Festival Frenzy: Wooly Worm

The Wooly Worm Festival - 10/23

Welcome to my eighth and final installment of Festival Frenzy! Thank you to everyone who has taken time out of their day to follow my festival performances around the Bluegrass! I am already yearning for next year's festival season to kick off... For those of you who don't know and have been wondering, Where's Taylor and why hasn't she been posting anything lately?, well first of all thank you for caring. Secondly, I got married! Now that all the showers, parties, and cross country honeymoons are over, I am back in full swing and ready to get down to business! So without further adieu (blabbering)... 


The Wooly Worm is an annual festival held in Beattyville, KY. It is complete with a pageant, parade, vendor booths, and live entertainment. I have sang at the Wooly Worm for a number of years and I was glad they asked me to return this year. First, I sang on a smaller stage from 4:00-5:00. My good friends from 104.9 WSKV ran the sound and did the DJ work; it is always a pleasure to work with them. There was a pretty good crowd there despite it was early in the evening. There was even a nice lady that brought me a Billy Joel record when she heard me say he was one of my favorites before singing "Piano Man." 

At 6:00, I hopped over to the main stage to entertain for another hour. The main stage is located in the heart of downtown Beattyville. It is located right next to the Wooly Worm races. Yes, you can watch little black fuzzy creatures race up a string...thus the Wooly Worm Festival. The stage itself is wooden, decorated in flowers and fall arrangements, and the audience sits in front under a giant white tent. I was happy to look out under the tent and see some people I knew in the crowd. The guys from Mister DJ sound worked this stage and they are also some friends of mine. Like I said, lots of familiar faces that day :)

I loved performing at the Wooly Worm, especially since it is so close to home for me. I can't wait for next year's festival and I hope they have me back! 

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