Country Thunder Announces Concert Dates

December 7, 2007 — Country Thunder USA, the nation's premier country music and camping festival, returns to Arizona for the 15th consecutive year, to Wisconsin for the 16th straight year, and back to Texas for the second year.

Each festival will once again feature fun-filled days of entertainment from more than 40 of the hottest stars in country music, fun onsite activities for adults and children, great food and outstanding arts and crafts. This year a special "2 for 1" four-day ticket will be available for purchase for Arizona and Texas events for $119 until the end of the month.

The 15th Year Anniversary of the Arizona event will be held at Canyon Moon Ranch in historic Florence April 17-20, 2008. The Wisconsin festival will take place in Twin Lakes/Randall, WI, at Shadow Hill Ranch, July 16-19, and Country Thunder USA – Texas will be held at Thunder Ridge Ranch in Waxahachie/Ennis May 30- June 1.

Performance lineups will be announced soon. More information can be found at countrythunder.com.

35th Telluride Bluegrass Festival Lineup Announced

Lyons, CO (OPENPRESS) December 5, 2007 -- Planet Bluegrass proudly announces the preliminary lineups for the 2008 summer festivals, including the historic 35th Anniversary of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. All 2008 festival tickets go on sale on Wednesday, December 5 at 8am MST, including a limited number of holiday-priced passes for each festival, discounted $30 from the regular price. Tickets will be available online at bluegrass.com or at 800-624-2422. 35th Telluride Bluegrass Festival - June 19-22, 2008 – Telluride, CO http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride * Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder * Sam Bush Band * Ani DiFranco * Yonder Mountain String Band * John Cowan & Darrell Scott Band * Tim O'Brien * Bela Fleck * Peter Rowan * Jerry Douglas * Edgar Meyer * Brett Dennen * Spring Creek Bluegrass Band * And many more... 36th RockyGrass - July 25-27, 2008 - Lyons, CO http://www.bluegrass.com/rockygrass * Dan Tyminski Band * Natalie MacMaster * Sam Bush Bluegrass Band * Abigail Washburn & The Sparrow Quartet featuring Bela Fleck with Casey Driessen & Ben Sollee * Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer * JD Crowe & The New South * Psychograss * John Cowan Band * Russ Barenberg & Bryan Sutton * Peter Rowan * Infamous Stringdusters * Chatham County Line * Bearfoot * The Steeldrivers * Spring Creek Bluegrass Band * And many more... 18th Rocky Mountain Folks Festival - August 15-17, 2008 – Lyons, CO http://www.bluegrass.com/folks Greg Brown * The Waifs * Tim O’Brien * Todd Snider * Sarah Sample * And many more... Tickets for the most coveted camping spots at Telluride Bluegrass (Town Park Campground) and RockyGrass (On-site campground) both sold-out in November through an online lottery. Planet Bluegrass received a record number of entries for each of these lotteries. Entries for Telluride Town Park increased over 50% from last year, with entries coming from 47 different US states as well as New Zealand, Norway, Germany, and other countries.

Question: Have you ever go to this festival and if you did was it fun?

Protecting our Freedoms?

Sun Jun 17, 2007 at 04:18:55 PM PDT

You will find no news in this diary, no quotes from politicians or media figures, no handicapping of presidential or congressional races.
This diary is just my feelings on an issue, and a solicitation of whether other Kossacks feel the same.
We are now well into the patriotic holiday season - Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Flag Day and countless appeals to our love of country in county fairs from sea to shining sea.
In my job as a newspaper reporter (shh.. don't tell anyone, but I'm not completely, 100 percent non-biased,) I have covered parades and stirring speeches for the past several summers. I have heard, over and over, the refrain that our troops are "protecting our rights and freedoms."
That is sometimes true, but not always.