Music Festival

Organizers of a new three-day festival in Madison County are hoping to use music to fund scholarships for Appalachian students while providing them with valuable work experience at the same time. Jubilo Music & Arts Festival will be Sept. 13-16 at Fort Boonesborough State Park, and organizers hope to get up to 75 regional and national bands within the first three years. They also aim to bring up to 25,000 people to the event, “boosting area tourism and spotlighting the area's state parks, and music and arts community,” according to a news release.

Sitting less than 1 mile from the main stage of Christian music's oldest festival, Asbury University takes the opportunity each year to minister and serve at Ichthus as well as let the thousands of teenagers know what it has to offer as a college option. The university has between 50 and 80 volunteers who have worked all year to prepare for their roles in this June's four-day festival - half of whom are students working during their summers. “We bring students back to help with the production and cameras, and we also bring students back to help us in the admissions area; we have a tent out there and are meeting students who may be interested in coming to Asbury,” said Asbury vice president of enrollment Mark Troyer, who coordinates the school's efforts at Ichthus.

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways, said that the widening of U.S. 68 in Jessamine County is nearly half-way complete. "The summer 2010 is the estimated time of completion; that's just an estimated time," Natasha Lacy, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 7 spokesperson said. Thus far, the project - six miles of highway on the heavily traveled commuter route - which will widen the stretch of U.S. 68 from two lanes to four lanes upon completion of the project, has gone smoothly.

Wilmore Elementary fourth-graders celebrated the past, present and future of the trees right in their backyard on Wednesday with the help of The Providence School and Confrontation Point Ministries. It was a broad sampling of the Wilmore community that turned out for the Arbor Day celebration a couple weeks early. Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater spoke to the class, community member Mary Miller helped educate students on types of trees, and state forester Kent Slusher helped them plant a tulip poplar - the Kentucky state tree.

Wilmore Elementary fourth-graders celebrated the past, present and future of the trees right in their backyard last week with the help of The Providence School, Confrontation Point Ministries and the county's state forester. It was a broad sampling of the Wilmore community that turned out April 10 for the Arbor Day celebration a couple weeks early. Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater spoke to the class, community member Mary Miller helped educate students on types of trees, and state forester Kent Slusher helped them plant a tulip poplar - the Kentucky state tree.

Paint Lick plans Music Festival PAINT LICK - In celebration of Mother's Day weekend, the community of Paint Lick will hold a Music Festival 2-9 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the Paint Lick Sportsman's Club. Through the support of Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Inc., First Southern Bank of Paint Lick, L&M Auto & Tire Center, Paint Lick Family Clinic, E.W. James & Sons 56, Friends of Paint Lick, Rick's Caf, Handcraft Woodworks, McDonalds of Lancaster, KFC of Berea, Old Town Candy Kitchen, The Dinner Bell, Oh, My Kentucky Campgrounds and Lee's Famous Recipe of Berea, char-grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, baked beans, coleslaw, choice of beverages, ice cream and cookies will be served to festival goers free of charge.

Dear Editor, I would like to congratulate the community of Danville and the volunteers who make the Great American Brass Band Festival a success and such a wonderful experience. My wife and I have attended the festival for the last five years and we tell everyone we work with what a great time we have at the festival and invite them to come with us. However, I would like to say that we were puzzled by the direction the GABBF seems to have taken this year by scheduling entertainment like the Dixie Power Trio, the Dirty Dozen Brass and the ragtime band.

The music has quieted at Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival, and the flood waters have subsided today. The 1,000 festival-goers have gone home, with no reported injuries. A slow-moving rain storm over the weekend was the worst storm in the Louisville National Weather Service area since March 1997. The Chaplin River in southwestern Mercer County stranded about 400 people at a music festival on Pete and Brenda Cashel's Terrapin Hill Farm. All were brought to safety, and there were no reported injuries.

Danville was dubbed a few years ago "Title town" of Kentucky for the numerous state football championships won by Danville and Boyle County high schools from 1999 through the middle part of this decade. The geographic reach of that title was expanded to include Harrodsburg a couple of years ago when Mercer County won a state championship. But Danville, Boyle County, Harrodsburg and Mercer County and other area towns and counties do not take a back seat to any place in the state in another category.

PLEASANT HILL - The programs and artists for the 2013 Chamber Music Festival of the Bluegrass have been set. The festival, scheduled for May 25-26 will present four concerts featuring artists from New York's Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. An 11 a.m. performance May 25 in the 1820 Meeting House will feature works by Debussy, Ysaÿe, Britten and Paganini. An evening performance will take place at 5 p.m. in the Meadow View Barn, a restored open-air barn overlooking the quiet countryside, and will include works by Vivaldi, Mozart, Britten and Dohnányi.

Wilmore Elementary fourth-graders celebrated the past, present and future of the trees right in their backyard last week with the help of The Providence School, Confrontation Point Ministries and the county's state forester. It was a broad sampling of the Wilmore community that turned out April 10 for the Arbor Day celebration a couple weeks early. Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater spoke to the class, community member Mary Miller helped educate students on types of trees, and state forester Kent Slusher helped them plant a tulip poplar - the Kentucky state tree.

Wilmore Elementary fourth-graders celebrated the past, present and future of the trees right in their backyard on Wednesday with the help of The Providence School and Confrontation Point Ministries. It was a broad sampling of the Wilmore community that turned out for the Arbor Day celebration a couple weeks early. Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater spoke to the class, community member Mary Miller helped educate students on types of trees, and state forester Kent Slusher helped them plant a tulip poplar - the Kentucky state tree.

Organizers were confident Saturday evening that this year's Stanford Arts and Music Festival was one of the best ever held. “I've never seen this many people,” said Bob Swett, Community Arts Center director. The Friday crowd alone for the two-day festival easily topped 2,000, and Stanford's Main Street and surrounding areas were packed out for the parade Saturday afternoon. Vendors lined the streets selling burgers, hot dogs and steaks; kids painted, played games and launched themselves high into the air with high-powered trampoline ride; and music from blues to bluegrass to country emanated all around the downtown area.

The inaugural Jubilo music festival was created not with the intent of entertaining music lovers, but providing a way to educate students from Appalachia. Founder Robyn Baker is a native of Somerset, and was led to help the people of Kentucky's Appalachian counties after watching a documentary highlighting struggles in the area. “It's just a grassroots thing. It's Robyn and about 10 of us volunteers,” said Brandi Anderson, a festival volunteer. Most of the volunteers are college students or recent graduates.

Sitting less than 1 mile from the main stage of Christian music's oldest festival, Asbury University takes the opportunity each year to minister and serve at Ichthus as well as let the thousands of teenagers know what it has to offer as a college option. The university has between 50 and 80 volunteers who have worked all year to prepare for their roles in this June's four-day festival - half of whom are students working during their summers. “We bring students back to help with the production and cameras, and we also bring students back to help us in the admissions area; we have a tent out there and are meeting students who may be interested in coming to Asbury,” said Asbury vice president of enrollment Mark Troyer, who coordinates the school's efforts at Ichthus.

PLEASANT HILL - Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill will host the 2012 Chamber Music Festival of the Bluegrass May 26 and 27.   The festival will include four concerts featuring artists from New York's Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS). The annual festival has become known as a weekend-long experience bringing New York's finest chamber musicians to a uniquely Kentucky setting.  CMS artistic directors, cellist David Finckel and pianist Wu Han, are thrilled to be returning for their sixth year as festival directors.

Organizers of a new three-day festival in Madison County are hoping to use music to fund scholarships for Appalachian students while providing them with valuable work experience at the same time. Jubilo Music & Arts Festival will be Sept. 13-16 at Fort Boonesborough State Park, and organizers hope to get up to 75 regional and national bands within the first three years. They also aim to bring up to 25,000 people to the event, “boosting area tourism and spotlighting the area's state parks, and music and arts community,” according to a news release.

Winchester is the place to be for country music this fall. Thanks to the first ever John Michael Montgomery Country-Fest, headliners like Jake Owen, Montgomery Gentry and Jamey Johnson will perform at Lykins Park during a weekend event. “I had the idea to do a festival out there at Lykins Park, then I got to talking to John Michael about it, and he said he was interested in being part of it. Once he got involved, it started getting bigger and bigger and bigger,” said Frank Kennon, festival organizer.

WILMORE — Ichthus Music Festival returns Wednesday through Saturday and is celebrating more than 40 years of existence as one of the country’s oldest and most celebrated multi-day Christian music festivals. Ichthus Festival 2011 is four days of music on four stages and more on the Ichthus farm in Wilmore, located 17 miles southwest of Lexington.  Ichthus Festival 2011 will feature more than 120 artists, more than 20 speakers, vendors, camping, activities for families, group leaders and kids of all ages.