Grady Champion at The Blue Biscuit

The Indianola Blues Society and The Blue Biscuit announce Grady Champion is coming to perform THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15^TH.  Champion is the 2009 Winner of the Mississippi Delta Regional Blues Challenge and 2010 International Blues Challenge Winner.  Showtime:  8 – 11 pm   Cover $5   No Cover - Indianola Blues Society Members

Delta Center provides heritage tour for Sam Houston State students

CLEVELAND – Delta State University’s Delta Center for Culture and Learning recently provided a heritage tour for a class from Sam Houston State University. The class was taught by Dr. John B. Strait, who brings a group through the Delta every summer on a week-long field trip. This year, he was accompanied by Dr. Alan Marcus from Towson University, near Baltimore. Dr. Marcus plans to bring his own college class to the Delta next summer and also wants to explore student exchanges between Delta State and Towson. The Delta Center's Lee Aylward led the tour. 

 

 

Festival News from Highway 61 Radio - Scott Barretta

Dorothy Moore, Johnny Rawls, and more-Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival!

Listing of Clarksdale’s events this weekend-August 12-14:
http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=3473

 

 

Tommy Johnson family gains access to his gravesite....

Wednesday, August 10^th the Copiah County Board of Supervisors decided to build and maintain a road to the Warm Springs Cemetery, just north of Crystal Springs, where Tommy Johnson is buried. A gravestone was dedicated in his honor in 2001, but it couldn't be placed because of legal issues concerning cemetery access, which have now been resolved.  Press release:  http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=3535

 

 

 

New World District Marker Ceremony * Friday, August 12, 2011 at 10:00 AM * Clarksdale, MS

 

Magic Slim Blues Marker Ceremony * Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:00 P.M. * Grenada, MS

 

Upcoming MS Blues/Country Trail Markers

 

Please mark your calendars for these upcoming marker ceremonies around the state:

July 19, 2011 Sunnyland Slim * Lambert, MS - 10:00 AM - July 27, 2011 Magic Slim * Grenada, MS – 10:00 AM - August 10, 2011 King Edward Hotel *Jackson, MS 10:00 AM - August 26, 2011 Hot Tamales * Rosedale, MS 11:00 AM

August 18, 2011 Tammy Wynette * Tremont, MS 1:00 PM

Hope you can join us,
Alex T. Thomas
Associate Manager Senior, Music Trails
Sales and Promotions Bureau
Mississippi Development Authority / Tourism Division
P.O. Box 849
Jackson, MS 39205
office: 601.359.2593
fax: 601.359.5757
email: athomas@mississippi.org
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