UNIQUE SOUNDS: Lake Martin Dulcimer Club holds workshop
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Gabrielle Jansen / The Outlook Dulcimer player Elaine Conger shows the beginner class how to play a chord.

The sound of musical strings filled Red Ridge United Methodist Church on Friday. Instead of musicians playing harps, guitars or pianos, the sounds were made by a rectangular instrument called the dulcimer.

The Lake Martin Dulcimer Club held a workshop in Dadeville with performers Larry and Elaine Conger on Friday. The Congers, of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, taught beginner and intermediate classes then put on a performance.