the Butterwood Bluegrass Festival
Festival-area
We came to Butterwood a beatiful saturday in october.
The weather was perfect for a festival, about 25 degrees C. The Festival
was held on a private farm way out in the country. We passed several
tobacco- and cotton-fields on our way out there. The festival area is not
to far away from Littleton at the northeast of NC. The audience could sit
inside a large building that looked like a large barn without walls. At
one short-end was a house with the frontporch turned into a stage.
I guess they use the building for some agricultural purposes. I don't
know if any other musical events are held here.
The festival lasted over 4 days, but we could only attend the last day.
The building
The first thing I saw when we arrived, was a record-table
and an old man fixing things, putting CD's, posters and hats on the table.
I thought to my self, That old man looks just like Ralph Stanley, he
must be a relative, a cousin or something, or maybe.... I had to walk
over to him and ask the stupid question. Is this Dr. Ralph? It was,
and that was the first time I met Dr. Ralph.
You can see more of Dr. Ralph if you press the button on the left with his name.
