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BLUEGRASS IN GREENVILLE 2012 UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!! I would like ANY INPUT FROM ANYONE as to how to improve this festival in any way! Grounds, Music, Food, Camping Facilities, Grounds Layout, Schedule, and most of all ATTENDANCE. We need this festival to grow to maintain the quality of music you are used to. Please e-mail me directly at cahlf@mhonline.net with your comments. Please give me ideas along with your suggestions. You MUST use the use the subject "BLUEGRASS IMPROVEMENTS" ONLY in the subject line to have the mail routed correctly. THANK YOU, CHRIS August 2012 We are pleased to have returning some of the entertainers we had last year. We feel most of you are the best of the best from the area and really play great "Traditional Bluegrass".
GREENE COUNTY TOURISM OFFICE - Planning & Economic Development 700 Rt 23B, Leeds, NY 12451 · Phone: (518) 943-3223, (800) 355-CATS · Fax: (518) 943-2296 For more things to see and do in Greene County click HERE
50 Cal. Ammo Cans, Water Tight, Good to Excellent Condition. Great for camping supplies. $10.00 each, at the gate.
NOTE: BILL KNOWLTON, well known around the bluegrass circuit has MC'ed in the past. Bill is well known for the "Bluegrass Ramble," Sundays: 9 pm to midnight (EDST) over WCNY-FM (91.3) Syracuse, WUNY (89.5) Utica, WJNY (90.9) Watertown NY. www.wcny.org 315-457-6100, PO Box 2400, Syracuse NY 13220-2400 EVAN CARL also well known in the
Bluegrass Community will be MC'ing this year! LINKS:
WELCOME TO GREENVILLE! August 2012
Kickin Grass on stage.
TENTATIVE FOR THE 2012 YEAR SO FAR: SMOKEY GREENE, CABIN FEVER, ATKINSON FAMILY, LARRY GILLIS, TIMMONS FAMILY, DOROTHY JANE SIVER, VERN YOUNG, and DYER SWITCH BAND. Sound production and equipment will be provided by Green Mountain Sound of Danby Vermont. Please contact Peter and Cora Bolster for your sound requirements. Green Mountain Sound specializes in Bluegrass and Acoustical Instrument sound production.
1/2 mile WEST of Greenville on State Route 81. Look for the Sign. Address is: 5143 Route 81, the lands of Chris Ahlf. This is an operating farm, please be aware of fencing, holes, ruts, etc. that are associated with an operating farm. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY! From the South: Take the NYS Thruway to exit 21, Catskill. Left at the end of the ramp, make your first right on to State Route 23 west. About 9 miles make a right onto State Route 32 north. 10 miles into the village of Greenville make a left go 1/2 mile to location. From the North: Take NYS Thruway to exit 21B Coxsackie. Left at the end of ramp onto State Route 9W south. About 2 miles make a right onto State Route 81 west. Travel 13 miles into Greenville, go straight through the light 1/2 mile more to location. No Pets Please! This is an operating farm, please be careful as you walk the grounds. Please be prepared to CARRY OUT WHAT YOU BRING IN. Seating is festival style seating on blankets, sleeping bags, beach towels or lawn chairs. Chaise lounges will not be permitted. No umbrellas in the seating area. The sun is HOT! Bring plenty of drinking water and sun block. Please stake out the ground you need for only the people you are with and a cooler. Leave room for people to walk between aisles. There will be no seating in the vehicle emergency isles, you will be asked to move. Primitive style overnight camping will be permitted from Friday morning until Sunday night IF all in your group have purchased weekend tickets. Fires will be permitted, but must be contained. WE DO HAVE HOT SHOWERS! Tents to motor homes are welcome. PLEASE NOTE: August can bring with it spontaneous thunder storms with high winds. BE SURE your tents and canopies are well staked down. Please cover all metal stakes. Alcohol will not be served or sold on site, but you may bring in your own. NO GLASS. REMEMBER, you will be carrying out what you bring in. Behavior due to excessive alcohol consumption WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!
There are absolutely NO REFUNDS FOR ANY REASON. DO NOT REMOVE OR TRANSFER YOUR WRIST BAND, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE. To pre-purchase tickets: Send a self addressed stamped envelope, a request, and payment in full to:
There will be workshops during the day on Saturday and Sunday.
Restroom facilities will be provided by www.bigtoptentrental.com of Cairo, New York. Please contact Mike West, the owner or Joyce for all your tent, tables, chairs, and facility requirements at 518-622-3353. Food will be provided BBQ style by Freehold Aviation on site. Freehold Aviation members will be selling bottled water on site.
NOTES: 1. Hollowbrook Inn and Restaurant is offering rooms at a discounted rate for the Bluegrass weekend at $79.00 night.
Wheels of Time Car Show Friday and Saturday afternoon. Helicopter Demonstration by Ed DeRossi of Amsterdam, NY Fri and Sat
Band members will be holding workshops. There will be workshops during the day on Saturday and Sunday. Check "Information Board" for times. The members of Freehold Aviation will be holding a "Town Meeting" for all festival goers to air their concerns about the festival, (advertising, times, location, bathrooms, food vendors, ticket sales, anything of concern). Meet at 11:00 am SUNDAY in front of the "Blue Fiddle Griddle"
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BLUEGRASS IN GREENVILLE IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY:
