Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Bluegrass festival starts out with a bang
From The Times Record (Aledo, IL)
Around 1,000 people showed up Friday, Sept. 3 to see the opening night of the Barnes Bluegrass Music Festival.
"It's a good crowd for a Friday night," said Jim Barnes, patriarch of the Barnes family. Barnes started the festival 32 years ago and it thrives today as the longest running bluegrass festival in the state of Illinois and as a fundraiser for The Children's Therapy Center (formerly Easter Seals). "We are getting more and more local people," said Jim. "They are discovering it's not too harmful."
The Times Record
Around 1,000 people showed up Friday, Sept. 3 to see the opening night of the Barnes Bluegrass Music Festival.
"It's a good crowd for a Friday night," said Jim Barnes, patriarch of the Barnes family. Barnes started the festival 32 years ago and it thrives today as the longest running bluegrass festival in the state of Illinois and as a fundraiser for The Children's Therapy Center (formerly Easter Seals). "We are getting more and more local people," said Jim. "They are discovering it's not too harmful."
The Times Record
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