Myself and a couple of other Chicago banjo players went there in 1966. I remember it being billed as "The Dogwood Festival" We stayed at a fishing camp on the White river. We were introduced to some lovely homemade whiskey by a retired judge. We paid him back by playing every moonshine and otherwise whiskey related song we could think of. We went fishing, taking banjos with us. We went to the rodeo. We sat around at the courthouse stage. We went to the school auditorium. We met Jimmy Driftwood. I took some of the best photos of my life (all black and white). Especially of the rodeo and the cloggers (spontaneous dancing, not a group. I remember a wonderfully tall, young, blond, woman who danced so beautifully I fell in love with her. She was completely into her dancing and had an incredible look of self satisfaction on her face. I was too shy to meet her.

I should hunt those photos down and scan a few and post them. The place has changed a lot I hear. I should get down there again.

sigh

CB