Howdy to all,

News for fall/winter:

We are excited about a new venue opening near us in the town of Damascus, VA. The Damascus General Store will open on Friday, November 20, and will be featuring old time music on Friday nights and bluegrass on Saturdays. We will be doing the debut show. It begins at 7PM, so bring your dancing shoes and come on! Admission is free, and food is available.

We will also be at the Renaissance Center in Kingsport Nov.6, the Larry Pennington Memorial Festival Nov. 7 and the Carter Fold Nov. 14.  Check out our schedule page for other shows.

We will be doing "Crooked Road" East Coast tour during the month of April, 2010.  Sammy Shelor, Elizabeth LaPrelle, Wayne Henderson, Eddie Bond, Kirk Sutphin and No Speed Limit will again be again be our tour-mates! The tour is sponsored by the National Council for the Traditional Arts.

Martha and Jackson will be touring Australia in March. Check their website for details.

Mt. Rogers School in our community will be closing in coming months when we combine with Bridle Creek School to become Grayson Highlands School. We have formed  an organization to create the Whitetop Folklife Center in the Mt. Rogers School building if all goes well. We'll keep you posted, as this will be a performance and teaching center. The Albert Hash Festival will continue there, as well as other festivals, shows and dances if things develop as we hope.

The Albert Hash Festival was the best ever this year!  Thanks to all who worked, played, participated and attended. We are looking forward to next year's festival!!!

You can now buy cds directly off the site with Paypal, Debit, and Credit Cards- Check out discography/purchasing cds page!

Our new CD, "Loafer's Dream," has been released. It is available to buy from our site now. It is also available from CD Baby, County Sales, Music Shed and Elderly Instruments.

Martha and Jackson have a new CD on the Heritage label, "Home On the Mountain." It's available from our site and from Elderly Instruments.

We appreciate Karl and Gail Cooler of Mountain Roads Recordings and all the hard work they have done on our CD, and also Wesley Easter of Eastwood Studios for his hard work!

(http://www.mountainroadsrecordings.com)

"Music from the High Country" on Heritage is available. You can purchase off our site or Cdbaby, County Sales, and Elderly Instruments.

Jackson and Anya Hinkle have a new CD out on the VFH Crooked Road Series,  "Old Time Duets." It is available on our site or cdbaby.

Don't forget to check out the Jonny and the Jambusters' new CD, "It Takes One to Know One," available now on CD Baby! You may hear some guest spots from some folks you know!

Check out our myspace page for tour dates, music clips, and more...(www.myspace.com/whitetopmountainband)

Check out Martha and Jackson's myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/thewhitetopmountaineers

Martha and Jackson's new website!!

http://www.whitetopmountaineers.com