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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
How to Survive Merlefest
Merlefest!! For music lovers of a certain type, the name raises hopes and challenges the imagination. Ask someone along the festival trail if they’ve ever been to Merlefest and more often than not you get a response that suggests wonder, a little fear, concern about the crowds, concern about the expense, eagerness to attend. More people have heard about Merlefest than have attended it. Merlefest 2007 will be our fifth consecutive Merlefest. It represents the single most expensive and engaging week in our entertainment calendar. Each year we are introduced to musicians we have never heard of or never seen and reunited with some of our favorites. Unlike smaller, more intimate and informal festivals we attend, there is much less opportunity to interact with the performers. You don’t get a chance to hang out with people artists you’d like to know better. All that being the case, we still purchase our tickets the day they go on sale and plan our travel year around Merlefest.
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Thanks so much for the incoming link! Hope all's well in your world!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Jonathan
Great info! This year will be my very first Merlefest! Hopefully it will be the first of many. Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteWonderful overview of the Merlefest experience. We had 15 years of making memories at M-fest, and your blog brought a lot of them to the surface. A lot of our time was spent in the "Traditional" tent, where you do indeed get to mix with the performers; our experience is that it's a lot less structured and formal than the Main Stage or other venues. Also, of course, it's our favorite style of music!
ReplyDeleteIt's worth mentioning that XM will be carrying much of it live on Channel 14, according to their promos.
Sounds like you've got it down pat Ted! Good job!
ReplyDeleteDear Ted,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great writeup on MerleFest. I'm a regular attendee and volunteer and will be at the 2007 event, along with a Wisconsin friend coming down for her first one. I've passed your "How to Survive.." writeup along to her for the good tips.
See you there!
...Karl in High Point, NC
Hey I would like to get in touch with you about an underground MerleFest forums since they found it fit to do away with the other one i have linked this and quoted from this blog posting on my use to be official MerleFest blog (long story)http://merlefest.blogspot.com/ so if you could please shot me an email at rainqueen00@gmail that would be great thank you
ReplyDeleteLoni