Appalachia Fest Features Music Legend

AppalachiaFest, the musical component of Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge, celebrates its second year with a performance by a musical legend. Set for Jan. 15, 2008, AppalachiaFest will be highlighted with an appearance by Dr. Ralph Stanley.

Stanley has been performing professionally since the 1940s and is revered for his folk, bluegrass, country and mountain music. He enjoyed renewed popularity with his contribution to the “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?” movie soundtrack. He is a multiple Grammy award winner and in 1976 received an honorary doctorate in music from Lincoln Memorial University. In 2006 President George W. Bush presented Stanley the National Medal of Arts, which is awarded through the National Endowment for the Arts and is the nation’s highest honor for artistic excellence.

Four-time Grammy award-winner David Holt will return to host AppalachiaFest and perform with his band, the Lightning Bolts. The Steep Canyon Rangers, voted Emerging Artist of the Year in 2006 by the International Bluegrass Music Association, will travel from North Carolina to round out the evening’s entertainment lineup. Country Tonite Theatre will be venue for AppalachiaFest. Tickets are $15 for adults; $5 for ages 17 and younger and available at 1-800-792-4308 or onsite at the theater during Wildlife Week, Jan. 12-19.

AppalachiaFest is co-sponsored by WDVX radio, Knoxville, Tenn.

Information courtesy of My Pigeon Forge