861-7675 in Fort Oglethorpe.

Pre-orders for the Boynton Lions Club Vidalia Onion Fundraiser will also be received. Monies are required in advance. Five ($5), 10 ($10) and 20 ($25) pound bags. Information will be provided as where and when to pick up onions.

For more information, Share America Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 42 Tunnel Hill, Ga. 30755, www.shareamericafoundation.org or www.myspace.comshareamerica.

I have been busy organizing a bluegrass benefit concert which will take place on September 26th at Dalton's Heritage Point Park. The featured performer is the award winning band Mountain Heart. Its really going to be a great night of music. For more information check out the web links below.



http://www.myspace.com/bluegrassbandshelpinghand
http://www.bluegrassbandshelpinghands.com/
http://twitter.com/daltonbluegrass


http://bgmaj.blogspot.com/

I was please to discover that the Dalton Convention and Tourist Bureau is now including my CD in gift baskets to visiting dignataries.

http://www.daltoncvb.com/

Please see my blog about having a bluegrass concert in Dalton to benefit families in need. Many as a result of recent job loss in the carpet industry.

http://bgmaj.blogspot.com/

Im excited that the compilation CD in the Winter DPN includes my arrangement of "In the bleak mid-winter". This is the cut from the Bound for the promised land CD. Marty Parmer plays wonderful guitar accompaniment.

This my new dulcimer from Jared Weaver at Echo Hollow Dulcimers in Lenoir City Tenessee.



http://www.paulbyrum.com/audio/PAUL_BYRUM-Blackberry-2.m3u

My CD "Bound for the Promise Land" is being re-mixed and released in January by Hobby Lobby Stores. We are blessed and 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the DFUMC Missions fund.

I'm pleased to announce the Bound for the Promised Land will soon arrive at Wildwood Music in Historic Roscoe Village, Coschocton Ohio. Go visit with Don and Marty. It's a a beautiful location for a day trip.

http://www.wildwoodmusic.com/

MP3 files are available for download at iTunes and Amazon, just search on Paul Byrum or Bound for the Promised Land.

Newcomer to Dulcimer Radio, Paul Byrum has submitted his album: Bound for the Promised land. Welcome, Paul!

Other artists in this playlist are: AJ Bashore, Bill Spence & Fennig’s All-Star String Band, Bonnie Carol, Chris Carlisle, David Schnaufer & Stephen Seifert, Don Pedi, Evening Rose, Four Shillings Short, Gary and Toni Sager, Hesperus, Janita Baker, Jeff Hames, Jerry Rockwell, Linda Brockinton, Marcille Wallis, Mark Gilston, Mountain Mist, Pam Weeks, Randy Clepper, Robert Amblade & Carolyn Cruso, Roller Mills String Band, Sam Stone, Shelley Stevens, Steven K Smith, Sunset Sawn, The Back Porch Friends, The Dulcimer Gathering, Upstart Crows…and our hosts, The North Harris County Dulcimer Society.

Stay tuned for the next playlist in mid-October…..

Cindy
www.live365.com/stations/sweetwaterfolk - all dulcimer, all the time…7/24/365
Be our friend on MySpace – and check out the master list of dulcimer artists:
www.myspace.com/dulcimerradio

I just signed a distribution agreement that will place "Bound for the Promised Land" on the store shelf at Elderly Instruments in Lansing , MI.

Elderly is one of my favorite music stores and I am delighted with the CD placement.

Thanks Elderly!

www.elderly.com

Gary Sager at Prussia Valley Dulcimers in Waverly OH now has my CD available.

www.prussiavalley.com

"Bound for the Promised Land" is now available on CD Baby for download.

The CD will also be available at:

GreatIndieMusic
Apple i Tunes
Verizon
Inprodicon
Tradebit
Amazon

The new CD "Bound for the Promised Land" is now available for purchase on CD Baby.

Shane West has a really nice store in Calhoun, GA. Go check it out! He also did the recording. He is a great guy to work with and the studio is perfect. I highly recommend it.

Also -My CD is on the shelf - so please tell your friends.

I would like to thank Lorie at L&M Photography for providing the images for this website and graphic design for my CD "Bound for the Promised Land".

L&M Photography is excellent work with and has award winning photography with many publication credits. They are located in Calhoun, Ga and do freelance work throughout the US.

For more information about L&M Photography email L&MPhotography@paulbyrum.com and it will be forwarded to their studio.

I am pleased to announce my first CD will be available for distribution the first week in October 2008.

The CD features gospel instrumentals played on the mountain and hammered dulcimer. I am joined by two great muscians, Marty Parmer on guitar and Ken Hamilton- banjo.

The CD was conceived to be entertaining, as well as used for meditation or prayer.

All profits from the sale of this CD will be used to support missions projects at Dalton First United Methodist Church (Dalton, Ga).