Howdy to all!
The 4th annual Albert Hash Festival will take place on Sept. 4th, 2010 at Mt. Rogers Combined School lawn in Whitetop,
VA. The festival will start at 10am, goes to dark, and will take place rain or shine. Admission is $10 with
children 12 & under free.
The line-up for this year includes: Whitetop Mountain Band, New Ballard Branch
Bogtrotters, Dale Jett & Hello Stranger, Heather Berry & Dominion Grass, Crooked Road Ramblers, Sheets Family Band,
Elizabeth Laprelle, Wayne C. Henderson & Friends, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers and Zephyr Lightning Bolts. There
will also be a fiddle workshop and instrument making demonstrations.
Jackson will have his fiddles set up along with many other luthiers including Audrey Hash Ham, Elmer Powers, Buddy Blevins, Chris Testerman and
many others...A display of Albert's fiddles will be set up as well.
There will also be concessions, crafts, and cake
walks. Bring your dancing shoes!
If you have any questions you can email: whitetopmountaineers@hotmail.com or call 276-579-4322.
check out www.myspace.com/alberthashmemorialfestival
Check out our schedule for all our summer/fall dates coming up!
News for winter/spring '10:
We will be doing "Crooked Road" East Coast tour during the month of April, 2010. Sammy Shelor, Elizabeth LaPrelle,
Wayne Henderson, Eddie Bond, Kirk Sutphin and No Speed Limit will again be again be our tour-mates! The tour is sponsored
by the National Council for the Traditional Arts.
Martha and Jackson will be touring Australia in March. Check their website for details.
Mt. Rogers School in our community will be closing in coming months when we combine with Bridle Creek School to become
Grayson Highlands School. We have formed an organization to create the Whitetop Folklife Center in the Mt. Rogers School
building if all goes well. We'll keep you posted, as this will be a performance and teaching center. The Albert Hash Festival
will continue there, as well as other festivals, shows and dances if things develop as we hope.
The Albert Hash Festival was the best ever this year! Thanks to all who worked, played, participated and attended.
We are looking forward to next year's festival!!!
You can now buy cds directly off the site with Paypal, Debit, and Credit Cards- Check out discography/purchasing cds page!
Our new CD, "Loafer's Dream," has been released. It is available to buy from our site now. It is also available from CD
Baby, County Sales, Music Shed and Elderly Instruments.
Martha and Jackson have a new CD on the Heritage label, "Home On the Mountain." It's available from our site and
from Elderly Instruments.
We appreciate Karl and Gail Cooler of Mountain Roads Recordings and all the hard work they have done on our CD, and also Wesley
Easter of Eastwood Studios for his hard work!
(http://www.mountainroadsrecordings.com)
"Music from the High Country" on Heritage is available. You can purchase off our site or Cdbaby, County Sales, and Elderly
Instruments.
Jackson and Anya Hinkle have a new CD out on the VFH Crooked Road Series, "Old Time Duets." It is available
on our site or cdbaby.
Don't forget to check out the Jonny and the Jambusters' new CD, "It Takes One to Know One," available now on CD Baby! You
may hear some guest spots from some folks you know!
Check out our myspace page for tour dates, music clips, and more...(www.myspace.com/whitetopmountainband)
Check out Martha and Jackson's myspace page
http://www.myspace.com/thewhitetopmountaineers
Martha and Jackson's new website!!
http://www.whitetopmountaineers.com
