THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, August 6, 1995 TAG: 9508050136
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY DAWSON MILLS, CORRESPONDENT
LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
If you thought you heard country music coming from the Hickory Ruritan Club on Route 168 on the fourth Saturday of the month, it wasn't your imagination.
Since last September the Tidewater Bluegrass Music Association has been host to a monthly ``Bands & Jam Sessions'' there, drawing some of the top bluegrass artists in Hampton Roads.
June's jam was one of the biggest yet, with over 220 bluegrass devotees turning out to see and hear the Flatland Cloggers, Dixie Coast Band, Muddy Creek, Herman & Eddie Gill & The Grass Masters, and T. Maroney and Roger Gray.
Things kicked off more or less on schedule, shortly after 7 p.m. Despite swirling ceiling fans above the rows of enthusiastic fans, the evening heated up as non-stop music rolled on. The cloggers set the pace with a series of sprightly numbers that set dancers and costumes twirling, to the delight of the audience.Bluegrass MEMO: More information on the Tidewater Bluegrass Music Association and
bluegrass music in Hampton Roads is available by calling Calvin
Strickland at (804) 853-1608 or Leon Best at (804) 465-5419.
by CNB