steamboat days 2014 official festival guide

Official festival Guide

OCTOBER 2014STEAMBOAT DAYS 2014

We are very excited to be announcing the returnof the Steamboat Days Festival to Jeffersonvilleafter 15 years away.Our committee began meeting and organizingfor this event more than 18 months ago and weare very proud of the product that we will bepresenting to residents and visitors Oct. 17-19After a decade-and-a-half hiatus, this festivalwill be returning bigger and better than ever. The festival will coincide with the completion ofthe Big 4 Station Park at the foot of the Big 4walking bridge ramp, and will be in conjunctionwith Louisville’s Centennial Festival of River-boats and its celebration of the Belle ofLouisville’s 100th birthday. The 2014 Steamboat Festival will havesomething for everyone. Our Art Village willcontain a wide variety of mediums such assculptures, photography, wood, clay, floral,jewelry and many more. The Writer’s Block willhave award-winning authors signing andreading excerpts from their latest novels.If you are looking for healthy activities for thewhole family, visit our family fun zone whereyou can climb the rock wall, sail through the airon the “Zip Line” or leap around in the inflatablebounce houses.You can enjoy some of the finest music the areahas to offer, from the Bluegrass sounds of the23 String Band to the classic rock ‘n’ roll of theLouisville Crashers.Thank you to everyone who provided thecommittee with memories of past Steamboat

Days Festivals and ideas for the current andfuture festivals. Special thanks to Jeffersonville’sUrban Enterprise Zone, City Council and Redevel-opment Commission, which each gave $20,000to the project, as well as Jeffboat, which alsodonated $20,000.

Steamboat Days Festival Advisory CommitteeSara SchutzLisa GillConnie SellersClaudia GatewoodCandy StewartMatt OwenShane CorbinJay EllisPaul Northam Lucy DaleoJanice MolnarRebecca MarkoskiRick Lovan

STEAMBOAT PINS AVAILABLETake home a festival keepsake. Commemora-tive pins, with the design pictured here, will beavailable for $5 at the information booth,located on Riverside Drive [see map on page16].

The Indiana built in 1900.

WHAT’S INSIDEPARADE INFO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5FESTIVAL SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6STEAMBOAT DAYS RETURNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7JEFFBOAT HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10FESTIVAL MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16HOWARD STEAMBOAT MUSEUM . . . . . . . . . . . .20LIST OF ARTISTS AND WRITERS . . . . . . . . . . . .22DEMONSTRATING ARTISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23FESTIVAL OF RIVERBOATS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27LIVE MUSIC PROFILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

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PARADE GRAND MARSHALS

JEFF/GRC 13-14 SOFTBALL TEAMLITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES PARTICIPANTS

Jeff/GRC’s age 13-14 softball All-Stars represented theirhometown all the way to the Little League World Series inKirkland, Wash. this summer. The girls first captured the District 5and Indiana state titles in tournaments at Clarksville Little League.In central region play at Akron, Ohio, the All-Stars lost theiropening game but battled back through the elimination bracket towin the region crown and earn a World Series berth. At Kirkland,Jeff/GRC went 2-2 in pool play and advanced to the World Seriesquarterfinal before falling to Arizona, 4-2. Team members are Juliette Schuur, Kaylee Strong, Kurin Worgull,Faith Denig, Casey Schweitzer, Lizzy Coons, Camryn Teague,Jordynne Durbin, Amy Steinmetz, Jennah Tincher, Jennifer Peffleyand Meghan Lay. Manager is Jason Schuur; Assistant coaches areTodd Teague and Jeff Peffley.

CATCH THE TEAM AT THE STEAMBOAT DAYS PARADE• The Steamboat Days Parade begins at 11 a.m. Oct. 18 alongCourt Avenue, with a 11:30 celebration at Warder Park.Awards will be given at noon.

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SPECIAL EVENTS• The Steamboat Days 10K & Family FunRun will be held Oct. 18. The 10K begins at8:30, with the two-mile fun run/walk startingat 8:40.• The Steamboat Days Parade begins at 11a.m. Oct. 18 along Court Avenue, with a11:30 celebration at Warder Park. Awardswill be given at noon.• Sugar Maples Fall Festival — will be heldfrom 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 18 near thebusiness on Maple Street.

BEER WINE AND FOOD• Food vendors will be open all three days atvarious locations around the festival. Theseopen at 11 a.m. and close as late as 10 p.m.Oct. 17-18 and 5 p.m. Oct. 19; The OverlookBeer Garden will be open from 5 to 10 p.m.Oct. 17 and noon to 10 p.m.; the craft brewtent will feature 30 local and regionalseasonal brews. It will be open from 11 a.m.to 10 p.m. Oct. 17-18 in Cluckers parking lot;the City Pride Wine Garden will be located atGlossbrenner Garden and is open 7 to 10p.m. Oct. 17-18.

RIVERSTAGE SCHEDULE [SEE PAGE 30FOR BAND DETAILS]OCT. 17• Juggernaut Jug Band — 6 to 7 p.m.• Appalatin — 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.• 23 String Band — 9 to 10:30

OCT. 18• Fiddle Fest — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. [see page31 for more information]• The Hart Strings — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.• Caribou — 6 to 7 p.m.• Juice Box Heroes — 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.• The Louisville Crashers — 9 to 10:30 p.m.

OCT. 19• noon to 2 p.m. — Dance-A-Thon featuringDanceNation, Simmonds Performing Arts,SIGS, RDA and Kids ROCK the Boat• No True Lies — 2 to 2:45 p.m.• Black Friday — 3:05 to 3:50 p.m.• Forever Fades Away — 4:10 to 5 p.m.

OTHER LIVE MUSIC• The Craft Brew Tent at Cluckers will feature

live music from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 17 and R&Rwill play from 2 to 5 p.m. and Josh & Hollyfrom 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 18.

ART VILLAGE AT BIG FOUR STATIONOCT. 17• Art booths — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.• Live entertainment — 4 to 7 p.m.

OCT. 18• Art booths — 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.• Live music — Corydon Dulcimer Society,noon to 1:30• Live entertainment — 2 to 7 p.m.

OCT. 19• Art booths — 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SPRING STREET HAPPENINGS• Craft booths open at 11 a.m. each day ofthe festival. They close at 10 p.m. Oct. 17-18and 5 p.m. Oct. 19. A Cut-A-Thon begins at11 a.m. Oct. 18-19, ending at 6 p.m. Oct. 18and 5 p.m. Oct. 19.

ART DEMONSTRATORS• Art demonstrations will take place aroundthe festival from 3 to 6 p.m. Oct. 17, 3 to 6:30p.m. Oct. 18 and 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 18. Demon-strations include: stone carving,blacksmithing, glass-blowing, boat building,wood turning, an aerosol muralist and a timecapsule.

WRITER’S BLOCK• Open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 17-18 and11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Chestnut Street; balloonstage entertainment will take place from noonto 6 p.m. the first two days and noon to 4p.m. Oct. 19.

FAMILY FUN ZONE• The Family Fun Zone at Colston Park willopen at 11 a.m. each day, closing at 7 p.m.Oct. 17-18 and 5 p.m. Oct. 19. It will featurethe Big Four Train, Eurobungy, an obstaclecourse, a bounce house, Field of Dreamspony rides, a climbing wall and a zip line.

SUNNY SIDE BALLOON GLIMMER• The balloon glimmer will take place from 5to 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at Big Four Station park.

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BY APRIL [email protected]

JEFFERSONVILLE — When Mayor MikeMoore spoke to Jeffersonville residentsduring his 2011 campaign, oneof the things people continuallybrought up was SteamboatDays. Residents told the then-candi-date they missed the defunctannual event, which was heldfrom 1973 until 1999. Theywanted to see it return in bettershape than it had left. Now,residents and tourists alike willhave the opportunity to see justthat as Jeffersonville breathesnew life into the beloved festival.“I have received a lot of comments asking ifwe would ever bring back Steamboat Days,”said Moore. “I’m happy to bring it back. I’m

excited myself.”The mayor theorizes that the festivalembedded itself into people’s minds not justbecause of its impressive 26-year run, but

because it felt unique to the city.“We’re built along the Ohio River.Our history is tied to steam-boats. It always has been,”Moore said. “I think that makesthis festival different than a lot ofother festival. It’s ours.”Steamboat Days returns to theJeffersonville waterfront anddowntown Oct. 17-19 with arenewed focus on the arts and acommitment to family friendli-

ness. The three-day festival piggybacks offthe Centennial Festival of Riverboats, whichruns Oct. 14-19 in Louisville.

A boatload of fun Jeffersonville excited aboutSteamboat Days festival relaunch

SO YOU KNOW• General SteamboatFestival Days hours are11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Oct.17-18 and 11 a.m. to 5p.m. Sunday. The paradewill be held at 11 a.m.Oct. 18 on Spring Street.Visitjeffsteamboatdays.comfor more information.

SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 8The J.M. White, built in 1878, was the 276th boat built at Howard Shipyards in Jeffersonville.

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Both festivals are free and open to the public.Steamboat Days will utilize the recentlycompleted Big Four Station park and nearbyblocks. It will feature a juried art village, live artdemonstrations, musical concerts on the River-Stage, a children’s area, a parade, and wine andcraft beer gardens.

THE RETURNShane Corbin, director of planning and zoningfor Jeffersonville and a member of the Steam-boat Days organizing committee, said theseofferings are a response to the complaints atten-dees had about the festival in its final years.

“It turned into a poor qualityevent, more

like a county fair than a festival in the heart of acity,” he said. “With the junkier vendors, the

crowd got rowdier, more ofa party crowd, and itbecame less family friendly.”That played into the decisionfrom the planningcommittee not to allow anylocal business or politicallyaffiliated vendors.“There are other opportuni-ties for that stuff,” saidCorbin. “This is a festival for

residents. We didn’t want to have an atmospherewhere somebody is trying to sell you somethingthe whole time.”Instead, the juried art village will feature boothsof local artists and crafters. While these vendors

will all be selling their wares, organ-izers expect it will

still be a more relaxed atmosphere than manyare used to. Continuing with the art theme, several artdemonstrations are planned throughout the longweekend, including a temporary mural on thefloodwall, glassblowing and a deluxe black-smithing team. There will also be a “Writer’sBlock” at the festival, where visitors can meet 15to 20 local authors and explore their literaryofferings.Corbin said the goal is to make thefestival feel less like a flea market andmore like an experience where you canbroaden your horizons.Moore agrees, adding, “It’s got a littlebit of everything.”

ENTERTAINING PROSPECTSA parade is planned. There’s also a solidlineup of music performances, capped off by the23 String Band and Louisville Crashers playingFriday and Saturday night, respectively. Morethan a dozen food trucks and vendors also areexpected, in addition to the restaurants andbusinesses already open in the downtown area.One thing there won’t be is a steamboat, at leastnot on the Indiana side of the Ohio. While therewas talk of The American Queen making anappearance during the festival, those plans fell

through after the steamboat wouldn’t commit tomaking Jeffersonville a regular stop in the future,which is what the city council wanted before itwould approve $40,000 needed to update thedock so it could accommodate a steamboat.Fortunately for any Steamboat Day attendeeswho want to see paddlewheels in action,Louisville’s concurrent Centennial Festival ofRiverboats will feature six steamboats — the

Spirit of the Jefferson, the River Queen,the Belle of Cincinnati, the Spirit ofPeoria, the America Queen and theBelle of Louisville, which celebrates her100th birthday Oct. 18. Organizersexpect many pedestrians from bothsides of the river to utilize the Big FourBridge, which will seamlessly connectthe two festivals.The Louisville festival is expected tobring in 300,000 visitors over its five-day run. Southern Indiana officials

hope to capture a minimum of 15 percent of thataudience.“On a regular Saturday night, there are three tofive thousand people coming across the bridge,”Corbin said. “On a good night, we’re getting fiveto 10,000. Something of this scale, we’d expecta minimum of 20,000, maybe up to 50,000.”

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FESTIVAL: New version will showcase arts, entertainmentCONTINUED FROM PAGE 7

Big Four Station park will be utilized for the Steamboat Days Festival, including for the Family FunZone and the Art Village. It’s bounded by Mulberry, Maple and Pearl streets.

STAFF PHOTO BY TYLER STEWART

SHANE CORBIN

MIKE MOORE

SEE FESTIVAL, PAGE 9

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CROSSING THE RIVERAdditionally, dozens of tour buses are scheduled totake visitors from downtown Louisville to theHoward Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville.Jim Epperson, executive director of the Clark-FloydCounties Convention-Tourism Bureau, jokes that hedoesn’t own a good crystal ball and doesn’t knowexactly how many people will come for theweekend, but he is optimistic.“There’s a built-in connection,” he said, referringnot just to the physical connection of the bridge butalso to the strong ties to the history of steamboats. The tourism bureau will be distributing scheduleslisting everything going on that weekend inLouisville, Jeffersonville and Clarksville. Clarksvillewill be hosting a one-day celebration called River-Fest in Ashland Park from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct.18. Visit clarksvilleparks.com/riverfest for moreinformation.“We’ll be pointing people to that bridge,” saidEpperson. “What better way to bring us alltogether.”Steamboat Days will cost approximately $110,000

to put on. Three government organizations — citycouncil, redevelopment commission and the Jeffer-sonville Urban Enterprise Zone — each gave$20,000. The rest came from private sponsors,most prominently JeffBoat, which donated$20,000.

THE ORIGINSThe original festival in 1973 was held as afundraiser for the Howard Steamboat Museum aftera devastating fire two years earlier nearly shutteredthe place for good. Pat Vangilder was one of the sixkey people who organized the inaugural SteamboatDays.She recalls donning period costumes for thatinaugural event. The women were Southern belleswhile the men dressed as card players from the1800s. While no historical costuming has beenannounced for the revamped festival, Vangilder saidshe is still excited to see the new iteration.“I think it’s about time,” she said of the decision tobring the festival back. “We had a good time doingit. We were delighted to be doing something good,and we kept it going for a while. … I think a newfestival will really be something.”

FESTIVAL: Event originally took place between 1973 and 1999CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8

A model of the City of Jeffersonville steamboat is on display at the Howard SteamboatMuseum. The Howard Shipyards operated from 1834-1942 and this side-wheeler was built in1891 and docked in Jeffersonville.


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did when the original shipyard at the samelocation opened in 1834.“It’s the age-old business that’s never goingaway,” said Patrick Sutton, vice president ofJeffboat,.

THE HISTORYJeffersonville’s river transport history began whena 19-year-old James Howard founded the HowardShipyards to produce steamboats. “It was the beginning of river traffic,” Lutgringsaid.

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Jeffersonville’s boat buildinglegacy continues for 180 years

SEE JEFFBOAT, PAGE 12Welders use a torch to create an access hole in the siding of a 10,000-barrel river barge atJeffboat in Jeffersonville. STAFF PHOTO BY TYLER STEWART

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Keith Norrington, director and curator of theHoward Steamboat Museum, said that theshipyard had as many as 400 to 500 workers.“So even way back then, it was quite anemployer,” Norrington said. Over the next 107 years, the 52-acre shipyardstayed in the Howard family amid manychanges in the steamboat industry — includinga shift from wood to steel production in theearly 1900s and the abandonment of oxen andhorse power to move large parts.Ownership switched hands in 1942 when theU.S. Navy took over the shipyard to build LSTs— or Landing Ship, Tank vessels — for WorldWar II. Employment at the shipyard reached anall-time high with 13,000 to 15,000 people. The manufacturer was owned by the Jefferson-ville Boat and Machine Co. after the war ended,officially called Jeffboat in 1957. The companyhas built famous vessels including the GeneralJackson, Mississippi Queen and Casino Aztar.In the 1970s — around the time Lutgring

TIMELINE• 1834 — James Howard opens theHoward Shipyards when he is 19 years oldand builds his first boat, The Hyperion• 1878 — Howard Shipyards’ finest steam-boat, The White, is launched and gains aninternational reputation• 1918 — Shipyard switches from wood tosteel as main material for steamboats• 1942 — U.S. Navy buys shipyard to buildLSTs for WWII• 1957 — Shipyard becomes known asJeffboat• 1970s — Production shifts fromtowboats to barges as primary boat model• 1973 — Jeffboat builds the MississippiQueen• 1985 — Jeffboat builds the GeneralJackson• 1986 to 1989 — Jeffboat mostly closesfor construction while repair sectionremains open• 2014 — 180th anniversary of theshipyard

JEFFBOAT: Ship building in Jeffersonville began in 1834CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10

An LST, or Landing Ship, Tank Vessel, is launched into the Ohio River after the U.S. Army tookover the Howard Shipyards after the start of World War II. The Army later sold the shipyards and itbecame known as Jeffboat in 1957.

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joined the team — there was a ramp-up indemand for barges that has stuck around since.Today, Jeffboat is the biggest single site inlandshipyard in the United States at 68 acres, withemployment higher than 1,000 people in themanufacturing division. It’s also the oldestcontinually operating shipyard in the nation.“So many generations of people from Clark andFloyd counties and elsewhere have worked in theshipyards since it started,” Norrington said.

BOAT BUILDING TODAYLutgring said that he’s seen automated workreplace a lot of human work in the 42 years he’sworked at Jeffboat. One of the biggest techno-logical changes he’s seen is in welding.“When I started, what we would have is fourmen with a flat rod weld the same thing in aday,” Lutgring said. “Well, that machine does itin an hour.”Methods for building boats have evolved, but theboats themselves have been “pretty optimal” foryears and years, Sutton said.

“I would say at the end of the day, we reallyhaven’t changed a whole lot because as thetechnologies have changed on how to produce abarge, barge technology hasn’t changed,” hesaid. Steel will always be steel — “So everythingwe need now, we needed 50 years ago.”Kim Durbin, manager of Corporate Communica-tions for ACL, said that the manufacturer is nowin the business of barges.Jeffboat has the capability to produce about fivehopper, or dry goods, barges a week; one10,000-barrel tank, or chemical, barge a week;one 30,000-barrel tank every two weeks; andone 50,000-barrel ocean-going tank every threemonths.“It has a lot to do with the product mix anddelivery to meet the customer’s needs,” she said.Demand is fairly high at Jeffboat right now —orders are backlogged for two years. Lutgringsaid if someone ordered a hopper barge today,they probably wouldn’t get it until 2016.Jeffboat only produces tank barges right now forrivers and oceans. An ocean tank can carry asmuch as 2.5 million gallons of liquid.

JEFFBOAT: Business is booming for JeffboatCONTINUED FROM PAGE 12

Crew members work to attach the side box of an ocean barge at Jeffboat in Jeffersonville.Jeffboat’s parent, American Commercial Lines, is one of the largest employers in SouthernIndiana.

STAFF PHOTO BY TYLER STEWARTSEE JEFFBOAT, PAGE 14

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One of the most frequently carried productsthat Jeffboat’s tank barges transport afterthey’re launched is domestic crude oil. Thebarges carry the oil from the north of theUnited States to refineries off the southerncoast. Sutton said that Jeffboat hasseen an increased demand intank barges as the UnitedStates turns to domesticenergy, at the same time thecountry’s main crude oilpipeline is not being expanded.“I feel like we’re at the heart ofthat issue,” Sutton said. “Weare literally building thesuccess of that.”

GREATER IMPACTRiverboats are the most environmentallyfriendly way to transport goods, the cheapestway and can move more tons faster than anyother form of transportation.

One 15-barge tow carries the loads of 216railcars and 1,050 semi-tractor-trailers — andthe U.S. inland waterways have 60 percentavailable capacity for transport, according toACL.Jeffboat is a big economic player that touchesmany other industries in a kind of ripple effect

beginning on a local level,Sutton said. The shipyard is oneof the largest employers in ClarkCounty.“We are supporting the localcommunity. We are supportingthe local government,” Suttonsaid. “We are a big piece of thiscommunity.”One example of how Jeffboat’seconomic ripple effect works is

its consumption of steel. Sutton said that thecompany uses between 80,000 and 150,000tons of steel a year. That stimulates the steelmanufacturing communities.“So your number starts multiplying,” he said.

SEE JEFFBOAT, PAGE 19

JEFFBOAT: Many barges carry domestic crude oilCONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

A welder adds combing brackets, used to increase structural strength, to the side box of a riverbarge at Jeffboat in Jeffersonville. The company has the nation’s largest inland shipyard.


“Jeffersonville is herebecause of the river.It’s the heritage ofthe community.”

— Keith Norrington, directorand curator of the Howard

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An ocean barge begins to take shape as it nears the end of the productionline at the Jeffboat shipyard in Jeffersonville. The company employs morethan 1,000 in its manufacturing division.

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The 68-acre Jeffboat shipyard has been in operation for 180 years,shifting from wood to steel and using heavy machinery to move theproducts throughout the shipyard. With the technological advances nowin use, Jeffboat is capable of producing up to five barges a week,depending on size.

Then Jeffboat opens up employment oppor-tunities for each barge and each inland portwhile also stimulating the economies of theproducts it delivers.“The river is such an integral part of thiscountry, and people don’t realize it,” Suttonsaid.And it’s been that way for almost 200 years,Norrington said.“It’s still pretty much business as usual inthe shipyard,” he said.Beyond the dollars generated and tons ofproducts transported over the years,Jeffboat and its predecessor have made acultural mark on Southern Indiana.“Jeffersonville is here because of the river,”Norrington said. “It’s the heritage of thecommunity.”

JEFFBOAT: Riveran integral partof countryCONTINUED FROM PAGE 14


BY APRIL [email protected]

JEFFERSONVILLE — The dramatic red Victorianmansion at 1101 E. Market St. in Jeffersonville is formost people simply the Howard Steamboat Museum,but to Ruth Heffern, it will always feel like home.When she was a child, the building was where hergrandparents, Jim and Loretta Howard, lived. It was aplace Heffern remembers bounding up and down thestairs of several times a day without fear or fatigue. When she was older, she would get married in themusic parlor, the same room her parents hadexchanged their vows in 32 years earlier. Heffernremembers slowly walking down the staircase with herfather, neither of them using the rails, which werehandcrafted to resemble the ones on the luxurioussteamboat J.M. White built by her relatives. It was amoment she’d dreamed of since she was that little girl.The Howard Steamboat Museum is as much about theHoward family as it is about Jeffersonville’s role in theera of the steamboat. Visitors to the museum, whichoffers daily tours Tuesday through Saturday, learn thatuntangling the two is impossible.As Heffern puts it, “The river is in my blood.”

THE HISTORYJames Howard founded a shipyard in 1834 when hewas only 19 years old and quickly built it into a thrivingbusiness. Howard Shipyard produced hundreds ofvessels — from the early wood-hulled boats requiringlogs from several states away to steel-hulled boats andthe adoption of welding. Business was lucrative for the family, and in 1890,James’ son Edmonds built the Howard Mansion, athree-floor, 22-room Victorian on a property spanningan entire city block, located directly across from theshipyard.“New Albany has Mansion Row. This is Jeffersonville’sonly one,” said Lowell Smith, an 89-year-old retiredteacher who now volunteers at the museum. “I thinkthat makes this a unique place that can be pointed outwith pride.”Smith, who decades ago spent summers working atthe shipyard, says he loves to point out features in thehome that were cutting edge for its time, like the dualgas and electric chandelier in the music room. Duringthe day, it was powered by electricity from the

shipyard. When the generator was shut off at the endof the final shift of the evening, the family used gas forlighting.Another one of Smith’s favorite things to point out,especially to younger visitors, is the icebox. “You’d be surprised at what people don’t know,” hesays of the precursor to refrigerators and freezers.

THE TOURTours at the museum aren’t scripted, which meansvolunteers like Smith, as well as the director andcurator Keith Norrington, cater their information to theinterests of the visitors. Some are interested in thehome’s unique features, many of which can be tiedback to the Chicago World’s Fair. Others are strictlyinterested in steamboats.The collection features at least a dozen rare miniaturereplicas of steamboats built at the shipyard.

Meanwhile, dozens of unique artifacts illustrate thephysicality and atmosphere of the industry and timeperiod. Items include steamboat whistles and equip-ment used by deckhands. The former are said to be sounique that a discerning ear could identify a steamboatsimply off its sound.It’s an impressive collection, even more so because itall easily could have been destroyed. In 1971, a furnacelocated in the basement underneath the stairwelloverheated and started a fire that could have shutteredthe museum for good.“We’re still recovering from that, honestly,” saidNorrington.The museum reopened a year later and restored orreplaced what it could. One big boost to the rebuildingperiod was fundraising by the community, includingthe inaugural Steamboat Days festival in 1973.

Get your fill of shipping newsSO YOU KNOW• WHAT: HowardSteamboat Museum• WHERE: 1101 E.Market St., Jefferson-ville• HOURS: 10 a.m. to 4p.m. Tuesday-Saturday;1 to 4 p.m. Sunday• ADMISSION: $7 foradults; $6 for seniors,children and military;kids 6 and under get infree• WEBSITE: steamboat-museum.org

UPCOMINGEVENTS AT THEMUSEUMSUNDAY, OCT. 5 • Book signing withMartha Driscoll, authorof “Nosey’s Wild Rideon the Belle ofLouisville”

OCT. 18• River Ramblings withCapt. Clarke Hawley, 3p.m.

OCT. 19 “Paddlin’ into the Past,”a two-hour sight/soundprogram on the historyof the Belle of Louisville;presented by steamboathistorians David andJonathan Tschiggfrie, 3p.m.

OCT. 23• Octoberfest, a winetasting event at theAmerican CommercialLines building, 6:30 to9:30 p.m.

DEC. 14• Christmas OpenHouse, 1 to 4 p.m.

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Keith Norrington, pictured in the property’s Pilot House, is director and curator of the Howard SteamboatMuseum. Norrington began volunteering at the property in 1968 at age 14 and has a love of steamboats.


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Norrington first experienced the museum in 1963,when he first toured the mansion as a third-grader. Hestarted volunteering at the mansion in 1968, at age14.That first tour he took when he was 9 was given byLoretta Howard. He said it was her storytelling thatfirst drew him into the steamboat era and steamboats.He said he remembered one story Loretta told aboutjumping on a steamboat and working as the cookbecause they needed one. All on a whim. She was justthat kind of person. “She could do anything,” Norrington said.After that tour, he says he was “hooked on steam-boats.”As for why Norrington felt so attached to steamboats,he couldn’t describe it. “I don’t know exactly. There’s just something aboutthem.”

TODAYThese days, the Howard Steamboat Museum reliesexclusively on special events, donations and member-ships to raise funds for daily operations. Each spring,

the property hosts an arts and antiques event. Jeffer-sonville-based American Commercial Lines Inc.,which owns Jeffboat, holds a gold scramble duringthe summer to raise money. Then, in the fall, themuseum hosts a wine-tasting and silent auction.Even with these reoccurring annual events and otherspecial programming, Norrington said too high apercentage of the museum’s 5,000 to 6,000 annualvisitors are tourists rather than locals. He suspects it’sthe museum’s lack of funds for marketing and adver-tising. The fact that the home is on the south end ofthe floodwall doesn’t help keep the property inpeople’s minds either.“A lot of residents don’t realize we’re here,” he says.Norrington and Heffern both hope that might changewith the revamped Steamboat Days and the concur-rent Centennial Festival of Riverboats in Louisville.They know dozens of buses will be stopping by withtourists, but hope locals will also feel inspired to learnmore about their city’s ties to the steamboat industry.“There’s so much history there,” says Heffern. “I hopepeople get that history, the wonderful world of steam-boats and the part they played in culture. And, ofcourse, I hope they hear about my grandmother andgrandfather.”

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The parlor of the Howard Steamboat Museum in Jeffersonville is pictured. The HowardMansion was finished in 1890 and built by employees of the adjacent HowardShipyards. Some of the furnishings were purchased at the World’s Fair in Chicago.


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THE BROTHERHOOD OF FRIENDLY HAMMERMENThe Brotherhood of Friendly Hammermen was founded in 2012 to forge large artitems with a striking team. Using multiple strikers swinging sledge hammers thestrikers swing in sequence with up to four hammers. Founding members Steve King, Dave Kunkler, Jason Hardin and Jeff Reinhardtare all members of the Indiana Blacksmithing Association’s local satellite group,The Southern Indiana Meteorite Mashers. Since the BFH group was founded,others have joined including Butch Sparks, Mike Mills, Aaron and Vickie Baker,Richard Hammer and Pete Riddle.Using a large coal burning forge the team forges art items of up to 70#, all byhand. Forging with a team of strikers on large items often takes two men ontongs to hold the item on the anvil and requires a very careful forge operator. The team is just that, many working together as one to complete a task. The taskinvolves four sledges swinging in time and 2250F steel however so practice andskill are paramount. This team brings more than 50 years combined black-smithing experience to the anvil.

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ART DEMONSTRATORS• Art demonstrations will take place around the festival from 3 to 6 p.m.Oct. 17, 3 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 18 and 1 to 6 p.m. Oct. 18. Demonstrationsinclude: stone carving, blacksmithing, glass-blowing, boat building, woodturning aerosol muralist and a time capsule.

SKIPPING FISH BOAT SCHOOLSkipping Fish Boat School will be near RiverStage allthree days of the festival. They will be giving kayak-building demonstrations and more.In 2007, Kimberley Hillerich and Dennis Pidgeon decidedto combine their artistic energy and practical talent tocreate an innovative business that connects people toKentucky’s waterways and reunites them with the naturalworld. “When someone builds a boat, it’s an assertion that theystill believe in the extraordinary potential of the present,”said Kimberley and Dennis.Skipping Fish Boat School is taking the kayaking experi-ence to the next level. In fact, the name of their businesswas inspired by a kayak trip on the Ohio River. Kimberley and her friend were on a sunrise paddle andnoticed there were little silver fish jumping and swimmingall around them. There were so many of them thatmorning that the water appeared to be alive. Kimberleyand her fellow paddler playfully named them “silverskipping fish.” Kimberley later found out they weren’t too far off themark — their dancing, silver friends were the OhioRiver’s Skipjack fish.

Skipping Fish Boat School has an appealing range ofprograms for adults and youths ages 13-18 years old.Adult classes are offered throughout the year and avariety of summer camps are offered to youths.Founders and owners Dennis and Kimberly are outdoorenthusiasts who are experiencing a kayak view ofLouisville’s rivers and streams and beyond. Dennis’ loveof flyfishing and the pursuit of newer and more remoteplaces to fish prompted him to build his first kayak. Hehas been building boats for 20 years now. He has paddledextensively on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts, theGreat Lakes, throughout the Pacific Northwest and theNorthwest Territories. He is a historian and he has anextensive knowledge of Ohio River history.Kimberley is the granddaughter of Jane Elizabeth Hudsonof the Allegheny River Hudsons, who owned andoperated the packet boats of the Allegheny River. Shegraduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicagoand has worked as a professional sculptor, working instone and bronze. Kimberley was first introduced topaddling by a friend who took her out paddling on theOhio River in 2004. In one powerful instant she knew thatshe needed to get her own kayak.For more information, visitskippingfishboatschool.org/about

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DEMONSTRATING ARTIST PROFILESBRAYLYN ‘RESKO’ STEWARTNo stranger to creativity, artist Braylyn “Resko” Stewarthas independently gained success that most self-madeartist spend lifetimes to strive for. Born a natural artist in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1984,Stewart soon found himself on a military plane along withhis family to Germany. His father protected the crowdduring the Berlin wall collapse and brought home picturesand a spray-painted chunk of the wall. Little did he know,the impact the graffiti in those pictures would have onhim as well as the German architecture.After moving back to the states and completing gradeschool, he was accepted into the visual arts program atDuPont Manual High in Louisville. There he was exposedto literally every different media of art from textiles tophotography.

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HIGH FLAUTIN’COMMUNITY JAM SESSIONThe High Falutin’ Commu-nity Jam Session will takeplace Oct. 17-19 near thecorner of Chestnut andSpring Streets. This specialJAM session invites thepublic to help decoratemock steamboat smoke-stacks.The Jeffersonville ArtsAlliance (JAA) is group oflocal artists, fine arts educa-tors and art supporters thathave a vested interest insharing their enthusiasm forthe arts. Their Mission is topromote, encourage andinstill appreciation, creationand collaboration of the artsin the city of Jeffersonville,and to have fun doing it.Steamboats originally hadboilers fired by wood. Alongwith the smoke, there wouldoften be flaming emberscoming up from the furnaceand out the top of thesmokestack. Those emberscould and did start fireswhen they landed on the topdeck or cargo.Tall stacks gave the embersa better chance to burn outbefore reaching the deck. Inaddition, the top of thestacks were “fluted.” Flutingconsisted of wire or steelmesh and acted like a smallfence that would break theembers into small pieces.Smaller embers were morelikely to burn out faster thanlarger pieces. As fancierboats were built, the flutingbecame very ornamentaland eventually came to beconsidered and essentialdecorative element of thesmokestack. Vessels withfancy smokestacks anddecorative flutes becameknown as high-falutin’boats.

DEMONSTRATING ARTIST PROFILES GLASSBLOWINGGlass-blowing demon-strations will be Oct.17-18 at SteamboatDays. Hand sculpt yourown pumpkin for $30 onOct. 18. The lead artist isLisa F. Pelo, Clayton,owner of Hot BlownGlass Studio and Gallery— hotblownglass.com.Pelo specializes in blownand solid sculptureglass, cast glass,slumped and fusedglass, metal sculpture,cold forming and fabri-cating.

STONE CARVER LARRY BEISLERStone carver Larry Beisler will have a booth at Steamboat Days, workingon a sculpture of a steamboat. The public will be able to participate in thesculpture formation by chiselingaway stone. Public participation forthis activity is available from 4 to 7p.m. Oct. 17 and noon to 4 p.m. Oct.19. The sculpture will not be avail-able for public participation Oct. 18.Beisler was born in Louisville andhas apprenticed for various artists inhis home city, where he learnedstone carving and bronze casting. Heis experienced in the creation ofscenery and props, doing work forthe Louisville Ballet, Stage One andKentucky Opera.He does commissions for privateindividuals, as well as public sculp-ture. A large bas relief sculpture, created as part of the Millennium Project,and located on the town square in Corydon, is his largest public work.Beisler lives and creates near Elizabeth. He has shown in many galleries inthe area, and has won recognition in many art competitions.Inspiration for his abstract forms comes mostly from nature. Carving is hisgreatest love. He has no preconceived idea as to what he is going to create,but lets the stone tell him what it has to reveal, he said.

TIME CAPSULEFor more than 20 years, this husband andwife team of Al and Penny Nelson, pictured atleft, has worked hands-on with children andadults. They’ve developed a unique stone-carving program that allows participants towork together to successfully create theirown limestone artwork. Al Nelson took up sculpture as a past timeafter serving in the Navy during the Vietnamera. Thirty years and hundreds of creationslater, he is among the top artists in the area.Some of the major sculptures to his credit are“Let’s Play Ball,” a 15-ton fielder’s mitt at theLouisville Slugger Museum; the 10-foot-tall

family group, “Hearts In Harmony,” locatedoutside the downtown YMCA in Louisville;and “Chris,” the seven-foot dragon boat atCherokee Park’s historic ChristensenFountain. Penny Nelson has a public relations degreefrom Lear Siegler Institute in Maryland andhas a wide background in event planning andpromotion. She owned her own interiordesign and fabrication business, MaterialImages, and has worked extensively in thefield of youth ministry and child development. They have combined their talents and honedtheir skills to adapt their workshop for boththe physically and emotionally challenged aswell as the mainstream students.

PUBLIC CAN HELP OUT WITH TIME CAPSULEThe public is invited to help out Al and Penny Nelson with their Steamboat Days time capsulecreation. The public will be able to participate by chiseling the designs out from 4 to 6 p.m.Oct. 17; 3 to 6 p.m. Oct. 18; and noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 19 at Preservation Station.

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LOUISVILLE — Jeffersonville won’t be the only citycelebrating the area’s rich history of steamboats inmid-October.Louisville Waterfront Park will be home to CentennialFestival of Riverboats, scheduled for Oct. 14-19.The big event is Oct. 18, when festival organizers andvisitors will celebrate the 100th birthday of the Belleof Louisville. Festivities kick off at 1:30 that day with ariverboat parade down the Ohio River featuring all sixboats appearing at the festival.

SCHEDULE AND EVENTSOpening ceremonies for the festival will start at 5:30p.m. Oct. 14 and the festival runs until 9 p.m. thatnight. The rest of the event, the festival opens at 11a.m. It closes at 9 p.m. Oct. 15-16; 10 p.m. Oct. 17-18; and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19.The heart of the festival will be Waterfront Park,where there will be historical displays and presenta-tions, live music, calliope contests, the Old ForesterBourbon Landing and an artisan showcase and foodand beverage area featuring local vendors.

Special events include a balloon glow scheduled for7:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 17, which is weather dependent,and the Adventures in Water Education Festival,running from Oct. 15-17.

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ABOUT THE BELLE OF LOUISVILLE• The Belle of Louisville is the oldest operatingMississippi River-style steamboat in the world.Though she’s known today as the Belle of Louisville,she was originally named the Idlewild when shewas built in 1914 at Pittsburgh. She was launchedOct. 18 of that year.She was designed to be a ferry and day packetvessel, for freight work, and was also outfitted forher later career as an excursion boat. Completelypaddlewheel-driven with a steel hull that draws only5 feet of water, she was able to travel on virtuallyevery navigable inland waterway, earning her thedistinction of being the most widely traveled riversteamboat in the nation.She was renamed Avalon in 1948 and the Belle ofLouisville in 1962.The Belle was named a National Historic Landmarkon June 30, 1989.— festivalofriverboats.com and belleoflouisville.org

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Adventures in Water is an education festival along the shores of theOhio River. This real-world extension of classroom learning utilizesa multicontent approach as students rotate through several fun andeducational stations. Community partners also help students learnabout all the amazing ways we use water and connect to the river.Times vary, and details are available at the festival’s website.

THE BOATSAlong with the featured attraction, the Belle, the boats coming tothe festival are:• The Sprit of Jefferson, Louisville — Built in 1963, The Spirit ofJefferson is a charming mix of historic river travel and modernconveniences. With two enclosed decks and outside seating, she isa boat for all seasons and all types of groups.• The Belle of Cincinnati — Lavish Victorian decor sets the atmos-phere for an elegant ride on the Belle of Cincinnati. Each deckincludes a full bar, dance floor and elevator for fun on every level.• The Spirit of Peoria, Illinois — The Spirit of Peoria is one of thelast true paddlewheelers. The boat is powered by two Caterpillar3412 diesel engine generator sets. First and second decks areenclosed and equipped with bars, dance floors, microphones andrestrooms.

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• The River Queen, Newport, Ky. — Tastefully decorated andimpeccably preserved, the River Queen exudes romantic river-boat-era charm. Both climate-controlled decks include aspacious seating arrangement, buffet service and full bar.• American Queen, Memphis, Tenn. — The largest steamboatever built, the grand American Queen is a gracious and eleganttriumph of American ingenuity.

CRUISESSeveral different types of cruises will be offered on every boatlisted, except the America Queen. These include cruises fordining, history and sightseeing and a Taste of Kentucky Cruise.Visit the festival’s website for more information.

RACESThere will be several riverboat races during the festival. Here isthe schedule:• Oct. 15, 4:30 p.m. — Spirit of Jefferson vs. Spirit of Peoria• Oct. 16, 8 p.m. — Spirit of Peoria vs. Belle of Louisville• Oct. 17, 1:30 p.m. — Spirit of Peoria vs. River Queen• Oct. 19, 3 p.m. — Belle of Louisville vs. Belle of Cincinnati vs.American Queen

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been known to play the occasional cover.Notable performances include theKentucky Bluegrass Music Festival in2011 and 2012, the 2012 IBMA World ofBluegrass Conference, 2013 ForecastleFestival and most recently, Louisville’sWFPK Waterfront Wednesday inSeptember this year.

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APPALATINAppalatin is a fusion of Latin andAppalachian folk music, with somemembers native to Louisville and othersimmigrants from Ecuador, Nicaragua andGuatemala. The band, describes its musicas “foot-stomping, hip-swinging” andincorporates guitar and mandolin withAndean flute and harmonica, among othersounds.

JUGGERNAUT JUG BANDThis blues ragtime/jazz/swing band jamson a variety of “hardware” includingwashboards, washtubs, kazoos and jugsas well as more traditional instruments.The Juggernaut Jug Band has been aroundfor more than a decade with seven CDs.

CARIBOUCaribou calls itself “Louisville’s premierrock ‘n’ roll dance band” and has beenjamming since the 1970s. The band has afull seven-piece horn section with trumpet,trombone and saxophone, evolving overthe years from a rock ‘n’ roll only groupinto the dance band it is today.

THE JUICE BOX HEROESThe Juice Box Heroes, a five-piece coverband based in Jeffersonville, is a regularon RiverStage and elsewhere around the

region. They list their influences asnumerous.

NO TRUE LIESNo True Lies is a group of four highschoolers from Floyds Knobs playing alter-native rock. Live performances have asetlist with mostly popular cover songssprinkled in with a few originals.

BLACK FRIDAYMembers of Black Friday list The LouisvilleCrashers among their biggest musicalinfluences, and that’s probably becausethis band is the younger version. BlackFriday is a Southern Indiana cover bandwith favorites such as “Life is a Highway”by Rascal Flatts and “Crazy Train” by OzzyOsbourne.

FOREVER FADES AWAYA self-proclaimed “youth band,” ForeverFades Away has been playing music formore than a year after forming at Mom’sMusic. The members whose ages rangefrom 15 to 19 play all classic rock andmodern pop covers.

— Compiled by Staff Writer ElizabethBeilman

LIVE MUSIC AT RIVERSTAGE

RIVERSTAGE SCHEDULE

OCT. 17• Juggernaut Jug Band — 6 to 7 p.m.• Appalatin — 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.• 23 String Band — 9 to 10:30

OCT. 18• Fiddle Fest — 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.• The Hart Strings — 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.• Caribou — 6 to 7 p.m.

• Juice Box Heroes — 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.• The Louisville Crashers — 9 to 10:30p.m.

OCT. 19• noon to 2 p.m. — Dance-A-Thonfeaturing DanceNation, SimmondsPerforming Arts, SIGS, RDA and KidsROCK the Boat• No True Lies — 2 to 2:45 p.m.• Black Friday — 3:05 to 3:50 p.m.• Forever Fades Away — 4:10 to 5 p.m.

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OCTOBER 2014 STEAMBOAT DAYS 2014

The Arts Council of Southern Indiana will behosting its third-annual Fiddle Fest Contest onOct. 18 during Jeffersonville Steamboat Days atRiverStage.The contest, which runs from 11 a.m. to 4p.m., not only serves as entertainment, butalso as a means to preserve an art form thathas such strong roots in the region, whilealso creating an educational experience foryouth and adult music students. There will be an all-star judges panel,including Daniel and Amy Carwile and RobinThixton, vice-president of the LouisvilleBluegrass Music Association, BluegrassAnonymous.More than $2,000 in prize money will begiven away. To apply, visitartscouncilsi.org/fiddle-fest-2014 or call 812-949-4238.

AMY CARWILEPlaying the fiddle since age 8, Amy’s champi-onships include Northwest Regional,Washington State, Colorado Open, PendO’Reille International and Rocky MountainYoung Adult Championships.She has served as a judge at the Alabama,Kentucky, Oregon, Indiana, Tennessee, and

Wyoming State Contests, Colorado and IdahoOpen, Northwest Regional and the NationalOld-Time Fiddler’s Contest. In tandem withher private music instruction, she travels theU.S. and internationally conducting fiddleworkshops and master classes as well asteaching at summer music camps includingthe International Fiddle School at VanderbiltUniversity and the Mark O’Connor BerkleeCollege of Music Summer String Program. She performs as a duo with her husbandDaniel adding fiddle, piano, and vocals totheir fusion of musical styles. Together, theyown and operate Carwile String Studio inLexington, Ky.

DANIEL CARWILEU.S. Grand Master Fiddle Champion, Danielhas competed in virtually every major fiddlecompetition in the United States. He has beencrowned the Tennessee Valley Old-TimeFiddlers Convention “Fiddle King” an amazingseven times. Other conquests include Alabama, Kentucky,and Tennessee State Championships as wellas Lake Superior, North Cascades, ColoradoOpen, Grand Lake National and The WorldSeries of Fiddling Championships.

When not competing, Daniel can often befound in the judge’s seat, most recentlyjudging Northwest Regional, Wyoming State,Oregon State, Indiana State, Colorado RockyMountain Fiddle Championship and theNational Old-Time Fiddler’s Contest in Weiser,Idaho. He maintains a busy schedule teachingprivately and at various camps andworkshops. He has instructed at MarkO’Connor’s Fiddle Camps and String Confer-ences the past 14 years and taught atVanderbilt University’s International FiddleSchool and The Swannanoa Gathering inAsheville, N.C.

ROBIN THIXTONOriginally from Chetwynd, British Columbia inCanada, Robin Thixton began playing thebanjo at age 14, where she performed forseveral years on the west coast of Canada andthe U.S. with the bluegrass band, Just forFun. She also is an Alumni of South Plains Jr.

College in Levelland, Texas, famed for itsbluegrass and country music program. Whilethere, she was under the tutelage of famedbanjoist, Alan Munde.After leaving college, Robin found herself inNashville, Tenn., performing for over a decadewith the all-female bluegrass group, PetticoatJunction, who were one of the earliest artistson the bluegrass record label, PinecastleRecords. After performing with PetticoatJunction, Robin went on to pick with bandssuch as Blue and Lonesome, Bull Harman andBull’s Eye, the Kati Penn Band and ValerieSmith and Liberty Pike.After meeting her husband, Louisville nativeand fellow banjo picker, Murrell Thixton in2009, Robin moved to Louisville and hassince become involved with the LouisvilleBluegrass Music Association, BluegrassAnonymous. While she’s not out on the roadtouring full time, Robin still performs onbanjo or bass in the Louisville area.

— News and Tribune

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