Tue
Sep 29 2009
05:15 pm
Saturday, October 3rd, 10 am- 7 pm
MUSIC - ART - CRAFTS - PAGEANT -FOOD - FAMILY EUN!!
Joanne Cash Yates will be performing, as well as:
Connie Kis Anderson, C.J. Hall, Russ Roberts and Bill Wright.
The pageant will include, Miss Teen Fall Festival ($500 scholarship), Miss Junior Teen, Miss Preteen, Miss Petite, and Pretty Baby
Visit (link...) for pageant registration forms and more information
Don't miss the fun for the family in historic downtown Rockwood , Tennessee !
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Eco warriors and politics
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Science and stuff
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- Einstein’s gravity endures despite a dark energy puzzle (Science News Daily)
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See you there!
Mushy
Step Right Up
Rockwood Lawyer will be posed precariously in the dunking booth. Other characters will also be subject to dunking. Ticket proceeds go to First Christian Church (post office end of the festival). Time TBA.
It's a Good One
The Fall Festival is in progress right now. Weather is great. Food smells good. Live music. Come on down.
I don't know how many
I don't know how many vendors there were on Front Street, but Gateway Avenue had a load of vendors and crafts on it.
I was told that the $60 vendor fee (later dropped to $40)deterred many of the vendors from locating downtown. Maybe next year, the fee could be dropped some. The Labor Day Festival in Harriman only charged $10 per spot.
Double booked for County Fairs
We will be at the Kingston Fair at Southwest Point until 5 today. Since Rockwood goes a little later, we hope to swing by after that. Too much fun stuff on the same day in Roane County.
Sorry that I had to leave
the Rockwood Fall Festival immediately after the opening ceremony. Kingston has their Country Fair on the first weekend in October, and the band I am with, Ron Collins and His Circle of Friends, was booked there for the third year in a row. It is a shame these two events were held on the same day. The attendance at both places was great, Kingston had a "pie eating" contest and with their "greased pig" chasing, it was almost like an "old fashioned Fourth Of July celebration that we used to have years ago in Rockwood. After our show in Kingston, we came back to "Yonder Hollow" for a photo shoot for our next CD. The old barber chair, and other antiques, especially the six foot tall wooden Indian, "Kaw-Liga" was a real standout. Thanks to Nick and Betty Barrett for chauffeuring the band and wives around in their limousine. We later went to Oak Ridge for the "Ciderville" TV show (link...) which is shown around the world on the internet and locally on Comcast Channel 12. It is repeated all week. We were treated to a fine meal after the show by the Barrett's. Hopefully next year, the towns can schedule the festivals on different weekends so both can be attended all day....Ray Collett
Saw these guys at the Kingston Country Fair
Spiffy hats!
HAD FUN AT BOTH, BUT...
...couldn't stay as long as I would have liked at either.
HERE ARE SOME SHOT FROM BOTH EVENTS!
Mushy
I was at the Rockwood
I was at the Rockwood Festival, and played with Kelly Gibson on the big stage towards the end. We had a great time! JoAnne Cash did a great job, and had a huge lineup afterwords, I saw Russ Roberts, who's had several cuts, the one I remember most was on Varsity Blues, his wife Debbie who works for a record label was there, and so fun. Connie Kis Anderson, from Australia, and Mike Tetrick who I think writes great songs and is a wonderful entertainer. Local favorite, Bill Wright took the stage several times and sounded so good backed by JoAnnes band.
Mike's smokehouse was one of the vendors, and we literally waited after they sold out, for more ribs to be done, because they were so good. They had baskets over at the rockwood revitalization table to bid on, that were really good, I meant to go get Bill and Go back making him bid on the makeup bag, but got caught up.
Rockwood 2000 had an exceptional turnout again this year, for the Fall Festival Beauty contest, and did a great job. In fact one of the performers was also one of the contestants, that we put on the big stage at the last minute. I didn't catch her name, but know that she was really really good. Judy Wassom recommended her and she was right!
I joined the writers club which I'm excited about, it was all just a great time, and I never got to do it all, In fact I never made it down to the other stage between seeing, talking and rehearsing with Kelly. The kids blow up's I heard were a big hit. When I finally left, they had line dancing going on, from Cotton eyed Joe's, on one end of the street, and Dudley and his girls performing at the other end, they sounded great.
Oh, and I forgot to add, that All of the performances were recorded which will be part of a new syndicated programm called Rockwood Opry.
Ray, It is too bad, they were on the same day, but we had, had several people comment that they had gone to both, which is great. Just more options and more fun!