THUNDER ROAD TICKET SALES AND SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
ROCKWOOD - Ticket sales for three bluegrass performances during the Thunder Road Festival are on sale now through Rockwood's Yonder Hollow Productions, Inc. Schedule of entertainers peforming insideYonder Hollow is as follows:
Saturday, April 19, 2008: |
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| 10:45 am: | Appalachian Strings provides free music until 11:30 am | |
| 12:00 noon: | CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN - | Tickets priced at $6 to $25 with a maximum of 200 to be sold. |
| 12:45 pm: | Brandywine | no admission |
| 2:00 pm: | CARRIE HASSLER & HARD RAIN combined with JESSE McREYNOLDS & THE VIRGINIA BOYS- | Tickets priced at $6 to $25 with a maximum of 200 to be sold. |
| 3:45 pm: | J-Team | no admission |
| 4:30 pm: | Clay Hollow Band | no admission |
| 6:00 pm: | JESSE McREYNOLDS & THE VIRGINIA BOYS performs with Alex Leach & his Travelin' Bluegrass Show | Tickets priced at $6 to $25 with a maximum of 200 sold |
| 8:30 pm: | Gene Horner & the Fiddle Shop Band | no admission |
| 9:30 pm: | Back Holler Pickers | no admission |
Seats for any of the three performances will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and can be ordered by calling 865-250-6717.
As well as the musical features, Thunder Road offers the following:
Saturday, April 19, 2008: |
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| 10:00 am: | Dudley Evans Family Singers open the festival by a free performance in the downtown Rockwood park | |
| 10:00 am: | Quilts on display all day at the Arts in Motion Dance Studio, downtown Rockwood. | |
| 11:00 am: | Baked Goods (fried pies, stack cakes and pies) competition begins in Yonder Hollow annex | |
| 12:00 noon: | Classic cars and motorcycles begin to arrive at the Thunder Road Festival for registration (classic cars from the era 1920's through 1960's will be counted, all motorcycles of any vintage will be counted) | |
| 12:00 noon: | Bootlegger/Revenuer and Daisy Duke Look-Alike Contests in the Gazebo | |
| 1:00 pm: | Presentation of Baked Goods Contest Winners at City Park Gazebo | |
| 3:00 pm: | Counting of the classic cars and motorcycles in attendance | |
| 4:00 pm: | *Southeastern Cloggers perform at intersection of Front & Rockwood Streets | |
| 5:00 pm: | Awards presentation to best attended car & motorcycle club at city park gazebo, and award presentation for Costume Contest winners | |
The award winning South Eastern Clogging Company, under the direction of Paulette Johnson, are from Knoxville, TN. They are the current American Clogging 2007 World Champions! They have 5 competitive teams. SECC Lil’ Darlins, SECC X-treme, SECC Electric and SECC Platinum. They were recently featured on Live at 5 and have performed at venues such as Dollywood, Disney World, Dogwood Arts Festival, Rockwood Fall Festival, Maryville Fall Festival and many others. Paulette Johnson is the current 2007 Director of the year. She has taught for 25 years and resides in Kingston, TN with her 3 children, Macy, Josh and Colby Johnson. For more information you can contact Paulette Johnson at 865-712-3153 or www.seclogging.com.
Contest entry forms will be available 30 minutes prior to each event, or in advance on the website at www.rockwood2000.com. Cash prizes will be awarded. Limited space is still available for food and merchandise vendors; interested vendors should call Erika Schenk at 865-354-6800.
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prepared by Beverly Stroh