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Uncle Dave Macon Days National
Championship for Ole Time Banjo, Buckdance, & Clogging.
UNCLE DAVE MACON DAYS SLATED FOR
JULY 11-13, 2008---MURFREESBORO, TN
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Uncle Dave Macon Days 2007 |
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – One of an elite group of highly charged down-home old-time music and dance competitions, the 31st Annual Uncle Dave Macon Days festival is set to kick off July 11th-13th, at Cannonsburgh Village in historic Murfreesboro, Tennessee. A purse of more than $11,000 is at stake during Friday and Saturday's Uncle Dave Macon Days competitions. The fun starts at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 11th; 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 12th and 12 p.m. on Sunday, July 13th. There is no admission charge. Free and paid parking is available.
In 1986 the US House of Representatives proclaimed these competitions to be the National Championships in Old-Time Banjo, Old-Time Clogging and Old-Time Buck Dancing. In 2008, the “House of Representatives” recorded Murfreesboro as a designated “National American Music Center for Traditional American Music”.
With continued success, talent and drive the festival draws musicians and dancers from across the nation. A new contest in store for 2008 is “Old Time Jug Band” an early 20th century style of music. Enjoying renewed and enormous success this competition promises to be a vastly entertaining and spirited event.
| Friday evening the 2008 “Trailblazer” award recipient is John Rice Irwin, founder and Director of the “Museum of Appalachia,” “a collection of more than 30 historic log buildings on 63 acres that includes hundreds of exhibits celebrating the creativity and color of our Appalachian forebears”. |
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| Saturday, WSM 650 AM radio will assist in presenting Bobby Osborne, a legendary giant in bluegrass music, the 2008 Heritage Award. His instantly identifiable, quality high lead and tenor voice and inventive mandolin stylings remain unsurpassed. The Heritage Award is a yearly honor presented to an individual dedicated to the preservation and advancement of old-time music and dance. Saturday morning Osborne will also serve as the Grand Marshal of the Motorless Parade that travels down East Main Street in Murfreesboro.
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The festival was established to honor the memory of Uncle Dave Macon who lived near Murfreesboro and is considered one of the first Grand Ole Opry superstars. A master banjo player and entertainer he performed up to the week of his death in 1952, and elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966. |
Witnessing passionate and powerfully generated performances of music and dance, the cultural preservation of old time traditions are the foundation of the event. Consecutively selected by the Atlanta-based Southeast Tourism Society as one of the Top 20 events in the Southeast, the American Bus Association also designated Uncle Dave Macon Days as one of the Top 100 Events in North America for 2005-08. |
Considered one of America's premier summer festivals, the family-oriented event annually gathers more than 40,000 people for a hearty blend of music and dance southern style. Other family-oriented events taking place throughout the festival include: heritage activities for children, ethnic and southern style concessions, locally handcrafted arts, crafts & trades demonstrations, a historic photo exhibit, storytelling, and Sunday Gospel Sing.
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The celebration takes place in Cannonsburgh, a 1976 Bi-centennial pioneer village. The Village and greenway are located at 312 South Front Street in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Murfreesboro, one of the largest civil war campaigns, is 30 minutes southeast of Nashville on Interstate 24. The village is home to more than 20 restored log structures. Visit a working blacksmith or join in with some old-fashioned shape-note singing in the old time church.
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For more information write:
Uncle Dave Macon Days
Post Office Box 5016
Murfreesboro, TN 37133-5016
or call:
1-800-716-7560
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