About The Grassroots Blues Festival
“The Grassroots
Blues Festival is A Family Affair"
One of
ACER's areas of work is Project CAM. Project CAM (cultural arts
and multi-media) is an intergenerational, technology, communication and
education program. The Grassroots Blues Festival is a project of Project
CAM that began in 2001 in an effort to help support its operation to
implement its program of work in the community and at the same time to
provide a platform for traditional blues artists, and obscure blues
artists, to cultivate and celebrate a musical art form that is unique to
our Mississippi Heritage. The Grassroots Blues Festival is a celebration
of our rich cultural heritage of blues music, and the artists who
demonstrated mastery of their artistic discipline and quality of
work. The Grassroots Blues Festival is an annual event that takes place
on the 2nd Saturday of July.
The
Grassroots Blues Festival features local and regional artists such
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“The Grassroots Blues Festival in tiny Duck
Hill has gained a reputation for quality traditional blues”
–Scott Barretta – Guest Columnist for Clairon-Ledger and a veteran
of the blues world and former editor of two influential blues
publications, Living Blues and Jefferson.
The Grassroots Blues Festival can take some
small credit in helping to boost the exposure of the now famous
Homemade Jamz Blues Band of Tupelo, MS according to Renaud Perry,
father and manager.-5th Annual Blues Festival Guide 2007
Magazine. They performed at the 4th and 5th
Annual Grassroots Blues Festival where they met an individual that
encouraged them to enter several competitions.
Support
of the Grassroots Blues Festival
The Grassroots Blues Festival is supported in part by individuals,
local government, businesses, the Mississippi Arts Commission, and
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For $30
you can support the Grassroots Blues Festival by becoming a member
of the Friends of the Grassroots Blues Festival.
Benefits of becoming a member of the Friends of the Grassroots Blues
Festival:
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To
become a member of Friends of the Grassroots Blues Festival,
send the form below with a check or money order
(made out to the Grassroots Blues Fund)
for $30 to: Friends of the Grassroots Blues Festival; 307
Main Street; Duck Hill, MS 38925 |
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NAME: ________________________________
MAILING ADDRESS:_____________________
CITY_______________ STATE_________
ZIP____________ E-MAIL:______________
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PROJECT CAM – CALENDAR OF EVENTS
4th Saturday in April - Lucie Campbell
Gospel Festival
2nd Saturday in July – Annual Grassroots
Blues Festival
3rd Saturday in September – Multi-Media in
the Arts Festival
4th Saturday in November –End of the Year
Cultural Celebration
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For more information,
contact:
Action Communication
and
Education Reform, Inc.
(ACER)
“Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things”
Al White, Executive
Director
(662)565-2478 |
Download a Printable Brochure of the above;
click
Grassroots Blues Festival Brochure.pdf.
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