The Franklin News-Post
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Rocky Mount, Virginia 24151
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
By MORRIS STEPHENSON - Staff Writer
The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail has developed two informative traveling exhibits that will be available beginning in 2010 to communities in The Crooked Road region, which includes Rocky Mount and Franklin County.
The exhibits include "Musical Styles Along the Crooked Road" and "Crooked Road Royalty."
"Crooked Road Royalty" highlights the careers of the Hill Billies, the Stoneman Family, the Carter Family and the Stanley Brothers, four Virginia powerhouse groups that helped build the American country music industry.
"Musical Styles Along the Crooked Road" presents the rich variety of roots music that Southwest Virginians sing and play including fiddle and banjo tunes, bluegrass, ballads of love and death, sentimental mountain songs, blues, and gospel.
Both exhibits include rare film footage and photographs of historic Crooked Road musicians.
Possible locations for the exhibits include museums, libraries, government buildings or offices, performing venues, festivals and other public places.
Each will be available for a one-month period beginning Jan. 1. Designed to easily fit into a full-size van or car, each exhibit consists of 12 collapsible panels, each 40 inches by 80 inches, unrolled. Self-standing and wall-mounted versions of the exhibits will be available, and each will include a flat screen television and DVD player for the exhibit video.
There is no charge for the exhibits, but transportation is required. Jonathan Romeo, interim director of The Crooked Road, said it is hoped several locations within the 10-county region will be designated as distributing points. Details are still being worked out.
Both exhibits were produced by the Blue Ridge Institute and Museum for The Crooked Road with funding from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission.
For more information or to reserve the exhibit, contact The Crooked Road office at 276-492-2085 or e-mail djromeo@thecrookedroad.org.
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