Yay Folkfan! Be sure to contact both John Keane and Bobby Ratliff so you can arrange to receive your prizes ! 
folkfan said:
Yippee, I just found out. I've been away from a computer since last week. Thanks so. FOTMD is a prize we all can share.
Bobby Bingham, I'll also remind everyone that they can always buy themselves a consolation prize anyway, and thus help thank the prize donors by buying one of their quality dulcimer offerings! See the top of this thread for the contact info and links of our four generous prize donators! 
Bobby (Maxspop) Bingham said:
Happy Birthday to FOTMD and a hearty Congratulations to the five contest winners! That means the rest of us came in 6th, which isn't bad, especially since we have the prize of all the interaction with members! Ain't this a wonderful site?!!!
Happy Birthday to FOTMD and a hearty Congratulations to the five contest winners! That means the rest of us came in 6th, which isn't bad, especially since we have the prize of all the interaction with members! Ain't this a wonderful site?!!!
Congratulations to all the winners, and three cheers for Lisa for making all thishappen!
HA! Missed it be *THAT* much! :D Congrats to all the winners!
Yay to all the winners, and especially to Gale A. Barr--namesake!
Now the winners must contact their prize donators and give them their prize info and mailing address so their prizes can be mailed to them:
All five winners must contact Bobby Ratliff to order their leather customized key fob . Please either contact him here on his fotmd profile page: http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/profile/BobbyRatliff or at http://highnoonhunterleatherworks.webs.com/
Gordon Hardy - to get your prizes you must contact Bobby , ...PLUS John Keane : http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/profile/JohnKeane
...Plus Mark Gilston: http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/profile/MarkGilston
Mark Runge - to claim your prizes, please contact Bobby , and also Nina at http://www.ninazanetti.com/
Geekling and Folkfan - please contact both Bobby and John Keane to claim your prizes. (see links above) 
and Gale A Barr - please contact Bobby (see above) to have him customize and send your leather dulcimer key fob!
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to Strumelia and everyone who participated for making this a fun contest. Happy Birthday FOTMD! We are fortunate to have this website and virtual community.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."
Congrats to all the winners.
CONGRATULATIONS to our FIVE lucky winners!!!!!!
FIRST PRIZE winner:
Gordon Hardy ! (his guess was 161) -will receive CDs "Moonburn" and "Grandad's Favorite Oldtime Music" and a custom leather dulcimer key fob!
SECOND PRIZE winner:
Mark Runge ! (his guess was 168) -will receive CD "Beside Still Waters" and a custom leather dulcimer key fob!
THIRD and FOURTH winners:
FolkFan & Geekling ! (who both guessed 169) -will, because of guessing the same number, each receive a CD "Moonburn" and a custom leather dulcimer key fob!
FIFTH PRIZE winner:
Gale A Barr ! (who guessed 175) -will receive a CUSTOM leather dulcimer key fob made for her by Bobby!
Happy 5th Birthday FOTMD!
162 !
And the winning number was.......
Well we have a TIE for Third Place, so I need to figure out how to handle that....will return shortly.
OK, the contest is now CLOSED!
No more guesses please.
Give me a little time to tabulate the entries...
HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY TO ALL YOU MEMBERS OF FRIENDS OF THE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER who have made it what it is.
168. What a wonderful thing that FOTMD does for me and the dulcimer world. Thank you!
Really big smiles to all y'all!
LAST CALL to enter the pickled dulcimer contest!
Contest CLOSES to entries today, the 29th!
My guess is 423.
356 And a Happy Birthday to FOTMD and ALL the members - this is one of my favorite places
316
Happy Birthday FOTMD! My guess is 29.
Hello Strumelia, I will guess 476. Happy Birthday to FOTMD
My bid is (finger-drum roll on the back of my dulcimer) 402.
175
425
Love this site! I'll try 267
417
384
107
193 Happy Birthday FOTMD!! Thank you for such a great dulcimer resource.
I'll guess a whopping 495, and I don't know why.
357, with hopes for many more birthday celebrations to come.
375.
387 Thank you for this wonderful site!
459 Happy Birthday!
313
279
499
29 and holding! Happy birthday!
374 and Happy Birthday, glad I found this site!
60 ! (the number of years we've been married)
JohnH
(sorry to hear that Dusty, is it 'catching' ?)
11--Someone had to ...
Since I have ESP, it would not be appropriate for me to "guess."
I am going to guess 177, since that's the current number of views... how wrong can that be? Thanks for having such a wonderful site for us all to gather, Strumelia!
94 I know that is right because I et mosta them pickles and am a puckered player!
My guess is 324
161 - Happy Birthday!
79 - FOTMD is a really great site. Well done you.
437 - Happy B'Day!
211
339. (Actually, it was 339.12, which is the precise volume of that pickle jar in cubic dulcimers ) Happy birthday FOTMD, and thank you Strumelia and all you other stalwarts for making "friends" as important as "dulcimer."
428
278
42 ;)
368, Happy Birthday to you! U dun gud!
