Bluegrass Holiday Bash
Venue: Mountain Lake Lodge, Pembroke
Organizations: Ashlee Watkins & Andrew Small
Date: Saturday, December 21, 2024
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Miscellaneous
Cost: $20.00
Description:
Mountain Lake Lodge presents their Bluegrass Holiday Bash on Saturday, December 21, 2024.

Event Schedule:
• 6:00-8:00 PM: The Fiddler & the Flutist in Concert
• 8:00-9:00 PM: Appalachian Highlanders Pipes & Drums in Concert

Join us at Mountain Lake Lodge's Holiday Mainstage for a festive evening of bluegrass with Andrew Small and Ashlee Watkins whose lively music will fill the air with holiday cheer. Celebrate the season with a festive evening of toe-tapping bluegrass at Mountain Lake Lodge's Holiday Mainstage! Enjoy live music, hot cocoa, and great company.

Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small are an old-time country and husband and wife duo performing both traditional and original repertoire on fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar with powerful two-part harmonies.

Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, Andrew Small is a multi-instrumentalist and singer who has performed with artists ranging from Sierra Hull and Mandolin Orange to the North Carolina Symphony. He now resides in Floyd, VA where he serves as Coordinator of the Handmade Music School and also tours with the group Bill and the Belles. Andrew has won numerous blue ribbons from fiddlers’ conventions around the Southeast for his old-time fiddling and in 2015 was named the Bluegrass Mandolin Champion of Australia. He holds a master’s degree in music performance from Yale University.

Ashlee Watkins is a singer and multi-instrumentalist originally from Newcastle, NSW. Described by fiddler Bob Herring as having “it”, her powerfully unadorned vocals possess a timeless quality that evokes an uncommon emotional poignance. She has been awarded a number of blue ribbons from fiddlers’ conventions around the southeast for her folk singing and old-time banjo playing, and her band the New Macedon Rangers has been awarded blue ribbons in both old-time and bluegrass band categories. Now making her home in Floyd, Virginia, Ashlee also performs as a member of Jackson Cunningham’s string band Nobody’s Business.

The duo was formerly known as The New Macedon Rangers.

Links:

• https://www.facebook.com/watkinsandsmall
• https://soundcloud.com/newmacedonrangers

Tickets are $20.00 per person.

Tickets can be purchased online, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bluegrass-holiday-bash-tickets-1014198534117?aff=next3days.

Join us to celebrate the season and create cherished memories at Mountain Lake Lodge!

Mountain Lake Lodge is located at 115 Hotel Circle in Pembroke, VA.

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For more information, visit: https://www.mtnlakelodge.com/events/pembroke/bluegrass-holiday-bash-9153194 or https://www.mtnlakelodge.com/events or https://www.facebook.com/MountainLakeLodge or https://www.instagram.com/mtnlakelodge/ or call 540-626-7121.