Thanksgiving at the South Carolina
State Bluegrass Festival
Myrtle Beach, SC
A great place to spend
the Thanksgiving
weekend.
The Myrtle Beach
Convention Center is a
great place for this
show.
After driving through a
torrential rain on the
way there, we had
wonderful weather the
rest of the week.
The whole gang -
Terry, Martha,
Henry, and Barbara.
"The Lost and Found"
This group has been
together since 1973.
Martha got to tell Allen
Mills, the author of
"Love of the Mountains,"
how much the song
means to her.
Jesse McReynolds
led a string of
old-time bluegrass
performers.
Bobby Osborne
singing "Rocky Top."  
The Lewis Family
sisters are slowing
down, but Little Roy
hasn't lost a step.
Three generations of
Stanleys: Ralph, III,
Ralph, and Ralph, Jr.
"IIIrd Tyme Out" gave
their usual outstanding
performance.
"Cherryholmes" is an
example of outstanding
young bluegrass bands.  
This is an amazing family.
Marty Raybon still
has that wonderful
distinctive voice,
but I sure wish he
has remained with
"Shenandoah."
"Longview" is a
bluegrass supergroup
made up of members of
other bands performing
together.
Ronnie Reno shows
that he inherited lots of
his legendary father,
Don Reno's talent.
Barbara gets an
autograph from Ray
Deaton of IIIrd Tyme
Out.  The performers
are very approachable
at these festivals.  That
sets bluegrass stars
apart from most others.
Henry gets an
autograph and chats
with Larry Sparks.
The view from the last
row.  Truly not a bad
seat in the house for
this show.  We were
lucky enough to have
seats down front.