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Grey Fox Schedule • Thursday • July 17 • 2008 GREY FOX SCHEDULE • THURSDAY • JULY 17 • 2008 MAIN MASTERS DANCE GRASS FAMILY STAGE STAGE PAVILION ROOTS STAGE Presented by COLLINGS & Presenting Sponsor Presented by SUGAR HILL Presenting Sponsor THE EVENT COMPANY EASTMAN w/support from INTELLITOUCH & 11:00 & RHYTHM & ROOTS NECHVILLE & GREENE CO TOURISM MARTIN, STELLING, BEARD D’ADDARIO 11:30 FACE PAINTING 12:00 Times announced daily WELCOME TO Don’t miss “Dining Under the Tarps” 12:30 GREY FOX Noon-1:00 ~ At the Slow Jam Tent on the See page 20 for details. “Yoga for Kids” with Walsh Farm 1:00 Helen: 12:30 Oak Hill, NY 1:30 1:00 ‘til... Creative Dance w/ greyfoxbluegrass@ Stephanie Anderson: 2:00 Dry Branch Fire yahoogroups.com 1:15 Squad Welcome 2:00 MEET & GREET 2:30 Picking Encouraged “Romper Rhythm” Lovin’ Pretty Women: Music & Puppets with 3:00 Gravity Steep Canyon Rangers Diane Kordas: 2:00 (From Sweden) 3:00 3:00 3:30 Hot Fiddle Fever: GRASS ROOTS STAGE Puppet Show w/ Adrienne Young Michael Cleveland, OPEN FOR Amy Seabrook: 2:45 4:00 Brian Wicklund, Kevin & Little Sadie JAMS Fiddlin’ & Dancin’ with Wimmer & Linzay 2:00 to 10:00 4:30 4:00 Young 4:00 Lew Gelfond: 3:30 Pete Wernick’s Compliments of Meet the SteelDrivers 5:00 Bluegrass Jam Campers Nechville Musical 5:00 5:00 Products 5:30 WELCOME DANCE Red Stick Ramblers Soaring Vocals: With John Kirk,Trish Jamie Dailey & 6:00 5:30 Miller and Fiddlestyx Dinner Break! Darren Vincent 5:00 6:30 Steep Canyon 6:00 Rangers Tye Dying! 7:00 6:40 THE GREENCARDS Bring something & FRIENDS to tie dye: 7:30 Michael Cleveland 7:00 6:30 & Flamekeeper 8:00 7:50 Plain white tees available for sale 8:30 at the tee shirt booth. 9:00 Dailey & Vincent Band RED STICK 9:00 RAMBLERS Watch for 9:30 9:00-11:00 Waffles the Clown. He’ll be creating havoc wherever he goes! 10:00 The SteelDrivers 10:30 10:10 11:00 The Greencards 11:30 11:20 12:00 12:30 1:00 GREY FOX SCHEDULE • FRIDAY • JULY 18 • 2008 MAIN MASTERS DANCE GRASS ROOTS FAMILY STAGE STAGE PAVILION TENT STAGE Presented by COLLINGS & Presenting Sponsor Presented by SUGAR HILL Presenting Sponsor THE EVENT COMPANY EASTMAN w/support from INTELLITOUCH & & RHYTHM & ROOTS NECHVILLE & GREENE CO TOURISM 11:00 MARTIN, STELLING, BEARD D’ADDARIO 11:30 Chatham County Line Gravity 11:00 YOGA w/Lucy Weberling Bluegrass Jam 101 with Yoga with Helen 11:00 w/ Kindling Stone 10:00 Pete & Joan Wernick 8:45 11:00 12:00 Songwriting with Steep Canyon Rangers Adrienne Young, Kristin Crafts & Jewelry Making Harmony Singing 101 w/ 9:30 12:00 Andreassen & Sarah Clogging with John Kirk Jeff Horton & Mary 12:30 & Trish Miller 11:00 Siskind: 12:00 Maguire 12:10 Puppet Show w/ Amy JOHN KIRK,TRISH Seabrook: 10:30 1:00 The Greencards Meet Sarah Jarosz 1:00 MILLER & FIDDLESTYX Mandolin Technique 101 1:00 (Squares, Circles & with Brian Aldridge Clown College with 1:30 Contra Dances) 12:00 1:00 Gary the Silent Clown Chatham County Line (Limit of 20 clownees: 2:00 Uncle Earl 2:00 ADRIENNE YOUNG & Guitar 101 with rising 6th graders & up) 2:00 LITTLE SADIE & Tony Watt 11:15 2:30 FRIENDS 2:00 Ron Thomason:Told You 2:00 “Romper Rhythm” Puppet Show w/ Diane That to Tell You This Banjo 101 with Bill Keith 3:00 Tim O’Brien Kordas: 12:30 3:00 3:00 3:00 3:30 “Stone Soup Family Fiddle 101 with Andrew Edition” Music w/ Joe Old Time Country with VanNostrand 4:00 Sinchak, Suzanne Bladek: 4:00 The Grascals UNCLE EARL the Wilders 4:00 & Friends 1:15 4:00 4:00 Dobro 101 with 4:30 Banjo Masters: Bela Fleck, Pete Reichwein & Alex Magic w/ Tom Lilly & Pete Wernick, Bill Keith & Sens 5:00 Beowulf the Wonder 5:00 Dinner Break Chris Pandolfi Bunny 2:00 5:00-6:30 5:00 Acoustic Bass 101 with 5:30 Jeff Horton & Friends Gary the Silent Clown 2:45 Mando Madness: David INFAMOUS 6:00 6:00 Grisman, Ronnie STRINGDUSTERS Cristo Lewis Sings McCoury & Sarah Jarosz 6:00 Johnny Cash 3:40 6:30 Dry Branch Fire Squad 6:00 6:30 Ventriloquist Steve Charney & Harry 7:00 4:00 7:30 Abigail Washburn & Grass Roots Stage Banjer Dan 4:45 Sparrow Quartet Open for Gravity (from Sweden) 7:30 THE WILDERS Jams 8:00 5:30 8:00 7:00 to 10:00 8:30 The David Grisman SUPPER BREAK Compliments of Bluegrass Experience IBMA Seminar 9:00 Nechville Musical 8:50 “Taking Your Products Band to the Next BIG SANDY & Movies and Snacks 9:30 HIS FLY-RITE BOYS for Kids: Step” Part 1 10:00-midnight 8:30-10:30 10:00 Del McCoury Band Note: 10:15 At the All sessions at the Movie Title TBA 10:30 Slow Jam Tent Good night. Grass Roots Sleep tight. Learning Tent 10:00-11:45am are hands-on, so bring 11:00 COME GET Details on P. 18 your instruments/voice and join right in! FAERIE DUSTED! 11:30 Infamous Stringdusters We specialize in being Watch for with Tim O’Brien user-friendly! “Sparkles the Faerie 12:00 11:45 Godmother” Along the Midway Please bring your On Friday between 4:30.m. 12:30 own chair if you and 7:00 p.m. plan to sit! 1:00 GREY FOX SCHEDULE • SATURDAY • JULY 19 • 2008 MAIN MASTERS DANCE GRASS ROOTS FAMILY STAGE STAGE PAVILION TENT STAGE Presented by COLLINGS & Presenting Sponsor Presented by SUGAR HILL Presenting Sponsor THE EVENT COMPANY EASTMAN w/support from INTELLITOUCH & & RHYTHM & ROOTS NECHVILLE & GREENE CO TOURISM 11:00 MARTIN, STELLING, BEARD D’ADDARIO YOGA w/Lucy Weberling Yoga with Helen 8:45 11:30 Missy Raines & the Karaoke with Kitsy w/ Kindling Stone 10:00 New Hip 11:00 Kuykendall & Friends Crafts ‘n Jewelry Making 12:00 11:00 9:30 Chatham County Line JOHN KIRK, TRISH Mandolin 102 Sarah Jarosz & Friends Balloons & Juggling 12:30 12:00 MILLER & FIDDLESTYX with Ron Thomason 12:00 with Tom Lilly 10:30 (Squares, Circles & 12:00 1:00 Contra Dances) Adrienne Young & Creative Dance with Great Voices: Dan Paisley, 12:00 Flatpicking Guitar 102 Stephanie Anderson: Little Sadie 1:00 Eric & Leigh Gibson 1:00 with Tony Watt 1:30 1:00 11:15 2:00 Bass Lines: Missy Raines, Banjo 102 with Banjer Dan 12:00 Dry Branch Fire Squad Mike Bub, Mike Barber GRAVITY former Bluegrass Boy & American Family 2:00 & Eric Frey 2:00 2:00 2:30 banjo master, Bill Keith Jamboree Band 12:45 2:00 Guitar Styles: Brian Magic Show w/Tom Lilly 3:00 Dan Paisley & the Sutton, Andy Falco & Harmony Singing 102 & Beowulf the Wonder Southern Grass 3:00 Chaz Justus 3:00 with Jeff Horton & Bunny 1:30 3:30 Mary Maguire 3:00 Gary the Silent Clown & The Gibson Brothers Celtic Connections:Tim Acoustic Bass 102 with ADRIENNE YOUNG His Clownees 2:15 4:00 4:00 O’Brien & Special Guest, & LITTLE SADIE & Mike Bub: 4:00 Kevin Burke 4:00 FRIENDS Bluegrass Fiddle 102 Ventriloquist Steve 4:30 4:00 Charney and Harry 3:15 Dobro Masters: Jerry with Andrew Van 5:00 Douglas, Andy Hall & Norstrand Cristo Lewis 4:00 Dinner Break Mike Witcher 5:00 5:00 5:00-6:30 Astrograss for Kids 4:15 5:30 Sam Bush & His Dobro 102 with Mandolin Pete Reichwein and Sarah Jarosz 5:00 Alex Sens 6:00 6:00 UNCLE EARL Fiddlin’ & Singin’ with Lew 6:00 6:00 Gelfond 5:30 6:30 The Wilders 6:30 Songs & Giggles w/ the 7:00 Note: Panfil Brothers 6:15 All sessions at the Grass Roots Learning Watch for 7:30 Infamous Stringdusters Tent are hands-on. Waffles the Clown. 7:30 RED STICK RAMBLERS Bring your 8:30 He’ll be creating havoc 8:00 instruments / voice wherever he goes! and join right in! We specialize in 8:30 Hot Rize & being user friendly! Special Guests 8:45 IBMA Seminar Movies and Snacks 9:00 “Taking Your for Kids: Bring something 8:30-10:30 Band to the Next RED KNUCKLES to sit on. 9:30 Step” Part 2 11:00 Movie Title TBA 10:00 Jerry Douglas Band At the 10:15 10:30 Slow Jam Tent Sweet dreams! 10:00-11:45am Collings, Stelling & Beard 11:00 Raffle Drawings: Details on P. 18 11:25 11:30 Sam Bush Band 12:00 11:30 12:30 1:00 GREY FOX SCHEDULE • SUNDAY • JULY 20, 2008 MAIN MASTERS DANCE GRASS FAMILY STAGE STAGE PAVILION ROOTS STAGE Presented by COLLINGS & Presenting Sponsor Presented by SUGAR HILL Presenting Sponsor THE EVENT COMPANY EASTMAN w/support from INTELLITOUCH & & RHYTHM & ROOTS NECHVILLE & GREENE CO TOURISM MARTIN, STELLING, BEARD D’ADDARIO GROUP PHOTO OPS YOGA CLASS Instrument-making 9:30 Staff photo: 9:30 sharp Stretch Your Mind, workshop with International Visitors: Body and Spirit with Diane Kordas: 10:00 9:45 If you’re from another Lucy Weberling 9:30 country, please come! 10-11:00 Accompanied by Sunday Morning Gospel Sing Along with Stone 10:30 GREY FOX FAMILY Kindling Stone Dry Branch Fire Squad Soup Family Edition— 10:30 TOWN HALL MEETING! Joe, Suzanne & Friends: 11:00 10:30 10:00 The Grass Roots (New location!!) Stage is open all day for 11:30 Kindling Stone 11:40 sheltered jams Come share your insights See you next year! 12:00 with festival organizers Compliments of Learn lots! Missy Raines & about Nechville Musical Products Do good things! the New Hip this year’s festival..
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