 April enjoys the Fox Valley Festival
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Wade and April attended the Fox Valley Folk Music and Storytelling Festival on Island Park in Geneva, Illinois in the fall of 2002. It is a nice location for the weekend concert and the 2002 festival had a beautiful couple of days for the show. |
 The audience at the main stage
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In fact it was so sunny that in the space in front of the main stage folk gathered in three places - the space right in front of the stage (the die-hards), folk under the tent to the left fo the stage (like April above), and far from the stage under the shade of trees (left). It was a very relaxing atmosphere. |
 Cooper, Nelson, & Early at the main stage
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Cooper, Nelson, & Early are a group devoted to singing traditional folk songs. Their set included well-played traditional ballads and story songs. They had a guest performing with them here (I don't remember his name - he is the person to the far right) who was also good, but sounded a bit more modern. |
 Mark Dvorak performs
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Mark Dvorak played a nice set accompanying himself on both the guitar (left) and later on the banjo. |
 Ellie & Leela Grace at the main stage
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Ellie & Leela Grace (sisters in a very musical family) were one of our favorite acts of the day. Multi-instrumentalists playing guitar, banjo, and fiddle, they played traditional songs, their own compositions and even threw in some folk dancing demonstrations. A very entertaining set! |
 Songwriting Summit
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Workshops were held in a couple of tents at the festival grounds. This is the third workshop tent when it was hosting the "Songwriting Summit" featuring Cosy Sheridan, Tom Dundee, and The Cantrells. |
 The Cantrells perform with Tom Dundee listening in
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The Cantrells (a husband and wife team) were among the songwriters performing at the "songwriting summit" workshop on Saturday. Tom Dundee (another good singer-songwriter pictured in the center) listens while Ms. Cantrell sings. |
 Cosy Sheridan at the Songwriting Summit
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Cosy Sheridan was a crowd favorite at the main stage and performs here at the Songwriting Summit with Tom Dundee and The Cantrells. |
