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2009
Walk of Fame Music Festival and Induction
September 11-13, 2009
Whitewater Gorge Park
201 S. 1st. Street
Richmond, IN
FRIDAY- 9/11/2009
Gennett Mansion Tour Small admission charged.
4:00 Young Authors Conference – RCS
Holly George Warren – speaker as conference opens
5 - 6:00pm VIP Reception for Donors Leland Host: Jim Resh
PUBLIC INVITED: LELAND BALLROOM
5:30-5:50 pm Holly George Warren Gene Autry Biographer Short Talk/Slide show
6 - 7:00 pm Concert: Don Edwards, ticket - $5, free to residents of the Leland
PUBLIC INVITED TO KICK IT OFF IN THE GORGE PARK – Starr-Gennett Historic site!
7:30 -9:00 pm Family Night – Logo Bldg.
7-9 pm: Karaoke – KICKS 96 sponsor
Local singers on the big stage – local Karaoke “wanna-be” stars
9:00 pm Heart Breakers “Drive In” MOVIE: South of the Border starring Gene Autry
(free peanuts– Texas Roadhouse)
SATURDAY-9/12/2009
11:00 am: KIDS FEST PARADE: Route: SW 13th Street to South 2nd Street
Old West theme: Grand Marshalls: Don Edwards and Oren Baumeister in Native American Regalia
GORGE PARK ACTIVITIES: Starr-Gennett Historic Site by the Main Street Bridge
12 - 4:00 pm: Family Activities: Education
12 - 3:00 pm: Martin Fisher: Wax Cylinder Recordings
1-6:00 pm: NATIVE AMERICAN INTERTRIBAL GATHERING
1:00 pm: Grand Entry and Blessing
Native American crafts/vendors
Native American heritage activities
Native American music performances
OLD WEST: Other activities and programs
Flint-knapper: Tom Lyons- makes and sells arrowheads
SAS Single Action Shooters Quick Draw
Annie Oakley look-alike
Vintage Dress Black Powder
Children’s Rodeo Games – celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Rodeo Shop
2:00 pm: Western Line Dancing – Boot Scootin’ Belles
Chuck Wagon Food
Children’s Cowboy/Cowgirl costume contest
3:00 pm: Duck Race – Whitewater River – Prizes ! Buy a duck to win.
4:00 pm: Induction Ceremony & Legacy Continues Award presentation
Honoring Gene Autry: Holly George Warren and Don Edwards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award- Gene Autry
2009 Walk of Fame Inductees
1. Bradley Kincaid (country)
2. Artie Shaw (jazz)
3. Wendell Hall (country-ukulele)
4. Ernest & Hattie Frost Stoneman (country)
5. New Orleans Rhythm Kings
Prelude: Gennett music medley Community Orchestra
Welcome and explanation Dave Fulton
Induction of Big Band Artists
Artie Shaw Presenter Charlie Dahan
Performance: Community Orchestra
Recognition of Guests and Donors Dave Fulton
Induction of Country Artists
Wendall Hall Presenter Ivan Tribe
Performance: Gary Scott
Bradley Kincaid Presenter William or Jim Kincaid
Performance tbd
Ernest and Hattie Stoneman Presenter Patsy Stoneman
Performance Stoneman Family
Recognition of Gennett Family Members, Legacy Award Winner and Medallion
Honorees
Induction of Jazz Artists
New Orleans Rhythm Kings Presenter Richard Roof
Performance Community Orchestra
Conclusion Dave Fulton
AROUND TOWN:
10:00 am: Gennett Mansion Tour (small admission fee)
12:30 pm: Book Sellers Row/ Main Street – Book Signing and reception; Q & A
2:00 pm: Gennett Mansion- Short Gene Autry biography film/talk and tour (small admission fee)
SATURDAY EVENING: Ticketed CONCERT –
TICKETS $10 adults, $20 = 2 adults, 2 children
6:30 pm: Roni, Patsy and Donna Stoneman
7:30 pm: Don Edwards – America’s #1 singing cowboy
9:00 pm: FREE Movie: Mule Train starring Gene Autry (free peanuts–Texas Roadhouse)
GORGE VENDORS: Featured Vendor - Rodeo Shop
Richmond Parks and Recreation Dept. ALL drinks and candy * Marine Corps League * Vietnam Vets * Tom’s NY Deli * Olympian Candies * Native American foods
DEPOT DISTRICT: Roger Richert
DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS: Jim Hair
2008
Walk of Fame Music Festival and Induction
September 5 & 6, 2008
Whitewater Gorge Park
201 S. 1st. Street
Richmond, IN
The Starr-Gennett Foundation is pleased to announce the second
eleven Gennett Walk of Fame nominees, who were selected by the Foundation's National
Advisory Board in February 2008. These honorees will be inducted into the
2008 Walk of Fame.
Biographies of all of these inductees will be available soon.
Click on the links above for select biographies.
Daytime Activities: (All Free Admission)
- 8am - 10 am
Music Bike Ride and Family Walk – Cardinal-Greenway Bike Trail (5, 25,
50 mile rides) and 5K family walk
- 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00
Tours of the Gennett Mansion
- 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Wax Cylinder Making – see and hear about the recording industry of the turn of the century.
Martin Fisher, Middle Tennessee State University.
Record - hear yourself the way musicians did before 78 records were invented. FUN!
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Jammin' on Main: Jazz, Art and Music on Main Street
Uptown
- Depot District Street
Fair; Starr-Gennett Gallery and merchandise
- 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Family Fun including Parks and Recreation Children's Activities, Robot
Dog, Fire Trucks, Games, and Blow-ups – all free!
- 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Free Public Concerts- 10:00 – 11:00
Pancake Breakfast & Gospel
Hour: singers
R.P.D. Aaron Stevens (singing songs by Thomas A. Dorsey, a 2007 Walk of
Fame inductee) and Dallas Smith (performing hymns by Indiana's Homer
Rodeheaver, 2008 inductee)
- 11:00 - 11:50
Evan Ward,
1st Bluegrass album now on the charts: "The Beginning;" Evan
is a Northeastern High School graduate & banjo prodigy
performing with a great band: Audie Blaylock and Redline
- 12:10 – 12:40
Comedy
and Music by Uncle Doc Wilhite, a famous Uncle Dave Macon look-alike! In
honor of Uncle Dave Macon, 2008 inductee and a star of the Grand Ole Opry
for many years
- 1:00- 1:50
Mike Compton
(Mandolin star - Bill Monroe was his mentor) playing with his partner
David Long. Mike recorded on the "O Brother Where Art Thou" sound-track
and will play songs from the album. (Instruments: hear a mix of mandolins,
mandolas, guitars, octave mandolins)
- 2:00 – 3:00
Children's
Latino Festival
- Performing: Sol Jaliscience Mariachi Band
- Children's
Activities:
Amigos Mexican Dancers teaching children a dance! Pinata fun! Face
Painting! Games! Free refreshments for children. Special volunteers:
Corazon Latino, students of Earlham College & the City
- 2:45
Festival Chorus: "Sing
What a Wonderful World" (with Louis Armstrong). Everyone invited! We'll
record the song to send to area service men and women! Pastor
Judi Marshall will lead the Chorus
- 3:00 pm
Rubber Duck Record Regatta:
Buy
a duck – perhaps you'll win the grand prize if your duck is first in this Whitewater
River race
- 4:00 pm Induction Ceremony
- All Day -
food vendors &
tasty treats
Evening Activities:
- The Legacy Continues ... Indiana’s Bluegrass Super Star – Larry Sparks and
the Lonesome Ramblers
- 2008 Category: Bluegrass
- Awardee: Larry Sparks
- Tickets: $20(stage/front) or $10(general admission)
- 6:30pm
Charlie Estes and Friends – country, gospel, patriotic and western favorites
- 7:45pm
Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers - Twice International Bluegrass
Association Male Vocalist of the Year. 40
years of traditional bluegrass.
2007
Inaugural Celebration
With over $70,000 in support from the Indiana Office of Tourism
Development through the Lt. Governor's Quality of Place Initiative,
the Starr-Gennett Foundation hired a team led by the National Trust
for Historic Preservation's Heritage Tourism Program to determine
the best way in which to establish a permanent Starr-Gennett themed
attraction in Richmond, Indiana. The National Trust's final recommendations
encompass the future goals of the Foundation. One of these recommendations,
creating a Gennett Walk of Fame, is currently at the top of the
Foundation's priority list. We are pleased to announce that the 2007 Walk of
Fame Inaugural Induction attracted considerable attention, exceeding all expectations.
You can go to "Starr-Gennett Walk of Fame" online to get a sense
of the media coverage. To donate to the fundraising campaign for the Gennett
Walk of Fame, please click here.
To read the full case statement for the Gennett Walk of Fame, please
click here.
 The Gennett Walk of Fame is located along South 1st Street
in Richmond at the site of the former Starr Piano Company and is embedded
in the Whitewater Gorge Trail, which connects to the longer Cardinal
Greenway Trail. Both trails are part of the American Discovery Trail,
the only coast-to-coast, non-motorized recreational trail.
Markers, like the Louis Armstrong one pictured here, are three-dimensional,
cast bronze and colored tile mosaic emblems in the form of 78 rpm
phonograph records. Each medallion features the classic Gennett
label design and an artistic mosaic rendering of the represented
musician. A smaller, bronze plaque is installed next to each
record to recognize the accomplishments of the inductee(s). The
Foundation estimates the Walk of Fame eventually will contain up
to 80 markers. Medallions are created by Wilson Custom Tile of Omaha, Nebraska. Click
here to see the markers in progress.
2007
Inductees
The Advisory Board's consensus selection for the first inductee
into the Gennett Walk of Fame was Louis Armstrong, whose marker is
pictured above. The following is a list of the first eleven inductees:
To read a brief biography of each of the first eleven
inductees and learn more about the Walk of Fame, please click
here (.pdf - Adobe
Reader Required).
National
Advisory Board
The Foundation convened its National Advisory Board for
the first time in January, 2006, to select the first 11 inductees for the Gennett
Records Walk of Fame. The Advisory Board selects inductees from the following
categories: classic jazz, old-time country, blues, gospel (African-American and
Southern), American popular song, ethnic, historic/spoken, and classical, giving
preference to classic jazz, old-time country, blues, gospel, and American popular
song.
The National Advisory Board was created to help the Foundation's
Board of Directors achieve the goals of the Foundation, and Advisory Board members
are selected for their significant expertise and familiarity with fields related
to the Starr-Gennett legacy.
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