Press Release – Eighth Annual Ola Belle Reed Music Festival to be held in Lansing, N.C. on August 9-11. The Ola Belle Reed Festival featuring old time, bluegrass, and Americana music, will be held at the Lansing Creeper Trail Park. Returning from last year are The Harris Brothers, Big Country Bluegrass, Elkville String Band with Wayne Henderson, and The Sheets Family Band. New bands scheduled include The Tillers, The Lizzy Ross Band, Wandering Woods, The Mountain Laurels, Dakota and Will, Spain Valley Mountain Clan, and Carolina Crossing Bluegrass. Sheets Family Band will be present two workshops; Old Time Dance and Mountain Harmony. Judy Marti is returning to present the Clawhammer Banjo Workshop for the eighth year. Festival hours are 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9th, and 12-9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10th. Pickers, jammers and music lovers are encouraged to picnic and play on Sunday, Aug. 11 under the purple tent. Bring chairs and wraps for chilly evenings. Admission is by donations. The festival is a fundraiser for Greater Lansing Area Development (GLAD) a 501 (c) 3 non-profit, whose projects include the Ola Belle Reed Music Festival, Lansing Tech Community Learning Center, Lansing Creeper Trail Park, and the promotions of the Greater Lansing Area. GLAD is committed to creating economic development opportunities for the Greater Lansing Area and works closely with the Lansing Volunteer Fire Department and the Town of Lansing to highlight the many resources available in the Lansing community. Lansing will be the home of the Ola Belle Reed Festival for the eighth year. The Festival will take place in the Lansing Creeper Trail Park which is located behind the Lansing Volunteer Fire Department and will offer much needed shade for festival guests, swings for children, walking trail, primitive tent camping, Big Horse Creek for wading, and pedestrian access to downtown Lansing shopping and eating. Ashe County native Cindy Baucom will serve as emcee and Co-director for the Ola Belle Reed Festival in Lansing Aug. 9-10. Cindy brought great energy and knowledge of Ola Belle Reed to the Festival last year. Cindy’s “Knee-Deep in Bluegrass” is broadcast in almost 100 markets each week. Last year she was inducted into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame. Cindy credits her early love for bluegrass to her father, Jim Brooks, who played banjo, fiddle, guitar and mandolin and built stringed instruments. As a teenager she performed in a band with her dad and went on to work in other regional bands, singing and playing bass and guitar. She feels fortunate to have been presented the opportunities to promote the music she has loved all her life. Cindy’s enthusiasm for the festival is rooted in her love of mountain music, Ashe County and an early association with Ola Belle Reed.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:56:49 +0000
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