First Shindig on the Green of 2010 is this Saturday!
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 Summer is here - and that means that Shindig on the Green is back! Join us this Saturday, July 3 for the first Shindig of the season. The 44th annual edition celebrates the return to the heart of downtown Asheville as Shindig moves to the new Pack Square Park's Roger McGuire Green. The stage shows will take place on the new Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage, named for the founder of the annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in Asheville. Join us "Along About Sundown" (or ~7:00 p.m. for those who wear a watch) as we kick off another delightful season of this celebrated mountain tradition.
A special stage dedication will be included in evening, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and an opening performance by a "Homecoming Dance Team" to honor the hard work of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, who labored for decades to preserve the traditional music and dance of the Southern Appalachians. (More information below.)
This is a Shindig that you don't want to miss! So bring your blankets and chairs, family and friends and join us for a historical summer evening in downtown Asheville.
Click here to read the article, "Shindig on the Green comes back home" in this week's Mountain Xpress!
Shindig on the Green webpage
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Ribbon cutting, stage dedication mark first Shindig at Pack Square Park |
 The first Shindig on the Green of 2010 will include a couple of special features to dedicate the new Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage.
Opening the evening is the Stoney Creek Boys, Shindig's house band, followed by ribbon cuttings to dedicate the stage. The ribbon cutting ceremony will include representatives from the City of Asheville, Buncombe County, and members of the original Folk Heritage Committee who started Shindig on the Green 44 years ago.
Then taking the stage to dedicate it properly will be a "Homecoming Dance Team" made up of couples representing different dance teams that have performed at Shindig and the Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in the past. To honor the smooth dance and clogging dance forms that Bascom Lamar Lunsford worked so hard to preserve, the Homecoming Dance Team will represent both of these forms on stage in a special performance.
The Shindig program will then continue as usual featuring the following dance teams this week:
• UNC-Asheville Smooth Dancers
• Cole Mountain Cloggers
• Southern Appalachian Cloggers
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Summer 2010 Dates/Location: Shindig on the Green returns to the heart of downtown Asheville at Pack Square Park on the new Bascom Lamar Lunsford stage, July 3, 10, 17, 31; August 14, 21, 28; and September 4.
NOTE: By city ordinance, dogs, alcohol and smoking are all prohibited in Pack Square Park.
Parking: Parking is available in marked and metered spaces throughout downtown Asheville (free after 6pm) and the city's municipal decks (evening rates vary). Very convenient to Shindig, there is a new Buncombe County parking deck, the College Street Parking Deck, directly across College Street from Pack Square Park and the Buncombe County Courthouse -- $1.00 per hour.
83rd Annual Mountain Dance & Folk Festival:
TICKETS ON SALE NOW for the nation's longest running folk festival! This three-day event showcases the best of the region's old-time and bluegrass musicians, mountain dance groups, cloggers and ballad singers.
Thursday - Saturday, August 5-7, 7:00 p.m. nightly at Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place in downtown Asheville. Tickets: 828-257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.
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