Folk music has been part of a strong tradition in our town for many many years. Every year we have the annual folk music festival and invite folk bands from all over the nation. Some travel as far as 10 hours or more to make our wonderful celebration. The festival does not only consist of music it is also full of award winning artist, crafters, and caterers. Every booth is voted for among 100′s of vendors and in the end “the people” vote for their favorite booths and foods.

The best part is walking around the later in the evening on the last day to see who won each award. It’s a huge honor to be recognized among the best of these very talented people. The trophies are usually beautiful crystal awards with the festival logo engraved at the top and the category directly below.

These crystal awards can be displayed beautifully anywhere among their booth and in their home. It’s always fun to see new crystal awards awarded to new and upcoming artists because it’s a wonderful feeling of accomplishment.

A group of Friends and I Play the video game rock band for hours at a time. It’s so much fun to compete against each other and watch my friends who think they can sing. We get much enjoyment from watching people hit high notes and keep up with the beats. The game has been a blessing to our wallets and keeps up in instead of going out to the bars and clubs every weekend.

The best part about it is that we have decided to add some more excitement to the game by adding a trophy. We have an electric guitar trophy with a special engraving that gets passed around to the chaps of the night. Every week or so there is rematch to see who can win back the rock band trophy.

The electric guitar trophy might only ad to the corniness of the event but it definitely keep us all feeling young and like rock stars!