Crooked Road Featured in USA Today
The Crooked Road was recently featured in the travel section of the August 3, 2006 edition of USA Today.
Live Performance Venue in Big Stone Gap
Area musicians, storytellers, dancers and other performers are invited to Southwest Virginia Museum on Saturday, Sept. 2 to participate in the inaugural Open Mike night. The First Saturday Community Coffeehouse runs 7-9:30 p.m. on (you guessed it) the first Saturday of each month! Listeners who enjoy family-friendly live entertainment but don't want to perform are of course enthusiastically welcome. The event has no admission charge, and is held in the Museum's Victorian Parlor.
Coffee, tea, cake, and soft drinks will be on sale at the intermission. People wanting to perform should arrive no later than 6:45p.m. to sign up on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information contact Wendy Welch, Education Director at SW VA Museum at wendy.welch@dcr.virginia.gov or 276-523-1322.
Arts Array Spencer Memorial Concert Series
The Wolfe Brothers (pictured) will perform along with Dale Jett and the Dixie Bee-liners. A Crooked Road Sampler: Music from Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
Monday, September 11, 7:30 pm Barter Theatre
$10.00 for Community Admission
This concert will be a sampler of traditional music from our region, organized by the “The Crooked Road,” a new Virginia tourism initiative intended to highlight the variety of traditional musical venues and performers in the western part of Virginia. Featured soloist will be Scott County native Dale Jett, the son of Janette Carter and the grandson of A. P. and Sara Carter. From Grayson County will be the Wolfe Bros. String Band, which features three soloists performing rarely heard traditional songs as well as some of their original material. Representing the “Newgrass” or Urban Bluegrass movement will be the Dixie Bee-liners, based in New York City, who are relocating to Abingdon this fall.
Visit the Ralph Stanley Museum in Clintwood, Virginia visit their website www.ralphstanleymuseum.com. Beginning on September 2, 2006, the Ralph Stanley Museum and Traditional Mountain Music Center and the Jettie Baker Center will sponsor "Music Along the Crooked Road" concerts at the Jettie Baker Center. Held on the first Saturday evening of every month at 7:00PM, these performances will combine old-time and bluegrass performances from local performers as well as regional favorites. Admission prices start at $5 per ticket for most events and will be sold at the Ralph Stanley Museum and the Jettie Baker Center during the workweek leading up to each month's concert.
The Midnight Ramblers from Wise, VA will appear on the Jettie Baker Center stage on September 2, 2006 as the opening performance for the "Music Along the Crooked Road" series. Tickets will be available for purchase on Monday, August 28th at a price of $5 per seat for general admission.
Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival
The Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival will be held on Main Street in Clintwood, VA on Friday, Sept 30th through Sunday, October 1st. Bring the whole family to enjoy bluegrass and old-time music, area crafts and demonstrations, flatfooting, clogging, and square-dancing, games, "taste of the mountains" cuisine, and much more.
On Friday, September 29, at 6:30 PM, The Ralph Stanley Mountain Music Festival opens with a concert to benefit the museum with special performances by Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Judy Marshall, and local favorites. To purchase the $20 per person tickets, call (276) 926-8550 or visit the museum on the web at www.ralphstanleymuseum.com. Come out and support the generosity of Ralph Stanley, Judy Marshall, and the other artists who donate their time and talent to support the museum's programs and services.
On Saturday, September 30, beginning at 10 AM and ending at 11 PM, the Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival will continue in Clintwood with music, dancing, and storytelling performances on four stages.Vendors, crafters, performers, dancing and music contests, workshops, games, and other events will be available throughout the day. All of Saturday's performance events are free of charge and open to the general public, so plan to spend the day enjoying mountain hospitality.
On Sunday, October 1st, relax and enjoy the final performances of the Mountain Music Festival during the 4-hour gospel sing to be held at the Jettie Baker Center from 2PM to 6PM that afternoon. This event is also free of charge and seating is open to the public, so feel free to come and go as you please during Sunday's indoor events.
For more information, please call the Ralph Stanley Museum at 926-8550 or visit www.ralphstanleymuseum.com
Crooked Road Corn Maze
| The Corn Acoustics Corn Maze is owned and operated by Sammy and Sue Shelor of Meadows of Dan. Sammy is a well known banjoist and heads up the long time standing Lonesome River Band. Sue is a gourd crafter by trade but most of all promotes and manages the family farm. The idea of the corn maze was sparked by a friend in West Virginia - John Arnold from the Lonesome Highway Bluegrass Band does a corn maze every year near Romney. The Shelor’s also own the Mountain Meadow Farm and Craft Market which unites Southwestern Virginia artisans and craftsman along with local heritage farmers to preserve the traditions of days gone by. Sue Shelor commented that she was “very excited about the realization of this dream and is hopeful that it will bring additional prosperity to the area”. |
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