Cloggers, Fiddlers to Descend on Grove

Twin Fiddle Contest One of the Most Popular Events

Get ready music fans, the American Heritage Festival is coming to Grove June 8-10 with events scheduled all weekend at the Grove Civic Center and at Snider's Camp on Honey Creek. This is the ninth year for the event, coordinated by famous fiddler Jana Jae and Brad and Shirley Adams.
The festival includes the Grand Lake National Fiddle Contest and the Grand Lake National Clogging Contest, with top prize for both contests set at $1,000. An estimated 6,000 people, cloggers and fiddlers from across the U.S, will hit Grove June 8.

Schedule at a Glance:

Thur. June 8: 6:30 p.m., Entertainment & Barbecue Cookout, Snider's Campground. Free Admission. Barbecue Dinners $7.00 each. Bring your own lawn chairs.

Fri. June 9: 9:00 a.m., Fiddle Competition, Grove Civic Center.
10 a.m.-12, Instruction workshop, Appalachian Figures & Flatfoot Dancing.
1 p.m.-3 p.m., Clogging Expo, Grove Civic Center
6:30 p.m., Entertainment, barbecue dinner, Snider's Camp. Free, Dinners are $7.00 each.

Sat. June 10: 9:00 a.m., Fiddle Competition, for Pee Wee, Jr. Junior, Adult and Open Divisions. Grove Civic Center.
9:00 a.m., Clogging Competition, Grove Civic Center
6:30 p.m., Entertainment, 6:30, Grove Civic Center, Contest Finals, headliner entertainment, Contest Winners Show, Jana Jae Band, Bruce Guthrie presents his uncle Woody Guthrie's songs, several other entertainment
groups perform as well.

Tickets: $20 adults, $10 students good for all events including Saturday night.
Other prices: Friday events at Civic Center, $5 adults, $3 students.
Saturday day events at Civic Center, $7 adults, $4 students.
Saturday day and night events at Civic Center, $15 adults, $7 students.
Saturday night events only, Civic Center, $12 adults, $6 students.

Call 786-8896 or stop by Jana Jae's Gallery Southwest for tickets.

Some festival highlights include Friday morning's contests on the dobro, banjo, mandolin plus a contest of Bob Wills' music called "Take Me Back to Tulsa" throughout the day.
Grand Lake Festivals, Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing family entertainment to the Grand Lake Area with the assistance of local and area sponsors, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts and the City of Grove, which this year donated $15,000 through GIDA for the event.