Mark Nelson Winfield National Champion,is considered one of the nation's premier mountain dulcimer players. With a recording and touring career that encompasses some twenty years, ten recordings, three videos and numerous books (Mel Bay Publications), Mark remains active in both the dulcimer and new acoustic music worlds. He has performed at festivals, colleges, workshops, and concerts across the United States and Canada.

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Review of Festival by Susan Mumma
From the outside, we saw a tremendous two day event take place: three shows with nationally recognized entertainers, Hawkeye Herman, Mark Nelson, Todd Phillips, David Grier and Matt Flinner as lead performers and spiced up with notable performers from around the United States and Alaska. All three performances were well attended, two with standing room only.

I saw blues guitar,(Hawkeye Herman) belly dancing(Rowan Mulvey), slack key guitar(Mark Nelson) and beginning finger picking guitar workshops(Earl Mullins) all stuffed to capacity. A question and answer demonstration lead by headline performers(Phillips, Grier and Flinner ) was packed. Folks in the beginning finger-style guitar workshop asked for a second session and stayed until way after 5pm working with their teacher to learn more. I saw a children's workshop (Anna Stange) that had children laughing, singing and dancing. I saw perfomers playing music around town (Mike Campbell and Robin Hopper) and walking the Otterbaun with a song on their lips and in their hearts.

I would like to applaud again performers, Tom Begich, Karen Boylan , Ellen Lockyer, Rick Brooks, Mike Campbell, Patric Doyle, Esther Golton, Robin and Katie Hopper, Radoslav Lorkovic, Kurt Gisclair, Dan Harter, Wit Sheard, Mike Tona, Maureen Kelly, Tom Lambert, Elizabeth Santoro, Kirsten Angell, Earl and Alice Mullins, Rowan Mulvey, Laura Lea Hall, Anna Stange, Steve Sutherlin, Patti Green, Deb Wessler and Nile Hamker, Kirby Corwin, Kari Hendricks and Jim Wagger and Sadie Mumma. To these graceful artists…. BRAVO!!!!

Special Saturday morning activities: Tide Pool Walk with
Marilyn Sigman, Biologist, Center for Alaska Coastal Studies and
a Historical Walking Tour with Savannah Lewis.