Happy Valley Fiddlers Convention

Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:40pm by stephenrauchfuss
 

Date/Time

Friday, September 3, 2010 - 6:30pm - 11:00pm

Location

between Lenoir and Wilkesboro
3555 Hwy 268 keep on driving, you can not miss it
Lenoir, NC, 28645

Description

Each year during Labor Day weekend, visitors pay homage to the legends and stories of the Yadkin River Valley at the Historic Happy Valley Old-time Fiddlers' Convention.

The convention will take place this year, September 3 - 5, on the Jones Farm, northeast of Lenoir on N.C. Scenic Byway 268. The Jones Farm is the historic property of Tony Jones and his family, and home to Laura Foster's resting place. Laura Foster lived directly across the road from the current festival on German's Hill. Tom Dooley, a local man who served during the Civil War, was accused of murdering a neighbor, Laura Foster, in 1867. The events surrounding this crime and Dooley's subsequent trial and execution live on in North Carolina's best-known murder ballad and in stories passed down through local families. Historic Happy Valley and the areas along N.C. Highway 268 are worth celebrating because little has changed in generations. Being a fiddler himself, Tom Dooley would have felt at home at the Historic Happy Valley Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention.

Address: Jones Farm 3555 Hwy 268 Lenoir NC 28645

Website

www.happyvalleyfiddlers.com

Contact

Name: Steve Rauchfuss
Email:
Phone: (828) 292-9013
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