AUGUST 20, 2009 ISSUE
Daniel Boone Days Is Back!—Big Bands, Big Family Fun, Small Price
2nd Annual Music & Culture Festival Returns to High Country September 4 and 5
After headlining music festivals across the country this summer, including playing to thousands of fans at Floyd Fest in July (pictured), Donna the Buffalo—which features Western North Carolina music scene mainstay, former member of Snake Oil Medicine Show and current member of Acoustic Syndicate Jay Sanders (pictured on bottom left)—will end its 20th anniversary tour in Boone with a two-hour set under the lights at Horn in the West on September 5. Pictured are DTB guitarist and vocalist Jeb Puryear (top left); DTB accordion, fiddle, guitar and scrubboard player and vocalist Tara Nevins (bottom right); and DTB keyboardist Dave McCracken (top right). Photos by Sam Calhoun
Back for a second year with hopes to continue building a local tradition of gathering the community annually at Horn in the West on Labor Day Weekend, the 2nd annual Daniel Boone Days Music & Culture Festival will take place on Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5. On Friday, the festival includes the Dr. Edwin Arnold Daniel Boone Symposium at ASU and the Fess Parker Wine Dinner at Gamekeeper, and on Saturday, it features an all-day family festival at Horn in the West that is affordable, diverse and community-oriented, yet nationally significant for its lineup of famous touring acts.
On Friday evening, after the symposium comes to a close, wine, television and celebrity lovers will flock to Gamekeeper Restaurant, located at 3005 Shull’s Mill Road in Boone, for the 2nd annual Fess Parker Wine Dinner. Parker, television’s original Daniel Boone, has hung up his thespian cap these days and makes stellar wine with his family at their private vineyard in Los Olivos, Calif. A selection of Parker’s finest vintages will arrive at the Gamekeeper on Friday, September 4, to be paired with some of the best wild game entrees on the East Coast for the annual wine dinner. Special guests are scheduled to attend. The evening features two seatings—one begins with a social at 6:00 p.m. and dinner at 7:00 p.m. and another with a social at 7:00 p.m. and dinner at 8:00 p.m. Reservations are required, and seating is limited. To view the menu, click to www.DanielBooneDays.com. To make reservations, call 828-963-7400.
Underneath the shade of late summer, Horn in the West, located at 591 Horn in the West Drive in Boone, will come to life on Saturday, September 5, with arts and crafts vendors, living history, storytelling by Orville Hicks, kids’ activities, an inflatable 26-foot AIRWALK slide for kids and adults, fun and games, a telling of the adventures of Daniel Boone by author Randell Jones and Celtic fiddlers the Forget Me Nots, a World Record attempt benefiting the Watauga Education Foundation, a Daniel Boone Look-Alike Contest, the 2nd annual Watauga Arts Council Fiddlers’ Competition and live performances by Boone’s Upright & Breathin’, Virginia’s Larry Keel & Natural Bridge and national touring powerhouse Donna the Buffalo, who will make Daniel Boone Days 2009 their last stop on their 20th anniversary tour. And the best part: tickets are inexpensive—advance tickets are $16, door tickets are $20 and families can come as a group during the early afternoon and enter for just $20 total.
Tickets are available now via PayPal by clicking to www.DanielBooneDays.com or by stopping by High Country Press, located at 130 North Depot Street in downtown Boone, between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
High Country Press and Mountain Fountain Productions are the presenting sponsors of the 2nd annual Daniel Boone Days Music & Culture Festival. The Downtown Boone Development Association, North Carolina Humanities Council, Horn in the West, Appalachian Hospitality Management, Watauga Education Foundation, EcoLad and Blue Ridge Parkway 75, Inc. also sponsor the two-day event.
For more information, call 828-264-2262. For more information on the festival, including performer bios, ticket sales, lodging options, photos, sponsors, vendor information and more, click to www.DanielBooneDays.com.
Want To Go?
What: Fess Parker Wine Dinner
Date: Friday, September 4
Time: 6:00 p.m., 7:00 p.m.
Location: Gamekeeper Restaurant, Boone
Cost: $95 per person (tax and tip included)
Want To Go?
What: Music & Culture Festival
Date: Saturday, September 5
Time: 1:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Location: Horn in the West, Boone
Cost: $16 advance/$20 door/$20 Boone Family Pass (only between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.)
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