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Stone Mountain Village
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Third Annual Bluegrass, Old-time Music and Country Dance Festival
This Family Friendly, Fun, Festival is FREE of charge.
Scenes from the 2012 Festival
Festival Co-producers Dr. John Kelley and Jack Sartain report that the Festival was an unqualified success! There was music and dance in the Village of Stone Mountain (not in the park). Band contests, Bluegrass and Old-Time jamming happened throughout the Village in stores, restaurants and “on the corners”. The bands played competitively in a concert area and events were held in conjunction with the Art Station of Stone Mountain.
Jammers gathered on Main Street, in stores, restaurants, out behind the barn, and anywhere else that musical notes could be let loose to wander around the Village.
Instrument workshops were held for fiddlers (with Jim Culliton) and guitarists (with Larry Bennefield). A big Dance (with Janet Sheppard) brought smiles to young and old alike - new dancers and experienced dancers mingled for great fun! An Appalachian Flatfooting/Buckdancing/Clogging class was led by Sharon Moonshine
For information on next year's Festival,
contact Jack Sartain at: jbs5951@aol.com
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| In addition to Bluegrass and Old-time instrumental music, community dancing was featured. A little flatfoot, buck dancing, clogging and contra dancing was featured. Says co-producer Kelley, “in case the reader is not familiar, country dance includes traditional Georgia square and round dances as well as the more modern Contra dances. The moves for these community dances are taught before each dance and the “caller” prompts the dancers during the dance. Live bands provide music. No experience is necessary, if you know your right hand from your left and can follow simple directions you can join in on this fun activity.” |  |
Co-producer Sartain says, ”Festival goers brought lawn chairs, dancing shoes, friends and family and joined in the FREE FUN all up and down Main Street. Venders lined Main Street and some side streets, too! Folks were visiting the restaurants and merchants all day.” For more information about Stone Mountain Village, please see: www.stonemountainvillage.com/
Performance, Contests, and Events Festival Schedule |
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MainStage Show at The Gazebo |
Bands Contests in the Arts Station |
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| Bruce Weeks Family Band | Old-time Band Contest (Bluegrass playing in the Village) |
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| Grass Backards | Community Contra and other dance | |||
| Pool Mountain | Bluegrass Band Contest (Old-time playing in the Village) |
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| Apostles of Bluegrass | Community dance and contest winners announced | |||
| Culliton, Dean & Hall | ||||
| Cedar Hill | ||||
| Facing South | ||||
Workshop: Introduction to Appalachian Flatfooting/Buckdancing/Clogging 4-5 PM in “Dance Hall” |
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Scenes from the 2012 Festival:
View a slideshow of photos from around the Festival: Photos Slideshow Here
Photos complements of Joe Carver, John Miller, Jim Crawford and a host of other wonderful photographers ...
If you have photos of your own that you would like posted here, too, please send them to davidbelcher@bellsouth.net
Jim Crawford posted many of his excellent viideos of Festival events on YouTube.
Search for: Stone Mountain Village Blue GrassRoots Festival or SEBA Sponsored
Videos from the 2012 Festival:
Videos for Old TIme Bands and Bluegrass Bands
Band Competition Winners:
First Place Bluegrass Band Competition Winner: Line Creek Band : |
Second Place Bluegrass Band Competition Winner: Bluegrass Bonanza Band |
Third Place Bluegrass Band Competition Winner:
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First Place Old-Time Band Competition Winner: The Throw-Togethers
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Second Place Old-Time Band Competition Winner: American Honey
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Third Place Old-Time Band Competition Winner: Sourwood Honey
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Every Band in the contests were Winners, too!
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Let's play "Name That Song"! If you know the name of an unnamed song above please send me the name and I'll replace the link. Thanks, davidbelcher@bellsouth.net
For information on next year's Festival,
contact Jack Sartain at: jbs5951@aol.com
Band Contest Rules for 2012 are here: Old-time ~ Bluegrass
Check the out to be prepared for nest year...
For information on Bluegrass Bands contact: Estill Nicholson estilln@comcast.net
Old-Time Bands contact Judy Robinson robinja@yahoo.com
Contra Dancing Info contact Janet Shepherd hands4@bellsouth.net
Major supporters of the Festival included Southeastern Bluegrass Association, Chattahoochee Country Dancers,
Atlanta Area Friends of Folk Music, Main Street Stone Mountain, DeKalb Council for the Arts, Inc. ,
The Atlanta Foundation, 94.9 The Bull Radio, 105.7 Wild Radio
Also, Vintage Music is a supporter of the festival with a $100 gift certificate to the winner of the Old-time band contest.
Scenes from the 2011 Festival:
Collection of short clips (in HD) of several bluegrass & old time music bands warming up at CCD in Stone Mountain Festival video (in HD & great sound) featuring Janet Shepherd: Fire on the Mountain - Head Over Hills String Band - Stone Mountain Music Festival
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