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 2009Our 2009 Countryfolk Youth Music Scholarships awarded in Memory of our friend, Steve Bull
MORE FUN at COUNTRYFOLK 2009
Countryfolk spectators raised $109.00 in youth music scholarship money and 151 cans of food for the local food pantry during our "Christmas in July" event 2009
Old Crow Band of Farmington, Maine plays during our Countryfolk youth music scholarship weekend in July 2009
Mountain Man Rendezvous & Country Jamboreev 2009 at Countryfolk Music Theatre raising scholarship monies for the Countryfolk Youth Music Scholarship Project $1015.00 in 2009.. YAHOO....
Countryfolk Mountain Man Rendezvous & Country Jamboree 2009
More Countryfolk USA FUN !!!!
Countryfolk Music Theatre, US Route 2, East Dixfield, Maine USA celebrating 10 years of music, fun and free to the public, friends and families....
Countryfolk Music Theatre awarded $1015.00 in youth music scholarships in 2009. Included were two camperships to Music/Theatre camp at Camp Mechuwana.
This years scholarships were given in the memory of radio broadcaster, Steve Bull and the Old Crow Band of Farmington, Maine USA for thier more than 50 years of community music.
This year's scholarship youths were:
Krystal Blood- Music Camp
Erich Zurhorst- Music camp
Adam Mitchell- cash award
Travis Pinkham (travel cash to go to Nashville)
Lucas Mitchell- cash award
Meaghan Martin ( DECMA youth music scholarship in memory of Countryfolk's Linda Latham )
Dakota Rich - cash award (our first pre-school scholarship)
All this from donations from spectators at Countryfolk (you all are appreciated)
Countryfolk is just a backyard gathering of volunteers who support country music and having fun. We encourage young and old to follow their musical dreams and provide a free to the public venue for them to be heard.
We are also building a songwriters and musicians museum called "Music & Minerals", honoring musicians from the past, present and future as well as the minerals that are prospected in this area of the State of Maine. The museum is now under construction with a 10 foot long fireplace being built by volunteer Lonnie Blood and donations of supplies, rocks, bricks etc from local volunteers. WE hope to have the building up and running by Labor Day Weekend 2010.
Countryfolk Fun - 2009 - 10 years of music
Countryfolk Music Theatre - 2009
Countryfolk Music Theatre, route 2, East Dixfield, Maine USA
Celebrating our 10th season
See you all on Sunday, Memorial Day Weekend 2010. It's been a great 10 years.. Larry Bisbee
More 2009 pics - Thanks to all our volunteer musicians, we could not do it without all of you.
Countryfolk Music Theatre
US Route 2, East Dixfield, Maine USA
Contact: Larry Bisbee
207-645-7531
email... mainebiz@roadrunner.com
We are now closed for 2009.
We will re-open Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend 2010
2009 SCHEDULE of EVENTS
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.
Countryfolk Music Theatre Seeks Mountain Men & Women and Outdoor Displays
Countryfolk Music Theatre in East Dixfield is looking for people to display
Old Maine items (snowshoe making/basket backpacks) and Maine-Made products,
and outdoor cooking, trapping, fishing, kayak or canoe making,
furs,(anything to do with the
outdoors and Old-time Maine)) etc. as well as prospectors to show their gems
and minerals at the first Countryfolk Mountain Man Rendezvous this summer.
Larry Bisbee and Countryfolk Music Theatre on US route 2 in East Dixfield,
Maine USA is planning a Mountain Man Rendezvous theme this summer as part of
their youth music scholarship weekend. ALready booked for the event are the
following: Ben Bowie and son of Carthage with knife and tomahawk throwing;
Zeke Elliot "The chainsaw carver",Sally Daigle of Jay with custom made gem jewelry;
Gary Baril of Byron with a gold panning demonstration; S&L Prospecting gem
and mineral display, Covered wagon and teepee by Countryfolk; Bill Greene & Christy
with bull-whip cracking demonstrations.. We're also looking for
basket-makers, fly-tieing, snowshoe makers and others to demonstrate their
skills with Maine wood carving, taxidermy or any Maine skills of outdoor
interest....
Free space is offered to all who would like to participate. All donations
over the weekend support our Countryfolk Youth Music Scholarships...
Will you join us?? Wear your coonskin hat and Mountain Man or Woman outfit
and join the fun...
Free display space too for gems and minerals, musician's CDs, trappers and
the like.... Four BIG days (and nights with campfires & music) - July 23-26,
2009. We'll have between 40-60 volunteer musicians again this year.
Free camping or stay in the bunkhouse...
Tents and vans (we have room for a few RVs too)
Special guest performers will be the famous "Old Crow Indian Band".. Don't
miss it.. (yes, they'll be in costume too)
Remember, we open on Sunday (May 24th) of Memorial Day Weekend with our
regular Sunday jams (12noon-6PM)
Call Larry at 207-645-7531 or email him at mainebiz@roadrunner.com
.
Come help us celebrate our 10th year of consecutive Country jamborees,
look-a-like contests and country fun", Bisbee said. !!!!
Countryfolk Music
12 noon - 6 pm - Every Sunday
Musicians from all across Maine come together for a jam session .....................
Country - Gospel - Bluegrass - Folk
Two large covered stages.........
Country Music Museum Display.......
Always free / A family Gathering.................
"Barefoot Country Girl" ( the movie )
Movie Exhibit Booth Display & Photos
Special Events Thru The Summer
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