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The Western Flyers, a Texas swing band inspired by Bob Wills, kicked things off Friday night at the Dominion Energy Dance Pavilion.
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Ridge Roberts, an 18-year-old champsion fiddler, was a focus of the group.
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Redd Volkaert contributed vocals and lead guitar.
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The group had fans of all ages.
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Large and in charge. Sugaray Rayford, a big man with an even bigger stage presence, followed the Flyers and had a large crowd jumping.
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Rayford had a crackerjack guitarist
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and a keyboardist he described as his band director.
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Redd Volkaert was back Sunday afternoon, fronting a honky-tonk quartet, which gave him a better opportunity to display his Fender Telecaster virtuosity.
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This woman didn't need a partner to kick up her heels to Redd's music.
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Linda Lay and Springfield Exit, a bluegrass group based in Winchester, followed Redd. The group includes mandolin player David McLuaghlin and guitarist David Lay, Linda's husband, who join her on most vocals.
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Trumpeter Sean Jones and his wife, Brinae Ali, combined hip hop, jazz in the style of Dizzy Gillespie with dance, tap and otherwise, and poetry in their set at the Community Foundation Stage Sunday afternoon.
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Champion hoop dancer Jasmine Bell performed to the rhythm of the drumming group North Bear in a demonstration of their Lakota Sioux heritage.
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The festival was the first opportunity for many to view the Freedom & Emancipation Monument on Brown's Island
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