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!

Roadside Theater, Ralph Stanley Museum, and Jettie Baker Center Present Christmas In Appalachia

Roadside Theater, the Ralph Stanley Museum, and the Jettie Baker Center will present Christmas in Appalachia on Saturday, December 16th at 7:00p.m. at the Jettie Baker Center in Clintwood, Virginia. Admission is free, so bring the whole family for a wonderful community celebration during this holiday season!

If you've shopped 'til you've dropped this year and have your Christmas turkey waiting patiently in the chest freezer for a few more weeks, then you're probably ready for a break from the holiday rush. Let Christmas in Appalachia take you back to a time when Christmas was about the things that really matter.

Christmas in Appalachia features Roadside Theater performer Ron Short, local artists, children, parents, grandmas and grandpas, and aunts and uncles in a performance of holiday music, stories, sing-a-longs, and remembrances. It’s a meaningful community celebration of the holidays that recalls Christmas as a time of sharing and being with loved ones. Guests this year include Ken Childress, Scott Mullins, Maggie Stanley, the Ridgewood Boys, and Aaron Davis.

“Christmas in Appalachia is a part of what Roadside Theater does year ‘round—celebrate our mountain culture,” says Roadside’s Ron Short. “It’s a bit like getting together with your extended family—something you enjoy and look forward to all year long!”

Donations to the Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center will be accepted at the door. No reservations are necessary. For more information, contact the Ralph Stanley Museum at 276.926.8550, Roadside Theater at 276.679.3116, the Jettie Baker Center at 276.926.8694, or visit us on the web at www.ralphstanleymuseum.com.

Christmas Open House with Refreshments and Holiday Sales!

Join us for hot chocolate on the front porch of the Museum during and after Clintwood's annual Christmas parade to be held on Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 6PM. Refreshments will be provided free of charge to all attendees of the event that evening!

And... while you're on Main Street for the parade, make sure you take a tour through the Museum for a reduced admission price of $5 in celebration of the town's festivities. If you haven't been through or would like to visit us again, we'd love to welcome you into the Museum on December 1st!

Also, you may want to take advantage of our 20% off sale on all CDs for the holiday season as well as a 1/2 price sale on our clay ornaments. Stop by and see us!

Shop for Museums: Donate to the Ralph Stanley Museum Simply by Shopping!

The Ralph Stanley Museum recently partnered with Shop for Museums to allow you to donate a portion of your web purchases to the Museum and its activities. Best of all, it doesn't cost you anything extra! The donation is paid out of the marketing accounts of the places you shop with online.

The process is simple: navigate your web browser to our page on the Shop for Museums site; click "Select This Museum Partner And Start Shopping"; and select your category of interest for a list of cooperating sites. Find the items you want to purchase from these online stores, make your purchase, and a certain percentage of that purchase will automatically be sent to the Ralph Stanley Museum! No strings attached.

Remember, you need to start each online "shopping trip" at Shop for Museums by selecting us as your Museum Partner, but that's it!

So, when you decide to make your holiday purchases this season, consider allowing the companies you shop with to send a special donation on your behalf to the Ralph Stanley Museum & Traditional Mountain Music Center. And... be sure to let us know that you used Shop for Museums to help fund the Museum's Operating and Program accounts. They have created a wonderful program for the nonprofit community!

Take care!

Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival

We'd like to thank everyone who helped to make the 2006 Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival a success! This year's festival featured 19 groups of musicians on three stages, 2 storytellers, clogging, flatfooting, and square dance workshops, a storytelling workshop, a quilt show, local crafts and craft demonstrations, vendors, and much more. Again, thank you for your support.

Mark September 28, 29, and 30 on your calendars in 2007 for an even bigger and better Ralph Stanley Museum Mountain Music Festival, and we hope to see all of you there!