By Stephan A. Ide
GateHouse News Service
Posted Jul 09, 2009 @ 05:30 PM
On a farm in rural Greene County, N.Y., stories are written each summer. A hay field is transformed into a temporary small city, a village of bluegrass lovers, musicians, campers and neighbors.
At the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, its stories are its heartbeat.
For the first time, Grey Fox is collecting those stories in a book.
The largest bluegrass festival in the Northeast, Grey Fox will be held July 16-19, and will be in its second year on the Walsh Farm, in Oak Hill, N.Y. That location is beginning to nurture its own tales. But many of the stories being gathered recall early festival days, when it went by names like Berkshire Mountain or Winterhawk before eventually becoming Grey Fox in 2000.
Some stories tell of getting mandolin tips directly from the father of bluegrass music, Bill Monroe – and buying him a chicken dinner. Others recall how friendships rekindle each year when families reunite, sharing precious earth where the music meets the sky.
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