Links to Music Resources
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Mountainhome Music's mission is to celebrate diverse styles of Appalachian performing arts. Mountainhome Music strives to educate and build community through the arts, providing accessible cross-generational experiences. |
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There are many music resources available, especially in the summer. We will list those we know about. If your music resource isn't listed and you want to me, send us an e-mail with your link AND be sure to link to our site. |
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PEACH BOTTOM FARM FIDDLE & STRINGS
CAMP
World class
instructors, great food and gorgeous surroundings, what more could there be?
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Swannanoa Gathering When:July & August (see below) Where: on the campus of Warren Wilson College A series of summer workshops in various folk arts held near Asheville in the heart of North Carolina's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Each week also features public concerts.
Dates for the 2007 Swannanoa
Gathering:
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Fiddler's Grove Fiddler's Convention When: Memorial Day Weekend Where: Union Grove NC The Fiddler's Grove Ole Time Fiddler's & Bluegrass Festival® is held over Memorial Day weekend every year. The festival strives to maintain a low-key, family feel by limiting ticket sales to the first 5,000 takers. 2007 Tickets for the weekend are $60 for adults (advance purchase $45), and $30 for children ages 10 to 15 years (advance purchase $20), children under 10 free. Camping is available on site in this beautiful wooded area of the Brushy Mountain foothills. Motel accommodations are also available nearby. There are many workshops sprinkled throughout the schedule. |
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ALLEGHENY VALLEY
FIDDLER'S CONVENTION When: July 20-21, 2007 Where: Sparta NC On Friday night and during the day Saturday, the audience will see and hear a variety of bands and individual contestants who come to the stage when they are ready to play, in no particular order. You never know what's coming next! The Saturday night show is 100 percent hot pickin' bands. The top 15 bluegrass and top 15 old time bands (as judged in Friday night and earlier Saturday competition) return to the stage starting at 7:30 p.m. for the grand championship senior band playoffs. |
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OLD FIDDLER'S CONVENTION When: August 6-11, 2007 Where: Galax VA The 72nd Annual Old Fiddler's Convention will soon be here, therefore a program schedule including youth competition and registration forms are on their website for your convenience. |
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LAUREL BLOOMERY FIDDLERS
CONVENTION When: August 24 & 25 (always the weekend before Labor Day) Where: Old Mill Music Park between Mt. City TN and Damascus VA |
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The Crooked Road - Virginia's Music Trail They consider it plagiarism to copy from their site, so click on the above to read about the Crooked Road. |
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Blue
Ridge Music Center In the Appalachian region one finds many variations of the ancient fiddle and banjo music of Virginia and North Carolina. This music can be traced to the meeting of the African banjo and the European fiddle in the Tidewater before our nation was created. Here also are found older ballads and religious music that reach deeply into the American past.
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