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D.C.’s spirit lives on … 23rd festival

THIS IS THE BEST thanks to ALICE APRIL!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be

PLUS – see facebook Selby Minner for a great array of photos and video clips – thanks everybody – it was a great fest!
also check out Debbie Blackwell’s jam session in the club during the festival!

FOR CURRENTLAND STORY ON FEST:   go to page 35 —     http://currentland.com/Portals/0/Archives/PDF/Currentland-Aug13.669a0aff-34db-41aa-9d11-2b307886a0cf.pdf

2013 RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL Aug 30 – Sept 1
Labor Day Weekend will be here before we know it, and with it comes another wonderful Blues festival! This year’s lineup includes none other than award winning LIL’ ED and the BLUES IMPERIALS , ANDREW Jr. BOY JONES, WATERMELON SLIM Fri and Sun, SCOTT ELLISON and someone you never heard of from Kentucky – check out TEE DEE YOUNG online – reminds us of Freddie kind in his 50’s. Tee Dee will bring in a sax player and a Hammond B-3 player – a performing powerhouse.
But out theme this year is ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ stressing that most of our performers here are from Oklahoma . . . Berry Harris, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, Miss Blues .. so credit where credit is due – “wonderful Oklahoma Blues” as Oklahoma Arts Council Director Betty Price said

many times we have sent bands to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis put together by the Blues Foundation..this is the best short I have ever seen about it – and it starts with Brad Absher who has played here in Rentiesville!

LABOR DAY WKND Aug 31, Sept 1, 2 2012 WHAT:	Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out…  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid’s arts and music activities, bar-b-que. We call it the ‘world’s largest back yard party’ and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner.
WHEN:	2012- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun
WHO:	a showcase of 18 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Festival. Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only)
What’s Cool, What’ Not:	Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.
HOW MUCH:	Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!) KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!
CONTACT	(918) 855-0978    dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com, 701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459
Volunteer Option:	It takes a lot of people to do this – we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt!
WHERE WE ARE:	DC Minner’s Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here….Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1 hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City — 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;
MOTELS:	We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. There are new motels in Eufaula, 15 minutes south near the lake…. In Checotah the motel we recommend is America’s Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart.
CAMPING:	Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Lake Eufaula State Park, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend. There is a KOA East of Checotah on I-40
SPONSORED BY:	SPONSORS help make this happen…OK Arts Council, The Current,  Yaffe Metals,  Republic Guitars, James Hodge Ford in Muskogee, the ChecotahCreek Nation Casino, People’s National Bank in Checotah, The Current, The Pulse, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide,  KMOD, Jammin’ John Peters,  KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, The McIntosh County Democrat and the Indian Journal, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix,  SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, Blues Society of Tulsa, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help…!
HOSTED BY:	OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together D.C. and Selby Minner founded it in 2003 so that the Fest could grow into the new millenium.  Our mission is “to preserve and develop African American Music through education and entertainment”.

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Last year’s Saturday night attendance at the Rentiesville Blues Festival broke all records. All down under the tent, on both sides in lawn chairs, and down front around the dance floor!

    Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style – 200 musicians; 30 bands on 3 stages; a showcase of regional OK blues and 4 international headliners; kids free
Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend; come to the longest running big blues fest in OK

HEADLINERS INCLUDE:
LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS –will be bringing their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to Rentiesville. the same musicians for 20 years, Lil’Ed is The Party MAN! . . . band of the year Award from Memphis Blues Foundation, great slide guitar – a powerhouse!

ANDREW ‘Jr. BOY’ JONES – TX – a lifetime in the blues great new album smooooth on the guitar!
TEE DEE YOUNG – Kentucky – ‘Outstanding’ reports Cheryl Yearnshaw of the Blues Fest Guide
SELBY MINNER and Blues on the Move – OK Slim, Homer Johnson, Cecil Gray, Electric Steve; the lady who keeps this Festival alive
SCOTT ELLISON
BONNIE McCOY, the niece of the late great Memphis Minnie. . grew up w Big Joe Wms
FILMORE SLIM of film fame, in from Berkeley CA
MISS BLUES ‘picked to click’ on BB King’s Bluesville, the  real deal, say no more! FUN!  OBHOF
LEON ROLLERSON a legend from Tulsa brings a great revue OBHOF

JIMMY ‘PREACHER’ ELLIS – up from Dallas, everyone loves Preacher OBHOF

BERRY HARRIS – from Stringtown OK and Wichita KS… a life in the blues OBHOF
PRINCE ALBERT and the Royal Knights — New Orleans showtime!!

Debbie and Trish Henning (OKC), Harp Summit with Wes Reynolds, Sonny Hill and more, Mississippi Fever (St Louis), Blue Fire Foley (Stillwater OK), Harley Cowboy Hamm (Checotah), Roger Hurricane Wilson (GA), Dues Paid (Bartlesville OK), Chuck Blackwell and Okla Stew w Jr. Markham, Layce Baker and Black Diamond (CA, OK), Harry and Debbie Blackwell (CA), spoken word poetry with Nancy Harris (OK Gov Arts Award winner) of the Echo Project,. . . A dozen Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famers will grace the stage in abundance this year in Rentiesville, including Jimmy ‘Preacher’ Ellis (TX), Berry Harris (KS), Wes Reynolds, Harry Williams, Pure Silk, Scott Ellison, Baby Ray Mucker… Little Miss Peggy… Selby..Jim Davis and Rt 66 Big Band, Miss Blues, Leon Rollerson, 

RENTIESVILLE is…: 15 miles S of Muskogee, 125 miles E of OKC, 4 Hours N of Dallas and 1 hour SE of Tulsa   www.dcminnerblues.com    dcminner@windstream.net   Info (918)855-0978

MAJOR SPONSORS: F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., The Oklahoma State Arts Council, Wear House 100,  OBHOF
PLATINUM  level: Nichols Dollar Saver of Checotah, James Hodge Ford, A & B Distributors, Budweiser
GOLD level: Leon Rollerson Productions, Currentland, Darkwood Productions, Fenton, The Castle, Square Deal Music, Republic Guitars, Janiece Vest, State Farm Ins., . .
SILVER  level: Janiece Vest, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, State Farm Insurance, the Pulse Magazine, Sue’s Recycling, DDS Dental, The Bank of Eufaula, Gary Coleman Farmers ins., What About Bob’s? Yaffe Metals, . . .
BRONZE level: Frame Lumber, Hoss Style Wheels – Checotah Quick Lube, Armstrong Bank, Peoples National Bank, Foresee Concrete, Buddy’s Convenience Store,  Tedford Insurance, State Farm Incurance, J&J Liquors, Farmers, Gary Coleman,

      The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy!” will rock to the conga drums once again with Jahruba and his drum circles. He is an OK State Arts Council roster artist and their funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) and Domenica Lovera will be back with crafts and face painting as well as Patrick Riley and his all-new MASK MAKING TABLE!!!

World’s best – and largest – back yard party!” . . . Such a variety of people – “This is peace as the world should know it!”. . . A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please!

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by, Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues!! D.C. (1935-2008, in 5 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on.  . . . Kids are free, we keep them busy. The CHS Adult Jazz band  ROUTE 66 BIG BAND will come in courtesy of Jim Davis. And there is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday.  The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find. But adults only in the juke joint, please. All the headliners from the main outdoor stage come inside after midnight and perform their second sets. That part of the show goes on until 5 am! ., …

D.C.’s spirit lives on … 23rd festival

THIS IS THE BEST thanks to ALICE APRIL!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be

PLUS – see facebook Selby Minner for a great array of photos and video clips – thanks everybody – it was a great fest!
also check out Debbie Blackwell’s jam session in the club during the festival!

FOR CURRENTLAND STORY ON FEST:   go to page 35 —     http://currentland.com/Portals/0/Archives/PDF/Currentland-Aug13.669a0aff-34db-41aa-9d11-2b307886a0cf.pdf

2013 RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL Aug 30 – Sept 1
Labor Day Weekend will be here before we know it, and with it comes another wonderful Blues festival! This year’s lineup includes none other than award winning LIL’ ED and the BLUES IMPERIALS , ANDREW Jr. BOY JONES, WATERMELON SLIM Fri and Sun, SCOTT ELLISON and someone you never heard of from Kentucky – check out TEE DEE YOUNG online – reminds us of Freddie kind in his 50’s. Tee Dee will bring in a sax player and a Hammond B-3 player – a performing powerhouse.
But out theme this year is ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ stressing that most of our performers here are from Oklahoma . . . Berry Harris, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, Miss Blues .. so credit where credit is due – “wonderful Oklahoma Blues” as Oklahoma Arts Council Director Betty Price said

AND. . .

many times we have sent bands to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis put together by the Blues Foundation..this is the best short I have ever seen about it – and it starts with Brad Absher who has played here in Rentiesville!

LABOR DAY WKND Aug 31, Sept 1, 2 2012 WHAT:	Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out…  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid’s arts and music activities, bar-b-que. We call it the ‘world’s largest back yard party’ and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner.
WHEN:	2012- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun
WHO:	a showcase of 18 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Festival. Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only)
What’s Cool, What’ Not:	Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.
HOW MUCH:	Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!) KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!
CONTACT	(918) 855-0978    dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com, 701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459
Volunteer Option:	It takes a lot of people to do this – we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt!
WHERE WE ARE:	DC Minner’s Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here….Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1 hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City — 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;
MOTELS:	We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. There are new motels in Eufaula, 15 minutes south near the lake…. In Checotah the motel we recommend is America’s Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart.
CAMPING:	Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Lake Eufaula State Park, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend. There is a KOA East of Checotah on I-40
SPONSORED BY:	SPONSORS help make this happen…OK Arts Council, The Current,  Yaffe Metals,  Republic Guitars, James Hodge Ford in Muskogee, the ChecotahCreek Nation Casino, People’s National Bank in Checotah, The Current, The Pulse, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide,  KMOD, Jammin’ John Peters,  KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, The McIntosh County Democrat and the Indian Journal, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix,  SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, Blues Society of Tulsa, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help…!
HOSTED BY:	OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together D.C. and Selby Minner founded it in 2003 so that the Fest could grow into the new millenium.  Our mission is “to preserve and develop African American Music through education and entertainment”.

PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

Last year’s Saturday night attendance at the Rentiesville Blues Festival broke all records. All down under the tent, on both sides in lawn chairs, and down front around the dance floor!

    Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style – 200 musicians; 30 bands on 3 stages; a showcase of regional OK blues and 4 international headliners; kids free
Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend; come to the longest running big blues fest in OK

HEADLINERS INCLUDE:
LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS –will be bringing their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to Rentiesville. the same musicians for 20 years, Lil’Ed is The Party MAN! . . . band of the year Award from Memphis Blues Foundation, great slide guitar – a powerhouse!

ANDREW ‘Jr. BOY’ JONES – TX – a lifetime in the blues great new album smooooth on the guitar!
TEE DEE YOUNG – Kentucky – ‘Outstanding’ reports Cheryl Yearnshaw of the Blues Fest Guide
SELBY MINNER and Blues on the Move – OK Slim, Homer Johnson, Cecil Gray, Electric Steve; the lady who keeps this Festival alive
SCOTT ELLISON
BONNIE McCOY, the niece of the late great Memphis Minnie. . grew up w Big Joe Wms
FILMORE SLIM of film fame, in from Berkeley CA
MISS BLUES ‘picked to click’ on BB King’s Bluesville, the  real deal, say no more! FUN!  OBHOF
LEON ROLLERSON a legend from Tulsa brings a great revue OBHOF

JIMMY ‘PREACHER’ ELLIS – up from Dallas, everyone loves Preacher OBHOF

BERRY HARRIS – from Stringtown OK and Wichita KS… a life in the blues OBHOF
PRINCE ALBERT and the Royal Knights — New Orleans showtime!!

Debbie and Trish Henning (OKC), Harp Summit with Wes Reynolds, Sonny Hill and more, Mississippi Fever (St Louis), Blue Fire Foley (Stillwater OK), Harley Cowboy Hamm (Checotah), Roger Hurricane Wilson (GA), Dues Paid (Bartlesville OK), Chuck Blackwell and Okla Stew w Jr. Markham, Layce Baker and Black Diamond (CA, OK), Harry and Debbie Blackwell (CA), spoken word poetry with Nancy Harris (OK Gov Arts Award winner) of the Echo Project,. . . A dozen Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famers will grace the stage in abundance this year in Rentiesville, including Jimmy ‘Preacher’ Ellis (TX), Berry Harris (KS), Wes Reynolds, Harry Williams, Pure Silk, Scott Ellison, Baby Ray Mucker… Little Miss Peggy… Selby..Jim Davis and Rt 66 Big Band, Miss Blues, Leon Rollerson, 

RENTIESVILLE is…: 15 miles S of Muskogee, 125 miles E of OKC, 4 Hours N of Dallas and 1 hour SE of Tulsa   www.dcminnerblues.com    dcminner@windstream.net   Info (918)855-0978

MAJOR SPONSORS: F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., The Oklahoma State Arts Council, Wear House 100,  OBHOF
PLATINUM  level: Nichols Dollar Saver of Checotah, James Hodge Ford, A & B Distributors, Budweiser
GOLD level: Leon Rollerson Productions, Currentland, Darkwood Productions, Fenton, The Castle, Square Deal Music, Republic Guitars, Janiece Vest, State Farm Ins., . .
SILVER  level: Janiece Vest, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, State Farm Insurance, the Pulse Magazine, Sue’s Recycling, DDS Dental, The Bank of Eufaula, Gary Coleman Farmers ins., What About Bob’s? Yaffe Metals, . . .
BRONZE level: Frame Lumber, Hoss Style Wheels – Checotah Quick Lube, Armstrong Bank, Peoples National Bank, Foresee Concrete, Buddy’s Convenience Store,  Tedford Insurance, State Farm Incurance, J&J Liquors, Farmers, Gary Coleman,

      The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy!” will rock to the conga drums once again with Jahruba and his drum circles. He is an OK State Arts Council roster artist and their funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) and Domenica Lovera will be back with crafts and face painting as well as Patrick Riley and his all-new MASK MAKING TABLE!!!

World’s best – and largest – back yard party!” . . . Such a variety of people – “This is peace as the world should know it!”. . . A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please!

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by, Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues!! D.C. (1935-2008, in 5 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on.  . . . Kids are free, we keep them busy. The CHS Adult Jazz band  ROUTE 66 BIG BAND will come in courtesy of Jim Davis. And there is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday.  The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find. But adults only in the juke joint, please. All the headliners from the main outdoor stage come inside after midnight and perform their second sets. That part of the show goes on until 5 am! ., …

D.C.’s spirit lives on … 23rd festival

THIS IS THE BEST thanks to ALICE APRIL!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be

PLUS – see facebook Selby Minner for a great array of photos and video clips – thanks everybody – it was a great fest!
also check out Debbie Blackwell’s jam session in the club during the festival!

FOR CURRENTLAND STORY ON FEST:   go to page 35 —     http://currentland.com/Portals/0/Archives/PDF/Currentland-Aug13.669a0aff-34db-41aa-9d11-2b307886a0cf.pdf

2013 RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL Aug 30 – Sept 1
Labor Day Weekend will be here before we know it, and with it comes another wonderful Blues festival! This year’s lineup includes none other than award winning LIL’ ED and the BLUES IMPERIALS , ANDREW Jr. BOY JONES, WATERMELON SLIM Fri and Sun, SCOTT ELLISON and someone you never heard of from Kentucky – check out TEE DEE YOUNG online – reminds us of Freddie kind in his 50’s. Tee Dee will bring in a sax player and a Hammond B-3 player – a performing powerhouse.
But out theme this year is ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ stressing that most of our performers here are from Oklahoma . . . Berry Harris, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, Miss Blues .. so credit where credit is due – “wonderful Oklahoma Blues” as Oklahoma Arts Council Director Betty Price said

AND. . .

many times we have sent bands to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis put together by the Blues Foundation..this is the best short I have ever seen about it – and it starts with Brad Absher who has played here in Rentiesville!

LABOR DAY WKND Aug 31, Sept 1, 2 2012 WHAT:	Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out…  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid’s arts and music activities, bar-b-que. We call it the ‘world’s largest back yard party’ and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner.
WHEN:	2012- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun
WHO:	a showcase of 18 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Festival. Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only)
What’s Cool, What’ Not:	Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.
HOW MUCH:	Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!) KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!
CONTACT	(918) 855-0978    dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com, 701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459
Volunteer Option:	It takes a lot of people to do this – we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt!
WHERE WE ARE:	DC Minner’s Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here….Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1 hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City — 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;
MOTELS:	We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. There are new motels in Eufaula, 15 minutes south near the lake…. In Checotah the motel we recommend is America’s Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart.
CAMPING:	Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Lake Eufaula State Park, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend. There is a KOA East of Checotah on I-40
SPONSORED BY:	SPONSORS help make this happen…OK Arts Council, The Current,  Yaffe Metals,  Republic Guitars, James Hodge Ford in Muskogee, the ChecotahCreek Nation Casino, People’s National Bank in Checotah, The Current, The Pulse, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide,  KMOD, Jammin’ John Peters,  KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, The McIntosh County Democrat and the Indian Journal, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix,  SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, Blues Society of Tulsa, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help…!
HOSTED BY:	OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together D.C. and Selby Minner founded it in 2003 so that the Fest could grow into the new millenium.  Our mission is “to preserve and develop African American Music through education and entertainment”.

PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

Last year’s Saturday night attendance at the Rentiesville Blues Festival broke all records. All down under the tent, on both sides in lawn chairs, and down front around the dance floor!

    Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style – 200 musicians; 30 bands on 3 stages; a showcase of regional OK blues and 4 international headliners; kids free
Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend; come to the longest running big blues fest in OK

HEADLINERS INCLUDE:
LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS –will be bringing their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to Rentiesville. the same musicians for 20 years, Lil’Ed is The Party MAN! . . . band of the year Award from Memphis Blues Foundation, great slide guitar – a powerhouse!

ANDREW ‘Jr. BOY’ JONES – TX – a lifetime in the blues great new album smooooth on the guitar!
TEE DEE YOUNG – Kentucky – ‘Outstanding’ reports Cheryl Yearnshaw of the Blues Fest Guide
SELBY MINNER and Blues on the Move – OK Slim, Homer Johnson, Cecil Gray, Electric Steve; the lady who keeps this Festival alive
SCOTT ELLISON
BONNIE McCOY, the niece of the late great Memphis Minnie. . grew up w Big Joe Wms
FILMORE SLIM of film fame, in from Berkeley CA
MISS BLUES ‘picked to click’ on BB King’s Bluesville, the  real deal, say no more! FUN!  OBHOF
LEON ROLLERSON a legend from Tulsa brings a great revue OBHOF

JIMMY ‘PREACHER’ ELLIS – up from Dallas, everyone loves Preacher OBHOF

BERRY HARRIS – from Stringtown OK and Wichita KS… a life in the blues OBHOF
PRINCE ALBERT and the Royal Knights — New Orleans showtime!!

Debbie and Trish Henning (OKC), Harp Summit with Wes Reynolds, Sonny Hill and more, Mississippi Fever (St Louis), Blue Fire Foley (Stillwater OK), Harley Cowboy Hamm (Checotah), Roger Hurricane Wilson (GA), Dues Paid (Bartlesville OK), Chuck Blackwell and Okla Stew w Jr. Markham, Layce Baker and Black Diamond (CA, OK), Harry and Debbie Blackwell (CA), spoken word poetry with Nancy Harris (OK Gov Arts Award winner) of the Echo Project,. . . A dozen Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famers will grace the stage in abundance this year in Rentiesville, including Jimmy ‘Preacher’ Ellis (TX), Berry Harris (KS), Wes Reynolds, Harry Williams, Pure Silk, Scott Ellison, Baby Ray Mucker… Little Miss Peggy… Selby..Jim Davis and Rt 66 Big Band, Miss Blues, Leon Rollerson, 

RENTIESVILLE is…: 15 miles S of Muskogee, 125 miles E of OKC, 4 Hours N of Dallas and 1 hour SE of Tulsa   www.dcminnerblues.com    dcminner@windstream.net   Info (918)855-0978

MAJOR SPONSORS: F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., The Oklahoma State Arts Council, Wear House 100,  OBHOF
PLATINUM  level: Nichols Dollar Saver of Checotah, James Hodge Ford, A & B Distributors, Budweiser
GOLD level: Leon Rollerson Productions, Currentland, Darkwood Productions, Fenton, The Castle, Square Deal Music, Republic Guitars, Janiece Vest, State Farm Ins., . .
SILVER  level: Janiece Vest, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, State Farm Insurance, the Pulse Magazine, Sue’s Recycling, DDS Dental, The Bank of Eufaula, Gary Coleman Farmers ins., What About Bob’s? Yaffe Metals, . . .
BRONZE level: Frame Lumber, Hoss Style Wheels – Checotah Quick Lube, Armstrong Bank, Peoples National Bank, Foresee Concrete, Buddy’s Convenience Store,  Tedford Insurance, State Farm Incurance, J&J Liquors, Farmers, Gary Coleman,

      The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy!” will rock to the conga drums once again with Jahruba and his drum circles. He is an OK State Arts Council roster artist and their funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) and Domenica Lovera will be back with crafts and face painting as well as Patrick Riley and his all-new MASK MAKING TABLE!!!

World’s best – and largest – back yard party!” . . . Such a variety of people – “This is peace as the world should know it!”. . . A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please!

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by, Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues!! D.C. (1935-2008, in 5 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on.  . . . Kids are free, we keep them busy. The CHS Adult Jazz band  ROUTE 66 BIG BAND will come in courtesy of Jim Davis. And there is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday.  The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find. But adults only in the juke joint, please. All the headliners from the main outdoor stage come inside after midnight and perform their second sets. That part of the show goes on until 5 am! ., …

D.C.’s spirit lives on … 23rd festival

THIS IS THE BEST thanks to ALICE APRIL!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be

PLUS – see facebook Selby Minner for a great array of photos and video clips – thanks everybody – it was a great fest!
also check out Debbie Blackwell’s jam session in the club during the festival!

FOR CURRENTLAND STORY ON FEST:   go to page 35 —     http://currentland.com/Portals/0/Archives/PDF/Currentland-Aug13.669a0aff-34db-41aa-9d11-2b307886a0cf.pdf

2013 RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL Aug 30 – Sept 1
Labor Day Weekend will be here before we know it, and with it comes another wonderful Blues festival! This year’s lineup includes none other than award winning LIL’ ED and the BLUES IMPERIALS , ANDREW Jr. BOY JONES, WATERMELON SLIM Fri and Sun, SCOTT ELLISON and someone you never heard of from Kentucky – check out TEE DEE YOUNG online – reminds us of Freddie kind in his 50’s. Tee Dee will bring in a sax player and a Hammond B-3 player – a performing powerhouse.
But out theme this year is ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ stressing that most of our performers here are from Oklahoma . . . Berry Harris, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, Miss Blues .. so credit where credit is due – “wonderful Oklahoma Blues” as Oklahoma Arts Council Director Betty Price said

AND. . .

many times we have sent bands to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis put together by the Blues Foundation..this is the best short I have ever seen about it – and it starts with Brad Absher who has played here in Rentiesville!

LABOR DAY WKND Aug 31, Sept 1, 2 2012 WHAT:	Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out…  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid’s arts and music activities, bar-b-que. We call it the ‘world’s largest back yard party’ and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner.
WHEN:	2012- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun
WHO:	a showcase of 18 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Festival. Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only)
What’s Cool, What’ Not:	Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.
HOW MUCH:	Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!) KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!
CONTACT	(918) 855-0978    dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com, 701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459
Volunteer Option:	It takes a lot of people to do this – we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt!
WHERE WE ARE:	DC Minner’s Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here….Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1 hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City — 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;
MOTELS:	We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. There are new motels in Eufaula, 15 minutes south near the lake…. In Checotah the motel we recommend is America’s Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart.
CAMPING:	Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Lake Eufaula State Park, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend. There is a KOA East of Checotah on I-40
SPONSORED BY:	SPONSORS help make this happen…OK Arts Council, The Current,  Yaffe Metals,  Republic Guitars, James Hodge Ford in Muskogee, the ChecotahCreek Nation Casino, People’s National Bank in Checotah, The Current, The Pulse, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide,  KMOD, Jammin’ John Peters,  KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, The McIntosh County Democrat and the Indian Journal, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix,  SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, Blues Society of Tulsa, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help…!
HOSTED BY:	OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together D.C. and Selby Minner founded it in 2003 so that the Fest could grow into the new millenium.  Our mission is “to preserve and develop African American Music through education and entertainment”.

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Last year’s Saturday night attendance at the Rentiesville Blues Festival broke all records. All down under the tent, on both sides in lawn chairs, and down front around the dance floor!

    Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style – 200 musicians; 30 bands on 3 stages; a showcase of regional OK blues and 4 international headliners; kids free
Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend; come to the longest running big blues fest in OK

HEADLINERS INCLUDE:
LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS –will be bringing their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to Rentiesville. the same musicians for 20 years, Lil’Ed is The Party MAN! . . . band of the year Award from Memphis Blues Foundation, great slide guitar – a powerhouse!

ANDREW ‘Jr. BOY’ JONES – TX – a lifetime in the blues great new album smooooth on the guitar!
TEE DEE YOUNG – Kentucky – ‘Outstanding’ reports Cheryl Yearnshaw of the Blues Fest Guide
SELBY MINNER and Blues on the Move – OK Slim, Homer Johnson, Cecil Gray, Electric Steve; the lady who keeps this Festival alive
SCOTT ELLISON
BONNIE McCOY, the niece of the late great Memphis Minnie. . grew up w Big Joe Wms
FILMORE SLIM of film fame, in from Berkeley CA
MISS BLUES ‘picked to click’ on BB King’s Bluesville, the  real deal, say no more! FUN!  OBHOF
LEON ROLLERSON a legend from Tulsa brings a great revue OBHOF

JIMMY ‘PREACHER’ ELLIS – up from Dallas, everyone loves Preacher OBHOF

BERRY HARRIS – from Stringtown OK and Wichita KS… a life in the blues OBHOF
PRINCE ALBERT and the Royal Knights — New Orleans showtime!!

Debbie and Trish Henning (OKC), Harp Summit with Wes Reynolds, Sonny Hill and more, Mississippi Fever (St Louis), Blue Fire Foley (Stillwater OK), Harley Cowboy Hamm (Checotah), Roger Hurricane Wilson (GA), Dues Paid (Bartlesville OK), Chuck Blackwell and Okla Stew w Jr. Markham, Layce Baker and Black Diamond (CA, OK), Harry and Debbie Blackwell (CA), spoken word poetry with Nancy Harris (OK Gov Arts Award winner) of the Echo Project,. . . A dozen Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famers will grace the stage in abundance this year in Rentiesville, including Jimmy ‘Preacher’ Ellis (TX), Berry Harris (KS), Wes Reynolds, Harry Williams, Pure Silk, Scott Ellison, Baby Ray Mucker… Little Miss Peggy… Selby..Jim Davis and Rt 66 Big Band, Miss Blues, Leon Rollerson, 

RENTIESVILLE is…: 15 miles S of Muskogee, 125 miles E of OKC, 4 Hours N of Dallas and 1 hour SE of Tulsa   www.dcminnerblues.com    dcminner@windstream.net   Info (918)855-0978

MAJOR SPONSORS: F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., The Oklahoma State Arts Council, Wear House 100,  OBHOF
PLATINUM  level: Nichols Dollar Saver of Checotah, James Hodge Ford, A & B Distributors, Budweiser
GOLD level: Leon Rollerson Productions, Currentland, Darkwood Productions, Fenton, The Castle, Square Deal Music, Republic Guitars, Janiece Vest, State Farm Ins., . .
SILVER  level: Janiece Vest, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, State Farm Insurance, the Pulse Magazine, Sue’s Recycling, DDS Dental, The Bank of Eufaula, Gary Coleman Farmers ins., What About Bob’s? Yaffe Metals, . . .
BRONZE level: Frame Lumber, Hoss Style Wheels – Checotah Quick Lube, Armstrong Bank, Peoples National Bank, Foresee Concrete, Buddy’s Convenience Store,  Tedford Insurance, State Farm Incurance, J&J Liquors, Farmers, Gary Coleman,

      The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy!” will rock to the conga drums once again with Jahruba and his drum circles. He is an OK State Arts Council roster artist and their funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) and Domenica Lovera will be back with crafts and face painting as well as Patrick Riley and his all-new MASK MAKING TABLE!!!

World’s best – and largest – back yard party!” . . . Such a variety of people – “This is peace as the world should know it!”. . . A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please!

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by, Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues!! D.C. (1935-2008, in 5 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on.  . . . Kids are free, we keep them busy. The CHS Adult Jazz band  ROUTE 66 BIG BAND will come in courtesy of Jim Davis. And there is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday.  The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find. But adults only in the juke joint, please. All the headliners from the main outdoor stage come inside after midnight and perform their second sets. That part of the show goes on until 5 am! ., …

D.C.’s spirit lives on … 23rd festival

THIS IS THE BEST thanks to ALICE APRIL!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be

PLUS – see facebook Selby Minner for a great array of photos and video clips – thanks everybody – it was a great fest!
also check out Debbie Blackwell’s jam session in the club during the festival!

FOR CURRENTLAND STORY ON FEST:   go to page 35 —     http://currentland.com/Portals/0/Archives/PDF/Currentland-Aug13.669a0aff-34db-41aa-9d11-2b307886a0cf.pdf

2013 RENTIESVILLE DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL Aug 30 – Sept 1
Labor Day Weekend will be here before we know it, and with it comes another wonderful Blues festival! This year’s lineup includes none other than award winning LIL’ ED and the BLUES IMPERIALS , ANDREW Jr. BOY JONES, WATERMELON SLIM Fri and Sun, SCOTT ELLISON and someone you never heard of from Kentucky – check out TEE DEE YOUNG online – reminds us of Freddie kind in his 50’s. Tee Dee will bring in a sax player and a Hammond B-3 player – a performing powerhouse.
But out theme this year is ‘Bringing It All Back Home’ stressing that most of our performers here are from Oklahoma . . . Berry Harris, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, Miss Blues .. so credit where credit is due – “wonderful Oklahoma Blues” as Oklahoma Arts Council Director Betty Price said

AND. . .

many times we have sent bands to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis put together by the Blues Foundation..this is the best short I have ever seen about it – and it starts with Brad Absher who has played here in Rentiesville!

LABOR DAY WKND Aug 31, Sept 1, 2 2012 WHAT:	Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out…  35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid’s arts and music activities, bar-b-que. We call it the ‘world’s largest back yard party’ and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner.
WHEN:	2012- Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun
WHO:	a showcase of 18 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Festival. Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only)
What’s Cool, What’ Not:	Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food.
HOW MUCH:	Tickets are $10/day, $15/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!) KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE!
CONTACT	(918) 855-0978    dcminner@windstream.net, www.dcminnerblues.com, 701 D.C. Minner St Rentiesville OK 74459
Volunteer Option:	It takes a lot of people to do this – we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $15 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt!
WHERE WE ARE:	DC Minner’s Down Home Blues Club in Rentiesville, OK (pop. 66)  is in the rural township of RENTIESVILLLE OK. Just off of US 69, follow the signs into Rentiesville to DC Minner Street and you are here….Rentiesville is 15 minutes South of Muskogee, 70 miles SE of Tulsa, 1 hour West of Fort Smith, 2 hours East of Oklahoma City — 2 exits north on  US 69 from I-40;
MOTELS:	We recommend any major chain in Muskogee, 15 minutes up US 69. Travel Lodge, Bacone Inn, Motel 6, Super 8, Ramada Inn. There are new motels in Eufaula, 15 minutes south near the lake…. In Checotah the motel we recommend is America’s Best across from the truck stop, near Wal-Mart.
CAMPING:	Parking is free across the road. Also primitive camping. Or Lake Eufaula State Park, first come first served, as it is a holiday weekend. There is a KOA East of Checotah on I-40
SPONSORED BY:	SPONSORS help make this happen…OK Arts Council, The Current,  Yaffe Metals,  Republic Guitars, James Hodge Ford in Muskogee, the ChecotahCreek Nation Casino, People’s National Bank in Checotah, The Current, The Pulse, Budweiser, Coke, The Blues Festival Guide,  KMOD, Jammin’ John Peters,  KGOU, Preview, Tulsa World, The McIntosh County Democrat and the Indian Journal, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix,  SW Blues, BareBones Independant Filmmakers, Blues Society of Tulsa, OK Blues Society (www.okblues.org), lots of friends who come early and help…!
HOSTED BY:	OKLAHOMA BLUES HALL OF FAME, FRIENDS OF RENTIESVILLE BLUES INC. (a 501 c 3 not-for-profit corporation) together D.C. and Selby Minner founded it in 2003 so that the Fest could grow into the new millenium.  Our mission is “to preserve and develop African American Music through education and entertainment”.

PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE

Last year’s Saturday night attendance at the Rentiesville Blues Festival broke all records. All down under the tent, on both sides in lawn chairs, and down front around the dance floor!

    Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style – 200 musicians; 30 bands on 3 stages; a showcase of regional OK blues and 4 international headliners; kids free
Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend; come to the longest running big blues fest in OK

HEADLINERS INCLUDE:
LIL’ ED & THE BLUES IMPERIALS –will be bringing their seriously inspired and wildly fun Chicago blues to Rentiesville. the same musicians for 20 years, Lil’Ed is The Party MAN! . . . band of the year Award from Memphis Blues Foundation, great slide guitar – a powerhouse!

ANDREW ‘Jr. BOY’ JONES – TX – a lifetime in the blues great new album smooooth on the guitar!
TEE DEE YOUNG – Kentucky – ‘Outstanding’ reports Cheryl Yearnshaw of the Blues Fest Guide
SELBY MINNER and Blues on the Move – OK Slim, Homer Johnson, Cecil Gray, Electric Steve; the lady who keeps this Festival alive
SCOTT ELLISON
BONNIE McCOY, the niece of the late great Memphis Minnie. . grew up w Big Joe Wms
FILMORE SLIM of film fame, in from Berkeley CA
MISS BLUES ‘picked to click’ on BB King’s Bluesville, the  real deal, say no more! FUN!  OBHOF
LEON ROLLERSON a legend from Tulsa brings a great revue OBHOF

JIMMY ‘PREACHER’ ELLIS – up from Dallas, everyone loves Preacher OBHOF

BERRY HARRIS – from Stringtown OK and Wichita KS… a life in the blues OBHOF
PRINCE ALBERT and the Royal Knights — New Orleans showtime!!

Debbie and Trish Henning (OKC), Harp Summit with Wes Reynolds, Sonny Hill and more, Mississippi Fever (St Louis), Blue Fire Foley (Stillwater OK), Harley Cowboy Hamm (Checotah), Roger Hurricane Wilson (GA), Dues Paid (Bartlesville OK), Chuck Blackwell and Okla Stew w Jr. Markham, Layce Baker and Black Diamond (CA, OK), Harry and Debbie Blackwell (CA), spoken word poetry with Nancy Harris (OK Gov Arts Award winner) of the Echo Project,. . . A dozen Oklahoma Blues Hall of Famers will grace the stage in abundance this year in Rentiesville, including Jimmy ‘Preacher’ Ellis (TX), Berry Harris (KS), Wes Reynolds, Harry Williams, Pure Silk, Scott Ellison, Baby Ray Mucker… Little Miss Peggy… Selby..Jim Davis and Rt 66 Big Band, Miss Blues, Leon Rollerson, 

RENTIESVILLE is…: 15 miles S of Muskogee, 125 miles E of OKC, 4 Hours N of Dallas and 1 hour SE of Tulsa   www.dcminnerblues.com    dcminner@windstream.net   Info (918)855-0978

MAJOR SPONSORS: F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., The Oklahoma State Arts Council, Wear House 100,  OBHOF
PLATINUM  level: Nichols Dollar Saver of Checotah, James Hodge Ford, A & B Distributors, Budweiser
GOLD level: Leon Rollerson Productions, Currentland, Darkwood Productions, Fenton, The Castle, Square Deal Music, Republic Guitars, Janiece Vest, State Farm Ins., . .
SILVER  level: Janiece Vest, The Muskogee Daily Phoenix, State Farm Insurance, the Pulse Magazine, Sue’s Recycling, DDS Dental, The Bank of Eufaula, Gary Coleman Farmers ins., What About Bob’s? Yaffe Metals, . . .
BRONZE level: Frame Lumber, Hoss Style Wheels – Checotah Quick Lube, Armstrong Bank, Peoples National Bank, Foresee Concrete, Buddy’s Convenience Store,  Tedford Insurance, State Farm Incurance, J&J Liquors, Farmers, Gary Coleman,

      The Kid’s Village (“children under 12 are free and we keep them busy!” will rock to the conga drums once again with Jahruba and his drum circles. He is an OK State Arts Council roster artist and their funding through a series of grants has helped keep the festival alive over these 21 years. Kid’s Village would not be complete without Joann McMillan and her stick puppets (which require lots of little hands to make them dance across the field) and Domenica Lovera will be back with crafts and face painting as well as Patrick Riley and his all-new MASK MAKING TABLE!!!

World’s best – and largest – back yard party!” . . . Such a variety of people – “This is peace as the world should know it!”. . . A blues festival that is truly unique as it is a family event with lots for children to do – but not after midnight in the old Juke Joint – adults only, please!

Created by D.C. Minner himself with, and now presented by, Selby Minner and the Friends of Rentiesville Blues Inc., the old cotton field out back will ring with the blues!! D.C. (1935-2008, in 5 Halls of Fame) knew they were bulldozing old juke joints every day and has kept his family legacy alive here in Rentiesville, where he was born and raised, for people to enjoy from now on.  . . . Kids are free, we keep them busy. The CHS Adult Jazz band  ROUTE 66 BIG BAND will come in courtesy of Jim Davis. And there is a Gospel Show to start the Festivities on Sunday.  The outdoor part is the most family friendly Blues festival you will find. But adults only in the juke joint, please. All the headliners from the main outdoor stage come inside after midnight and perform their second sets. That part of the show goes on until 5 am! ., …