Dalis
sez –
Listen to KUT on Saturday morning starting at 11:30AM with
David Obermann, me and Dana Cooper and we hope Michael
Fracasso!
So
much information below I am just going to say SEE YA’LL
SOON!!!!!
Love,
Dalis
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35th ANNUAL
KERRVILLE
FOLK FESTIVAL TIME IS HERE!
This year’s banner 35th Annual Festival starts
next Thursday, May 25 and will run for 18 glorious days
until Sunday, June 11. The festival will be held on
the Quiet Valley Ranch which is 9 miles south of
Kerrville
on TX Hwy 16.
Join us as we welcome Guy Clark, Dar Williams, Sue Foley,
Ruthie Foster, Trout Fishing in
America
, and a host of your other festival favorites. Also,
on Memorial Day, May 29 we will also be celebrating the life
of our dear friend Allen Damron, who passed away this last
year.
For festival information and schedule information, visit our
website at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com.
Tickets are available on the website also.
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JUST
ADDED: TWO PARTIAL CAPO WORKSHOPS OFFERED AT THIS
YEAR’S FESTIVAL
This year, Kyser Musical Products is offering two free
partial capo workshops during the festival, as well as free
one-on-one lessons and half-price capos. The first ten
people to sign up (and show up) for each workshop also get a
FREE Short-Cut Capo.
The
workshops will cover use of the Drop-D™ and Short-Cut™
capos, separately and together in more than a dozen
different positions in standard tuning. Learn the structural
reasons why capos fit in certain combinations, and wow
audiences with the variation you get by playing on both
sides of the capo.
The
first section of each workshop will be an interactive
presentation, followed by practice time and one-on-one
coaching. During the last hour, participants get to showcase
one song that they’ve adapted to include partial capo
techniques. A handout will be available, and everyone should
bring a guitar.
more
information? See www.kysershortcut.com
.
Friday, May 26th, 11-2 @ Threadgill
Randall Williams (www.whereisrandall.com)
Workshop specifics: http://www.whereisrandall.com/guitarteacher.htm#partial
Free teaching video: http://www.kysermusical.com/shortcut/webvideo/partialcapo1.wmv
FREE Short-Cut capo to the first 10 people who register:
send email to
randall@whereisrandall.com
before May 20th.
Friday,
June 2nd, 3:30-5:30 @ Threadgill
Justin Roth (www.justinroth.com, www.myspace.com/justinrothmusic)
FREE
Short-Cut capo to the first 10 people who register: send
email to justin@justinroth.com before May 20th.
AND:
Justin will be offering free partial capo
"mini-lessons" during the festival - just ask!
We'll be selling Kyser capos at half-price during the whole
festival, and we'll have Kyser strings available, too -
They're high-end: phosphor bronze, hand-wound, and
pre-stretched. Check them out!
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TEXAS
FOLK MUSIC FOUNDATION SPRING NEWSLETTER POSTED
The
Spring Newsletter for TFMF is posted on our website.
It talks about TFMF projects and activities including the
Threadgill reconstruction project and this year’s music
seminars. There will also be a Music Camp for Kids
here on the Quiet Valley Ranch in July.
Read the full newsletter at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/foundation_newsletter_5_06.htm
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GRASSY HILL
KERRVILLE
NEW FOLK FINALISTS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE!
The 32 Grassy Hill Kerrville New Folk Finalists were
announced last month. The names are posted on our
website at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/newfolk.htm.
These wonderful songwriters were selected from 800
entries and will perform their songs at one of the two New
Folk concerts during Memorial Day weekend. The
New Folk Concerts will be held in the newly renovated
Threadgill Theater in the Quiet Valley Ranch campgrounds.
Come See Tomorrow’s Stars Today!
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SPECIAL EDITION POSTER
BY MICHAEL WRYCRAFT ON
SALE
AT FESTIVAL
In celebration of our 35th year, we have
commissioned a special poster that will be available at this
year’s festival. You can check out the poster on our
website poster page at www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/posters.htm.
Michael
Wrycraft is a Juno Award winning music artist who hales from
Toronto
Canada
. He has hundreds of posters and CD covers to his
credit. We are thrilled with his design and expect to
sell out of these limited edition posters during the
festival. Only 250 will be for sale so be sure to get
one as soon as you hit the theater. Numbered and
signed prints will be selling for $25, and are sure to
become collector’s items. Michael will be on hand
for the first weekend to sign posters.
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LAND
RUSH ON RESETTLEMENT DAY THIS WEEKEND!
We allow guests to the Kerrville Folk Festival an
opportunity to come out to the Ranch and claim or set up
their campsites as early as the Sunday prior to the first
day of the festival. In 2006, you can set up your camp
anytime after 10 AM on May 21. All you have to do is
pay the normal camping fees for the dates between when you
set up and the beginning of the festival (Thursday, May 25).
In order to make this as smooth a process as possible, we
have what is called LAND RUSH. The Land Rush actually
takes place at 10 AM on Sunday, May 21 prior to which, no
one is able enter the campgrounds to set up their camp.
Here is the Land Rush process:
Starting at noon on May 19, the Friday before Land Rush,
people will begin lining up their vehicles in the festival
parking lot on the south end of the ranch. Most people
set up tents by their vehicles and camp in the parking lot
for the weekend.
You will need to purchase a “stake” that will be used to
claim or mark your camping spot once the campground is
opened. A stake will be needed for each tent or canopy
spot you wish to claim (one stake is good for roughly a
10’ x 10’ area).
A stake cost $5 per night from Sunday until the date of your
earliest ticket ($20 if you are holding a Day 1 Ticket, $25
if you are holding a Day 2 Ticket, etc) and will be sold at
“Staff Central” (the blue building by the festival
office) from 8 - 10 AM on Sunday, May 21. YOU
MUST HAVE TICKETS IN HAND FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THE
FESTIVAL IN ORDER TO PURCHASE A STAKE AND/OR PARTICIPATE IN
LAND RUSH! You will be able to pick up your will call
tickets at the festival office.
At 10 AM on Sunday, May 21 the horn will sound and vehicles
will start entering the campgrounds in the order in which
they were lined up in the parking lot...the LAND RUSH
BEGINS! You then find your spot(s) and mark it with
your stake. You can then either set up your camp
and stay or you may choose to put down a tarp with your
stake and come back for the weekend.
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DONATE TO THE
BACKSTAGE SHOWER FUND
I think we all understand how important it is to keep are
volunteer staff clean and happy. While the existing
backstage shower and bathroom facilities are still
"functional" they are rapidly decaying to the
point where they will soon be unusable. With your help
we can raise the money needed to build a new structure that
will last for another 35 years. Please give what you can!
You may make a donation on the website
(www.kerrvillefolkfestival.com/shower_fund.htm
) through secure Pay Pal transaction, or you can mail a
check payable to:
Backstage Shower Fund
c/o
Kerrville
Folk Festival
PO Box
291466
Kerrville
TX
78029
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WORK WEEKEND &
PROJECT REPORT
Work
is continuing on the Threadgill Theater reconstruction
project, but should be pretty far along by the opening of
the festival. Wait until you see this structure!
Our friend John Curry has been taking lots of photos of the
work in progress and has them posted on his photo site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/curryjc
.
The Crafts Booth Update project is essentially done.
The new, larger booths will provide a little more room for
both vendors and customers.
There is still a lot of work to be done so if you come out
for land rush this weekend and are able, please lend us a
hand. There are lots of benches to build for Theadgill
as well as painting and general grounds cleaning.
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FULL RV HOOK-UP SITES
SOLD OUT FOR 2006!
The "Main" section of the Quiet Valley Ranch RV
facilities is currently sold
out for the 2006 Kerrville Folk Festival.
The "Meadow" section is sold out for Memorial Day
weekend as well as the second weekend of the festival.
There are still a couple of "Meadow" sites
available for the last weekend of the this year's Kerrville
Folk Festival.
The Meadow sites have water and electricity only and will
accommodate smaller trailers (20 ft. or less), pop-up
campers, teardrop trailers, and conversion vans. These
sites are $20 per day (in addition to your festival
tickets) with a three day minimum. Call the festival
office at (830) 257-3600 to make reservations.
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CONTINUING OUR
PARNERSHIP WITH KOYOTE RANCH
If staying on the Ranch or in a Kerrville Hotel isn't your
thing, you might want to consider checking out Koyote Ranch.
Koyote Ranch resort is the next generation of camping
located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. A true
outdoor resort featuring fully appointed log cabins,
oversized RV sites with full hook-ups, patios and landscaped
yards, tent camping and a beautiful B & B. Located
on 95 acres the resort offers 3 lakes, hiking trails, and an
activity pool and spa. Also on the property is Koyote
Mercantile a general store complete with deli / grill and
Biergarten All cabins are air conditioned and range in size
from 1 room that sleeps 4, to 1 bedroom w/loft, to 2 bedroom
with loft that sleeps up to 10.
RV sites have full hook-ups with 50 amp power and cable TV.
Only 12 acres have been developed with the rest of the
property being dedicated to wildlife and hiking trails.
Koyote Ranch is located less than 6 miles from
Quiet Valley Ranch on scenic Hwy 16 (toward
Medina
). Due to the curves on HWY 16 between
Quiet
Valley
and Koyote Ranch it is recommended that all RV's and motor
homes take an alternate route. Take HWY 173 south from
Kerrville
to Hwy 2828, turn right to Hwy 16 and come back north
through
Medina
to
Koyote Ranch. To learn more visit them at www.koyoteranch.com
or give them a call at 830-589-HOWL (4695).
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