It was the 4th annual Floyd Americana Fest, “a festival in the heart of Floyd, VA that celebrates our eclectic local music, art, and community” the festival’s Facebook page reads. This year, the stages were spread throughout downtown. I arrived in time to catch the Lamb Brothers playing Grateful Dead tunes at the Cocoa Mia […]
That’s the way I introduced my friend Katherine and myself at the Death Class Poetry Reading that we presented at Yoga Jam 2023. She is a Life Passage Ceremonialist who leans towards the study of the spiritual masters, like the Dali Lama. I am more drawn to the work of master mythologist and Irish wise […]
Meet some of my dance friends dancing to the tunes of Justin Trawick @Yoga Jam. The highlight of Saturday at Yoga Jam was finally getting Ryan Turman to dance with me. Don’t forget to watch your carbon footprint, Ryan! Even Ryan’s dad Mike (whose land the festival is held on) had some moves. That was […]
At the 12th annual Floyd Yoga Jam, life-passages officiant Katherine Chantal opened the festival with the traditional opening ceremony, bringing attendees together to set the sacred and joyful intent for the four-day festival of yoga, wellness workshops, music, dance, art, children’s activities and camping in the great outdoors. Watch HERE. The Theme this year is […]
There were lots of outer towners at Floydstock, a Dogtown and town event scheduled to fill the festival gap after our beloved Floydfest got cancelled. Lots of tie dye could be spotted over the weekend, some with Floydfest logos. And some wore this, ‘going to be historic’ shirt, designed by our friend Sylvester. Blacksburg’s Jared […]
Poetic License? Everyone brought their style to the last day of the 3-day festival. Sunday Best? Richmond poet Joanna Lee was Sunday’s featured reader. Her poem “To the Daughter I Never Had” knocked me out. “There were days I never thought of you, whole stretches of hours I was happy finite. Weeks I got lost […]
At Saturday’s Little River Poetry Festival Brian Magill did a workshop on writing Neanderthal Poetry, poems that consist of only one syllable words, short and with a twist. We read our finished pieces in caveman voices, and if we mistakenly used a two syllable word Karen gave us the gong. Of course, it was all […]
Day 1 Friday evening at Floyd’s Little River Poetry Festival: After dinner in the field Brian hit the gong to call the poets to the big tent stage. I told him I hoped this wasn’t going to be a Gong Show. Later when I was doing my workshop I asked for a show of hands […]
Eighth Annual Little River Poetry Festival Celebrates its Intergenerational Poets and the River That Spawned Its Name – by Judith Stevens Once upon a time, on a long-ago visit to Floyd, Festival founders Jack Callan and his wife, Judith Stevens, asked a Floyd native to help them trace the Little River to its source. It […]
This is the soapbox at the Floydfest Poetree that my poet friends and I once upon a time read poetry on. See HERE. One of these things is not like the other. See HERE. A Floydfest sentiment. Joe helped to build the Pink Floyd stage in the Beer Garden, which included some repurposed lumber that […]
Note: The Floyd County Board of Supervisors is holding a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to the current county ordinance regulating musical or entertainment festivals or gatherings, Tuesday, October 11, 9:30 at the County Administration Building on Oxford Street. The Floyd County Board of Supervisors had an opportunity to hear from Floydfest organizers about the […]
1. Yes, it’s true. Floydfest is moving to a new location. Joe and I have been to every Floydfest in its 20-year history of being on the mountain off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Joe has worked for the festival in different roles over the years, and I’ve been blogging and covering the festival for the […]
