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June
11-13,
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Charlie Poole Music Festival with River Ramble! |
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The Fifteenth Annual Charlie Poole Music Festival is scheduled for June 11-13, 2010, at the Eden Fairgrounds, 13870 NC 87 N in Eden, North Carolina.
A Friday evening concert begins a weekend of fabulous old-time and bluegrass music, and competitions are scheduled all Saturday afternoon and evening, with an opportunity for a river adventure in the morning featuring the first-ever Charlie Poole River Ramble, a scenic float on the Smith River from the Spray Cotton Mills, where Charlie Poole once worked.
--- SEE DRBA NEWS STORY FOR DETAILS ON RIVER RAMBLE ---- Free River Ramble / Festival tee shirts to the first 30 people to sign up for the River Ramble ------
Contests include Junior and Senior divisions with $5000 in cash prizes and ribbons in old-time and bluegrass fiddle, flatpick and fingerstyle guitar, clawhammer and bluegrass banjo, bluegrass and old-time band, best rendition of a Charlie Poole song, duet singing, and $500 grand prize for old-time three-finger banjo.
--------- Campers and RVs are welcome for the entire week preceding. Food and other vendors will be on-site for the festival, plus a Little Ramblers children’s area. For schedules, ticket prices and camping information visit www.charlie-poole.com. For further information call 336-623-1043. |
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Piedmont Folk Legacies |
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336-623-1043 |
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Email:
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Website:
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http://www.charlie-poole.com/index.php?p=festival |
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