Katy Daley is emceeing the International Bluegrass Music Museum’s ROMP 2009 music festival and providing Bluegrass Country with regular on-air and online news updates.
12:19 pm CT, Sunday
I don’t have any official weather report but it did seem a little cooler today. Fans were still hugging the tree line and awnings to keep out of the direct sun. It was hard on the working bands but they all put on great shows. The list of entertainers include: Bill Evans and Megan Lynch, Ronnie Reno, Valerie Smith & Becky Buller, the Bluegrass Parkway from Australia, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and The Dan Tyminski Band.
In honor of Pinecastle Records’ 20th anniversary, founder and owner, Col. Tom Riggs, presented a generous check to the International Bluegrass Music Museum. He also emcee’d the Pinecastle portion of the show: Grasstowne, Special Consensus and the Dixie Bee-Liners.
The IBMM sponsors music lessons at the museum throughout the year. This grew out of the Bluegrass in the Schools program. The students range in age from 6-80 and take lessons on instruments the museum provides if needed. Today it was showtime for the “Kentucky All-Stars,” which is their stage name. Over 250 students participated. They’re all helping to keep the bluegrass tradition alive.
Several hundred fans signed the Bill Monroe Stamp petition and some of the musicians added their signatures, too. Speaking of Bill Monroe, tomorrow will be my first visit to Rosine, Kentucky, the birthplace and burial site of “The Father of Bluegrass.”
- Katy
Coming soon, The Road to Rosine…
