if you are heading for North Carolina ,while on your vacation,may i suggest that you stop over in Mt.Airy,N.C..(just 30 miles north of Winston-Salem,N.C..) every thursday night,at the andy griffith playhouse,there is a weeklly jam session of old-time and bluegrass music and its opened to anyone dropping by...so bring your instrument with you or just drop in for lots of fun and great music....7-10pm.. also,each saturday mornings,there is a jam session at the Downtown Cinema,from 9:00 - 11:00 am...free to the public...its also consist of locale old-time and bluegrass musicians of the area...but,its also open to any musician wanting to perform!! chuck and peggi hemrick,of the hemrick family singers, perform there each and every saturday morning! and!!!!it's across the street from the world famous Snappy Lunch!!(home of the world famous Pork Chop Sandwich...you'll love it,i guarantee it!!) then from 11:00 am - 1:30pm,there is live music by old-time and bluegrass groups performing live from the stage over radio station WPAQ 740 AM on the dial....one of about only 2 or 3 across the country that still presents LIVE music on the radio each week....ITS ALL FREE!! so,come on down,up,side ways,u-name-it....and enjoy yourself on your vacation in NORTH CAROLINA!!LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!