Category Archives: Floyd Country Store
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Welcome to Appalachia – Make Y’self ta Home!
Posted on May 19, 2012 by Shellie Leete in blue ridge parkway. biking blue ridge. claiborne house bed breakfast, flat footin, Floyd Country Store, Franklin County VA, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailBLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN CULTURE Footlights of the Blue Ridge Heritage Music Program in Rocky Mount, VA At The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast I blog, post, and tell guests about the different happenings around our Franklin County and nearby Floyd where they can enjoy some real mountain culture. There are wing-dings every night of the [...]
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Friday Night Jamboree at the Floyd Country Store
Posted on April 16, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Bluegrass, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, crooked road virginia's heritage music trail, Floyd Country Store, floyd friday night jamboree, mountain musicMUSIC LINEUP THROUGH THE END OF MAY 2012 at the Floyd Country Store Floyd Country Store Friday Night Jamboree – as much music outside and in! Got mountain music? Friday, April 206:30 New Horizon Gospel7:30 Snow Creek9:00 Indian Run Saturday, April 2112:00 Americana Afternoon Brain Gray1:30 Americana Open Mic, Sign Up Sunday, April 222:00 – 5:00 Traditional [...]
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The Floyd Radio Show
Posted on February 23, 2012 by Shellie Leete in blue ridge mountains floyd va, Bluegrass, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, crooked road virginia's heritage music trail, ferrum va, Floyd Country Store, Franklin County VA, Rocky Mount VATHIS IS TOO MUCH FUN TO MISS!Floyd Country Store said: Hey Folks! Just got the word that Wayne Henderson & Helen White will be joining us for the next Floyd Radio Show, along with Old Man Kelly and Jimmy Costa! It’s gonna be a good one, get your tickets now! Floyd is about a 50 minute [...]
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Helicopter view of your driving directions on Google Maps
Posted on October 3, 2011 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, Bluegrass, crooked road virginia's heritage music trail, Floyd Country Store, mountain music, shooting creek roadAwrighty then! For those who want to see the terrain in Franklin County Virginia for real, from above – I want to share this new feature on Google Maps with y’all! I have selected a route going from our place, The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast which is in the heart of Rocky Mount to [...]
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The Floyd Radio Show
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Shellie Leete in Floyd Country Store, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailFloyd Radio Show:Views from Buffalo MountainHosted by Elizabeth LaPrelle and Anna Roberts-GevaltSeptember 3 – Tickets $5.00, On Sale Now!October 1 – Tickets $5.00, On Sale 9/03November 5 – Tickets $5.00, On Sale 10/01December 3 – Tickets $5.00, On Sale 11/05 Come one, come all! This fall, the first Saturday of the month, from the Floyd Country [...]
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Claire Lynch won her second Female Vocalist of the Year for 2010!
Posted on November 2, 2010 by Shellie Leete in biking blue ridge. claiborne house bed breakfast, Floyd Country Store, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailThe Claire Lynch Band this Weekend at The Floyd Country Store - Sunday, November 7 at 7:00 PM Tickets Still Available! Buy them online here or call 540-745-4563 View the whole Nov/Dec lineup at the Floyd Country Store here. Claire Lynch recently won her second “Female Vocalist of the Year” trophy during September’s 2010 International Bluegrass Music [...]
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We still got moonshiners and banjos…
Posted on September 30, 2010 by Shellie Leete in Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Floyd Country Store, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailYA’LL JUST GOTTA GET OUT HERE AND GO TO THE FLOYD COUNTRY STORE FRIDAY NIGHT JAMBOREE! It’s famous, that’s right it is! It has been featured in WA Post, USA TODAY, Roanoke Times, The Smithsonian Magazine and tons of others, see full list here. A guest asked me if this is right in town here, heck [...]
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Floyd Country Store Turns 100 in June
Posted on May 29, 2010 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains, blue ridge mountains. claiborne house bed breakfast, Crooked Road Music Trail, Floyd Country StoreHAPPY BIRTHDAY FLOYD COUNTRY STORE! The Floyd Country Store, one of the major venues of The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, will celebrate 100 years of toe-tapping music, flat footin’ and good old fashion hospitality this June. This beautiful gem is located just off Virginia’s Blue Ridge Parkway. It’s open daily for goodies, snacks, coffee and appareal [...]
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Pickin,’ grinnin’ and politickin’ at The Floyd Country Store
Posted on October 31, 2009 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Hikes, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Creigh Deeds Floyd, Floyd Country Store, floyd friday night jamboree, governor Tim Kaine Floyd, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailI say it all the time, living here is always so full of surprises. Our wonderful guests from Maryland who have been enjoying The Claiborne House Bed and Breakfast all week – have been out and about daily doing this and that with no shortage of things to do in our neck of the woods [...]
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The Redcoats are coming…down the Crooked Road
Posted on October 6, 2009 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Mountains Virginia, Blue Ridge Parkway, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, Floyd Country Store, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music TrailBritish journalist Paul Harris and the 1963 Buick (Photo courtesy of London Daily Mail) Only a Brit with a sense of wunderlust would rent a crapped-out 1963 Buick convertible to cruise down the Blue Ridge Parkway to begin a tour of Virginia’s Crooked Road. But that’s what Paul Harris, a writer for London’s Daily Mail, [...]
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