@robert-schuler I'm glad you found time for playing Kesh Jig on the porch!  

Hope you all had a good porch picking. Although I spent most of the day  corn picking I did find time for a tune on my porch. Each year I  choose a tune to mark the day, this year it's Kesh Jig. It's a very simple tune that's fun to play...Robert 

We have internet disruptions frequently due to, I think, extreme heat/demand on the power grid.  Our plan is loose:  make music, record it some way on whatever day works, and put it on the internet.  

Happy strumming, friends! 

Unfortunately, I'll be traveling this year, but I'll come up with some way to mark the day and share some music.

The 2024 edition of worldwide Play Music On The Porch Day is Saturday 31 August!  Make music where you can when you can, friends!  (Not everyone can go outdoors to play nor is everyone available on the actual stated date.) 

I just love this thread and the people who make it as it is.

Where are the bagpipes then?  

@shanonmilan I had a music friend who was a very good mountain dulcimer player yet her mother didn't like hearing her play it.  There's just no accounting for taste, it seems.  

Hey, i resemble that remark, Dusty!  

@shanonmilan, try playing the banjo on your porch.  That will have the neighbors begging you to play the concertina!

I like to play concertina on the porch but my neighbor seems to hate me when I do so. Can someone explain why.

@don-grundy Hey, a bench counts!  

@dulcinina & @marg Your time making music with friends sounds wonderful! 

I had a few players from our group over and we played at sunset, made for a beautiful evening - music and friends

My friend, Gail, and I played our cantars on my porch.  We also played dulcimer for about 1 1/2 hours but somehow our photographer (my husband) didn't get pictures of that.  Last year we played on her porch.  We had so much fun. Nina aka Dulcinina

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Hey, @lisavb & @ken-hulme So good y'all were able to be out to celebrate the music holiday!  :)

Played Music On The Beach -- no porch at our weekend retreat place on Sanibel island.  And darn few people.  You'd think there was a hurricane warning or something.  But Dorian was a very Minor impediment to a fabulous weekend of sun and Gulf waters.

Was a nice day, weatherwise, for PMOTPD here just east of Seattle.  I got out on the deck and went through all the music I have that I can even remotely play, then improvised for a bit.  Saved enough juice to jam with my parrot Waldo indoors a little later, before it was time to start dinner.  I had no idea this existed--fun excuse to get out there and play in the fresh air (while we still have nice weather)!

@hugssandi I was unable to play the video here yet I saw it from fb-- yay, girls!  The photos and vids from your day were a delight to see.  

Thanks, @Strumelia!  My highest aspiration as a player is to be a good porch player.  

I've enjoyed all the postings of PMOTPD!  

Thanks. That is very kind of you.

Here is a very short clip of Hazel and I doing  Werner Van Rillaer 's "The Artists".  It's the only vid I've been successful loading here so far, maybe because it's so short?  I fell head-over-heels for this song, and Werner was kind enough to message me a vid of his fingers playing and a pic of his handwritten lyrics.  I tune by ear and really struggle to get into DAG, and there is a bit of buzz, but it's so worth the try.  This is my Teagan, a Wren by Feather Dulcimer, as well as my favorite!

I know the day is over, but I am still so enjoying reading what y'all did and seeing your pics and vids!!!!!  Keep 'em coming!

[edit by Strumelia: sorry Sandi but videos will not play as attachments, so I had to delete it. You'd need to post a link to the video somewhere online instead, and it can then play from here in a post.  Perhaps Hazel can help you with this?- I know she's smart about youtube video stuff... lol]

Thank you Ballad Gal. Here is a link in case you or anyone else is interested: 

Norulak Screen Printing

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song.

David, you do so much, and the video is a bonus!

Great shirt, Ken!

Lisa, the pick is a new collar stay. It was never in a shirt. A local store had boxes of them for $3 for about 30 stays and collar extenders. The noter is the handle of a foam brush. I just cut off the foam when it was too hard to accept more paint.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

@hugssandi What a happy late-August Christmas!  I loved seeing the photos and reading your summary of the day, a time to cherish, I imagine.  <3

I'm pretty sure this day is my Christmas, and it did NOT disappoint again this year!  I put out there that our porch was open from 10AM-10PM, and this is what happened:  My husband kicked us off in the morning with a DJ set and some family line dancing.  In the afternoon a concertina showed up, followed by a singer/keyboardist.  Hazel and I also played violin/dulcimer.  An old neighbor showed up who always makes our toy Schoenhard piano sing.  Then a guitar/banjo player and his wife stopped by, followed by a couple who sang and played some spoons.  A couple more spectator came and listened for an hour, and then another singer.  At one point we had to put a bench by the van!  Lastly a friend and her daughter who plays flute and uke~she and Hazel played and sang us into the darkness.  OH SO GOOD!!!!!  

We had sweet tea and lemonade, salsa pinwheels, homemade chocolate chip cookies and brownies from my kids, watermelon, and cheese puffs.  OH so many pics to choose from!  LOL  There are more pics and vids on my fb album.

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I liked your video too, David... loved your elderly neighbor chuckling there at his own limberJill playing 

Robin, you and mark do such a wonderful duet dance between your two instruments... terrific porch playing!

@ken-longfield , is that an old collar stay pick?... and a hollow reed noter? 

David, I enjoyed your video!  How cool your neighbor came to get in on the fun, too.  

Nice picture, Ken L!  

Kevin & Steven-- I like insect accompaniment!  :)

Karen & I played on our porch for about 4 hours this morning. Here's a short video I made.

Great photo, Ken!.......No fire ants??!!! Kevin, you don't know what you're missing!

Here is my Play Music on the Porch Day Photo. I have one with me playing guitar as well.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

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I was playing outside too. A perfect day for it in these parts. I had fun too. Oh...I didn't have the Woodstock-like crowd of fire ants though. Just the accompaniment of locusts in the trees.

So, armed with my trusty dulcimores and my voice, I proceeded in wowing the Woodstock-like crowd with several operatic arias sung with my classically trained baritone voice, and my virtuoso playing........then I woke up from this dream, went outside on my porch and wowed the Woodstock-like crowd of fire ants with my rather less than virtuoso playing, and a voice only a frog would love! Had a Blast!!!!!

@ballad-gal I learned of it in 2016 on Facebook.  it's a great holiday!

So, Robin, how & when did you first learn of Music On The Porch Day, or did you initiate the world wide movement?

Have a great PMOTPD, friends! 

Karen has snacks for our porch too!

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!!  We are up making snacks and drinks for our table...  And still kinda cleaning up...  And we are very excited!  

@jill-geary Yes, noter on the patio-- perfect! 

I love seeing y'all's responses! 

I'm having a dulcimer friend come over and we'll play on my screened in porch.  Last year we played on her's. I think this is just the best idea.  I love imagining people over the world playing outside, porch or no porch, and sending up music into the universe.

Hope Dorian isn't a problem for you Ken H.  Play something in that mode to ward it off.  Nina

@jill-geary do it!  I have a teeny front porch and a very teeny, row house front yard.  I'm going to line it and my walk with chairs!  ~anything can happen~ 

I don't have a porch either...got a patio tho! I don't know if I have the nerve to play out front for people....maybe some fiddle tunes with a noter?

Me & my band (Mark) are taking over our deck Saturday morning.  haha

I've invited folks to stop by anytime between 2 and 5 p.m. to play a tune fr two or more. I expect some group playing, some solos, and other combinations.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

@ken-hulme that sounds FANTASTIC!!!!

I'm changing it to Play Music At The Beach Day. 
Don't have a porch. 
Going to Sanibel Island for Labor Day weekend, where there are miles and miles of white sand beaches.... and beach chairs.   If the Dorian Modal Tropical Storm doesn't blow us away, I'll be playing down by the water....

@marg Whiskey Before Breakfast has been a good go-to jam tune for me over the years. :) @robert-shuler listed some good ones, too.  

I am hoping to get some players to come by but it's been so hot, may need to organize it for sunset. If there is a group, we should play several songs, any suggestions for a good porch or patio jam?

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This Saturday was the first pleasant Saturday all summer to play on my porch, so I got a head start. Only had a hour to spare but it was time well spent!. Cherokee shuffle, Over the waterfall, Seneca square dance, Boatman, Girl I left behind, Big Sioty, Saint Ann's reel. And some basic noodling, I love noodling...

Still looking forward to it here!  really want to play Werner Van Rillaer's "The Artist", but I cannot, cannot figure out his DAG tuning.  It's the G melody string that doesn't sound right?  His sounds lower?  I always tune by ear from online....  LOL

I'll be playing, but I live in the woods...nobody's gonna hear me 'cept the fire ants!

I'm going to add that tune, "You Gotta Move" that Bobby Ratliff does.  I was going to cut under and around this tree and a storm came up so I decided to wait until Monday........

@dulcimerbill & @salt-springs-- wonderful!  Gonna be lots of music played around the front porch of the world on 31 August. 

:) Strumelia 

Thanks for the timely reminder, Robin! 

Oh yes...........I'm planning on doing some tunes from, South of the Border and loud too!......Ahem! 

Being just newbies, my wife and I are looking forward to Playing Music on the Porch. Our neighbors may not like it though! LOL

Three weeks away, friends-- always the last Saturday in August! 

You and the kids sure do it up right, Sandi-- making it a special holiday!  <3

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I sure hope we have another good turnout!!!  Last year blew my mind.  OH so FUN!!!!

You and the kids sure do it up right, Sandi-- making it a special holiday!  <3

I'M SO EXCITED, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

@david-bennett I remember that video!  It's such a fun idea, I'm hoping to get somebody(s) to join Mark & me on the porch this year.  

Thanks for the reminder. I've participated the last couple years, it's a lot of fun. Two years ago I even a few people from our dulcimer jam group join me, that got the neighbor's attention.

Mark your calendars, friends, for the last Saturday in August to join folks around the world heading outdoors (if possible) to make music!