FRONTIER FEST 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
June 9, 2007 at Gardner Village in West JordanCelebrate the sights, sounds and color of the Utah Frontier at the first annual
“FRONTIER FEST” to be held at Gardner Historic Village June 9, 2007.
From a Fiddle Showcase to cowboy poets and old-fashioned “Barn Dance”,
you can experience the exciting cultural heritage of Utah’s Frontier.
A great evening concert will culminate the day featuring “The Nathan McEuen Trio”.
June 9- In THE GATHERING PLACE at Gardner Village
1100 West 7800 South, West Jordan, UT
10:00 AM BLUEGRASS SHOWCASE featuring Champion fiddlers Nate Olson, Laura Steward and Grace Dayton
Family bands- The Geslisons, The Wulfensteins, The Kellers & The Cluffs
Cowboy poets and the Clog America Band. The first 50 people will receive a special prize!
11:30 SINGER / SONGWRITER CONTEST
(See the contest rules)
12:00-1:30 BLUEGRASS SCRAMBLE
The Band Scramble is a fun event that anyone can enter. There will be 5 or 6containers at the registration table. Each containers will have the name of a musical instrument on it. Entrants will write their name on a piece of paper and deposit it in the proper container. At 11:00 AM the Band Scramble leader will draw out a group of 5 or 6 names that will form a band. These bands will rehearse one vocal and one instrumental song throughout the Village until 11:45. The bands will begin performing at noon. Judges will select first, second and third places.
2:00-5:00 TRADITIONAL BARN DANCE featuring Square dancing, contra dancing, line dancing, old-time Utah dances and CLOG AMERICA.
6:30 EVENING CONCERT PRE-SHOW featuring Winners of the Youth Cowboy Poet Contest, the Singer/Songwriter Contest and the Bluegrass Scramble as well as a FUND-RAISING AUCTION.
7:30 The “NATHAN McEUEN TRIO” in concert at the Gathering Place
Recording artist Nathan McEuen has appeared on numerous TV shows such as ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ and opened for the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Kenny Loggins as well as David Crosby & Graham Nash.
FRONTIER FEST is sponsored by CLOG AMERICA, a 501 ( c ) 3 non-profit organization. Proceeds will go towards the preservation of Utah’s Heritage Arts.
TICKET PRICES
10:00 am-1:30 pm BLUEGRASS SHOWCASE, SINGER/SONGWRITER CONTEST/BLUEGRASS SCRAMBLE
$5/ person
Children 5 and under- free
2:00 pm-5:00 pm BARN DANCE
$7/person or $12/couple
Children 5 and under-free
6:30- NATHAN MCKUEN TRIO CONCERT
$15/pre-sale, $17 at the door
Tickets are available through Smith’s Tix- call 467-TIXX or at the door
For an all-day pass of $25 or other information call 755-1189
SINGER/SONGWRITING CONTEST
If you have a story you want to share in song celebrating the lives and times of those who lived in Utah between 1847 and 1869 we’d love to hear it! If your song is chosen as one of the six finalist songs, you must perform your original contemporary song live for us on Sat. June 9th between 11:30 am and noon in order to qualify for a spot as one of the top three winners.
Your song must be based on themes of Utah and or its residents (real or fictionalized), no matter the ethnicity or religion, so long as there is proof they lived in Utah during the time period, between the years 1847 (when the first Mormon Pioneers arrived) and May 10th 1869 when the railroad was completed. Besides the European-derivative pioneers this includes Native Americans, Mountain Men, African-Americans and any others you can document were here during those years. If you write a song for the contest based on a Utah resident not of the above ancestry, please provide proof of their existence during this time and have it authorized by a member of the judging committee before the contest.
The top three winners will receive two free hours of studio time at Pitchfork Studios to record their original song and the top winning songs will be placed on an album that will be produced from the best music of the Frontier Fest.
The first place winner will play his/her composition as part of that evening’s Pre-Show at the Nathan McEuen Trio concert and receive two free admission tickets to the concert. Second place winner will also receive free admission for two, to the concert.
A demo of your song must be sent, postmarked no later than May 7th to:
Frontier Fest Songwriting Contest
C/O Julie Keyser
11723 Country Crossing Rd.
South Jordan, UT 84095
We cannot be responsible for damaged, stolen or undelivered CDs or tapes sent in the mail. Sender is responsible to make sure their demo CD or tape has arrived. CDs and tapes will NOT be returned. Demos do not have to be fully developed and are preferred in their most simple state. We are judging on lyric and melody. Please make sure to include a lyric sheet! The top six finalist will be notified by no later than Friday, May 25th and are expected to perform their song live on Sat. June 9th.
Official songwriting Contest Rules and Regulations:
Songwriters under age 18 must have a parent’s consent. You may submit more than one song for the contest. Each song submission costs $15.00. A portion of the proceeds will go toward the nonprofit Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts.
You can perform your original song yourself, using one or more of the allowable instruments listed below, or you can have someone play and perform the song for you. We are focusing on the strength of the song lyrically and melodically, so a simple accompaniment with one instrument is fine and encouraged. Please have available three copies of your song lyrics for the judges to look at if you are chosen to perform on Sat. June 9th.
Instruments used must have been in use by Utah residents during 1847-1867 or have their origins traced to that time period. See list of qualifying instruments below. If your song is chosen for the album, the accompaniment must come from the instruments listed below or have their origins in those instruments.
While the top three winners of the song contest will be receiving two hours of free studio time to record their original song Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts is not responsible for the cost of hiring musicians or vocalists to record the song.
Instrumentation Rules:
Allowable instruments of that time period: violin, mandolin, banjo, guitar,accordion, harmonica, Scottish pipes, Native American flutes and Native American drums, piano, organ, and even woodwind or brass instruments that existed then. A cappella singing is acceptable. You may use any instrument (or direct descendant of that instrument) whose existence during the years of 1847-1869 you can document. For instance, the steel-string guitar did not exist until1900, but the gut-string guitar did exist during that period and the steel string has its origins in the gut-string and thus can be used. Exception, we are not allowing any electric guitars or any other form of electric instrumentation nor are we allowing any drums except Native American drums, and military drums such as snare drums and field drums. If there is an instrument you would like to use, not listed above, that has its origins from 1847-1869 and was used in Utah by any of the recognized pioneer heritage ethnic groups, then you must be able to document it’s use with the songwriting committee beforehand. We look forward to hearing all your wonderful songs!
Julie Keyser and Clive Romney- “Frontier Fest” Song Contest organizers
For more information please contact Julie Keyser 801-253-4589 keyser65@msn.com.
Contest sponsored by UTAH PIONEER HERITAGE ARTS
YOUTH COWBOY POETRY CONTEST
Not just cowboys write cowboy poetry. Many people, young and old have written poems about the western frontier. We invite you to write a poem for the first annual Frontier Fest Cowboy Poetry Contest to be held in Gardner Historic Village on June 9, 2007. You can write a poem about nature, animals, the land or how peopled lived, worked and played during the early days of the Utah Frontier up to the arrival of the railroad. You can even write a poem about how these things compare to your life today. The instructions for the contest are:
- Send in an original poem to Shawnda Bishop at 11416 Skylux Ave. South Jordan, UT 84095 or email it to IAE123@gmail.com Please include your name, telephone number, address, age and permission from your parents. Send it in before May 25. 2007.
- Eight finalists will be selected from all of the poems received. Finalists will be notified on June 1 and will read or recite their poem in the Gathering Place during the morning of the Frontier Fest Celebration on June 9, 2007.
- At about 1:00 PM, all finalists will be acknowledged and a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awarded.
- The lst place winner will recite his or her poem during the evening concert’s Pre-Show in the Gathering Place.
Everyone who submits a poem will receive a certificate of participation. All finalists will be recognized, on Clog America’s web site and receive a prize at the Frontier Fest to be held June 9, 2007.
