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2011 marks the 34th annual Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival

The family-oriented event is July 8-10, 2011, at historic Cannonsburgh Village, 312 S. Front St., Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Admission charged for Friday and Saturday. One-day ticket is $5; two-day ticket is $8. Children 12 and under are free. Sunday’s event is free

More than $10,000 in prize money is awarded during two days of music and dance contests

2011 Heritage Award winner is four-time Grammy award winning, multi-talented performer and storyteller David Holt

2011 Trailblazer Award winners are Country Music Hall of Fame members, The Delmore Brothers (awarded posthumously)

Consistently is selected as one of the top 10 Tourism Events in the Southeast and top 100 events in North American by the American Bus Association

Cannonsburgh is home to more than 20 restored log structures and is one of the few remaining 1976 United States Bicentennial Projects still in use

More than 500 community volunteers from organizations like the Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, Domestic Violence, Boy Scouts and many more participate

For more than 20 years, well-known radio personality and New Yorker, Bill Knowlton, host of the “Bluegrass Ramble” show, has been Saturday night’s emcee

In 1986, the United States House of Representatives named the event the Home of Three National Championships in Banjo, Clogging and Buckdancing

The fun-filled festival has juried arts & crafts show, living history demonstrations, an historic photo display and children’s activities.

Shape-note singing in the historic Cannonsburgh Chapel on Saturday

Uncle Dave Macon’s 1940 black and white Republic film, “Grand Ole Opry” is shown Saturday, free, in the Antique Car Garage meeting room. This film contains the only known footage of Uncle Dave performing

Concessions are available on the grounds

A gospel sing, shape-note presentation (4-5 p.m.) and a Community Service Fair are featured Sunday, July 10, from 1 to 5 p.m.

A nostalgic “motorless parade” featuring horse and mule drawn wagons leaves the grounds of Central Magnet School Saturday, July 9, at 10 a.m., moves down East Main Street toward the courthouse and ends at Cannonsburgh.

The festival is located on the ‘Jack Trail’ one of 16 self-guided driving tours that are part of the State of Tennessee Tourism’s newly launched Discover Tennessee Trails and Byways program.

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