Jonathan Dowell
Staff Report
Held annually each year on the third weekend in September, the Walnut Valley Festival is the home of the National Mountain Dulcimer Championship.
Jonathan Dowell of Los Alamos placed third in the contest. He received a 4FGCS Mountain dulcimer as his prize.
In addition to being an award winning mountain dulcimer player, Dowell is a physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory.