Hezekiah’s Workplace
&
Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival
Before going to the bluegrass festival, we took Heze to work at Wendy’s – about a mile from their home. He also works part-time in an auto repair/maintenance shop and is in his second year of going to vo-tech to learn auto mechanics.
He was going to be on the grill, so I took a quick photo before he went behind the scenes.
Cerwin was hungry for a hamburger, so I went outside to see what I could find to photograph.
I think these are crab apples.
Because we are not far from bays, inlets, and the ocean, the area abounds with seagulls.
This one was quite noisy.
The Katahdin Valley Boys were on stage when we arrived at Thomas Point Beach shortly after noon on Friday.
Acoustic Heartstrings are from Moncton, New Brunswick, not far from one of TFC’s chapels. They and some of their friends were sitting in front of us. We talked to one couple who was familiar with the chapel.
The Bluegrass Museum bus was on the grounds for touring.
This is a replica of Flat and Scruggs first bus.
This classic 1955 Flexible Bus was manufactured in Loudenville, Ohio. it is called a Visaliner or “Clipper” because the radiator shroud is located on top, at the back of the bus like a clipper ship sail. Flatt & Scruggs had a 1948 Flixible bus, the bodies are very similar. This bus is powered by a (4) stroke 8.2 Liter/500 c.i. Detroit Fuel Pincher Diesel V-8 engine with a 4 speed Allison AT-545 automatic transmission.
There was no indication of whose banjo this was.
Don Clark, the owner and operator of the Bluegrass Bus Museum has collected bluegrass and country music memorabilia for the past thirty years. The bus museum includes hundreds of autographed photos of musical legends ranging from Flatt & Scruggs to Nickel Creek.
The museum features vintage clothing worn by musical stars such as Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin and Johnny Cash. The museum is covered from floor to ceiling in musical items that date back to the 1930’s.
The Thomas Point Beach clock kept us aware of the time from all sides.
There are very few of these – four-faced Westminster Chime Clocks – in the country
Returning to my seat just behind the lady (light blue shirt) on the far left.
Lost and Found was on the stage when I went back to my seat.
I liked the mountain-style folksy bluegrass of the group called Della Mae. By the time they got on stage at 2:30 p.m. the skies were beginning to darken, then it looked like the rain was going to miss us.
Then, almost before we could run for cover it poured!
Della Mae went inside the store and sang the rest of their set there.
Lydia went to our chairs to see if we had forgotten anything.
Before long the rain stopped, but everything was soaked.
I could not get a good shot of Della Mae, so stood on a bench, but the yellow bouy on the left has their faces covered.
By the time the rain stopped Mountain Heart was ready to sing. We covered our chairs with plastic bags so we wouldn’t get wet clothing.
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More about the festival and Thomas Point Beach tomorrow.
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