Frecon Farms

Frecon's 5th Annual PICKFEST
October 8, 2011

The Event:
FREE RANGE, LOCAL, HOMEGROWN BLUEGRASS, LIVE IN FRECON'S ORCHARD
Enjoy live bluegrass in the Frecon Family orchard, pick fruit (apples, raspberries, pears and pumpkins), enjoy sweet and hard cider, fruit wine, local wines, great fall food, Hillbilly BBQ and let the kids burn off some steam playing in our kids grove and hay field. Live music all day, hay rides, carriage rides, open mic... an overall great day on the farm at the height of the fall foliage in Pennsylvania.

The event will take place from 9:30 am - 6 pm on OCTOBER 8, 2011
(raindate October 15, 2011)

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT FRECON FARMS, FRECON'S HARDBEAN AND ONLINE AT FRECON'S MARKETPLACE HERE.

ALL ADVANCE TICKET SALES: $5

KIDS 4 & under FREE!

DAY OF TICKET SALES: $9
KIDS 5-12 $5.

Check out a video edit from last years event HERE!

FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE EVENT, PLEASE GOOGLE OR MAPQUEST DIRECTIONS TO 231 POWDER MILL HOLLOW ROAD, BOYERTOWN, PA 19512. FROM THERE YOU WILL DIRECTED TO THE EVENT.

The Music:

Manatawny Creek Ramblers
Bluegrass from The Moonlight Forest
Berks County, PA

The Manatawny Creek Ramblers, born 2005, in the hills of Berks County Pennsylvania as a traditional bluegrass band, a roots project of bandleader Daniel Bower(guitar/vocals). The band plays a “50/50 mixed repertoire”: classic bluegrass tunes by the likes of Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Del McCoury, Flatt & Scruggs, etc as well as an array of original material.
Steadily The Manatawny Creek Ramblers have been working, performing at public and private events and festivals including their own annual hosted “Pick Fest”. In addition MCR visits high schools, festivals and libraries with an original ‘American Roots Music’ educational program.

Currently the band is working in the recording studio at The Moonlight Forest, headquarters of Moonlight Forest Productions where Bower resides. Their second album is due for release Spring 2012.

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Brad Hinton
Brad Hinton is at home whether he's belting out a bluegrass tune by the campfire or strutting across the stage in honky-tonk twang. Aside from singing the country blues with the Brad Hinton Band, he can be found around the Philly folk scene playing lap steel, guitar, dobro and/or banjo with Wissahickon Chicken Shack, Hezekiah Jones, Mason Porter, Honey Watts, Psalmships, Joe D’Amico Band, Manatawny Creek Ramblers and Josh Park. His first official solo release, Mourning Dove, was released in the summer of 2010.

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Mason Porter
From a whisper to a roar Mason Porter will take you by surprise. Combining lush harmonies with hand clapping sing-along’s and the unfiltered emotion of a hungry young rock band, Mason Porter is a force that evokes the spirits of each and every person whose life they touch. Blending folk, rock, blues and bluegrass with creative songwriting and constant experimentation; Mason Porter is a group of musicians working together to push the limits of American music. This is clearly evident in Story Of The Rifle (2010) and Thunder In The Valley (2009).

The band came to together through late night jam sessions in West Chester, PA. Through this process the core of the band was born in late 2006 with Tim Celfo on upright bass, Joe D’Amico on mandolin, and Paul Wilkinson on guitar. Since the band has grown to include Pat Hughes (drums) and Brad Hinton (Dobro); and if your catch the right show, Bob Beach (harmonica).

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The Turnips
The Turnips were formed way back in the day by Gene Smith, Ernie Tokay and Cathy Keating. Driven by the desire to play their own music, The Turnips played clubs and events from Bucks County to Vermont. Gene, Cathy and I went our separate ways. We played with lots of other bands. But now we’re doing Turnip music again. We’ve signed on Sarah Napolitan and Roger Scudder to join Gene and Ernie in the new Turnips.

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The Barn Swallows
The Barn Swallows are a country-folk group from Phoenixville and Skippack, in the wooded suburbs between Philadelphia and Reading. Their tuneful sound is based squarely in the country, folk, and bluegrass traditions, while simultaneously presenting a quirky approach to their originals and unusual covers that is modern and unique. They have been received well by audiences ranging from small listening rooms to large festivals, and many bars, coffehouses, private parties, weddings, wineries, and clubs in between.

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Raven Hill Ramblers
The Raven Hill Ramblers play hard driving, straight-up bluegrass music in the tradition of that heard in the Appalachian Mountains. It is the music of Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs and those earlier who forged a new genre from the mountain music played in the early part of the 20th century. For audiences who value authentic American music, Raven Hill’s bluegrass sound will serve their needs.

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Toni Lynn and Jared
Growing up on the farmlands of rural Pennsylvania, the up and coming musicians Toni-Lynn Weinsteiger and Jared Reinert never strayed from their country music roots. Both learned country music from a young age by hearing greats like Hank Williams, Sr., Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard. After playing local venues successfully, Toni-Lynn & Jared are looking to take their shared talents and love for real country music to the next level. Being young musicians, Toni-Lynn & Jared are hoping to expose their generation to the golden age of country music and the legends of the past. Toni-Lynn & Jared have found a way to develop their own style, while also staying true to their roots and the classics that originally introduced them to country music.

Steve Walker – Open Mic. Host
Steve Walker has been playing music professionally throughout the Northeast for over thirty years. Steve began playing guitar while at Duke University, and music demanded his full attention as he went on to studies at Kutztown State University. Steve plays original, traditional and contemporary songs on six, twelve string and slide guitars, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele, and keyboards. A music teacher and luthier (guitarbuilder and repairman), many of the instruments he plays onstage are hand made, one of a kind creations, or Martins he helped build while a guitarmaker at C. F. Martin.