October 15 Update:
Much progress has been made in the last 2 months. I had a fantastic all-day rehearsal with the project's cellist Sophie Chang up in Rhode Island the end of August. The photo is us rehearsing on the JackTrip low latency platform a week ago. We'll be rehearsing once more that way but fortunately Sophie has a couple trips to Maryland before our week in the studio the end of November. I've tweaked my grant application to the Maryland State Arts council and will resubmit it this month. I'll find out in December the results of that. I'll have a photo shoot with Michael G. Stewart the end of this month. He's taken amazing pr photos but I haven't had any new ones since 2017. I'm planning on using a photo of my hands and the dulcimer in the HOH cover design.
The Crowdfunder is going well but of course hasn't met its goal yet. The recording arrangements are getting better every day! Thank you everyone for your support!
