September Calendar 2011 for Mountain View
Tribute to Grandpa Jones
September 2 – 3, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
Our annual tribute to Grandpa Jones, whose humor and music spanned several decades. Both nights will feature a special celebrity concert with The Whites, along with Ramona Jones and the Jones Family Band.
Grandpa Jones was born in the farming community of Niagara in Henderson County, Kentucky, Jones spent his teenage years in Akron, Ohio, where he began singing country music tunes on a local radio show. By 1935 his pursuit of a musical career took him to WBZ (AM) radio in Boston, Massachusetts where he met musician/songwriter Bradley Kincaid, who gave him the nickname “Grandpa” because of his off-stage grumpiness at early-morning radio shows. Jones liked the name and decided to create a stage persona based around it. Read more about Grandpa Jones…
Joining us on Friday night of our Tribute to Grandpa Jones, we are featuring The Whites. Ramona Jones and The Jones Family Band will start off the show at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by calling 870-269-3851.
The Whites are Grand Ole Opry and TNN favorites whose hits include “You Put the Blue In Me,” “If It Aint’ love” and “Pins and Needles.” This musical family features Buck White and his daughters Sharon White Skaggs and Cheryl White Warren. The Whites came to Nashville in the 70′s with Jerry Douglas and introduced Nashville to their unique brand of homespun harmonies. Read more about The Whites…
Loco Ropes! First Annual Tower Games
September 3, 2011
Go Loco this Labor Day Weekend in Mountain View!
Loco Ropes! invites you to compete in our First Annual Loco Tower Games Sat, Sep 3rd, featuring The HotShot FreeFall BullsEye and The PlanksPeak ClimbingWall Challenge. $100 Cash prizes will be awarded to the Winners. Registration begins at 10am. This Labor Day Weekend – Go Loco at Loco Ropes in Mountain View, Arkansas!
Quebe Sisters in Concert!
September 3, 2011 - 7 pm
Ozark Folk Center
When Grace, Sophia and Hulda Quebe (pronounced Kway-bee) raise theirfiddles and play, audiences marvel. When the girls sing their vintage stylethree-part harmony, audiences are blown away. Add the extraordinaryrhythm guitar of Joey McKenzie and the swinging upright bass of DrewPhelps and the Quebe Sisters Band becomes a force of nature. The QSB’sunique brand of music has taken the Americana music scene by storm.They perform a refreshing blend of western swing, vintage country,bluegrass, jazz & swing standards, and Texas style fiddling.
Awarded the 2007 Crescendo Award by the Western Music Associationand winner of the 2008 Western Swing Album of the Year from theAcademy of Western Artists, the Quebe Sisters Band is touring behind theirlatest album, Timeless. Performance highlights include appearances at theGrand Ole Opry, the Kennedy Center, NYC’s Lincoln Center, the RymanAuditorium, the Marty Stuart Show, the Eddie Stubbs’ Show on WSM, TheBirchmere, the Ernest Tubb Midnite Jamboree (as host band), theSmithsonian Folklife Festival, and the National Folk Festival. In addition,the QSB has appeared in concert with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder,Merle Haggard, Asleep at the Wheel, Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers,Riders in the Sky, and Marty Stuart. They have also had the pleasure ofplaying with billionare/ukulele enthusiast Warren Buffett and had the honorof performing for President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.”One thing is for sure, you don’t see a group like the Quebe Sisters Bandcome along everyday,” says Grand Ole Opry announcer Eddie Stubbs.”Give them your undivided attention and if you’re not already, you too, willbecome a fan.” Read More
Road Scholars – An Ozark Experience
September 4 – 9, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
During this week you will be learning about the Ozarks from the field. We’ll float the White River, walk in the Ozark National Forest and be guided through Blanchard Caverns. You’ll hear living history & storytelling, learn traditional dance, visit with our artisans in the Craft Village and hear LOTS of music. There’s comfort in the Cabins at Dry Creek and good food from the Skillet Restaurant.
Contact Road Scholars registration at www.elderhostel.com or call (800) 895-0727.
Stone County Fair
September 5-10, 2011
Arkansas Junior Rodeo
September 9 – 10, 2011 – 8 pm
Stone County Fairgrounds Rodeo Arena
Arkansas Junior Rodeo Association presented by Bar-W Rodeo Company is gearing up for the 2011 season. We had a very successful year last year and are happy to announce that we have added some new event categories including barrel pickup, ribbon roping and chute dogging.
We have a rules and regulations book that will be available at the first rodeo, or you can go to the forms page on this website and print off a copy.
NEW FOR 2011:
Saddles will be given away for all around cowgirl and cowboy. There are certain guidelines that you will have to follow to be able to qualify for this prize, so be sure and read that section of rules and ask if you have any questions at all. Also new this season: Mandatory call in for all bull riders (novice and senior). Junior bull and calf riders need not call in. We hope to have another wonderful season!
Paul Harris & The Cleverlys
September 10th at Junk Fest Field ► ►
Make your plans now to attend CLEVERLYFEST in Mt. View, Arkansas
September 10, 2011
Tickets are now on sale! Get them now by clicking here.
You can also purchase tickets at Ozark Heritage Bank or Aunt Minnie’s Yellow House both in Mountain View, Arkansas
Some Cleverlyfest Facts:
- Gates open at noon
- Seating is first come first serve so bring your lawnchair and get there early
- Food vendors will be available
- Performances by The Honky Tonk Renovators, Michelle McBride, Comedian Paul Harris and THE CLEVERLYS
- Performances begin at 5:00 pm and will run until 9:30 pm
- Rain or shine show will go on!
- Don’t forget your lawnchair!!!
The Cleverlys will host and headline the festival which will also feature the Honky-Tonk Renovators, Paul Harris and PigHerb, Michelle McBride, as well as the WHOOZNXT contest winner as the festival opener.
“We are thrilled as Alpacas farmers can possibly be,” says Digger Cleverly, patriarch of the family band that is spearheading the first ever CLEVERLYFEST outside their hometown of Cane Spur, Arkansas. “Just 2 miles north of Mountain View, on Highway 5 will play host to some hot licks and just plain old good timing music,” he continues.
About The Cleverlys:
Hailing from a remote part of the Ozarks, The Cleverlys are a traditional family bluegrass band with a slightly skewed sense of the past, present and future. As comfortable with a high lonesome cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” and Fergie’s “Clumsy” as they are “In The Pines”, The Cleverlys are a serious comedy bluegrass act. The family band consisting of Digger, Miles, Vernon Dean, aka VD, Harvey D and cousin Otto is a send up hitting all the right notes. The group has had quite a year in 2011. The Cleverlys has performed at Stage Coach Music Fesitval, The Mint (LA), The CMA Music Festival LP Field concerts, numerous Station Inn performances and their Grand Ole Opry debut. With all the performances have come critically-acclaim by industry insiders and the most respected of music critics from The LA Times, AOL, USA TODAY and many more. The Cleverlys will be releasing a DVD and CD in the near future.
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheCleverlys
WEBSITE: www.thecleverlys.com
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/thecleverlys
Folk Dance Days
September 9 – 11, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
Three days of workshops for people of all ages in traditional styles such as clogging, jig dancing and contra dances. Many groups and instructors will be available to make this a fun experience. Come ready to move your feet.
Stained Glass – Ten easy pieces or less
September 10, 2011
Join multi-talented artist Dona Sawyer for this one-day intensive in learning the art of Stained Glass. Students will learn basic stained glass skills using the copper-foil method developed by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
You will be making a design that uses only 10 pieces of less of glass. Most designs are around 8” X 10”. These designs are just as beautiful as the more intricate pieces because you will incorporate fancier, patterned glass in your designs, as well as solid colors.
You’ll finish at least one piece.
- Class fee $150.
- A non-refundable $15 deposit is due at the time of registration.
- The remaining $135 covers all materials and is due to the instructor at the beginning of class. Dona accepts cash or check. Tools and extra materials may be available for purchase.
- Registration deadline is 9-1-11.
- Minimum students 3, maximum 8. If the class does not make, students will be notified the first business day after the registration deadline and offered the chance to switch to another class or receive a refund.
- Class starts at 9:00 a.m. Meet your instructor and pick up your packet in the Administration Building lobby. Class usually finishes about 4:00 with a break in the middle for lunch.
Instructor: Donna Sawyer
Artist Statement – While I don’t have any “formal” training in the arts, I was lucky enough to be born into a very talented family. I was always encouraged to pursue whatever arts or crafts I was interested in, and discovered that, like the rest of my family, I have a natural artistic talent. This talent has enabled me to teach myself whatever passion takes me at the time.
I have participated in all but the very first Ozark Folk School where i have discovered the joy of sharing art with other people and drawing creative energy from that. Last year I was asked to teach stained glass at the folk school and I really love sharing that art with students. I have also taught an array of different classes at the Ozark Folk Center including painting, corn shuck dolls, beaded jewelry, macrame, and making paper ornaments, to name a few.
I like to preserve grandma’s quilt patterns in stained glass. I recreate patterns from old quilts, choosing a pleasing color scheme, or one suited to a particular person’s decorating scheme. As a change from the precision of the quilt squares, I really enjoy making 3-d stained glass “sculptures” and boxes. I look to nature to create these fun, whimsical pieces. I usually build larger than life insects and flowers out of stained glass, then either use them on stained glass jewelry boxes as part of the lid, or let them stand as sculptures on their own.
Arkansas Fiddle Championship
September 16 – 17, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
The Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View is hosting the Arkansas State Fiddle Championship Friday and Saturday, September 24 & 25. The Performers for the evening concerts will include the judges, Pete Brown, Travis Inman and Roger Fountain along with Pete’s Band, The Acouticatz and Patchwork on Friday night and our Judges along with the Roger Fountain Band on Saturday night.
The Acousticatz are steeped in bluegrass but tinged by pop, jazz and country and can best be summed up in just five words: Everything old is new again. This group offers a refreshing, wholesome approach that crosses demographic lines and embraces young and old alike.
Pete Brown heads up the stage performances for The Acousticatz with incredible driving fiddle, mandolin and sings baritone, lead and a number of attempts at humor. Pete’s been performing for 30+ years for bluegrass and country audiences and frequently gets asked to
judge state and national fiddle championships. Pete lives in Benton, AR.
Pete’s group, the Acousticatz are steeped in bluegrass but tinged by pop, jazz and country and can best be summed up in just five words: Everything old is new again. This group offers a refreshing, wholesome approach that crosses demographic lines and embraces young and old alike.
Travis Inman, from Cole Camp, MO, said his teachers were many, particularly when the family would invite everyone over for a Friday night jam session. As a small child, Inman wasn’t encouraged to learn the fiddle, but his father and uncles soon put him to work playing rhythm guitar for their own fiddle playing. For a while he was content with that. And then, in 1974, he got the opportunity to hear some real fiddle playing at an old time fiddler’s contest at Warsaw, MO. Inspired by those “real fiddlers” he decided he had to get into the fiddle. But that was easier said than done. Although his father owned several fiddles and did repairs on them, he didn’t react kindly to anyone else touching them. “If he caught you touching a fiddle of his, he’d thrash you. So I waited until my mom was outside hanging laundry one day and I climbed up and looked in the cabinets and found an old fiddle that he been taken apart. It had no keys and no strings. I rummaged around in dad’s spare parts and found the keys and put strings on. But I didn’t have any idea how to tune it. I had to get dad’s fiddle out of its case to find out how to tune it. And I used his bow and started sawing. After awhile, I could make it bounce like you have to do, and then I went over to my uncle’s and he showed me some easy tunes.”
Today Inman sports eleven state championships, three regional championships and over 140 trophies. He has inspired and taught many a young fiddler, was a master artist in the Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program with the Missouri Folk Art Program and continues to play music in and around the Cole Camp-Sedalia area as often as he can.
Roger Fountain is one of Mountain View’s favorite fiddle players. Roger is a member of several local groups including The Leatherwoods, The Roger Fountain Band and Clancey and the Ragtags. He thrills audiences with his masterful musical interpretations. Roger helps to pass on the traditions of the old time fiddle by teaching many of the young musicians in the Mountain View area. He is an award winning fiddle player and we are very lucky to have him as one of our own.
The evening concert Friday will start with contestants competing at 6:30 pm. Competition continues at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Entry to the competitions is included with a Craft Grounds ticket or Season Pass. Enter though the Administration Building or Gift Shop. The Auditorium box office opens at 6 p.m. for the evening show. The evening Music Admission includes the 7 p.m. Final Play-offs and the evening concert. The Fiddle Contest is sanctioned by the Arkansas Old-Time Fiddlers Association. There is $1650 in total cash prizes to be awarded. For more information about entering the competition, contact The Ozark Folk Center at 870-269-3851
10th Annual Off the Beaten Path Studio Tour
September 16 – 18, 2011
A self-guided tour of artists’ private working studios in and around Mountain view, Calico Rock, Pineville, Leslie and Fox, Arkansas
The first “Off the Beaten Path” Studio Tour was held on September 17 – 19, 2002. There were 15 studios on the tour, all located within 30 miles of the Court Square in Mountain View. The tour was offered free of charge to the public as it is 9 years later. It was funded by artists’ fees, the sponsorship of local businesses, and lots of volunteer labor! An Artists’ Reception and Art Exhibit has been held each year. This year the reception will be held on September 17th from 7 to 9 pm hosted by the Citizens Bank in Mountain View.
Each year new artists have been added to the tour through a peer review process which considers the type and quality of work produced and the geographic location and accessibility of the artist’s studio. Eligible studios must be within 30 miles of the Court Square in Mountain View and are limited to artists who have private working studios. Seven new artists were selected for 2010. They are: Zack and Malinda Folkers (Leather), Dana Shaffer (Fiber and Tapestry art), Beau Anderson (Flame worked beads and sculpture), Bernie Babak (Knives, Leather), Lee Cowan (Found object art), and Sherman Anderson (Wooden tops). Returning to the tour will be Jerry and Judy Lovenstein, Dona Sawyer, Chere Taylor, Joellen Rosenquist and Ray Warren, and Dwight Havens.
An open studio tour such as this provides visitors a unique opportunity to connect with local artists and craftsmen in their working environments. It allows the visitor to see not only what the artists make but to see how their lives and working spaces reflect and influence their work.
The “Off the Beaten Path” Studio Tour showcases the creative artists in and around Mountain View as well as provides an opportunity for visitors to purchase work directly from these artists. When you choose to buy a handmade product, you are not only buying a unique piece of art but you are supporting Arkansas artists who are making their living creating unique traditional and contemporary crafts with their own hands in their own studios in the beautiful Ozark mountains.
Basic Sewing taught by Gail Lewis
September 20 – 22, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
Start at your own level and learn to sew clothing that fits your style and your body.
Students will learn basic sewing techniques as they make a craft project or garment of their choice. This class is for beginners (no sewing knowledge needed) through intermediate sewing students. You will work at your own skill level. Bring the project you are working on, or Gail can help you pick a project. Discover how to pick a pattern that suits you, choose the right fabric for the pattern, cut, fit and sew your own clothes.Learn the tips, tricks and speed sewing techniques that will make sewing easy. We will use modern sewing machines and sergers. You may bring your own machine if you wish, but all machines and tools will be available for your use during class. This class will be personalized to meet your needs and level of sewing.
You may sign up for one, two or three days of this class. Class fee total is $75 a day. You may bring your own materials, or Gail will have some available for purchase.
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Chris Hillman & Herb Pederson
September 23, 2011 – 7pm – $20
Ozark Folk Center
A Third-Generation Californian with deep roots in the Cowboy history of the American West, Chris Hillman was born in Los Angeles, California on December 4, 1944. Hillman spent his early years on his family’s ranch home in then rural North San Diego County “riding horses, and doing ranch chores”. His interests would soon change from spurs and saddles to guitars and mandolins. Read More…
Herb began his career in Berkeley, California in the early 60′s playing 5 string banjo and acoustic guitar with people like David Grisman, Butch Waller, David Nelson, and Jerry Garcia. Herb has done well in adding his talents to the recordings of many folk and country music artists of today. Read More…
Riders in the Sky
September 24, 2011 – 7pm – $20
Ozark Folk Center
For thirty years Riders In The Sky have been keepers of the flame passed on by the Sons of the Pioneers, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, reviving and revitalizing the genre. And while remaining true to the integrity of Western music, they have themselves become modern-day icons by branding the genre with their own legendary wacky humor and way-out Western wit, and all along encouraging buckaroos and buckarettes to live life “The Cowboy Way!” Riders In The Sky are exceptional not just in the sense that their music is of superlative standards (they are the ONLY exclusively Western artist to have won a Grammy, and Riders have won two), but by the fact that their accomplishments are an exception to the rule as well. Read More…
Chuckwagon Cook-Off
September 23 – 25, 2010 CANCELLED
Cowboy Gathering
September 23 -24, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
Join us for a look at the past as seen from the saddle. This weekend at the Ozark Folk Center will feature crafts such as leather work and gunsmithing in our craft village. Join in on our Cowboy Poetry Contest on Saturday. Don’t miss our evening programs featuring cowboy singer Don Edwards both Friday and Saturday nights.
Friday at 7:00 pm – Cowboy Music Concert featuring Don Edwards
Saturday 3:30 pm -Cowboy Poetry Contest: Cash Prizes $100/$50/$25. In the White Oak Auditorium in the Administration Building.
Road Scholars – An Ozark Experience
September 25 – 30, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
During this week you will be learning about the Ozarks from the field. We’ll float the White River, walk in the Ozark National Forest and be guided through Blanchard Caverns. You’ll hear living history & storytelling, learn traditional dance, visit with our artisans in the Craft Village and hear LOTS of music. There’s comfort in the Cabins at Dry Creek and good food from the Skillet Restaurant.
Contact Road Scholars registration at www.elderhostel.com or call (800) 895-0727.
Herb Harvest Dinner
September 29, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
Start the Herb Harvest Festival by joining us for a new concept in truly unique dining. There are very good cooks in our herbal community who envision creating an herbal dinner for the Herb Harvest Fall Festival. We will make the dream come true, with the full support of the Skillet andHeritage Herb Garden staff.
Herb Harvest Festival
September 30 – October 1, 2011
Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View, AR
Along with the traditional stellar line-up of speakers and a theme connecting herbs of the Holy Lands to Western herb gardening and cultural traditions, we are much honored to host writers Jigs and Jo Ann Gardener all the way from their farm at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains in New York State.
