Sunday, September 18, 2011
Cheri Sept-18-11
9:35 PM | 
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Sharp's Travels
We were up and ready to head to church by 9:15am. The community Church was only a little over 2 miles from our campground. After church got out we headed for Steve Jeffris Caboose Festival. Steve mixes Country, Gospel, Old Standards & 50’s rock music. We have seen him a number of times in Florida. He has talked about the Festival he puts on for his fan club at his home in Indianapolis and he invites everyone to come. This year our schedule for heading south worked out just right. We finally get go to this festival we have heard so much about.
The weather is cool and they call for possible showers. We are praying the rain holds out until after the festival.
Steve’s residence was only about 13 miles from the church. He lives on 5 acres of land. He wants to create an old town right there on his property. He has a good start. You can tour his caboose and check out all the Country Music Memorabilia, visit the 1800’s cabin, built for his wife, Sharon and their grandchildren and go aboard the diesel locomotive cab.
Steve was doing his first show of the day when we arrived. We were lucky to be able to sit right up front and hear his performance. They had one performer after another all day. It was continuous music. There was Angie Bain from Nashville, country & gospel music singer. Bernie Waldon, an Indiana native, songwriter and musician. Joe & Jan Edwards, Joe is a member of the staff band on the Grand Ole Opry. He and Jan tour the country and make many personal appearances. Billie Jo Harrelson, singer songwriter from Lakeland, Fl. She won female vocalist of the year three years out of four. Robert Lee Crigger, he played with a number of well known bands. Since 1977, he has been a member of the Jean Shepard Band on the Grand Ole Opry. As a piano player, he has played on the Grand Ole Opry more than 2500 times. Today he has a solo show and performs across the country. His boggie woogie country style music was our favorite. And last of all, George Hamilton IV who is known as the International Ambassador of Country Music. He recently celebrated 50 years as a member of the Grand Ole Opry.
At noon the bell rang and lunch was ready. They served the whole crowd of about 900 people pulled pork, baked beans and coleslaw-free of charge! And later in the day they served everyone hotdogs and chips. Wow!
The day flew by, with a light shower, but it didn’t amount to anything. We toured the cabin, locomotive and caboose. They had raffle prizes and 50/50.
It was a fun day. We were so glad to be a part of the festival this year. It was after 7:00 pm when we got home.
Gay has uploaded pictures of the Festival. Click here https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Caboose Festival.
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