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Introduction
Featured
Jam Sessions:
Anutt
(D&D Little Branson)
Fremont
Gainesville
(Hoerman Park)
Kissee
Mills
(Johnson Community Building)
Long
Beach
(Mtn. Grove School)
Long
Lane
Manes
(Manes Music Makers)
Mansfield
McClurg
McDowell
Mountain
View (Weaver's)
Souder
Springfield
(North Town Mall)
Strafford
Wasola
(Stone's)
Related
Events:
Opry's:
Webster Co. Opry
Picnics:
Vanzant Picnic
Fiddle
Competitions and Festivals:
Branson Fiddle Contest, Compton Ridge, and Ozarks
Celebration Festival
Dances:
Ava and Ebenezer
Homecomings:
Horsecreek Church
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Manes Music Makers
Manes, MO
Every Friday Evening
The musical gathering, held in a building
originally homesteaded by the ancestors of the current owners,
began in 1983. Weekly picking sessions on the porch eventually
grew until the house interior was rebuilt into a small auditorium
with a stage. Musicians gather in a semicircle on stage
and alternate singing before a listening audience. Ozarks
folk music, country music, gospel music, original songs, and
ragtime piano music are featured.
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| Directions from Springfield: drive east on I-44
for 23 miles; get off at exis number 100 and turn right onto MO-38;
after .7 miles turn right onto MO-OO into Marshfield; MO OO becomes
MO-38; go straight unto MO-CC and drive 6.5 miles; turn right on
MO-M and drive 15.6 miles; MO-M become MO-H; drive 15 more miles
to Manes; turn right on 95 and look for signs on the right [See
map]. Photographs are from July 14, 2000. |
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A hand-painted sign tells drivers where Manes Music
Makers is held every Friday night. |
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The performance is similar to an opry in that performers
are on a stage playing to an audience, but the musicians alternate
singing as with a jam, and anyone who shows up can perform. On
this particular performance so many musicians came, the organizers
cleared the stage once and allowed other performers to play. |
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While country and gospel music is featured, the jam
session includes music as diverse as Ozarks old-time fiddle tunes
and ragtime piano music. |
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A small dance floor has been built to accommodate
those who want to jig dance or, in this case, to boogie to the
sounds of the ragtime piano. |
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