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LEMARS MUSIC FESTIVALAmerica's Premier Traditional Acoustic Music Event! 34th NATIONAL OLD TIME COUNTRY & BLUEGRASS MUSIC FESTIVAL AND PIONEER EXPOSTION OF ARTS AND CRAFTS August 31-Sept 6, 2009, LeMars, Iowa MOTELS IN LEMARS There are so many incredibly talented performers coming this year, it's hard to keep track of them all, but here is an up-to-date small partial listing of those who have been invited as of September 4th, 2008, subject to change. Bobby Awe IA * Rick & Harriette Andersen IA * Pamela Ashby NE * Ron Adkins NE * Annie Avery IA * Johnny Bellar TN * Anna Brun NE * Pat Boilesen NE * Helen & Ian Braithwaite (New Zealand) * Vern Bishop MN * Jenny Blackadder (New Zealand) * Ann Belcham (New Zealand) * Gerald Bohr IA * Bluegrass Fire NE * Sammi Cook NE * Front Porch Friends TX * Lee Carr TX * Wally James FL * Sarah Clark NE * Max Cooley NE * John Cox NE * Susan 'Lucky' Crowe (New Zealand) * Down Home Dulcimers IA * Scott Dawson OH * Bev Dudley KS * Kathy & Ed Dovel NE * Carole Donovan MO * Scott Davison & Cowboy Church IA * Don Diemer NE * Rochelle Dumler NE * Debby Delmore AL * Jim Dobson IN * Danny & Donna Dee IA * John Duttweiler IA * Dale Eichor IA * Chuck Enos IA * Roger & Arla Engen MN * Bob & Sheila Everhart IA * Greta Elkin (Ireland) * Thea Ennen WI * Paul Flora TX * Daniel Fish MN * Bill Fowler MI * Linda Fripp NC * Flakespear FL * Patrick Flannery IL * Mike Felton IL * Wilbur Foss SD * Andre Guidney TX * Goose River Boys ND * Charley Groth FL * Don Goodson TX * Anne George (New Zealand) * Kathy Graeve IA * Earl Bennett & Handpicked MO * Horn Twins OK * Scotty Howard OK * Adam Hill OR * Jim Hughes IA * Jerry Hughes MO * Francis Hahn IA * Dean Hudlow OK * Craig Howell SD * Clara Hansen IA * Larry & Donna Harms MO * Mark Jenkins NE * Red Johnson MN * Clay & Margaret Johnson NE * Kramer Sisters NE * Ryan Kroll IL * Bob Keim NE * Terry & Julie Kooi IA * Bob Kenaston NE * Jay Kelly NE * Dick Kimmel & Co. MN * Kenaston Family NE * Allen Karl MD * Freddie Larsen IA * Doyle LeMaster AL * Joyce & Phil Leonard MI * Joan Lyford (New Zealand) * Margie & Paul LeBlanc TX * Marge Lund IA * Wayne Longtin Sr. MN * Jim & Bev Lillo OH * Kenny & Janette Luellen NE * Lee Muller KS * Dennis Morgan (Australia) * Annette Mehrtens (New Zealand) * Michael Murphy NE * Skip Muhm NE * Paul Martinez TX * Blair Murdoch (New Zealand) * Jerry & Sharon Mescher, IA * Keith Miller IA * Melanie Sue Mausser IA * Morris Brothers GA * Mattie & Paul Maloy OK * Kenny Meyer MN * Calvin McDonald AL * Dan McElroy NE * Wayne McFadden IA * Now & Then Band MN * LeRoy New MO * Howard Ness IA * On Tyme Bluegrass Band IL * One On The Mountain, WV * Birger Olson TX * Judith Oliver SD * Bruce & Elaine Nelson MN * Claude Pinkley NE * Maria Petersen NE * Maggie Penn IL * Jimmy & Deborah Pearce IA * Ervin Pickhinke IA * Art Peterson CA * Janie Preston TX * Ray Presnell NC * Elaine Peacock SD * Lawson Rudd IN * Ed Roth OH * Poppy Rasmussen WI * Rainbow Ranch Kids (New Zealand) * Jerry Russman NE * Kitty Rose CA * Dwayne Reed Family NE * Pat Rumilote IA * Betty & Owen Swinson IN * Silver Creek Cloggers IA * Tom Smith TN * Daniel Giles Sheldon SD * Bertha Swatzell AL * Terry Smith TN * Jackie Shewey NE * Don & Maria Spain KS * Warrick & May Sinclair (New Zealand) * Storm Seymour IA * Leon Seiter MI * Andy Stanley MI * Jerome & Shirley Shelton MN * Jeff Snyder IA * Doris Stilwell IA * Janine Sherry MN * Spike & Valley Mae Stroop, VA * Ben & Carmen Steneker (Holland) * Chris Schurman NE * "Doc" Norman Sharp, TX * Barry & Judy Skinner (New Zealand) * Dusty & Fay Spittle (New Zealand) * Frank Tuma IA * Tangleweed IL * Don Taft IA * Whistlepigs String Band MN * Perk Washenberger SD * Alex Whitmore TX * Lorraine Worth NE * Dale Wayman IA * Michael Whisler ND * Dale Williams NE * Wild Iowa Rose IA * Gordon Wilcox (Canada) * Dale & Joyce Wilkinson NE * Bernie Worrell FL * Richard Williamson NE MORE ADDED LATER......... This incredible event is held annually the week before Labor Day in collaboration with the PIONEER AG EXPO. The Pioneer Ag Expo was started nearly 30 years ago when Pottawattamie County in Iowa decided to have two county fairs. Westfair was formed in western Pottawattamie County, the Pottawattamie County Fair and the Pioneer Ag Expo was started in eastern Pottawattamie County. See specific listings relative to the Pioneer Ag Expo further down on this page. The music festival is held at the original Plymouth County Fairgrounds in LeMars, Iowa. Now in it's 34th year, it boasts seven days of old-time and traditional acoustic music performed on ten different stages. Well over 600 performers of acoustic old-time music show up to share their talent on over 250 scheduled programs. Some of those shows are: Music Treasures; Long Ago Music Show; Harmonica Heaven; Old American Song Fest; Iowa Country Opry; Pairs Only; Cowboy Music Tribute; Eastern Seaboard Florida Show; Old Time Twenties Dance; Wingding; Cowboy Country; Trails End Cowboy Gospel Show; Homestead Music Show; Sentimental Journey Music Show; Radio Daze; Northwoods Country Show; Kansas Show; Fiesta Show; Shindig; Midwest Jubilee; Nishnabotna Riverboat Show; Snowbird Show; Arkansas Show; Illinois Show; Wisconsin Show; Avoca Twilight Gospel Show; Heroes Show; Covered Wagon Music Show; Western Ranch House Show; Hootenanny; Canada Show; Late Late Show; Cowboy Church; Cowboy Tribute Show; Harms Gospel Gathering; Prairie Gospel Sing; Sawdust Trail; Tender Hearts for Jesus; Fall Fling; Prairie Music Hayride; Troubador Show; Texas Jack Show; Texas Proud Show; Log Cabin Show; Southern Music Show; Old Time Music In The Kitchen Show; Great Plains Cowboy Show; Heritage Music Show; Heartland Music Show; Dusty Attic Music Show; Cimmaron Show; Timeless Treasures Show; Recollection Show; True Country Show; Country Town Show; North American Music Show; Native American Concert; Nebraska Show; Iowa Show; Indiana Show; Oklahoma Show; International Bluegrass Show; Texas Show; Hillbilly Music Show; Minnesota Show; Old Dixie Music Show; South Dakota Show; Late Show; Prairie Jubilee Show; Main Stage Grandstand Show; Sonny Rodger's Yodeling Paradise Show; Brush Arbor Show; Young Country Show; and many many more including several days of "one-on-one" workshops. The stages are: Main Stage; Pioneer D&D Stage; Church Without Walls Stage; Dobro Building Stage; American Heritage Contests & Workshops Stage; South Texas Festival Stage; Dance Hall Stage; Native American Stage in Tepee Village; One On The Mountain Stage; The Old Log Cabin Storytellers Stage. SPECIAL GUESTS FOR 2009 will be some of the finest and best known old time country and bluegrass music performers avaiable and more than 600 other performers from around the world. ALL ACTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ANNOUNCEMENTS AT FESTIVAL PRECLUDE ALL PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS, INCLUDING THESE. This amazing fund raising event has become known as America's finest and foremost old-time music festival and has been labeled by the media as "America's premier traditional acoustic music event." Profits from this once a year fundraiser support the Pioneer Music Museum, America's Old Time Fiddlers Hall of Fame, America's Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Oak Tree Opry. You can visit these pages individually on this website. This National Festival has received commendation from the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Geographic Magazine, the Smithsonian Institute, the National Council for Traditional Arts, and Conseil International del Organisations de Festivals de Folklore et d'Arts Traditionnels. It has been televised internationally on BBC (England), and nationally on NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS. In 2000, WNET of NYC filmed a premier national program called "EGG" at the festival, using footage of yodelers to enhance their first show called "What Makes You Happy." If you've never had the opportunity to visit "rural" Iowa, make this festival your first stopping point on your road to relaxation, clean air, clean water, delicious home-style farm food, fun, and more acoustic music than you can possibly imagine. You'll also have the opportunity to meet wonderful and warm rural people. It's an amazing event dealing with all things "pioneer," especially their music. Their lifestyle, religious beliefs, character, and certainly their warm sense of humor is all explored at this event. This and more as you discover, or perhaps re-discover, the wonderful hand-me-downs of our pioneers. To those of us who cherish these blessings, we consider ourselves the stewards of the pioneer's morals, entertainment, and their considerable contributions to a healthy and wholesome American lifestyle. NO ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL DRUGS of any kind are allowed. If you are caught with these items, you will be asked to leave without ticket refund, and you may be prosecuted. ADMISSION COSTS CAMPING FREE FOOD CONTESTS CORPS OF DISCOVERY TIPI VILLAGE ARTS AND CRAFTS PIONEER AG EXPO MORE INFORMATION FROM; |
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