SUMMARIES OF THE
FIRST THIRTY-FIVE
CRANBERRY GATHERINGS

Compiled by Bob Wey
Addenda by Lori Keddell

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1977:
First & Hopefully Not Last Northeastern
Cranberry Hammered Dulcimer Gathering
(Gathering held at Unitarian Universalist
Church, Binghamton, N.Y.)
featured h-d player: none
featured m-d player: none
("The concert performers will be
selected from the Gathering participants.")
general manager & program director:
Bob Wey

1978:
Second & Hopefully Not Last Northeastern
Cranberry Hammered Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: none
featured m-d player: none
("The concert performers will be
selected from the Gathering participants.")

1979:
Third & Hopefully Not Last
Cranberry Hammered Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Jay Round
other featured h-d player: Bill Spence
featured m-d player: Maddie MacNeil

1980:
4th Cranberry
Hammered Dulcimer Gathering
(Was not billed as "annual.")
featured h-d player: John McCutcheon
featured m-d player: John Molineux

1981:
5th Annual Cranberry
Hammered Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Sam Rizzetta
with Carrie Rizzetta
featured m-d player: Lorraine Lee
with Rick Lee

1982:
6th Annual Cranberry
Hammered Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d players: The Boys from Texas
featured m-d player: Leo Kretzner

1983:
"Twentieth Century Box presents
The Seventh & Perhaps Last
Cranberry Hammered Dulcimer Gathering"
(Final year that Bob Wey was Gathering's
general manager & program director.)
featured h-d player: Sam Moffatt
with Phil Thorne
featured m-d player: Margaret MacArthur
featured autoharper: none
(Of some interest: In that particular year we had
180 advance registrations at $10 each.)

1984:
8th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
(First year that "Hammered"
was not in name.)
(First year Tom Baehr was Gathering's
general manager & program director.)
featured h-d player: Bob Wey
with Pam Roberts
featured m-d player: Neal Hellman
featured autoharper: Pamela Roberts
(no separate Friday-night autoharp concert)

1985:
9th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d players: No Strings Attached
featured m-d player: Barbara Truex
featured autoharper: Becky Blackley
(First year of separate Friday-night
autoharp concert.)

1986:
10th Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
(Was not billed as "annual.")
featured h-d player: Bill Spence &
Fennig's All-Stars
featured m-d player: Lorraine Lee
with Rick Lee
featured autoharper: Ivan Stiles

1987:
11th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Mitzie Collins
with Roxanne Ziegler
featured m-d player: Doug Berch
featured autoharper: Drew Smith

1988:
12th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Tom MacKenzie
featured m-d player: Lois Hornbostel
featured autoharper: Charles Whitmer

1989:
13th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: David Neiman
featured m-d player: Linda Russell
featured autoharper: Marcia Bowers

1990:
14th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Sam Rizzetta
featured m-d player: David Schnaufer
featured autoharper: Will Smith

1991:
15th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Jem Moore
with Ariane Lydon
featured m-d player: Susan Trump
featured autoharper: Harvey Reid

1992:
16th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Carrie Crompton
featured m-d player: Maddie MacNeil
featured autoharper: John Hollandsworth
with Kathie Hollandsworth

1993:
17th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Nick Blanton
featured m-d player: Rob Brereton
featured autoharper: Alan Mager

1994:
18th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Glenn McClure
featured m-d player: Margaret MacArthur
featured autoharper: Karen Mueller

1995:
19th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Steve Schneider
featured m-d player: Rosamond Campbell
featured autoharper: Bryan Bowers

 

1996:
20th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Maggie Sansone
featured m-d player: Ralph Lee Smith
featured autoharper: Neil Walters

1997:
21st Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Ken Kolodner
featured m-d player: Aubrey Atwater
with Elwood Donnelly
featured autoharper: Mike Herr

1998:
22nd Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Karen Ashbrook
featured m-d player: Janita Baker
featured autoharper: June Maugery

1999:
23rd Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
(Saturday-evening program included a
tribute to founder Ben Stone who had
recently lost his life in a kayaking tragedy.)
featured h-d player: Kendra Ward
with Bob Bence
featured m-d player: Sue Carpenter
featured autoharper: Les Gustafson-Zook

2000:
24th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d players: No Strings Attached
featured m-d player: Lucy Joan Sollogub
featured autoharper: Bob Lewis

2001:
25th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Bill Spence &
Fennig's All-Stars
featured m-d player: Lorraine Hammond
with Bennett Hammond
featured autoharper: Drew Smith

2002:
26th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Dana Hamilton
featured m-d player: Maddie MacNeil
featured autoharper: Bryan Bowers

2003:
27th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Tina Bergmann
featured m-d player: Mike Casey
featured autoharper: Mike Fenton

2004:
28th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Rick Fogel
featured m-d player: Jon Kay
featured autoharpers: Eileen Kozloff

2005:
29th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering
featured h-d player: Mark Alan Wade
featured m-d player: Leo Kretzner
featured autoharper: John Hollandsworth

2006:
30th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer
& Autoharp Gathering
(First year that "Autoharp"
appeared in name.)
featured h-d player: Maggie Sansone
featured m-d player: Aubrey Atwater
with Elwood Donnelly
featured autoharper: Karen Mueller

2007:
31st Annual Cranberry Dulcimer & Autoharp Gathering
(Final year Tom Baehr was Gathering's.
general manager & program director.)
featured h-d player: Ken Kolodner
featured m-d player: Stephen Seifert
featured autoharper: Bryan Bowers

2008:
32nd Annual Cranberry Dulcimer
& Autoharp Gathering
(This was the 32nd and final year
Cranberry was held at the Binghamton
Unitarian Universalist Church.)
(First year that CarolLynn & Gene
Langley were Gathering's general
managers & program directors.)
featured h-d player: Tom MacKenzie
featured m-d player: Susan Trump
featured autoharper: Heidi Cerrigone

2009:
33rd Cranberry Dulcimer
& Autoharp Gathering
(The word "Annual" was not used.)
Gathering held at Kellish Hill Farm,
Manlius N.Y.
featured h-d player: Dan Duggan
featured m-d player: Bill Collins
featured autoharper: Adam Miller

2010:
34th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer & Autoharp Gathering
(Gathering held at Rensselaerville Meeting
Center, Rensselaerville, N.Y.)
featured h-d player: Dan Landrum
featured m-d player: Tull Glazener
featured autoharper: Mike Fenton

2011:
35th Annual Cranberry Dulcimer & Autoharp Gathering
(Gathering held at SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, N.Y.)
featured h-d player: Bill Spence
featured m-d player: Sue Carpenter
featured autoharper: Bryan Bowers

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