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THE ISLANDER, DECEMBER 22, 2008, PAGE 17
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New Year’s Bluegrass Festival features
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
The Rage and Ralph Stanley & the
Clinch Mountain Boys.
Ticket prices:
3-day reserved tickets: $85 adults,
$45 child (6-13)
3-day general admission: $75
adults, $40 child (6-13)
Daily tickets: Reserved: $35
adults, $20 child (6-13)
The 33rd annual New Year's
Bluegrass Festival will be held at
the Jekyll Island Convention Cen
ter beginning Thursday, January 1
at noon through 10 p.m. Saturday,
January 3.
This indoor show is a famed meet
ing place for Bluegrass fans and
musicians from throughout the coun
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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver and
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Saturday's line-up features Barry
Scott & Second Wind, Carolina Road
Band, The Lewis Family, The Blue
grass Brothers, Rhonda Vincent &
Daily tickets: General Admission:
$30 adults, $15 child (6-13)
For more information, contact
Adams and Anderson, LLC at 706-
864-7203 or Jekyll Island Conven
tion Center at 912-635-3400 or visit
www.aandabluegrass.com. □
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7 time IBMA Vocal Group of the Year, Doyle Lawson
& Quicksilver makes tour stop on Jekyll Island
Multi-award winning bluegrass
Gospel recording artist, Doyle Lawson
& Quicksilver will be featured during
the 33rd Annual Bluegrass Festival at
the Jekyll Island Convention Center
on Friday, January 2.
Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver was
awarded Vocal Group of the Year by
the International Bluegrass Music
Association seven consecutive years.
The group also received the honor of
IBMA’s Gospel Performance of the
Year three years in a row, with record
ing projects released by Crossroads
Entertainment.
Lawson’s latest recording, Help Is
On The Way, released in the spring of
2008, has afforded the popular group
yet more success, as the title cut recent
ly became the recording’s first Number
One song on Southern Gospel Music’s
Singing News Magazine National Top
80 Radio Arplay Chart, a first for the
Bluegrass legend.
Lawson grew up in the hills of East
Tennessee listening to the Grand Ole
Opry on Saturday nights. By age 12
he had learned to play mandolin and
during his teen years became accom
plished in other instruments, as well.
By his late teens he had his first full
time job playing banjo for Jimmy Mar
tin, and throughout the next 16 years
played with a variety of talented musi-
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on the unspoiled island
on Jekyll Island
Celebrate New Years Eve 2009
A Prix Fix Menu for Two
plus Party Favors and Midnight Champagne
$50.00
tax and tip not included
Stuffed Mushrooms with Wild Rice, Herbs, Suudried Tomato & Sausage
****
Spring Greens with Oranges & Glazed Pecans
Choice of**
Crab Dressed Petite Filet Mignon over Alfredo Fettucini
or
■Bourbon Glazed Pork Tenderloin,
Rosemary Potato Medallions & Brussel Sprouts
or
Spicy Grilled Ahi Tuna with Citrus Rice Snow Peas & Time Burre Blanc
****
Creme Brulee Cheesecake with Raspberries or Apple Tarlet
1175 North Beachview Drive • Jekyll Island
Villas By The Sea Resort
912.635.3588
cians before forming his own group in
1979.
Over the past three decades, Lawson
and his celebrated band have received
practically every honor known to blue
grass music. He is recognized as one of
the industry’s most celebrated musi
cians, having released nearly 40 record
ings to date. His current single release
to Southern Gospel radio, “Eternity
Has Two,” is currently receiving air
play at radio stations nationwide.
For information, call 706-864-7203
or visit www.doylelawson.com. □