<< Back 8/28/02 Folk festival brings together some of region’s finest players SMN FRIDAY, AUG. 30 5 p.m. — Open Tent Show Mountain Valley Cloggers, Dixie Darlins Second Generation, John Rice, Charlie Queen, Trantham Family and many others! Stage Show 6:30 — Stoney Creek Boys, Ted Olson, Lee Knight 7:00 — Rough Creek Cloggers, Ann & Phil Case, Mack Snoderly & Larry Watson,Janette Carter 7:45 — Dixie Darlins, Trantham Family, Timmy Abell & Laura Boosinger, Sheila Kay Adams 8:30 — Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Cockman Family, Betty Smith, Roger Howell & Friends 9:15 — Greene Valley Cloggers, Flora MacDonald Gammon, Queen Family, The Reel Band 10:00 — Appalachian Old Time Dancers Don Pedi, Pickin’ Partners String Band, Wildwood, Harper Van Hoy & Fiddler’s Grove Friends SATURDAY, AUG. 31 5 p.m. — Open Tent Show John Rice, Trantham Family and many others! Stage Show 6:30 — Whitewater Bluegrass Co., Fiddling Dills Sisters 7:00 — Great Smoky Mountain Cloggers, Trantham Family, The Reel Band 7:30 — Stoney Creek Cloggers, Betty Smith Phil & Gay Johnson, Lena Jean Ray & Buddy Davis 8:00 — Southern Appalachian Cloggers, Sheila Kay Adams, Cockman Family 8:45 — Appalachian Mountaineers, Lantana Drifters, Don Pedi 9:15 — Montreat Scottish Pipes & Drums, Flora MacDonald Gammon, Nick Pickers, Ann & Phil Case, Carolina Cotton, Harper Van Hoy & Fiddler’s Grove Friends The 31st Annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival will be held this Labor Day weekend, Aug. 30-31, at Stuart Audi-torium on the grounds of the Lake Junaluska Assembly. The festival draws more than 250 performers including fiddlers, banjo players, string bands, ballad singers, buck dancers, and square dance teams, as well as the sounds of the dulcimer, harmonica, Native American flute and bagpipes. Each night features a special performance for children and the young at heart on the Tent Stage, which begins at 5 p.m., and the Main Stage entertainment will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. both nights. “Folk music is alive and well and our goal is to keep it alive,” said Joe Sam Queen, festival director. Main show tickets are $10 at the door, $7.50 in advance. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Haywood County Arts Council at 37 Church Street in Waynesville or at the Administrative Building at Lake Junaluska.