Appalachian Festival - September 19, 2009

 
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Also on the grounds...
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Festival Happenings

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Music

Times subject to change. For the complete, up to date schedule of performances, please see the Festival Brochure (PDF; 3MB)

COMPTON STAGE

10:00 Frostburg Arion Band (Community Band)
10:40 Jay Smar (Coal 'n Folk)
11:20 Highland Grass (Bluegrass)
12:00 Abe Folmsbee (Old-Time - Clawhammer Banjo)
12:40 Rachel Eddy (Old-Time - Fiddle)
1:20 Slim Harrison-Barnstormers with RockCandy Cloggers (Appalachian Stringband & Dance)
2:00 Bob Mitchell, The Reel Piper (Scottish)
2:40 Black Diamond (Bluegrass)
3:20 Allegheny Drifters (Bluegrass)

4:00 Clear Creek Stringband (Old-Time)

4:40 Highland Grass (Bluegrass)
5:20 Hoedown with Slim Harrison-Barnstormers with RockCandy Cloggers (Appalachian Stringband & Dance)

SOWERS STAGE

10:30 Frostburg State University Chorale (American Roots)
11:10 Loretta Hummel & Robert Broadwater (Country)
11:50 Robert Yonke & Friends (Bluegrass)
12:30 That’s It! (Barbershop)
1:10 Short Mountain String Band (Old-Time)
2:00 Appalachian Dulcimer PDQ

2:30 Bear Hill Bluegrass (Bluegrass)
3:10 Amy Fabbri & Amanda Barger (Mountain Dulcimer, Fiddle)
3:50 Jeff Thomas, John Neral & Nikki Mason (Irish Traditional & Dance)
4:30 Greg Latta (Acoustic Folk)
5:10 Ed and Kathleen Myers (Old-Time)



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  Chapel Happenings

Ellouise: http://www.ellouisestory.com
Susanna: http://grannysu.blogspot.com
Story Telling Swap
Front & Centre Stage Productions Presents: Tall Tales from Appalachia
Shape Note Singing Workshop (unconfirmed)
Harmony Workshop



Children's Activites

What Were the Children Doing Games and Toys of the 1700s
Hands On Crafts
Corn Husk Dolls
Musical Instruments
Weaving
And More!






Folkways Tent

Maryland Traditions Presents: Banjo Makers Panel
Traditional Basket Making
Dulcimer PDQ –Learn to Play the Mountain Dulcimer Pretty Darn Quick
Soap Making
Old Time to Bluegrass Music Workshop
Appalachian Dance Workshop with RockCandy Cloggers
Stories from the Coalfields



Appalachian Explorations

Scales to Tales
Voices for Appalachia Portrait-Story (unconfirmed)
Savage River Watershed
Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Discussion
Deep Creek Discovery Center (unconfirmed)
Doing Genealogy
Swan Meadow School Oral History Project (Gortner Amish and Mennonite Community)



braiding rug



Artisans

Woodworking
Basketmaking
Hooked Rugs
Quilts
Tatting
Doll Making
Herbal Items
And many more


Also on the grounds...

Beekeeping
Goat Milking
Goat Painting
Living History from the Colonial Period
Apple Butter Making
Stanton’s Mill
Natural Dyes
Ethnobotany Tours
Fly Tying and Fly Fishing



Art Bus


Additional Participants

Greater Allegheny Passage Trail Association
Maryland National Road Association
George’s Creek Watershed Association
The Nature Conservancy
Savage River Watershed Association
Voices for Appalachia-Portrait Story
Local books and authors
Frostburg Museum
Western Maryland Archeology Association
Appalachian Independent
FSU Wildlife Association
FSU Discovery Center –Animals of Appalachia



Festival Flavors

Lion’s Club BBQ
Sugar & Spice Bakery & Cheese (Amish)
Jearbryo’s
Brian’s Old Fashioned Hot Dogs


 

 

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