Ola Bell Reed Music Festival 2010

August 13-15

Lansing, NC

Ola Belle Reed (1916-2002) was an acclaimed songwriter and musician, recognized by the Smithsonian, the National Endowment of the Arts and many additional organizations. Such celebrated artists as Marty Stuart, Del McCoury and the incomparable Tim O'Brien have recorded her signature song, High on A Mountain.

Featuring top-notch award winning visiting and local musicians from Americana, Bluegrass, Old-time, Country and Folk traditions, the Ola Belle Reed Festival is a community-based event and fundraiser for the Greater Lansing Area Development Committee (GLAD), a 501(c)3 organization committed to the revitalization of Lansing, the birthplace of Ola Belle Reed. The group consists of community volunteers who are dedicated to this annual event in the spirit of Appalachian tradition.

The Festival site is located in the town of Lansing, near the banks of Big Horse Creek and in the shadow of Phoenix Mountain. Musical acts will provide continuous day and evening concerts in addition to instrumental, songwriting, and voice workshops. An outdoor jam tent provides a place for amateurs and professionals to come together and exchange techniques. In addition to the artistic programming, we provide a Craft Market, Food Court and much more.

For more information or questions about the Festival and the Porchestra, call 336
977 1320 or email lansing28643@gmail.com.

2010 Stage Schedule

Friday, August 13

5 pm: Ola Belle Reed Family
6 pm: Elkville String Band
7 pm: None of the Above Bluegrass
8 pm: Ceol Leinn
9:30 pm: Jam Session with None of the Above

Saturday, August 14

BANDS
12:00 pm: The Sheets Family Band
1:00 pm: Harris Brothers
2:15 pm: None of the Above Bluegrass
3:30 pm: Steve and Ruth Smith
4:30 pm: Aaron Lee Tasjan
5:30 pm: Curley Maple
6:45 pm: Big Daddy Love
8:00 pm: Mosier Brothers
9:30 pm: Porchestra Rehearsal

WORKSHOPS
12:30 pm: Banjo with David Reed and Judy Marti
1:30 pm: Old Time Harmony with The Sheets Family
2:30 pm: Songwriting with Aaron Lee Tasjan
3:30 pm: Old Time Dance with The Sheets Family
4:30 pm: Hammer Dulcimer with Ruth Smith

Sunday, August 15

11:00 am: Gospel Worship Service

12:30 pm: Debut of the Ola Belle Reed Porchestra conducted by the Reverend Jeff
Mosier. A new kind of jam, an eclectic mix of indigenous musical instruments
and tunes all played in symphonic porch style fashion, with members of the
Mosier Brothers, Big Daddy Love, Mack and Sherry Powers, Child Chiles, David
and Noel Blackmon, Martha and Emily Spencer, Ralph and David Reed, Tom
Atkinson and more. All musicians and singers are welcome to participate.

For more information or questions about the Festival and the Porchestra, call 336
977 1320 or email lansing28643@gmail.com.

Line Up

The Mosier Brothers

Jeff Mosier has shared the stage with Leftover Salmon, Widepsread Panic, Vassar Clemments, and many more. In 1994, Mosier toured with Phish while teaching the band all about the world of bluegrass. (For the uninitiated, the nine-part documentary, "Phish: The Bluegrass Sessions," is now available on YouTube.)

Scott Freeman, author of Midnight Riders: The Story of the Allman Brothers Band and Otis!: The Otis Redding Story writes: