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A Clover Picker at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival
by Anna Tokar Anna Tokar, from Tryon, NC, is 15 years old and has played fiddle in the PacJAM program since age 10. PacJAM students dance the Virginia Reel at the Flint Hill Stage at the first Earl Scruggs Festival Photo by Eli Johnson It was months ago when I was told that our band, the Clover Pickers - a house band of Tryon Fine Arts Center’s Pacolet Junior Appalachian Musicians - would be playing at the Earl...
Free Tix to Earl Scruggs Memorial Fest!
We wanted to remind you to please ask your JAM students and staff to register by Sunday night, August 28th for our regional JAM Gathering & FREE access to the Earl Scruggs Festival next weekend, September 2nd & 3rd. This weekend is entirely FREE for ANY JAM kid, plus one parent (or JAM-teacher chaperone) per family, including meals. Participants may lock-in for with their own sleeping bags at Tryon Fine Arts Center, or camp with their families for $75 at the Festival. We have an exciting...
JAM Submissions for IBMA 2022
JAM Submissions Open for IBMA 2022: Come celebrate 10 years of IBMA World of Bluegrass in downtown Raleigh! Attention current JAM students and alumni performers, we will once again be hosting the JAM stage as part of IBMA's Bluegrass Live! Friday & Saturday, Sept 30 & Oct 1 (daytime only) Please submit your interest form here. Learn more at worldofbluegrass.org! Powered by...