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This past weekend I went to the folk festival, Music in the Valley, which is held at Hale Farm and Village in the Akron, OH area.
I chickened out of taking my own violin with me (which I ended up regretting, lol), but had fun watching everyone else playing.
I could see there were people of all levels, one lady still had tape on her fingerboard and was getting help from others. I've gone to this event before, and I think it was going last year that gave me the final push to give in and get a violin and see what would happen.
Edit to add a link to some pictures I took at the festival:
And here are my pictures of Hale Farm, the museum where the festival takes place:
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Excellent ! And such a great idea to "publish" it - so many little "get-togethers" just don't get the coverage they should. Good on you ! 
I seriously recommend not copying my mistakes. D'oh - 
Please make your own, different mistakes, and help us all learn :-)
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Wow! @damfino what terrific photographs. Thanks for sharing them.
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@BillyG Thanks, that's what I was thinking. The event always feels a little over-looked compared to when they do their Civil War reenactment... for that it feels like everyone in the state turns out for it, lol. I think it's interesting and go every year, but it's so over crowded. This one I think most of the people that show up are the musicians, not many come to enjoy what they are doing, and I think more people should, even if I do hate a crowd. It's a fun atmosphere, to be at the museum and hear all the music surrounding it.
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@damfino: The video is very good, there is some great harmony in there. All from memory and no music anywhere, that is what makes me nervous, but I guess practice a few until we have them down and jump in! (and learn to do harmony or backup). I like the singing, very nice.
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@intrepidgirl Thanks!
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Really nice down-home playing. Loved it.
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Such fun! They played so well together. I was wondering if they are professional musicians or serious hobbyists?
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@damfino Wonderful!! My hubby and I tried to make it this year. I have a cousin living in the area. Work schedules got in the way.
Maybe next year!
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@fulfillingsoul I think it's a combination of both. The one group near the end of the video (with the lobster accordion) is a local band, some other people in the larger group are part of a couple small local bands.
@Schaick It's a fun laid back group that goes to this. Some people seemed to just find a group they knew or liked and stayed there, where others moved around group to group all day. I hope by next year I'm more comfortable with my playing and songs that I know. I purposely learned a couple songs my teacher said they'd play there, but wasn't comfortable enough with them (had only been playing them a week, lol) so I guess over the course of this next year I'll work on adding more of these fiddle tunes so I'll be ready to sit in 
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Hi Mandy.
Sounds like you had a great time, thanks for sharing.
Do you know of any other events like these being held around here?
As always have a great day.
With violins there is no fretting over the music.
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@OldOgre I don't know of any, but I can ask my teacher
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Giving this thread a little bump because the event is coming up again in July if anyone is in the Akron, Ohio area.
You get in free when you bring an instrument.
https://www.wrhs.org/events/mu.....estival-2/
P.s. I confirmed with the museum that it's free admission for people who bring an instrument, since they don't list that on the event page anymore.
Even if you don't want to play, if you live in the area it's a fun event to attend
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Wine and Fiddle sounds like a party to me.
Thanks Mandy
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So I went this past Saturday to the Music in the Valley festival, and had a great time
I didn't know any of the songs they were playing (I heard them playing the ones I knew earlier when I was walking around, haha), so I only chopped the rhythm. My teacher had taught me guitar chords so I could watch the chords and find my place, but the guitarist was next to me talking to me, lol. Oh well. Lots of helpful and friendly people in the group, and they suggested some local jams to check out. (in the video above from last year, the group I joined is the one playing Liberty and Soldier's Joy, the group was pretty much the same people in the circle and the same spot this year, so they are easy to find)
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Great that you can play the rhythm on the violin. This is so useful, especially if you don't know the tunes. Good for you!
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