How come ?
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Topic: How come ?
Posted By: Hermes
Subject: How come ?
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 9:45am
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Just reading about the art district they want to bring into the downtown area got me to thinking. Middeltown has Middfest,which personally I could care less for and doesn't make any sense to me, ballon fest which isn't to bad, Sorg theater which is an historic icon of days gone by, all this stuff and more seems geared toward the "upper class" if you will, how come there is nothing for the working class ? Middeltown needs a yearly tractor pull, riding lawn mower pull, seed spitting and tobacco spitting contest,chain saw carving,whittling,bluegrass music. We need events that recognize our roots. Are we not all from Kentucky ? I'm kin to the biggest percentage of people in Middeltown and everyone of them has roots deep in Ky,do away with the goofy Middfest and lets have a Ky fest. Lets get back to what made Middeltown great at one time and that was the fact that everyone came from Ky. Something we can all relate to. We need to get away from the stuffed shirt,I'm somebody important type of events. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
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Posted By: swohio75
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 10:13am
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This is one of the most ignorant posts I've ever read. |
Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 10:35am
| Actually, swohio75, this "celebration of local roots instead of countries for Middfest" idea was mentioned several weeks ago, I believe, and many people gave it a "thumbs up" approval. The reasoning is that most people here in town can/want to identify/celebrate with the customs of Kentucky/local traditions, rather than countries around the world. |
Posted By: TudorBrown
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 11:05am
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Midfest is good in my opinion, although I wish I was in charge of selecting the countries. I do appreciate the fact that Middletown has (or had) a sophisticated culture, I don't think that has to clash with our Kentucky roots. There is definitely room in the spring/summer/fall seasons for another event though! I think a celebration of our Kentucky heritage would be great! |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 11:17am
And what part of Ky are your kin from there swohio ?
Surely your not one of those haughty-taughty types that would rather put on airs and have an art show than to celebrate something worth while ! You sound pretty uptight to me.  ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
swohio75 wrote:Posted By: randy
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 11:24am
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my family is from Hazard, and London, KY. Deep in a mountain, and proud of it. ------------- Call me for a www.CameraSecurityNow.com" rel="nofollow - www.CameraSecurityNow.com quote 513-422-1907 x357 |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 11:28am
I knew it !! I bet me and you is kin !!
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Posted By: TudorBrown
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 11:35am
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Madison/Wolfe County |
Posted By: randy
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 11:49am
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Could be, if you have lived in Middletoewn all your life I bet you at least know some of my family. Do you remember a bar out on Tytus years ago called The North Way Inn? ------------- Call me for a www.CameraSecurityNow.com" rel="nofollow - www.CameraSecurityNow.com quote 513-422-1907 x357 |
Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 12:36pm
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wow swohio--r u being intolerent of other diverse cultures?
actually, an annual appalacian festival might go very well in this community.
Possibly tieing in with a baloon fest or other Smith Park events.
We shouldn't denigrate or deny such a prevalent and large segment of our fundamental heritage.
Probably would have more drawing power(especially from surrounding communities) than many of our current low-attendence events
jmo
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Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 2:38pm
I bet we are cousins in a round about way Randy.
I bet I'm kin to ole Cooter...I mean Tudor. I have some kin still in Madison County and Wolfe County.
Now I won't feel so bad when I bad mouth somebody on here and vice versa. We all kin to each other and thats ok ! ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: lrisner
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 3:31pm
| Wolfe County? Go Lee City! |
Posted By: Vivian Moon
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 4:51pm
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Some great wood carvers and potters have come from the hills of Kentucky. |
Posted By: TudorBrown
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 5:31pm
That cracked me up!  |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 6:52pm
See,you cracked up and I'd bet my coon dog we is kin there Tudor.
 ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 11 2009 at 6:57pm
Yes they do Vivian,nothing like a good quilt show or seeing some exotic pottery,every time I think of pottery I think of Bybee Pottery. Anybody familiar with Bybee Pottery ?
Vivian I bet you have deep ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 8:03am
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My family is from Hazard. I would love to have a festival here. Has anyone every been to Court Days? That is a succesful event every year. Draws a lot of crowds. |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 9:10am
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They use to have court day at Mount Sterling,I had to been to that one a few times. Large turnouts at those type of events.
I was being sarcastic in my original post above,there is nothing wrong with having Middfest but I don't think it relates to the people or the people can't relate to it. Look at the high turnout the Pork fest has every year,that is an event people can relate to and enjoy. It takes them back to their roots,the beginning. Everything Middeltown seems to want is like putting on "airs", it amounts to nothing but yet someone thinks it shows how sophisticated we are. Doesn't make sense to me but then who am I. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 10:51am
| That is right Mount Sterling every October. Other successful KY festival Colonal Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken Festival - Bourbon Festival. Many areas do civil war reenactments. I am not a big fan of Middfest - my understanding is they try to make to much money off the vendors and it has driven them away over the years. |
Posted By: Bocephus
Date Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 1:30pm
| Letcher and Bloody Breathitt and I think Mountain festival would be awsum. |
Posted By: LMAO
Date Posted: Dec 12 2009 at 1:55pm
| Perry County..Hazard...Every year around Labor Day they have a Hardburley Festival. Its amazing when you meet people at it they now live up here in the Butler Co. area. |
Posted By: Mike_Presta
Date Posted: Dec 13 2009 at 4:13am
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I have friends who go to "Court Days" every year. ------------- “Mulligan said he ... doesn’t believe they necessarily make the return on investment necessary to keep funding them.” …The Middletown Journal, January 30, 2012 |
Posted By: Vivian Moon
Date Posted: Dec 14 2009 at 12:07pm
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Hermes
The Combs family goes back many generations in Kentucky history.
(All the Combs families in Middletown are cuzzies)  |
Posted By: Hermes
Date Posted: Dec 14 2009 at 1:08pm
Them Combs down in Ky is thicker than hair on a cats back. No shortage on the Combs name down there. ------------- No more democrats no more republicans,vote Constitution Party !! |
Posted By: kntman2020
Date Posted: Dec 21 2009 at 6:22pm
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cool randy, i to am from hazard, a little town called Buckhorn. ------------- J.M.S. |
Posted By: randy
Date Posted: Dec 21 2009 at 9:32pm
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I know that area a little bit. ------------- Call me for a www.CameraSecurityNow.com" rel="nofollow - www.CameraSecurityNow.com quote 513-422-1907 x357 |
Posted By: Jan M.
Date Posted: Jan 27 2010 at 1:27pm
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Midfest here in Middletown is okay and I usually attend. It always seems like a repeat of the previous years, perhaps with a different group here and there. Of course the displays inside the City building are always nice and does change each year. I would like for Middletown to have a Bluegrass Festival. I don't listen to Bluegrass music often, however, I do enjoy it when I hear it. My son always records Woodsongs - Old Time Radio Show on PBS, and their specialty is Bluegrass music. We have discovered many wonder artists by watching that show and have ordered the artists' CD's. http://www.woodsongs.com/%20%20%20 - http://www.woodsongs.com/ There is a article I found online about one of the largest bluegrass festival. Go to http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/travel/escapes/03Fiddle.html - http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/travel/escapes/03Fiddle.html and check it out. I feel that a well advertised Bluegrass Festival would bring a lot of people in from out of town. Perhaps not as many as we would like the first year, but if done right, it would continue to grow each consecutive year. Just have to get the right bands in for the festival. Jan M. |
Posted By: spiderjohn
Date Posted: Jan 27 2010 at 1:40pm
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Hooray for grass!
Miami U-Hamilton has one of the best acoustic music series in the country, annually featuring many of the top bluegrass acts in the world. They have a wonderful show this Saturday featuring Solas and April Verch(extremely hot young fiddler). Bela Fleck brings his African Band in next month, and John Cowan returns in March. Parrish Auditoium has excellent sound and is limited to 440.
Been trying to get the same director to take over the lame MU-Middletown program. A little nudge in that direction would be greatly appreciated by everyone. Finkleman seats 770, so it could support larger acts(larger $$$) and pack the place, as opposed to the nothing that goes on there now. That program disintegrated after Claire Easton departed.
I worked with her in the 70s, when MU-M hosted the orifginal Mahavishnu Orchestra, It's a Beautiful Day, Roy Buchanan, Ted Nugent(Amboy Dukes), Country Joe, Edgar Winter, and the MC5. I left after the last one, before the Aerosmith disaster.
jmo
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