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Lehigh Valley Bluegrass Festival

July 23, 24, 25, 2010

Schnecksville, Pennsylvania
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Advance ticket sale price good until June 25th
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Two Stages - Main Stage - Showcase Stage

Schedule

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Lehigh Valley Bluegrass Festival Promoter Lynn Peters talking to Jerry Douglas


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Friday, July 23, 2010
Remington Ryde
"One of the hottest upcoming bands in bluegrass today." - James King

"In addition to great bluegrass musicianship, Pennsylvania's colorful Remington Ryde knows something about ENTERTAINING! A session with them evokes the fun audiences had with the likes of Don Reno & Red Smiley...." – Bill Knowlton
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Dick Saylor
Dick Saylor has been a fixture on the local Bluegrass Scene for the past 15 years, singing and playing guitar with the Bluegrass Countrymen and Dick Saylor and Friends. His bands have played at the Allentown Fair, Flemington Fair, AFBA Bluegrass Festival, Heartlands Hayride, PB&FS Winterfest and other area festivals, shindigs and venues. As a singer and songwriter, he has recorded 3 CDs of original music and has 75 songs registered with BMI. He is the former host of the popular WDVR-FM Bluegrass Junction program and has now started an online webcast, to continue, to bring you the very best in American country and bluegrass music.
Santara Wind
Santara Wind is an uprising band that plays a lot of traditional bluegrass and along with some contemporary material, some of there material come from greats like Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen, Tony Rice, Doyle lawson. Larry on guitar and lead vocals and Lynn on dobro and back up vocals. The Peters brothers grew up in a bluegrass family, there father is a very well known banjo player [Don Peters] who has played with a few well known bands, the brothers had a band years ago and played in other bands along the way, now they are together again, and now they formed Santara Wind along with there good friend Ray Fairchild a well known bass player, and when they appear on the the stage they always have super pickers with them and that makes up the band Santara Wind & The Sound Of Bluegrass.
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Homespun Bluegrass
We are a five piece Bluegrass group,consisting of : Peg--Lead Vocal-- Skip--Rhythm Guitar--Vocals and Harmony Vocals-- Kevin--Mandolin-- Harmony Vocals and Vocals-- Gary--Banjo--Clayton--Upright Bass--We are dedicated,to the preservation of Traditional Bluegrass Acoustic Music. The heart of Bluegrass.
Dan Hubbard
The Dan Hubbard Band is a good fun hard driving traditional bluegrass band located in PA. Past performances to include Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association's festival (Wind Gap), and live on the Heartland Hayride Radio show.
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Louie Setzer
One has only to listen to a few tunes from Louie and the Boys to realize that this is the real thing: genuine bluegrass from Louie’s heart and his soul. He would have it no other way. Like most of us, Louie has had his good times, but life can take some sharp turns. Louie Setzer has allowed his diverse experiences to sharpen his perception and understanding of our human existence. What it means for you and me is that we get to hear bluegrass as it was meant to be.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass
Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass play powerful, unadorned, and intense traditional bluegrass. There is no hybrid or genre-bending music here. It is music borne of the vibrant old time southern fiddle bands, as well as the lonesome moans of the backwoods mountain blues. The instruments blaze with energy while the songs reveal a paradoxical, desperate sadness anchoring the music squarely in the classic bluegrass tradition. Danny Paisley and the Southern Grass combine those forces with a drive and energy that takes over your senses. It is music you not only hear, but feel in your gut.
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Darren Beachley and the Legends of the Potomac
Darren Beachley was born in June 1967 in Frederick, Maryland. Darren was influenced early in his life by the music of Jimmy Martin, Flatt and Scruggs, The Osborne Brothers and The Seldom Scene and like many young players Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Darren started playing Mandolin at age 4 and by age 9 was playing upright bass. Darren began his professional career with South Central Bluegrass in August of 1988. The band would record 2 projects for The Webco label and the song "I Pressed through the Crowd" would reach number 17 on the Bluegrass Unlimited National Survey. In September of 1991, Darren was hired to play dobro with the legendary Bill Harrell and the Virginians. Bill is quoted to say "I need a dobro and Darren is the best". Darren carries many of the lessons he learned from Bill to the stage today.
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Santara Wind
Santara Wind is an uprising band that plays a lot of traditional bluegrass and along with some contemporary material, some of there material come from greats like Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen, Tony Rice, Doyle lawson. Larry on guitar and lead vocals and Lynn on dobro and back up vocals. The Peters brothers grew up in a bluegrass family, there father is a very well known banjo player [Don Peters] who has played with a few well known bands, the brothers had a band years ago and played in other bands along the way, now they are together again, and now they formed Santara Wind along with there good friend Ray Fairchild a well known bass player, and when they appear on the the stage they always have super pickers with them and that makes up the band Santara Wind & The Sound Of Bluegrass.
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Aimless Pursuit
Aimless Pursuit is a South East Pennsylvania area Acoustic String Band. We perform, Traditional, Contemporary, and Original: Bluegrass, Old Time, County Blues, Swing and Jamgrass music. We are a 4-piece group that features traditional acoustic bluegrass instrumentation consisting of Upright Bass, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Dobro and Harmonica, and are influenced by Hot Rize / Red Knuckles and the Trailblazers, Old Crow Medicine Show and Old and in the Way.
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Country Grass
Country Grass has been together for many years the boys new each other from jam picking at different events during the course of time they formed a band called Country Grass they play mainley traditional bluegrass and a little bit of country music the members of the band are Roger Knappenburger, Phil Schiebel, Jim Schaffer, Gary Shoudt and Denny Heuber
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Blue Roots
Blue Roots
Described by a local event promoter as “the best bluegrass band in the Tri-State area”, Blue Roots is a high energy ensemble with a professional delivery.
The guys in Blue Roots have been playing traditional bluegrass for an average of 20 years. They also have a vast repertoire of contemporary material; as well as mixing country, folk, and rock material into their unique musical blend.
This band offers strong vocals, top-shelf instrumental delivery, and creative arranging; all with a driving rhythm. The result is a highly entertaining, impressive experience.
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Thunder Creek
Thunder Creek hails from Eastern Pennsylvania where they play their hard driving style of bluegrass, twin fiddle cajun, and smooth country to all their fans. Thunder Creek crosses all boundries and styles, which allows them to appeal to all types of people and their taste, as well as win over every crowd whether it is on radio, or at a concert. The band members have earned many awards. For example, Rich was banjo player of the year in bluegrass and nobody plays a harder driving banjo then him. In addition Rich and Joe were awarded entertainers of the year. Joe, who has a velvety smooth Perry Como voice gets alot of responce from the ladies. Rick is said to be one of the best tenors in bluegrass and nobody knows how high he can go. This gives them what most bluegrass bands do not have (a power tenor) and with that makes them a bluegrass powerhouse. Craig is a great lead guitarist and a good singer who has played in numerous bands over the years and has just crossed over from the dark side(rock music) to play bluegrass. Thunder Creek manages to blend comedy, skits, costumes, alot of bad jokes, their normal goofy banter back and forth to one another, and crowd parcitipation to make them much more than just a music band. They are trully entertainers which makes them one of the best power vocal and entertaining bands around.
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Dan Hubbard
The Dan Hubbard Band is a good fun hard driving traditional bluegrass band located in PA. Past performances to include Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association's festival (Wind Gap), and live on the Heartland Hayride Radio show.
Sunday, July 25, 2010

Country Grass
Country Grass has been together for many years the boys new each other from jam picking at different events during the course of time they formed a band called Country Grass they play mainley traditional bluegrass and a little bit of country music the members of the band are Roger Knappenburger, Phil Schiebel, Jim Schaffer, Gary Shoudt and Denny Heuber
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Lykens Valley Bluegrass Band
The Lykens Valley Bluegrass Boys have been entertaining audiences since around 1980. Based in central PA, they play mostly in that area, occasionally crossing the state borders. It was soon after their inception when they entered a band contest and won recording time at Green Valley Studios. Since then they have shared the stage with many of the top acts in bluegrass, as well as Willie Nelson, Confederate Railroad, Billy Walker and Jack Greene. They try to keep a nice mix of traditional & contemporary tunes in their set list. They also offer some original material, as well as the occasional country song if the mood strikes.
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Dick Saylor
Dick Saylor has been a fixture on the local Bluegrass Scene for the past 15 years, singing and playing guitar with the Bluegrass Countrymen and Dick Saylor and Friends. His bands have played at the Allentown Fair, Flemington Fair, AFBA Bluegrass Festival, Heartlands Hayride, PB&FS Winterfest and other area festivals, shindigs and venues. As a singer and songwriter, he has recorded 3 CDs of original music and has 75 songs registered with BMI. He is the former host of the popular WDVR-FM Bluegrass Junction program and has now started an online webcast, to continue, to bring you the very best in American country and bluegrass music.
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Homespun Bluegrass
We are a five piece Bluegrass group,consisting of : Peg--Lead Vocal-- Skip--Rhythm Guitar--Vocals and Harmony Vocals-- Kevin--Mandolin-- Harmony Vocals and Vocals-- Gary--Banjo--Clayton--Upright Bass--We are dedicated,to the preservation of Traditional Bluegrass Acoustic Music. The heart of Bluegrass.
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Thunder Creek
Thunder Creek hails from Eastern Pennsylvania where they play their hard driving style of bluegrass, twin fiddle cajun, and smooth country to all their fans. Thunder Creek crosses all boundries and styles, which allows them to appeal to all types of people and their taste, as well as win over every crowd whether it is on radio, or at a concert. The band members have earned many awards. For example, Rich was banjo player of the year in bluegrass and nobody plays a harder driving banjo then him. In addition Rich and Joe were awarded entertainers of the year. Joe, who has a velvety smooth Perry Como voice gets alot of responce from the ladies. Rick is said to be one of the best tenors in bluegrass and nobody knows how high he can go. This gives them what most bluegrass bands do not have (a power tenor) and with that makes them a bluegrass powerhouse. Craig is a great lead guitarist and a good singer who has played in numerous bands over the years and has just crossed over from the dark side(rock music) to play bluegrass. Thunder Creek manages to blend comedy, skits, costumes, alot of bad jokes, their normal goofy banter back and forth to one another, and crowd parcitipation to make them much more than just a music band. They are trully entertainers which makes them one of the best power vocal and entertaining bands around.
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Blue Roots Blue Roots
Described by a local event promoter as “the best bluegrass band in the Tri-State area”, Blue Roots is a high energy ensemble with a professional delivery.
The guys in Blue Roots have been playing traditional bluegrass for an average of 20 years. They also have a vast repertoire of contemporary material; as well as mixing country, folk, and rock material into their unique musical blend.
This band offers strong vocals, top-shelf instrumental delivery, and creative arranging; all with a driving rhythm. The result is a highly entertaining, impressive experience.
Santara Wind
Santara Wind is an uprising band that plays a lot of traditional bluegrass and along with some contemporary material, some of there material come from greats like Seldom Scene, Country Gentlemen, Tony Rice, Doyle lawson. Larry on guitar and lead vocals and Lynn on dobro and back up vocals. The Peters brothers grew up in a bluegrass family, there father is a very well known banjo player [Don Peters] who has played with a few well known bands, the brothers had a band years ago and played in other bands along the way, now they are together again, and now they formed Santara Wind along with there good friend Ray Fairchild a well known bass player, and when they appear on the the stage they always have super pickers with them and that makes up the band Santara Wind & The Sound Of Bluegrass.
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Dan Hubbard
The Dan Hubbard Band is a good fun hard driving traditional bluegrass band located in PA. Past performances to include Appalachian Fiddle and Bluegrass Association's festival (Wind Gap), and live on the Heartland Hayride Radio show.
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Blue Grass Night at the Kempton Rod and Gun Club
Shows for 2010, the time will change, doors will open at 12pm, open stage, from 1pm to 5pm, our main show will be at 6pm. The ticket price will be $12.00 per person all day,the date is the same every 4th Saturday of the month

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Every 4th Saturday of the month

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Admission $12 per person
Children under 12 are FREE