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ON SITE PHOTOS 2012 DATE FESTIVAL WHERE WEBSITE
Gardner Winter Music Festival Feb. 24-25 Gardner Winter Music Festival Morgantown, WV Gardner Winter Festival
    Holiday Lake Banjo Building Workshop Appomattox, VA Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center - Appomattox, VA USA 
Banjo Camp North May 18-20 Banjo Camp North Groton, MA Banjo Camp North 
Vandalia May 25-27 Vandalia Gathering  Charleston, WV  Vandalia Gathering 
Fiddlers Grove May Fiddler's Grove:
Ole Time Fiddlers and Bluegrass Festival		 Union Grove, NC Fiddler's Grove Festival
Washington Folk Festival June 2-3 Washington Folk Festival   Glen Echo Park, MD  Folklore Society of Greater Washington 
Gang at Mt. Airy June 1-2

Mt. Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention  Mt. Airy, NC  Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention 
Mars Hill June 3-9  Mars Hill Blue Ridge Old Time Week 

 Mars Hill, NC  Mars Hill 
Streaky Meat June 8-9

 Henry Reed Memorial Fiddler's Convention  Glen Lyn, VA  Henry Reed Convention 
Charlie Poole June 8-9  Charlie Poole Music Festival   Eden, NC  Charlie Poole Music Festival 
Common Ground on the Hill June 9 Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention Westminster, MD Deer Creek Fiddlers Convention
WV State Folk Festival June 14-17 West Virginia State Folk Festival  Glenville, WV  West Virginia State Folk Festival 
  June Allegheny Echoes Annual Summer Workshops  Marlinton, WV  Allegheny Echoes
  June 27- July 1 and July 4-8  Smithsonian Folklife Festival  Washington, DC  Smithsonian Folklife Festival 
  June 22-23  Annual Grayson County Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention
 		  Elk Creek, VA Elk Creek
Common Ground Common Ground on the Hill July  1-13 Common Ground on the Hill Traditions Weeks 1 & 2 and Festival  Westminster, MD  Common Ground 
Swannanoa  July Swannanoa Gathering Old Time Week  Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC  Swannanoa Gathering 
Howard and Rich Aug. 1-5

 Clifftop 
(Appalachian String Band Music Festival)		 Clifftop, WV  Appalachian String Band Festival 
Patsy, JC, Leslie clogging in Elkins 1981 Aug. 5-12

Augusta Old-Time Week  Elkins, WV  Augusta 
Galax  August Old Fiddler's Convention (Galax) Galax, VA Old Fiddler's Convention
Rockbridge Morning Sept.


Rockbridge Old-Time Music and Dance Festival  Rockbridge, VA  Rockbridge Mountain Music & Dance Festival 
  Sept.   Hoppin' John Old-Time & Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention  Silk Hope, NC  Hoppin' John 
 Gerry Milnes and Dave Bing Oct. 28-Nov. 4
 Augusta October Old-Time Week  Elkins, WV  Augusta Heritage Center's October Old-Time Week 
 Lester McCumber Nov. 2-4
 Augusta Fiddlers' Reunion   Elkins, WV  Augusta Heritage Center's Fiddlers' Reunion