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Show Coalville Bluegrosss Festival set which has also performed at a variety of shows and festivals including the Park City Bluegrass Festival. The group showcases the fiddling talents of young Daniel Bates of Wanship. The "PeeWee Pickers," one of the nation's youngest performing Bluegrass bands, will also perform at the festival. Ranging in age from 10 to 16 years old, the "PeeWees" have also performed perf-ormed widely throughout the state at assorted festivals and will be featured on a television program later this month filmed by the LDS Church. During a national tour last summer, the "PeeWee Pickers" Pick-ers" played at the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tenn.; performed on a television program in Nashville, Tenn.; and appeared at major Bluegrass festivals in Ohio, South Carolina and Nebraska. Also performing at the festival will be the "Wild West doggers" of Ogden. One of Utah's most exciting clogging groups, this enthusiastic enthus-iastic combination of young people and adults is known for its high-energy enthusiasm enthus-iasm and colorful clogging show. Adding variety to the show will be the Bluegrass stylings of Coalville's own Ruby Stokes, who has performed widely throughout the county and has been a featured attraction at "Billy's Country Music Emporium" in Evans-ton. Evans-ton. Additional information on the festival is available by contacting North Summit High School at 336-5656. Tickets may be purchased at the door or can be purchased in advance, either at the high school or from members of high school athletic teams. Cont. to 15 The down-home, traditional tradit-ional country sound of Bluegrass music will take center stage at North Summ-mit Summ-mit High School on Nov. 18 during the first annual North Summit Bluegrass Festival. Three Bluegrass bands, a clogging group and country western vocalist Ruby Stokes will be featured during the two-hour mini-festival, which wh-ich will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium in Coalville. Admission will be $3 for adults, $2 for high school and middle school students and $1 for elementary school students and children. Proceeds from the festival will be used to support North Summit High athletic teams. One of only two musical forms to be developed in America - the other is jazz --Bluegrass --Bluegrass music is rooted in a variety of traditional musical styles including Appalachian Ap-palachian folk music, country music, southern gospel music, mu-sic, "white" blues, the "hill" music of southern and coastal states, old-time fiddling fiddl-ing and the folk music of the British Isles. Bluegrass is mostly performed perfor-med without amplification using the acoustic instruments instru-ments that give it a unique, characteristic sound: fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar and stand-up bass. The result is a hard-driving, upbeat brand of music guaranteed to set toes tapping and bodies swaying or relax the senses with mellow vocals that can put Americans in touch with their musical "roots." Headlining the festival will be "Bittercreek," one of Utah's':most popular and exciting Bluegrass bands. The five-member group has been featured throughout the state in a variety of performances including the Park City Bluegrass Festival, the Golden Spike Old-Time Fiddle Contest and Blue-grass Blue-grass Festival, Provo Festival; Festi-val; "Liberty Days" in Sandy, Midvale "Founders' Day," the annual Utah Clog Festival, various shows with the Southwest Series, the Utah Festival of the Arts, the Roosevelt Bluegrass Festival and the Utah Folk Life Festival. "Bittercreek" toured the ' state as part of the Utah Art Council's Rural Consortium Tour, appeared at the Utah State Fair and has performed for the Utah State Square Dance Association in addition addit-ion to playing at various Utah resorts, conventions and hotels. Also featured will be Summit County's own "Silver "Sil-ver Creek String Band," V . .( 4 , ,i ,i-4 . . Bluegrqss festival set for Coalville The festival is jointly sponsored by North Summit High School and Utah's own Bluegrass West, a non-profit organization interested in promoting Bluegrass, old-time old-time fiddling and American string band music. Show planners say that if the festival is successful, it will become an annual event in Summit County during the fall months. |