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June 13-15, 2008

Schedule of Events

Sunday (June 8)

Kick Off Concert & Jam with the New North Carolina Ramblers
Chinqua Penn Plantation, Reidsville, NC

Friday Afternoon (June 13)

Jim Vipperman Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program hands-on musical workshop for young people.

Friday Concert:

  • 5:00 pm ... Martin & Johnson
    6:00 pm ... The New North Carolina Ramblers
    7:00 pm ... Lifetime Achievement Award Rebel Records Founder Dave Freeman
    7:30 pm ... Waking Up Tillie
    8:30 pm ... Uncle Henry’s Favorites
    9:30 pm ... The Freighthoppers

Saturday (June 14) Music Contests*

 

9:00 am

Youth registration

10:00 am

Youth competition

11:30 am

Youth awards ceremony

12 noon

Registration

1:00 pm

Flatpick Guitar

1:45 pm

Fingerstyle Guitar

2:30 pm

Bluegrass Fiddle

3:15 pm

Old-time Fiddle

4:00 pm

Clawhammer Banjo

4:30 pm

Bluegrass Banjo

5:00 pm

Duet Singing

5:30 pm

Bluegrass Band

6:30 pm

Old-Time Band

7:30 pm

Best Performance of Poole song

8:00 pm

The McPeak Brothers

9:00 pm

Grand Prize Banjo Competition 3-Finger Style Banjo

10:00 pm

Awards Ceremony

(*Schedule subject to change)

 

Sunday (June 15 ): Charlie Poole Historical Tour

A Charlie Poole Historical Tour will be conducted Sunday morning and will depart from the Eden Fairgrounds. The tour will feature a visit to his gravesite as well as the historic textile mill where Charlie worked and other places where he lived and played. Tour price is included in weekend pass admission.

 

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