RTP-area local music and culture

[Heather LaGarde <heather AT barnstarvintage.com>]

> Saxapahaw Rivermill Farmers' Market & Music Series -
> Saturdays in Saxaphaw  - July 7th, 2007 Market 5-8 pm  Music 6-8pm
>
> This week on the haywagon stage it's
> THE MAUDLIN BROTHERS
> As put by A.V. Shirk in The Old-Time Herald, "There's a gutsy  
> exuberance in the way the Maudlin Brothers dig into a song. ... The  
> music of this stringband is drawn from a variety of sources and  
> includes old-time country, early bluegrass, and sacred songs. The  
> heart of the Maudlin Brothers' music is in the singing - heartfelt,  
> enthusiastic solos supported by good harmony vocals. But it is the  
> blend of the singing with Jon Newlin's fiddle that creates much of  
> the sound of the Maudlin Brothers' music. ... These are not  
> polished performances with smooth seamless harmonies. The Maudlin  
> Brothers' music is more like split rail fences than even, carfully  
> aligned, picket fences." Don't Miss Them!!!!
>
> At the Farmers' Market,  Eco-Farm has joined in with great produce  
> and ready-to-eat delicious goods like vegetarian "meat" balls, bean  
> salad, potato salad, hummus and bread, garlic dip and bread, peanut  
> butter and honey sandwiches, rice pudding.  We've got FLOWERS-  
> FLOWERS- FLOWERS, strawberries,  heirloom pork, cheese, foccacia,  
> cookies, breads, and treats, eggs, fresh veggies and produce and  
> delicious jellies, chutneys, honey and more! The Barbecue Joint has  
> set up shop and will be with us EVERY WEEK this summer selling a  
> wide variety of dinners including vegetarian options AND this year  
> we have a growing artisan market with beautiful handcrafted items  
> including  a new toymaker with great stuffies for kids, pottery,  
> jewelry, wooden toys, birdhouses and furniture.
>
>
> AND THE RIDES ARE BACK!!  CERES will be setting up exciting events  
> and activities for children including the Famous Zipboat ( a kayak  
> on a zipline - low to the ground) the Environmentally Engineered  
> Slip-N-Slide, created in the shape of the Haw River this year  
> complete with tributaries, a new children's musical village, face  
> painting, children's arts & crafts.  The weekly kid's parade is  
> just wonderful as the kids travel across the hills humming tunes  
> and laughing it up! Children's Activities made possible by  
> www.Bioallies.com
>
>
> Festivities take place in central Saxapahaw next to the Post Office  
> and across from the Saxapahaw Rivermill every Saturday from 5pm-8pm  
> through the end of August.  Admission is free though donations are  
> appreciated, organizers pass around a "Swan Bucket" each week for  
> the band.
>
> The series is sponsored by the Saxapahaw Rivermill and by local  
> businesses including Anderson Homes' Haw Village,  Open Eye Cafe,   
> Fifth Season Gardening, Townsend Bertram and The Barbecue Joint.
>
> Saturday events take place outside in downtown Saxapahaw next to  
> the Post Office.  The Farmers Market and Children's Activities run  
> from 5-8 and bands play on the Haywagon Stage at the Meadow  
> Amphitheater from 6-8.  For more information, a schedule of bands  
> and farmers, directions, pictures and more please visit  
> www.rivermillvillage.com or call 336 376 5694.  COME ON OVER TO  
> SAXAPAHAW!
>
>
> SUMMER BAND SCHEDULE:
> July
>
> 7       The Maudlin Brothers
>
> 14      The Two Dollar Pistols
>
> 21      Wood & Steel
>
> 28      Memphis
>
> August
>
> 4       Randy Whitt & The Grits
>
> 11      Django Haskins
>
> 18      Tommy Edwards & Friends
>
> 25      The Kickin Grass Band
>
>
> Oktoberfest - October 20th: The Parsons, SouthPaw, Memphis, Wood &  
> Steel