<< Back 8/21/02 Old-time music, ice cream social planned SMN Hogtown Squealers Old-Time Band will play a program of traditional bluegrass and mountain music at 3 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 25, Tartan Hall at Franklin’s First Presbyterian Church. An old-fashioned ice cream social will be held with the music program. Since forming in the early 1980s, the Hogtown Squealers have become a fixture at festivals, contra dances and community celebrations throughout the region. The band has won many awards, including first place in the Old-Time Band category at Asheville’s Mountain Dance and Folk Festival in 1994 and 1996, first place in the Heart of Brevard’s Old-Time Music Competition in 1998, 2000 and 2001, and third place in the 2000 N.C. State Fair Music Competition. Band members are John von Stein, accordion; Rob Olrech, guitar; Gary Wells, banjolin; Tom Anderson, fiddle; and Chris Riser, standup bass. In addition to the Squealers’ old-time music, the audience will enjoy ice cream sundaes courtesy of Mayfield Dairy Farms. Advance tickets are on sale at the Franklin Chamber of Commerce at $7 adult, $4 youth under age 16, and $20 family (two adults and their young children). Admission at the door is $8 adult, $5 youth. Doors open at 2:30. Tartan Hall is on the First Presbyterian Church campus, corner of Harrison Avenue and Church Street, in downtown Franklin. This program is sponsored by the Arts Council of Macon County with support from the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the state and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information, contact the arts council, 524.7683 or arts4all@dnet.net.