"Now boys, be good to the tourists!"

We had a great time at the Ozark Heritage Days festival at the Big Spring unit of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways. If you haven't been there, Big Spring is about 4miles south of Van Buren, and was the site of a CCC Camp during the Depression.

The festival included traditional Ozarks music, dance, storytelling (that's us!) and all manner of skills and craft demonstrations. Folks were mightly friendly and seemed to be enjoying themselves. Champ & I even took our turn on a cross-cut saw just to prove that we could do a hard-days' work (if we wanted to!)

We even got some fishing in on Saturday morning on the Current River -- we didn't catch anything, but the river was nice and cool.

We even got to visit with noted Ozark humorist Mitch Jayne, who gave us some sage advice -- "Now boys, be good to the tourists!" -- which sounds almost like a title for one of Vance Randolph's books!

We'll be back down in that neck of the woods soon -- stay tuned for details!

Ozark Heritage Days, June 6-7

Join Champ & Todd on June 6-7, 2008 for Ozark Heritage Days at Big Spring, Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

From what we've read, this looks like a mighty fun and educational time:

http://www.nps.gov/ozar/planyourvisit/ozark-heritage-days-2007.htm

2008 performance dates

Here are the dates we have so far for performances in 2008:

August 30: Storytelling at Big Spring, Ozark National Senic Riverways.

October 11-12: A Haunting in the Hills, Alley Mill, Ozark National Senic Riverways.

October 18: Roaring River State Park, Cassville MO

More details about these events will be added when we have them!

Todd & Champ