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Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival Tickets On Sale December 1st

Love bluegrass music? Then December 1st at 10 a.m. needs to be highlighted on your calendar! Tickets for the March 30-31, 2012 go on sale for Wilmington Ohio's Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival to be held at the Roberts Centre (123 Gano Road, west side of US Rt 68 interchange of I-71)!

The Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival is EASILY the top area bluegrass show!

So who's performing this year?

Friday March 30th (1 p.m. - 9:45 p.m. starts, * groups perform twice):

*Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers

*David Davis & The Warrior River Boys

*Nothin' Fancy

Paul Williams & The Victory Trio

Del McCoury Band

Saturday March 31st (12- 9:15 p.m starts, * groups perform twice):

*Moron Brothers

*Kenny & Amanda Smith Band

Paul Williams & The Victory Trio

*The Boxcars

*Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers

Cost:

At the door, 2 Day General Admission $60, but an extra $5 gets reserved seating

Friday or Saturday General Admission is $35. General Admission Seating for Children 16 and under is free.

Phone number for the festival is 937.372.5804.

Website is : www.somusicfest.com

We hope you enjoy the festival!

Serving Warren County's residential real estate needs,

Liz and Bill aka BLiz

P.S. Looking to buy or sell a Warren County area home? Just call The Liz Spear Team of RE/MAX Elite so you won't be putting the BLUE in Bluegrass!

Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival November 11 - 13, 2010

Yesterday we took you south from Warren County to Cincinnati for Secret ArtWorks!

Today, let's head north into Clinton County just outside of Wilmington & Xenia for the semi-annual Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival!


If you're a fan of bluegrass music, then you've hit the jackpot with this event! Two and a half days of some of the best blue grass performers available. You've got a combination of legends, nationally known talent such as Rhonda Vincent and the Rage, and some local groups. Click HERE for the complete line up and schedule for the three days!

The event is held at the Roberts Convention Centre at the Route 68 exit on I-71. The Holiday Inn is attached to the center, and there's a Max & Erma's in the complex, and also some food available in the vendor area next door to the performance area. WARNING: Lots of people, Max & Erma's can get swamped and your ability to get in and out quickly WILL be limited!

There's a vendor area selling CDs, music related equipment, and snack type food. And unlike your big time rock and pop stars, these performers will be available after their sets. Get the whole band to autograph your CDs if you like!

We've been a few times with friends over the years....yes Bill...the rocker...DOES like to hear some banjo, mandolin, bass, guitar and dobro on occasion!...who'd have thunk it :)

You'll have bluegrass fans jamming in the vendor area and the lobby area, just having a fantastic time. There are workshops too!

Ticket prices vary from $25 to $75 depending on whether you're buying a single day pass, a three day pass, general admission or reserved seating. Click HERE for full ticket price list. Advance tickets must be purchased by November 9! Prices at the door are $5 higher.

You'll have a great time, enjoy the shows!

Keeping you informed,
Liz and Bill aka BLiz

photos and logo with permission of Southern Ohio Indoor Music Festival.

Rachael Ray Hosting Thanksgiving Dinner for Ohioian hit hard by Jobloss.

This is one of the Best Articles about the Event I could find thanks to Nick's Article we can get the details.

Written By: Nick Zaino

RACHAEL RAY/Matt SullivanA lot of states are hard pressed by the recession these days, Ohio more than most. "The effect on our city has been outrageous, to the restaurants and everything else," Allen Willoughby, director of Your Father's Kitchen, the Wilmington, Ohio's local soup kitchen, told Holidash on Wednesday. For many, the economy has hit hardest at the dinner table. When talk/cooking show host Rachael Ray heard about one community in particular that was struggling to get back on its feet, she decided to pitch in.

According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, Ray made a stop in Wilmington, as part of a road trip she is doing with Cincinnati native Nick Lachey; the two are visiting 20 cities in 10 days for "The Rachael Ray Show." But Ray didn't just pop by for a visit.

"She said, 'We've got a bigger surprise for you. If you go out in your kitchen right now, Carter Oosterhouse is out there and he wants to redo your kitchen.' So we went out and we were really surprised," says Willoughby.

Over the course of nine days, Oosterhouse (the resident handyman on "The Rachael Ray Show"), Lachey, and a whole crew rebuilt the space, installing new shelves and appliances and, according to Willoughby, generally making it an easier space to work in. During the remodel, people were fed at a kitchen at the First Baptist Church in Wilmington.

The do-gooding didn't stop there. Ray, in conjunction with Sara Lee, will also be making sure the place has food for the next year, and the help couldn't have come at a better time. The day that Holidash spoke with Willoughby, the kitchen had served nearly 500 people. Six months ago, a big day would have been 200. "I was so overwhelmed, because we've never done that," said Willoughby. "It was so timely for them to redo our kitchen and our dining room and make more space, because we made it. It took us more time but we made it today."

Willoughby is excited to provide more well-rounded meals now that Sara Lee is providing food. "We'll get their pies and all their breads and bakery goods and meats," he told us. "It's going to be great."

Wilmington has been hit with a 15 percent unemployment rate after parcel delivery service DHL and other businesses left town, and the soup kitchen set up to help those in hard times was having its own problems keeping up with demand. The Enquirer said the kitchen is seeing as many people in one day as it did in one week compared to this time last year.

"The town has been devastated," Ray told the Enquirer, "We want to do something for them that will last much longer than one meal, one day."

The continuing commitment to Our Father's Kitchen is a nice touch. It's easy for celebrities to drop in for a day and help out while the cameras are rolling, and indeed, the stop will be featured on an episode of Ray's show, to air the day before Thanksgiving. But helping to feed people most in need for a year is something to be proud of.

Want to know how you can help? Contact FeedingAmerica or Share Our Strength to find food banks and soup kitchens in your community.
Article by Nick Zaino

Checkout this compelling video about the effect of DHL leaving Wilmington Ohio.

http://www.youtube.com/gettyimages