Ralph Stanley Museum Announces New Admission Prices

In an effort to make the Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center more accessible to visitors from all walks of life as well as to area residents, we are proud to announce new admission prices effective immediately!

The new prices are as follows:

• General Admission: $7.50
• Adult Groups (per person): $6.50
• Dickenson/Wise/Buchanan/Russell County Residents,
  Students, and Seniors 55 and Over: $5.00
• Children 12 and Under: FREE
  (One child per paying adult)

We hope you'll visit us soon!

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"Christmas in Appalachia" A Success!

Thanks to everyone who helped to plan this year's "Christmas in Appalachia" as well as all who attended. We had a full house at the Jettie Baker Center yesterday evening, and everyone who participated made the evening a wonderful community celebration. Let's do this again next year!

I'd like to extend a special thanks to a few folks who made "Christmas in Appalachia" possible this year. In no special order, let's thank:

• Our Sponsors (we couldn't have done this without your help):
  Haysi/Clinchco Lions Club, Clintwood Kiwanis Club, and the Clintwood Lions Club
  
• Ron Short for organizing the evening and providing the creative guidance for the celebration.
• Donnie Rife for his help in securing sponsorships for the event.
  
• Phyllis Deel for organizing refreshments and decorating the Jettie Baker Center.
• Geneva O'Quinn and the Staff of the Heart of Appalachia Tourism Authority for printing the programs and for their support.
  
• The Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center Board of Directors for their support of this and all of the community events that we host.
  
• Pam and Richard Morris for helping to plan and carry out the evening's events (meaning they did a little of everything).
• The Town of Clintwood, Mayor Donald Baker, and Doris Rife for their help in using the Jettie Baker Center.
• Lisa Davis, my wife, for the countless hours that she logs as she helps me with every event that the Museum hosts.
• Everyone who promoted the event by newspaper, radio, word of mouth, message boards, etc. Thanks for "getting the word out."
• And last but not least, everyone who celebrated with us by attending the event last night!
• (If I've forgotten anyone, I truly apologize. It takes a "cast of thousands" to make these events run smoothly, so let me know if you should be added to our list.)

If we don't see you before you celebrate the rest of your holiday season, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Ralph Stanley Museum!

"Christmas in Appalachia" Reminder & Sponsor Thank You

"Christmas in Appalachia" is almost here! Plan to spend Saturday, December 16th from 7pm-9pm at the Jettie Baker Center to celebrate the holidays with sing-alongs, special performances, remembrances, free hot chocolate and apple cider, and much more! And did we mention that admission is free?!

Also, after sending out press releases for the upcoming "Christmas in Appalachia," we received notice of three special sponsorships that not only will help to make this event a success, but they will help to make the event possible. So, although we didn't have time to add them to the press release, we want to send out a very special "thank you" to the following organizations for their kind support:

Haysi/Clinchco Lions Club
Clintwood Kiwanis Club
Clintwood Lions Club

We couldn't do this without your help!

Ralph Stanley Nominated for Grammy

Ralph Stanley’s Carter Family Homage Nominated for Folk Grammy

Win Would Give Musical Patriarch His Fourth Such Award

Nashville, TN (December 7, 2006) – Already a Grammy-winner in the country and bluegrass music categories, Grand Ole Opry star Ralph Stanley has just been nominated for Best Traditional Folk Album Grammy. The nomination is for his recent DMZ/Columbia Records collection, A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family.

Nominees for the 49^th annual Grammy Awards were announced today (Dec. 7) in Hollywood. The winners will be revealed Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in a live three-and-a-half hour broadcast on CBS-TV from the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

This year, Stanley will be competing against critically praised albums from Bruce Springsteen, Odetta, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Linda Ronstadt & Ann Savoy.

The 79-year-old Stanley won his first two Grammy Awards for 2001 when the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (on which he appeared prominently) was voted Album of the Year and his chilling rendition of “O Death” from that same album was picked as Best Male Country Vocal Performance. (In the latter category, he was pitted against such heavyweights as Tim McGraw, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Ryan Adams.)

In 2002, Stanley’s collaboration with Jim Lauderdale—Lost In The Lonesome Pines—won the Best Bluegrass Album Grammy.

The nomination comes less than a month after Stanley was honored at the White House with the National Medal of Arts, a tribute for artistic excellence issued by the National Endowment for the Arts. President George Bush presented Stanley the award.

Order Your Gift Basket Today!

This holiday season, the Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center is offering you the chance to create your very own Museum gift basket for a loved one or for yourself! We've priced many items from our gift shop especially for this promotion, so take advantage of great savings while you create a unique gift for a loved one.

Our gift basket price list is as follows:

• Single CDs (except A Distant Land to Roam) - $12.50 (save $3.50)
• A Distant Land to Roam - $15.00 (save $3.00)
• Double CDs - $20.00 (save $5.00)
• Triple CDs - $24.00 (save $6.00)
• Clay Ornaments - $4.50 (save $4.50)
• Museum Logo Mug - $5.00 (save $2.00)
• Museum Logo Glass - $2.50 (save $1.00)
• Jam (Seedless Blackberry, Seedless Black Raspberry, Seedless Strawberry Rhubarb) - $5.50 (save $1.49)
• Mixed Pickles - $7.00 (save $1.99)
• Mountain Music Festival 2006 T-Shirt - $8.00 (save $2.00)
• Museum Logo T-Shirt - $10.00 (save $2.00)
• Museum Sweatshirt - $19.00 (save $5.00)

Please call the Ralph Stanley Museum at 276-926-8550 or email aaron@ralphstanleymuseum.com for more information or to place your order!

"Christmas in Appalachia" Radio Release

If you haven't heard the latest audio release for "Christmas in Appalachia" on the radio by now, you can hear it right hear on the Ralph Stanley Museum Blog!

Remember, "Christmas in Appalachia" will take place on Saturday, December 16th at 7pm in the Jettie Baker Center. Admission is free!

Click on the file below to hear the release:
RSMChristmasRelease.wma

Carter Stanley

On December 1st, 1966, the world of Bluegrass lost one of its pioneering singers and songwriters. Today marks 40 years since Carter Stanley's passing in Kingsport, TN at the age of 41.

Richard Thompson has created a compilation of remembrances in honor of Carter Stanley, a man who will be honored for his contributions to Bluegrass music and a man who is, as the blog reads, "Gone, but not forgotten."

Please visit the Bluegrass Blog to access this collection.