Carter Family Fold
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The Carter Family Fold is a site dedicated to the preservation and performance of old time country and folk music. As the name suggests, it honors the Carter Family: A.P., Sara, and Maybelle.
The Carter Family Fold is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the region's traditional music through weekly concerts. To stay true to the music, no electric instruments are allowed. Also, smoking and drinking are prohibited.
Most of the performers are not famous outside the communities of bluegrass and folk music. However, Johnny Cash played at the Fold many times, and played his last concert there a few months before his death; Cash's wife, June Carter Cash, was part of the family honored at the venue.
There is also a dance floor at which Appalachian clogging, a form of folk dancing, is a weekly occurrence.
The Carter Family Fold is located in the Poor Valley region of Virginia, at the foot of Clinch Mountain. Formally, it is part of Hiltons because Maces Spring, Virginia, the "home base" of the Carter family, no longer has a post office.
Capacity at the Fold is very limited and those wishing to attend a show there are advised to request their tickets well in advance.
[edit] References
Some information comes from an article in the 2006 Old Farmer's Almanac, published in the summer of 2005.
