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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT

September 25, 2008 Greater Mount Airy Chamber of

Commerce/Mount Airy Visitors Center

Von Nichols, Autumn Leaves Coordinator

Jessica Icenhour, Director of Tourism

336-786-6116

admin@mtairyncchamber.org

tourism@visitmayberry.com

Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce/Autumn Leaves Festival

Honored in the Best of the Blue Ridge, 2008

By the Readers of Blue RidgeCountry Magazine

Mount Airy, NC – Every five years, Blue Ridge Country magazine readers vote on their favorite places to eat, overnight, hike, bike, camp, wildlife watch and more. This year, The Autumn Leaves Festival was voted Silver in the category of Top Mountain Happenings.

The award winners are featured in the July/August issue of Blue Ridge Country, which celebrates the magazine’s 20^th anniversary. Reader votes were submitted through mailed paper ballots and the magazine’s website.

Blue Ridge Country, produced by Leisure Publishing Company in Roanoke, Va., is a bimonthly magazine with a readership of 425,000. It covers the mountains of nine states from Maryland to Alabama. Established in 1988, the publication has won state, regional, national and international awards for writing, design and editing.

For more information contact: The Greater Mount Airy Chamber of Commerce, Autumn Leaves Festival, Von Nichols, Autumn Leaves Coordinator at admin@mtairyncchamber.org or Jessica Icenhour, Director of Tourism at tourism@visitmayberry.com or by telephone at 336-786-6116 and Cara Ellen Modisett, Editor, Blue Ridge Country magazine, 540-989-6138, cmodisett@leisurepublishing.com

The 2008 Autumn Leaves Festival will be held October 10-12, 2008 .

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GRANDFATHER

October 10-12,2008 (Friday-Sunday)

Souvenirs, Apple Butter Making, Bandstand Entertainment, Food Drink, Crafts, Children's Activities

Bandstand Schedule-Friday, October 10-2008

11:50am-12:35pm-Foothills Band (Bluegrass/Country)

12:35p-1:20pm-Bill & Maggie Anderson (Traditional)

1:20pm-2:05pm-Over the Hill Bluegrass (Bluegrass)

2:05pm-2:50om-Mountain Ivy Band (Old Time)

2:50pm-3:35pm-Fisher's River Peak Timber Rattlers (Old Time)

3:35pm-4:20pm-Blades of Grass (Bluegrass)

4:20pm-5:05pm-Snow Creek Old Time Band (Old Time)

5:05pm-5:50pm-Henry Mabe & Friends (Bluegrass)

5:50pm-6:35pm-Round Peak Ramblers (Old Time)

6:35pm-7:20pm-Marshall Brothers & High Road (Bluegrass)

7:20pm-8:05pm-Mountain Park Old Time Band (Old Time)

8:05pm-9pm-Slate Mountain Ramblers (Old Time)

Saturday, October 11, 2008 Bandstand Schedule

9:15am-10am-Hubert Lawson & The Bluegrass Country Boys (Bluegrass)

10am-10:40am-Plank Road Bluegrass (Bluegrass)

10:40am-11:20am-Farmington Bluegrass

11:20am-12noon-Bluegrass and Beyond (Bluegrass)

12noon-12:45pm-Benton Flippen & The Smokey Valley Boys (Old Time)

12:45pm-1:30pm-Stoney Creek Band (Bluegrass)

1:30pm-2:15pm-Dewey Murphy Band (Bluegrass)

2:15pm-3pm-Reed Island Rounders (Old Time

3pm-3:45pm-New Country Grass (Bluegrass)

3:45pm-4:30pm-Kevin Fore & the Round Peak Sound (Old Time)

4:30pm-5:15pm-King Mountain Boys (Bluegrass)

5:15pm-6pm-The Nunn Brothers (Bluegrass)

6om-6:45pm-Pilot Mountain Bobcats (Old Time)

6:45pm-7:30pm-The Country Boys (Bluegrass)

7:30pm-8:15pm-Zephyr Lighting Bolts (Old Time)

8:15pm-9pm-The Carolina Travelers (Bluegrass)

Sunday October 12, 2008 Bandstand Schedule

1pm-2pm-Cranford Creek Bluegrass (Bluegrass)

2pm-3pm-Narrow Road (Bluegrass)

3pm-4pm-Wood & Steel (Bluegrass)

4pm-5pm-Tim Chadwick & Fox River (Bluegrass)

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and the Photography