Family Stage
Saturday, September 20
10:30 AM The Song Imagineers
Multi-instrumentalist Ray Owen and entertainer and educator Christine Bass take children and families on a magical sing-along journey through Appalachian history and culture. They present a rich mother lode of frontier ballads, tall tales, mountain minstrel music and side-splitting stories and take the audience trailblazing over terrain that abounds in wide-eyed surprises.
12 PM Jug Band With Slim Harrison and the Sunnyland Band
Come join the Sunnyland Band and play along on spoons, jugs, washboards, skiffle boards, limberjacks, washtub bass, Pennsylvania Dutch “Stumpf fiddles,” African tambourines, Cajun frottoirs, Native American whammy diddles, Chines “gao” bead drums, Latin maracas, castañuelas and güiros.
1 PM The Song Imagineers
Come join the Sunnyland Band and play along on spoons, jugs, washboards, skiffle boards, limberjacks, washtub bass, Pennsylvania Dutch “Stumpf fiddles,” African tambourines, Cajun frottoirs, Native American whammy diddles, Chines “gao” bead drums, Latin maracas, castañuelas and güiros.
2 PM Jim Morris
Jim Morris is well-known locally for making instruments from salad bowls, frying pans, cigar boxes and just about everything else that can create a sound. If something can make music, Morris will find a use for it. Join him for an interactive performance using all of his own hand-made instruments.
3 PM The Cat and The Fiddle Student Showcase
The Cat and The Fiddle is a folk music school established in Capon Bridge, W.Va., in 2019. The school’s mission is to foster a safe environment that promotes music education, practical folklife experience and support for growing musicians. During this showcase, students and teachers from The Cat and The Fiddle will share some of the music they have learned or taught at the school. More info is available at www.thecatandthefiddlewv.com.
4 PM Barn Dance with Slim Harrison and Friends
Come join Slim Harrison and Friends for a Community Barn Dance. Considered a "Self-taught" multi-instrumentalist, storyteller & Barn Dance caller, Slim says he, "learned a little bit from everyone I met as I traveled around this great country and around the world!" His greatest joy is sharing the music & dances of America and the world with children & adults.