Alphorn players perform at Cathedral

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Fort Wayne hosted a free concert featuring alphorns on Sunday, August 1, 2010, at 2:00 p.m.

Cathedral organist Michael Dulac joined a group of alphorn players attending the 2nd Annual Midwest Alphorn Retreat at Hidden Hollows Retreat in near Lagro, IN. They played traditional folk and religious songs.

An alphorn is a natural wooden horn of about 8 feet in length with a bell on one end and a cup-shaped mouth piece. If you've seen the Ricola commercials, you've seen an alphorn.

Noted alphorn virtuoso and scholar Prof. Peggy Demers, professor of horn at Sam Houston State University in Houston, TX, is the musical director of the retreat and will lead the alphorn ensemble at the performance.