Lincoln's New Salem Traditional Music and Bluegrass Festival this
weekend
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[September 10, 2009]
PETERSBURG -- More than 100 traditional and
bluegrass musicians are expected to participate in 29th annual
Traditional Music and Bluegrass Festival at Lincoln's New Salem
State Historic Site. The festival is set for Saturday and Sunday,
with a jam session Friday night. The festival is free and open to
the public.
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Traditional, folk and bluegrass musicians are invited to participate
in the weekend impromptu jam session. Several bluegrass bands will
be featured on stage in the outdoor theater from 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, with the festival in full swing in the village
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Performers from all over
the Midwest will entertain on such instruments as mountain and
hammer dulcimers, concertinas, bones, autoharps, fiddles, banjos,
and guitars. Outside the village, a large clogging platform will be
provided, which will be filled with cloggers starting at noon on
Sunday.Songs and music of the 19th century will be performed in
the village Abraham Lincoln called home for six years. No
electrified instruments or equipment will be permitted. The log
buildings will be open and staffed by costumed staff and volunteers
interpreting lifestyles of the 1830s. The New Salem Museum Shop and
the New Salem Lincoln League Souvenir and Book Store will both be
open during the event.
The festival is sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency, which administers Lincoln's New Salem, and the New Salem
Lincoln League.
Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site is located 20 miles
northwest of Springfield and two miles south of Petersburg on Route
97.
[Text from file received from
the Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency]
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