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Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler's Convention Update

Despite a few showers early, we were able to get some good interviews for the Why Old Time documentary.  We were also able to wrap up the last couple interviews for our Henry Reed documentary which will be out late summer. 

Henry Reed's influence is felt far and wide . . . in fact, I meet a couple who came all the way from California to be at Henry Reed festival.  We also got a chance to interview Virginia Champion Old Time fiddler Mark Campbell  If you haven't been to Henry Reed fiddler's convention, we recommend going.  It's a nice small festival with a great family feel. 

Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler's Convention
June 14, 2008
Glen Lyn Park, Glen Lyn, Virginia

Filming will begin upon arrival at the site, which should be about 10:30 or 11:00 and will run until 4:30 or 5 pm.  Please feel free to contact us if you have an interest in being interviewed.

Incidentally, we are also completing a documentary this summer on Old Time legend, Henry Reed.  To learn more about that, please go to our Henry Reed Page.

Director/Producer Chris Valluzzo and camera operator, Chad Kotz, at the 2006 Henry Reed Festival.

Mt. Airy Update

June 8;  Despite the intense heat, we had a really great festival shooting experience. We got lots of great footage of jams on all over the grounds at Mount Airy, interviewed some great fans, and talked with 14 year old Isaac Akers who was incredibly eloquent about his take on old time. If he's any indication of what the next generation of musicians is going to do with Old Time, the music is in good hands.

Did I mention it was HOT? Really hot. We actually had a sound unit die on us because it overheated.

Thanks to Gary and all the folks who run the show there. We had a great time and got some good footage. Next festival is Henry Reed Fiddler's convention in Glen Lyn VA.

Nikki Talley:  We interviewed Nikki, who plays and records both Old Time music and writes contemporary music with an old time flavor.  You can check out her website at www.nikkitalley.com

Behind the scenes with the crew

One of several hot jams . . . and we do mean hot

Mt. Airy
June 7, 2008
Mt. Airy, North Carolina

Filming will begin upon arrival at the site, which should be about 10:30 or 11:00 and will run until 4:30 or 5 pm.  Please feel free to contact us if you have an interest in being interviewed.

This photo is just one of several at the official Mt. Airy Fiddler's Convention website, which we invite you to check out by clicking the picture.

June 4, 2008:  Henry Reed Legacy page added.

We are also filming a documentary on Old Time musician, Henry Reed, whose work was very influential in the first Old Time revival period of the 1960s.  There will be more to come on this, but feel free to check out the page here.

Dean, "T-Baby" Reed, son of Henry Reed preserves his father's legacy in song at a local house concert in March, 2008. 

Fiddler's Grove Update

May 24^th 2008.

Today was our first festival shoot, which we were very excited to get.  We traveled down to Fiddler’s Grove in Union Grove NC.  What a great festival with a wonderful setting as well!

• We spoke with Fiddler’s Grove top man Haper Van Hoy who was very gracious to take a few minutes out of his day to speak with us. 
   
• We interviewed Mike Arant from the Prairie Belt Boys who has been going to Old Time festivals since he was a kid and gave us some great insight on the growth of the festival scene.   
   
• We also spoke with master fiddler Robin Warren who won the "Fiddler of the Festival" award in 1977, 1980, 1982 qualifying her to be Fiddler’s Grove first "Master Fiddler."   Robin and Brian Clancey performed as Spirit Fiddle and CDs are available through their website www.spiritfiddle.com. 
   
• At long last we finally got our interview with the Reed Island Rounders.  It was nice to get them on tape b/c they actually did two interviews, one for Why Old Time? and one for our Henry Reed documentary due out later this summer.  There were so many other great folks we spoke with and we were very glad to have made the journey to Fiddler’s Grove.

May 9^th 2008. 

It’s official, Why Old Time? is now in production.  Our first interview we did was with Grammy winner, David Holt.  David was on his way from Asheville NC to Charlottesville VA to play with Doc Watson and he graciously made a pit stop in Blacksburg, VA just to speak with us.  David had a great insight on old time music and it’s growth.  We were glad to have him on board.

For more info on David please see our "Who is in Why Old Time?" page and David's website.

Photo courtesy of www.davidholt.com

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