Saturday, September 5, 2009

The Grottoes Family Bluegrass Festival - Sept 10th, 11th, & 12th, 2009 - Grand Caverns Regional Park, Grottoes, VA

Sweet Brenda and Calvin Lawson as "Lawson Entertainment" present the fall edition of the "Grottoes Family Bluegrass Festival" at Grand Caverns Regional Park on September 10th, 11th & 12th, 2009.  As the name of the festival intimates this is a family friendly festival with all the things you would expect of such an event. 

Thursday is a special time with the Bluegrass Brothers as the only scheduled band performing.  The evening is dedicated more to the Pot Luck Dinner at 6PM.  Bring your favorite dish and pitch in with all of your friends for an evening fine food and fellowship along with music by the Bluegrass Brothers.

 

Friday gets started with the band Lonesome Highway.  Many of you will remember a young musician, Buddy Dunlap, from his association with other bands in his youth.  Click on the above link to learn more about Lonesome Highway.  Friday's a big day at Grottoes as The James King Band appears and as hot and important as James is, he isn't the only big name there that day.  Fredericksburg, Virginia's favorite son, Larry Stephenson, along with his band The Larry Stephenson Band are up next after JamesLarry was a big fan of The Osborne Brothers in his youth and that love of their music can still be heard in Larry's music today.  One of the very best traditional tenor singers, Audie Blaylock, appears on Friday with his band Audie Blaylock & Redline.  If those great bands weren't enough the day wraps up with Sammy Shelor & The Lonesome River Band.  Sammy is to be inducted into the VFMA Hall of Fame just one week from this date. 

Saturday promises big time too as things get started with a great band, Remington Ryde.  As a Banjo enthusiast I am especially excited about Remington Ryde because the Banjo player is Billy Lee Cox, one of the finest Banjo players around today.  Next up is Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road.  Lorraine not only keeps this fine band touring the eastern US, but she also is the is instrumental in forming the IBMA award winning Daughters of Bluegrass.  Catch a performance of the "Daughters" by clicking hereMark Templeton & Pocket Change appear next at Grottoes. Mark brings his love of Southern Gospel into each of his performances.  Up next is the Wildwood Valley Boys.  Wrapping up the day and the weekend at the "Grottoes Family Bluegrass Festival" are Dailey & Vincent, singing some of the best harmony you're likely to hear anywhere.

So there you have it, another great Bluegrass event presented by Lawson Entertainment. 

3 comments:

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra said...

Hello!
I am the Digital Marketing Manager for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and I wanted to let you know about an upcoming concert that you and our patrons may be interested in. We are always striving to bring new and innovative music into the concert hall, and Time for Three is no exception.

I hope you find this interesting. Perhaps you have an email list this can be forwarded to?
Hope to see you at the concert!
Jamie Jean

Time for Three
Performance Dates
Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. @ The Meyerhoff
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. @ The Meyerhoff
Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. @ Strathmore

http://www.bsomusic.org/main.taf?p=1,9,1,3,1,1&EventID=Clas1



Marin Alsop, conductor
Time for Three:
Zachary De Pue, violin
Nicolas Kendall, violin
Ranaan Meyer, double bass
Brahms - Hungarian Dances
Higdon - Concerto 4-3
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4
Symphony meets bluegrass in this effervescent program of charm and fancy. Jennifer Higdon's groundbreaking concerto, written for the oh-so-much-fun trio Time for Three, builds on one of America's great folk-country traditions, with a symphonic hoe-down that will leave you smiling. The concert also features some of Brahms' most delightful Hungarian Dances and concludes with the energetic and triumphant music of Tchaikovsky's fate-filled Symphony No. 4.

Click here to watch Time for Three performing an excerpt from Concerto 4-3 during an interview with Jennifer Higdon.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFbRYWCHHkI

Knights42388 said...

Hey Gary. Just wanted to clear one thing for the record. The Bluegrass Brothers were NOT the only scheduled band for Thursday. Southern Grass was scheduled too late to have their band's name added to the flyers for that particular festival. The group was fine with that and appreciated Sweet Brenda including them. Sweet Brenda can verify this for you. Southern Grass was a scheduled act and their group's name was printed on the shirts for being a scheduled act. Sweet Brenda made the announcement that they were scheduled too late to get them onto the flyers prior to them taking the stage that day.

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