GrahamFest Mansion Tours, Vendors, and a Chilling Ghost Story

MAX MEADOWS, VA - GrahamFest will be held on September 3, 2007 and will offer a view and a tour of the 11,000 square foot Major David Graham home place that was built in the 1830s. The mansion includes Grahams Forge-built cast iron front porch columns, a warming oven housed in the kitchen radiator, a dumbwaiter, horse hair plaster walls, ornate Celtic roof crosses atop the original hip-on-hip slate roof, and a secret 1884 interior window etching message. Also there is a secret third floor Confederate meeting room and a chilling ghost story based on a real murder on the grounds.

Music fills the Blue Ridge Mountains with the sound of Oldies to Blue Grass. The Grahamfest founder and singer-songwriter "Josiah" or J.C. Weaver will bring his Mountain Rock Music Band as well as Stevie Barr, Wayne Henderson, Jeff Little. Bluegrass performers include Grasstowne, The Circuit Riders, The Crooked Road Show, No Speed Limit,  The Midnight Ramblers, The Harris Brothers, and Jerry Chapman. This year's festival will also host 1964 The Beatles' Tribute Band, Two Step: The Dave Matthews Tribute Band, the Hytone Hepcats, and Bill Kirchen and his "Hot Rod Lincoln" band. Local favorites include storyteller and singer Frank Emerson, Celtic music by Sunday's Well, clogging by the Appalachian Hoedowners and belly dancing by Lara Kendrick. As Josiah puts it,"Come on out to this year's GrahamFest! Let's rock and roll!" For more information call (276) 284-0006 or visit www.GrahamFestUSA.com.

Virginia Festivals
July/August, 2007