| | | | | | Louie Bluie Music & Art Festival | | | event details: | |
| 06/14/08 - 06/14/08 |  | Address:
Cove Lake State Park
110 Cove Lake Lane
Caryville,, TN 37714 US
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Saturday, 06/14/08
Saturday
June 14, 2008
10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Cove Lake State Park
Caryville, Tennessee
Free Admission |
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This Festival will feature a wide variety of music, crafts and storytelling traditions. Old-time musicians and string bands in the region will play throughout the day, along with musicians and actors who were influenced by Campbell County native Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong. For details, see Festival Highlights below and click on the links in the lefthand column.
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Festival Highlights
String Bands, Mountain Jazz, Old-Time, Gospel, Bluegrass
The Festival will have two music stages. The Community Stage will showcase local Campbell County musicians playing fiddle, banjo, mandolin, dobro, guitar and other instruments. And the Armstrong Stage will feature old time musicians and string bands from communities in the shadow of the Cumberland Mountains. Charlie Collins, one of the original members of Roy Acuff’s Smoky Mountain Boys and a regular on the Grand Ole Opry, will be the featured performer. Musicians who knew and played with Armstrong or whose music is influenced by Armstrong’s “mountain jazz” style will provide an evening program.
Old Fiddler's Convention
From 1913 to 1940 LaFollette hosted the longest running fiddle contest in the South. The Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival features the fiddling kinfolks and admirers of those early competitors.
Tennessee Jamboree Reunion
Veterans of this great Campbell County stage and radio show will reunite for another Jamboree, including Red Harrison, Fred Longmire, Dean Huddleston and L. C. Edwards.
Campbell County Radio Celebration
Radio broadcasting from Campbell County has led East Tennessee in the presentation of grassroots music, through the work of WLAF and WDVX. Tony Lawson, Bill Waddell, and Alex Leach will be on hand for music and memories.
Music Styles Workshop
Musicians, including those who knew and played with Louie Bluie, will share their insights into the ways that music giants such as Armstrong influenced them and various styles of music.
Craft Village
Festival-goers will have an opportunity to purchase locally-made items from fine artisans and crafters -- and watch crafts demonstrations as well.
Premier of Original Play about Howard Armstrong
Carpetbag Theatre, an African-American actors' ensemble based in Knoxville, Tennessee, will be presenting excerpts from their upcoming dramatic production based on the life of Howard Armstrong. The play was written by Carpetbag's artistic director, Linda Parris-Bailey, who knew Armstrong.
Black Community Reunion
In conjunction with the Louie Bluie Music & Arts Festival, a Homecoming and Reunion will be held June 8 for 200-plus members of the black community who lived in the LaFollette area and attended the segregated black high school (where Howard Armstrong went to school) during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
Storytelling
The festival's Folklife Stage will feature local storytellers sharing tales of life in Campbell County, Tennessee and the transition from a coal mining community to an area known today for Norris Lake and mountain recreation opportunities. These storytellers will include attendees of the “Colored High School Reunion” who will share their stories of the African-American community in the coal and iron days of LaFollette, Tennessee, during the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Youth Art Exhibit
The exhibit will feature art and stories created by local middle school students who participated in the Howard Armstrong Youth Arts and Music Project in their spring semester.
T-Shirts
Don't forget to purchase a Festival t-shirt featuring the Louie Bluie logo. Whether it becomes a collector's item or just a fond souvenir, the 2007 festival t-shirt may be out of print by the time the second annual Louie Bluie Festival rolls around in June of 2008!
Regional Food Fare
A variety of food vendors will be serving up pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, sandwiches and an array of Southern cooking, East Tennessee style.
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