NRCC Bluegrass Jamboree: The Blue Ridge Travelers and The Bogtrotters
Venue: Edwards Hall (New River Community College), Dublin
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free

Description:
New River Community College’s Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club will feature The Blue Ridge Travelers and The Bogtrotters for the college’s Fiddle, Banjo and Dance Club Jamboree on Saturday, October 13th.

The show will begin at 6 pm in Edwards Hall at NRCC in Dublin located in room 117 in Edwards Hall.

The Blue Ridge Travelers hail from the North Carolina/Virginia area of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This emerging, young bluegrass group exhibit their passion for the music of their culture and heritage.

The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters band takes its name from the original Galax based Bogtrotters, who won the first ever Galax Old Time Fiddler’s Convention in 1935. The modern-day old-time group includes Leon Frost, mandolin and vocals; Jesse Morris, bass; Eddie Bond, fiddle and vocals; Dennis Hall, guitar and John Ellis, banjo. The band has played at festivals across the U.S. and also participated in the Friends of American Oldtime Music and Dance Festival in Gainsborough, England.

The doors open at 5 pm. There is no charge for admission; however, donations will be accepted to help pay travel expenses for the musicians. The jamborees are held the second Saturday of each month through April at NRCC.

More information about the NRCC Fiddle, Banjo, and Dance Club is available from Roger Adkins at 674-3600, ext. 4307, and online at http://www.nr.edu/fiddle

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