AS OF -Jan 1, 2010
Maine Countryfolk Music Theatre
Summer Schedule 2010
( Always FREE and for families )
US Route 2, East
(our 11th Season)
2 covered stages / dance floor / covered spectator building / 2 house bands for backup jam sessions
fire pit for cooking / 2 acre parking field / small pond / FREE musician camping on special event weekends
Our Countryfolk mission:
To provide a venue for
To provide youth music scholarships and music camp opportunities
To maintain a community of volunteers that support our goals
To support musicians and songwriters in their musical dreams
To honor the musicians of the past, present and future
We are a not-for-profit project supported by individual donations and hundreds of volunteers.
In 2009 we began construction of our Songwriters and
by volunteers. It will offer a stage, dance floor, fireplace, songwriter and musician static displays, photos and memorabilia...
Opening Weekend - Sunday, May 30, 2010 ( 12noon - 6pm )
( music - jam sessions - Every Sunday 12noon-6pm thru Labor Day)
“SPECIAL” Countryfolk EVENTS”
“Christmas in July” Sunday - July 11, 2010
( Bring a can of food for the Food Bank in memory of Charlotte Whitten)
Countryfolk Youth Music Scholarship Weekend - July 30, 31, August 1, 2010
Our annual “Banjos to Bagpipes” celebration
( Friday night jam session -5-9pm)
Saturday Country Jamboree - scheduled performers all day ( new acts every 30 minutes)
“Special Guest Entertainer”
Saturday Night Dance ( 7-10pm)
Sunday-Special guest performance / youth music scholarships/ two house bands w/jam session
Countryfolk is Always FREE and for families
Labor Day Weekend Closing Weekend- September. 3, 4, 5, 2010
Friday - Jam Session 5-9pm
Saturday Country Jamboree ( all day )
Saturday Night Dance 7-10pm
Sunday Jam Session 12 noon-6pm
Sunday - Special “Minnie Pearl” Look-A-Like contest ( 2pm)
Potluck meals on Saturday of event weekends as well as each Sunday during the summer....
( bring your favorite dish)
We are rustic, but very family and musician friendly. Hope to see you this summer and bring a musician with you!!!!! We have a lot of fun. Hope you do also... Come jam with us on our summer Friday Night Campfires 5-9pm all summer...
Dakota Rich, our youngest Countryfolk youth music scholarship award 2009
Countryfolk Music Theatre opens its 10th consecutive season on Sunday, May 24, 2009, Memorial Day Weekend. (every Sunday thru Labor Day 12 noon-6PM / always free and for families according to project director, Larry Bisbee.
Big plans are in the offing this year for the 10th year celebration including lots of traditional country music, folk and gospel and bluegrass.
Scheduled Jamborees, Christmas in July ( July 5th - bring a can of food for the food pantry), youth music scholarship weekend, Banjos to Bagpipes & Old Maine Days celebration & Mountain Man Rendezvous, 4 days with 50+ musicians, dance and special guests ( July 23, 24, 25, 26) and a "special" Dick Curless Look-A-Like contest (Labor Day Weekend with 3 days of music), country dances, 50/50 and door prizes, Barefoot Country Girl (the movie, with cast members at Countryfolk), pot luck meals and loads of FUN.
Bisbee said, "We welcome new musicians every week and also have a Friday night campfire jam from 5-9PM"
free Tent, van and RV Camping for musicians is always welcomed and we now have a free "Countryfolk Bunkhouse" for musicians.
Bisbee went on to say, "We're always looking for NEW musicians to come and join us, so come along and have some fun with us. We're the "BIGGEST" backyard jam in Maine with 20-40 musicians each weekend and "special" events".
More info at 207-645-7531 or email mainebiz@roadrunner.com
or catch Larry "BUCK" Bisbee on the nearest streetcorner telling one of his "Wicked Good" Maine stories, singing his new "Mosquito" song or telling his whopping big ol' "Black Fly's of Maine" tale. No matter what ya do, get ahold of him soon.
2009 Countryfolk Youth Music ScholarshipsPress release
9-14-09
CONTACT: Larry Bisbee
Larry Bisbee, organizer of the weekly country music gatherings said, “We are very happy with the scholarship donations and want to thank all the volunteers who make it possible, those musicians who come each week and to all the folks that bring food for the weekly pot luck Sunday meals”.
Eight Dick Curless look-a-likes showed up and Jim “G” of
Bisbee went on to say, “ Overall it was a super summer and musicians have already said they will be back again next year. We’ll start up again on Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend 2010.”. “ It’s been a great ten years”, he said. ‘And we’re already planning next year’s scholarship weekend, the last weekend in July” “ We hope to give another thousand dollars in youth music scholarships and send a couple of youth to music camp”.
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