Uncle Dave Macon Days needs Volunteers

Jan 24, 2017 at 02:38 pm by bryan


Uncle Dave Macon Days is a music and arts festival which honors traditional American music and the career of the first superstar of the Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Famer, Uncle Dave Macon. This year mark's the 40th Anniversary of the annual Uncle Dave Macon Days festival starting with small beginnings which attracted only a few old-time music enthusiasts on the lawn of the Courthouse in 1978. With the festival fast approaching, organizers are asking for volunteers for the 2017 festival. The first Uncle Dave Macon Days 2017 organizational meeting will be January 30th from 6-7:30pm.

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Thom Christy told WGNS NEWS:

The organizational meeting will be held at Greenhouse Ministries in their conference room at 309 S. Spring Street 37130.

Throughout the festival's national competitions are the best in old-time music and dance with participants here locally, across the nation, and worldwide. Including the music and dance competitions, starting Friday, July 7th, there will be performances highlighting Friday evening (TBA). Continuing July 8th is the one-of-a-kind Tennessee favorites-- the authentic Motorless Parade complete with buggies and wagons which make its way down historic Main Street to Cannonsburgh at 10 am, on Saturday morning, July 8th.

Other family-oriented events taking place throughout the festival include: heritage activities for children, mouth-watering local concessions, a juried arts and crafts show in Matilda Macon's Artisan Village, Dave Macon's Marketplace, and a historic photo exhibit.

Along with the lively festival competitions and the National Championships in music and dance, Saturday evening promises to be one of the best highlighting the talent who have made Uncle Dave Macon Days a success for the past 40 years. The celebration takes place in Cannonsburgh, a genuine pioneer village. Cannonsburgh Village is located at 312 South Front Street in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Murfreesboro is 30 minutes southeast of Nashville on Interstate 24. The village is home to more than 20 restored log structures and will feature living history demonstrations during the weekend. Visit a working blacksmith or join in with some old-fashioned shape-note singing in the little white church.

Uncle Dave Macon Days began as a one-day pickin' banjo contest and was the brainchild of Murfreesboro businessman, Jesse Messick who wanted to have an event to attract business into the downtown area. For almost 40 years, this down-home, shade-tree pickin' festival has evolved into the National Championships for Old-time Banjo and Old-Time Clogging and Buckdancing as designated by the US Congress in 1986.

FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO: www.uncledavemacondays.com or email at: sponsorudm@gmail.com

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