BS: vacationing in north carolina?

Subject: vacationing in north carolina?
From: tar_heel
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 03:54 PM

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!!

Subject: RE: BS: vacationing in north carolina?
From: BanjoRay
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 05:57 PM

We called in at the Andy Griffith Playhouse session last summer when five of us came over from the UK. We met some great people and lovely musicians that we played with later on at Clifftop and Galax. A beautiful time that glows in my memory. Thank you Mt Airy - I'll see you next summer - promise!

Cheers
Ray

Subject: RE: BS: vacationing in north carolina?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 09:39 PM

I usually go to Carolina Beach every summer, but this year we're getting out to Seattle and thereabouts, so make sure you keep it up till next year!

Subject: RE: BS: vacationing in north carolina?
From: Jeep man
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 10:34 PM

Ah Tarheel, you need to tell them about the wonderful weather, the unbelievable mountains,shrouded in mist, marching on and on into tomorrow.

The pure mountain streams,spring fed and so cold it hurts your teeth as you drink. Wild trout dimpling the stllness of a pond just at dark,and the Whippoorwills singing his loneliness into the night.

Then you might hear the sound of a fiddle playing a tune from time out of mind. It sounds normal here.

By the way, I'm a Tarheel, too.

I'm an American by chance of birth, I am a Tarheel by the grace of God. Jeep

Subject: RE: BS: vacationing in north carolina?
From: Matt_R
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 10:39 PM

WONDERFUL WEATHER??? Not out here on the coast it isn't!

Subject: RE: BS: vacationing in north carolina?
From: harpgirl
Date: 05 Jul 01 - 10:59 PM

mmmm, I love North Carolina. Maybe I can get up there and back on a long weekend...

Subject: RE: BS: vacationing in north carolina?
From: JeffM
Date: 06 Jul 01 - 03:54 PM

We went to Merlefest in Wilkesboro, NC, this year. Drove from Canada. Saw Doc and Earl and Dolly and Jerry. The music hangs in the air, even when no one is playing.