Floyd Small Town Summer Series with Music from The Daiquiri Queens & The Blue Ridge Girls & Movie
Venue: Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park, Floyd
Organizations: The Blue Ridge Girls, The Daiquiri Queens, Town of Floyd
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2022
Time: 6:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Food, Miscellaneous, Family Friendly, Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free
Description:
The Town of Floyd continues its 5th Annual Floyd Small Town Summer series featuring music from The Daiquiri Queens and The Blue Ridge Girls and screening of the movie "Encanto" on Thursday, June 23, 2022 outside at Warren G. Lineberry Memorial Park.

The Town of Floyd offers this series of free events to provide a fun, family-friendly atmosphere in downtown Floyd, VA. Featuring music, movies, face-painting, inflatables, games, food and beverage and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations! The events take place on alternating Thursdays from mid-June to the beginning of September.

The Blue Ridge Girls, like their name, invoke a picturesque simplicity with their take on traditional mountain music. The trio features Martha Spencer, Jamie Collins and Brett Morris.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/blueridgegirls

Gleaning inspiration from early Cajun and Creole dance music as well as the current vibrant musical landscape of their south Louisiana home, The Daiquiri Queens have carved out their own sound in their lively local Cajun music scene.

Since making their debut at the beloved South Louisiana Blackpot Festival & Cookoff in 2017, The Queens have gone on to become favorites at late-night dances and major festivals alike, performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Festival International de Louisiane and Festivals Acadiens et Créoles.

Fronted by guitarist Jamie Lynn Fontenot and longtime musical partner Miriam McCracken, the group’s unique sound starts with their vocals- sibling-like harmonies reminiscent of early country duets all sung in Cajun French. Along with talented fiddler and vocalist Kelli Jones (member of Cajun groups Feufollet and T’monde), the three each trade off lead and harmony singing and can easily melt into a honky tonk ballad or a rock n roll tinged two-step. The rhythm is brought together with the seasoned playing of accordionist John Dowden, a lifelong Cajun musician who cut his teeth playing with greats like Bruce Daigrepont, and rounded out by Chelsea “Cheech” Moosekian on drums.

Links:

• https://thedaiquiriqueens.bandcamp.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/thedaiquiriqueens
• https://www.instagram.com/thedaiquiriqueens/

After the music, all are invited to enjoy a screening of the 2021 Disney animated film "Encanto" rated PG. Featuring the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero and John Leguizamo.

Film Synopsis: A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers.

For more information on the film, visit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2953050/.

The Small Town Summer Event Series is free and open to the public.

Grab your lawn chair and/or blanket.

Gates will be open and access provided to the public starting at 6:00 PM on all Floyd Small Town Summer events. Movies will begin when the sun goes down.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/zvS3QmTk/image.png or https://i.postimg.cc/C5McZ0MZ/image.png.

For more information, visit: http://floydsmalltownsummer.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/floydsmalltownsummer/.