July 7 : Blue Ridge DanceFest Celebrate the holiday weekend with two great old-time stringbands and some of the best flatfoot dancers from Virginia and North Carolina! Whether you love to dance or just prefer to watch, you won't
want to miss the Independence holiday weekend concert on July 7th. This
show, dedicated to mountain dance traditions, is perfect for the whole
family with quality entertainment and music for both the young and young
at heart.
Award winning flatfoot dancers: Eddie Bond, C.T. Janning, Phil Jamison, Williette Hinton and Anna Roberts-Gevalt
from Virginia and North Carolina will converge at the Blue Ridge Music
Center to show their best moves along with two of the most popular old-time stringbands: The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters and Mountain Park Old-Time Band - providing the best traditional dance music a dancer can dream of.
Come early and enjoy the free 5 PM dance showcase in the BRMC small theater (phone to reserve seating) and learn some dance steps yourself at Phil Jamison's 6pm flatfoot dance workshop, (free with concert ticket-all levels welcome).
The New Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters are well known for their high-energy dance tunes and fiddler, Eddie Bond's soaring vocals. The NBBB have won the prestigious first place old-time
band prize at the Old Fiddlers' Convention in Galax several times, have
played across the US and appeared as special guests at numerous
festivals including the Smithsonian Folk-Life Festival at the Library of Congress. Mountain Park Old-Time
Band always pleases the crowd with their driving fiddle and banjo
tunes. This local group can often be found at Fiddlers' Conventions and
rural dancehalls throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains.
The Blue Ridge Dance Traditions concert
starts at 7 PM on Saturday, July 7th. Seating opens at 5:30 PM. Admission
$5. Children 12 and under are free. Bring your lawn chairs and Picnics welcome, with Smokehouse BBQ available as usual. What better way is
there to celebrate the holiday than to be with your friends and family
at the foot of beautiful Fishers Peak enjoying and supporting
traditional music and dance?
For info call (276) 236-5309 x112. Tickets are available at the Galax Visitor Center, online at and at the gate. Come early and enjoy the free, new museum, the Roots of American Music. The summer-evening concert series occurs every weekend through mid-September in the outdoor amphitheater at the foot of beautiful Fisher Peak.
The Blue Ridge Music Center is located at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of Boone in Galax VA.
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