HEADLINERS:
The Whites
Tony Booth
Big Smith
Wil Maring

Performers:
 

The Bob Holt National Old Time Jig Dance Competition

Celebrate Howell County's Sesquicentennial
Re-enactment of the Civil War skirmish at the Howell County Courthouse

Performances: dulcimers, autoharps, drop thumb banjos, string bands, pickers, ballads, shape note singing & more.

Exhibits & Activities:
Work is Art and Art is Work: The Art of Handcrafted Instruments
This Contest is for Real Hands: Rodeo Photographs from the 1930's
What's Cookin' (food arts stage)
1880s Era Rendezvous
Marine Corps Legacy Museum
old time square and jig dancing
workshops in traditional music
jam sessions, pickers welcome

Artisans in Action: Blacksmith, spinners & weavers, quilters, candle makers, traditional basketmaking & more.
2004 Festival Photo GalleryClick for Photo Gallery

Music from 2003 Festival
listen  Hard for to love 
by Kim & Jim Lansford
listen  It was sad 
by The Graves Family


The Festival Sponsors
MAC NEA The Festival receives financial assistance from the Missouri Arts Council(MAC), a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a Federal agency. NEA believes that a great nation deserves great art.

 
Our Community Sponsors

West Plains Daily QuillPhotography, Festival program guide, and newspaper coverage.
Many of the photos on this site were taken by Quill staff photographers.
Invensys
Greater Ozark Marine Corps League		 West Plains Music Community First National Bank
CenturyTel Air Evac Lifeteam
KSMU KCRU KASU KUMR
Ozark Radio Network
Wal-Mart Ozarks Medical Center Media Arts Center

Community Sponsorships:  Anyone who donates $500 or more in cash or $1000 in documented in-kind to the Festival can be listed as a community sponsor on the web and in our Festival program.  The sponsors remain on the web for the entire year. E-mail info@oldtimemusic.org if you would like to become a sponsor of the Festival.

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