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|    kateh to Ron Capik    |
|    Re: Young hands master old music - From     |
|    24 Jun 05 12:48:00    |
      From: kateh_1@charter.net              "Ron Capik" wrote ...       > "Lane Gray, Czar Castic" wrote:       >> < ...snip... >       >> > home of the annual Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival in Iredell       >> > County since 1924.       >>       >> Umm, not to pick nits (but this is usenet, so I will), but how could       >> there       >> have been any sort of bluegrass event in 1924, when I don't think the       >> name       >> "The Bluegrass Boys" came about until what, 39? And it didn't sound like       >> bluegrass as we know it until about 1946.       >>       >> Other than that, neat piece, and good for the kids.       >       > I would expect the event started as a fiddle and string band festival that       > in turn evolved in to said "Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival."       > Did you pick a nit? ...don't know. [ YMMV ]              http://www.loc.gov/bicentennial/propage/NC/nc_s_helms5.html       Kate(life before bluegrass...who'd a thunk it!)H :)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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