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2009 North Georgia Folk Festival


Charcoal Drawing of the Georgia Mudcats by Art Rosenbaum


Special Guest John Mc Cutcheon

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Musician Bios
Artist Bios
Music Workshops
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25th Annual North Georgia Folk Festival

October 10, 2009
Sandy Creek Park in Athens, GA.
Kids program from 11:00 until 2:00
Music: Noon until 9:00 pm
Arts and Craft Demonstrations: noon until 6:00
Festival Admission: Adults: $10; Students: $5; Children under 12: Free
Park Admission: $2 per person ages 4 - 64

Music Performances
12:00 Pam Blanchard and the Sunny Side Up Band Kid's Program
12:45 Earl Murphy and Hawkproof Rooster Old Time Fiddle
1:15 Jean-Paul and Dominique Carton French Canadian Traditions
2:00 Mary Lomax and Bonnie Loggins Traditional North Georgia Ballads
2:30 Blue Ridge Rounders Award-winning South Carolina String Band
3:15 Darien Geechee Shouters African-American Traditional Ring Shout
4:00 Art Rosenbaum Old Time Banjo and Traditional Songs
4:45 Young Goodman Brown Original folk songs
5:15 Normaltown Flyers Athens Country and Folk Favorites
6:15 Tony Bryant Traditional Atlanta Blues
7:00 Georgia Mudcats North Georgia Old Time Band
8:00 John McCutcheon Nationally Renowned Folk Musician
Music Workshops
1:00 Chip Arnold North Georgia Two Finger Banjo
2:00 Moira Nelligan Irish Fiddle
3:00 Hawkproof Rooster with Earl Murphy Old Time Singing and Band
4:00 Bob Buckingham Old Time Fiddle
Art and Craft Demonstrators
Cotton Patch Quilters Quilts
Rebecca Gilliard Sweet Grass Baskets
Rosa Hall Brooms
Peter Loose Folk Art and Storytelling
Brenda McCaig Spinning and Weaving
Jim Richardson Silversmithing
Art and Craft Vendors
Jamie Calkin Watercolors
Classic City Carvers Wood Carving
John Davis Walking Canes
Kim Dean Knitting
Will Langford Pottery
Kari Lentini Jewelry
Cheryl Martinez Soap
Alice and Tim Mills Grits, Corn Meal
Bill and Lisa Owens Honey
Charlie Rakestraw Metal Sculpture and Knives
Susan Staley Glass Jewelery


Festival Artists:

Classic City Carvers — Wood Carving
Cotton Patch Quilters — Quilts
John Davis — Handmade Walking Sticks
Kim Dean — Knitting
Jeremy Friedman — Wildflowers to plant in your garden
Rebecca Gilliard — Sweet Grass Baskets
Rosa Hall — Appalachian Brooms
Ben Jordan — Flameworked Glass
Will and Trishanne Langford — Pottery
Kari Lentini — Jewelry
Peter Loose — Folk Art Dulcimers and Painting
Cheryl Martinez — Handmade Soap
Brenda McKaig —Hand Spinning and Weaving
Tim and Alice Mills — Grits and Corn Meal
Bill and Lisa Owens — Honey
Panhandle Slim — Folk Art Paintings
Charlie Rakestraw — Metal Sculpture (Including Spring People)
Jim Richardson — Silversmithing
Susan Staley — Jewelry and Stained Glass
Beth Kelley Zorbanos — Corn Shuck Dolls, Beeswax Candles