30 July 2007 - The nearest town to our anniversary retreat was Dahlonega. It was only about 20 minutes away so we went over to check the place out. Very interesting town. It was the site of the first gold strike in the US and is now a popular tourist area. They have a museum for all the old gold history and a 'living museum' of bluegrass music. They have bluegrass on the lawn every Saturday and name bands at locations around the town approximately once a month. In addition the local Methodist Church makes one of the best usages of their fellowship hall I have run across - hosting the local chapter of folk music. We attended their 'session' (donation of $2) and enjoyed three local groups (if you include Atlanta as local) who where all very distinctive and most talented. Two of the groups performed their own music and the third did more traditional things. I have to think the church managed to bring a few of the folk music crowd back on Sunday.
The photos are all of the 'own the lawn' variety as the light in the church was not good for photos. I found these to capture the spirit of the day. The lady with the fiddle was standing alone a distance from the group and was obviously still on the learning curve as she tried to play along. She soon put her instrument away and just listened with the rest of us. The other end of the spectrum was the young man with the flat hat and oldster sitting down. They had been at this for awhile!!!
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