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Prospect
Bluegrass Festival Information
The
2008 Prospect Bluegrass Festival will be held
on July 11th, 12th and 13th. The 13th Annual
Festival, hosted by the Prospect Lion’s Club,
will be more fun than ever with some of the
best bluegrass bands in Oregon, an old-fashioned
barn dance and wonderful parkin’ lot pickin’
all weekend. Festival headliners include True
North from Salem, Oregon, Green Mountain Bluegrass
Band from Eugene, Siskiyou Summit from the
Rogue Valley, The Mighty Lonesomes from Ashland,
Oregon, Gold River from Grants Pass and local
favorites, the Goldman Family Band from Eagle
Point, Oregon along with the Rogue Valley’s
Old-Time Fiddlers and more. Also, returning
to the festival will be Leon Flick, the entertaining
and award-winning Cowboy Poet with his humorous
take on life.
Plus,
this year’s festival will feature an Old-Fashioned
Barn Dance on Saturday night with well-known
caller Woody Lane from Roseburg and the Generic
String Band from Ashland. The family-oriented
dance, held at the Prospect Community Hall,
will feature squares, rounds, contras, waltzes
and kid’s dances. All ages and abilities are
welcome; instruction will be given.
Other
activities at the festival will include a
Bluegrass Band Scramble on Saturday morning,
a Gospel Open-Mic on Sunday morning, Kid’s
Jam on Sunday afternoon, craft booths by regional
artisans, a Lion’s Club Pancake Breakfast
on Sunday morning and Barbecue Dinner on Saturday
evening plus lots Parkin’ Lot Pickin’ all
weekend.
The
festival will begin on Friday, July 11th at
6p.m. with the Dale Albee Memorial Bonfire
Jam and hot dog roast. Along with great music,
hot dogs and buns, the festival’s Friday night
activities will be free to the public.
Prospect,
Oregon is located on Highway 62, 40 miles
northeast of Medford and just 35 minutes from
Crater Lake National Park. For more information
about the 2008 Prospect Bluegrass Festival
go to www.prospectcommunity.org
or call Jeff Jones, Festival Coordinator
at 541-488-0178. July 11 - 13, 2008 • Lion’s
Park • Prospect, Oregon 541.488.0178 • www.prospectcommunity.org/bluegrass
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Featured Performers
True
North
Northwest
indie-grass quartet True North combines traditional
bluegrass instrumentation with soulful vocals,
fat harmonies and folk-edged songwriting for
a decidedly modern acoustic sound. True North's
tight and careful arrangements can be alternately
big and wild, tender and deliberate.
website
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The Green
Mountain Bluegrass Band
Afive piece bluegrass band
that plays traditional bluegrass music. They
know what traditional bluegrass music is,
and how it’s supposed to be played: straight
ahead, from the heart, with drive, gathered
around a single mic, in a manner reminiscent
of the Masters, that reflects their soul,
their spirit, and their talent!
website
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Siskiyou
Summit Bluegrass Band
Since
1999, Siskiyou Summit has performed it’s special
brand of bluegrass music to a growing fan
base in the Pacific Northwest. The band has
the benefit of six strong singers and instrumentalists
as well as song writers and arrangers. This
is very unusual for any band, especially one
so far, geographically, from the origins of
this uniquely American music.
website
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Admission:
Please
click
here for festival ticket pricing
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