Tuesday, August 09, 2005

The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.

What is the WV Music Hall of Fame ? Where did it come from ?
In the year 2005, it is in the planning stages, and it will rise from out of nowhere to be an entity the likes of which this great state has never seen.

If you are even the slightest fan of music, grab a piece of paper and a pencil, or if you're sitting at your computer, log onto The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame.
West Virginia is about to garner something that has been a long time coming and at the same time, ahead of its time.

Right now, there is an exhibit in the Clay Center entitled "Music of the Coalfields," it's a wonderful pictorial that showcases West Virginia's early coal mine camp settlements, and the music that the miners played during some of the boon years.
The Hall will be home to music history of all kinds emanating from this state. In other words what you'll see and hear is music from the coalfields to the metropolis. A wide array of tastes and styles all of which have made West Virginia an important state with a rich diverse culture.
West Virginia can be proud of its gift to our nation as it has given this country many of it's sons and daughters who have added to the fabric of our lives through music.
The state's colors are blue and gold, and musically our artists have given us everything from the blues to solid gold.
The chief curator for the Hall is soliciting any and all help with this wonderful project. Some of the things that are needed are voluteers of all sorts, memorabilia, pictures, stories both chronolized, and oral, and notwithstanding, any money that individually one could donate, and/ or if there are corporations out there that believe in West Virginia's great musical history and feel it necessary to help foster a showcase with which to proudly display it.
In the years that I've been a resident of this great state, I have seen and heard many great musical artists, and I feel that the time has been long overdue to pay tribute to those who culturally have enriched this state, and given it a sense of itself through music.

For more info on The West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame please call
(304) 342-4412
or log on to www.wvmusichalloffame.com
Support Live music, today tomorrow always and...yesterday!

1 comment:

Jen said...

Charlie,
I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Lipton from the WV Music Hall of Fame today. I hadn't looked at the website until I saw the link on your post. The intro of the site made me happy and brought a joyful tear to my eye. It's great to see such a great program in WV and great to see such a wonderful website to represent the program.

Best of luck to Michael and the WV Music Hall of Fame! Thanks for introducing me to this program, Charlie!

Hope to see you soon!

Jen :)