The 34th National Old Time Country & Bluegrass Festival & Contest is one of the world's greatest traditional acoustic music events. Hundreds of acoustic musicians come from around the world to participate.

Dates for 2009 are August 31 through September 6.

Location is the Plymouth County Fairgrounds in the northeast quadrant of LeMars, Iowa. Easy to get to from Highway-3 which runs east and west through LeMars.

ADMISSION: We keep our ticket prices down so that anyone and everyone that wants to celebrate America's musical heritage can participate. We are far below the normal ticket price for a similar event.

Daily Adult - $15
Daily Senior (over 70) $12
Daily 14-18 - $12
Daily under 14 - FREE
7-Day Pass - $55 (no
further discounts)
Prices are subject to change.

Jack & Florence Arnold created the festival in Fremont, Nebraska. They did it for many many years. First Jack passed away, and two years later Florence passed away. Immediately two jackasses attempted to take the festival over. They did a most horrible job and the event collapsed. Bob & Sheila Everhart waited three years and then re-instituted this wonderful old-time rural music event. For the past three years they have worked hard to get it back where it was, at considerable financial cost and time. Today it's a functioning and incredibly entertaining festival to attend.

Dates for 2009 are October 2-3-4. Times of performances are usually:
Fri - Noon - midnight
Sat - 10am - midnight
Sun - 10am - 8pm

WELCOME TO THE NATIONAL TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC ASSN.

P.O. BOX 492, ANITA, IOWA, 50020 FOR REGULAR MAIL
650 MAIN ST. ANITA, IOWA, 50020 FOR PARCELS

TELEPHONE: 712-762-4363

E-MAIL: bobeverhart@yahoo.com

THIS WEB SITE WAS CREATED AS AN INFORMATION DEVICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OLD-TIME TRADITIONAL COUNTRY, BLUEGRASS, FOLK, RAGTIME, COWBOY, MOUNTAIN, ALL KINDS OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC.

JOIN US AT OUR ANNUAL FESTIVAL FOR THE LARGEST ACOUSTIC GATHERING OF THIS KIND OF MUSIC IN AMERICA.

ACOUSTIC MUSIC IS HEALTH FOOD FOR THE EARS!

Affiliated with Royal Flair Music Publishing Co., BMI

This 'commission' was set up by the Board of Directors of the National Traditional Country Music Association to honor and reward those in the recording industy who have taken interest in what 'rural' music is all about.

These awards are given away during the annual fund-raising festival of the NTCMA, (the full week before Labor Day annually), and the winners must be present to win.

There are many different categories, and unlike the Grammy's, awards are made to those who have made significant contributions to the music genre the NTCMA considers 'rural' in nature, regardless of their record sales, or their television appearances, or their record company promotional activities.

2008 RURAL ROOTS MUSIC COMMISSION AWARDS
Traditional Country Album of Year - Whistlepigs

Prairie Music Records was established as an outlet for the music of Bob & Sheila Everhart, however it has released some of the finest old time string music and traditional country music from the 'HEART' of America.

Watch for the newest release of Bob & Sheila's latest CD, recorded with George Kralick on fiddle (from Prague, Czech Republic) and Tara Sky from Toad Suck, Arkansas, playing frailing banjo, mandolin and autoharp. It is called "From the Iowa Prairies"

The Oak Tree Opry is located on Main Street in Anita, Iowa. Exit-70 off Interstate-80 puts you very nearly at it's front door. Less than a mile from the Lake Anita State Park, with full electric and water hook-ups, it's a delightful entertainment center for those who like their music a little softer, a little more entertaining, a little more meaningful, and a little more country. Started by Bob & Sheila Everhart in 1995, it has continued to be a focal point for high quality performers with a large appreciative audience.

Located in the Pioneer Music Museum, Anita, Iowa, just off I-80 at Exit-70.

There are presently well over 100 old fiddles in the Hall of Fame, mounted beside the portraits of those who played them. This particular Hall of Fame honors one of the most priceless of America's traditonal music torch arriers, the old time fiddler. What started as an honorarium for the State of Iowa fiddlers, quickly turned into a Hall of Fame honoring fiddlers from all across America. Some still carry on this incredible meusical art for of our forefathers and the pioneers that settled this great land.

Our first event was held in Vienna, Austria, in 1998. Our second was in Dublin, Ireland, in 2000. Now we are preparing for an exciting trip to Prague, Czech Republic. One of the few major cities that was not bombed in the 2nd world war, this city of fairy-tale castles will be the destination for our traditional music and dance festival the first full week of November, 2002. If you are an entertainer and you perform old-time country, bluegrass, folk, and/or roots music, this is the trip for you. If you are a traveler, this will be the most exciting trip you'll take in 2002. Not only will we provide round-trip airfare (from certain hub cities); we'll also provide a delightful room in a 4-star hotel (some meals included); as well as optional side trips.

Oak Tree Opry and Pioneer Music Museum are 4 miles south of I-80, Exit-70 Call 712-762-4363 for a guided tour!

The Pioneer Music Museum is on the north side of Main Street, and the Oak Tree Opry is just across from it on the south side of the street.

TRADITION MAGAZINE
The voice of traditional acoustic music in America!,

This is the communication vehicle of the National Traditional Country Music Association, and was founded at the same time the association was founded. It is a quarterly magazine going to over 3,000 subscribers devoted to traditional country, bluegrass, and other old time musical art-forms. The "Traditional Music Society" (and all of its members), originally located in Kentucky by Oscar and Geneva Sullivan, merged into this association in 1999.

Subscription rates are $25 per year, which includes the annual dues to the National Traditional Country Music Assn.