Blue Ridge Music Center

The "Blue Ridge Music Center" is part of the Blue Ridge Parkway system and is located at Milepost 213 near Galax, Virginia. [ [http://www.blueridgemusiccenter.org/blueridgeparkway.aspx Official website of the Blue Ridge Music Center] ] Each summer it has a schedule of events related to a concert series. [ [http://www.thecrookedroad.org/BRMC_PR.htm The Blue Ridge Music Center’s Summer Concert Series] ] [ [http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/node/537 Blue Ridge Music Center Summer Series] ] The center was planned over a decade ago when the town of Galax gave a thousand acres for its development. [ [http://www.nps.gov/archive/blri/BRMC.htm Plans for the Blue Ridge Music Center] ] The Center has a state-of-the-art amphitheater and a 17,000 square foot museum that just opened. [ [http://www.virginia.org/site/description.asp?attrID=30389 Blue Ridge Music Center with amphitheatre and museum] ] [ [http://www.visitmayberry.com/detailsnorthcarolina.asp?BusinessID=247&BusinessCategoryID=86 Galax Fiddlers Convention/The Blue Ridge Music Center] ] It was officially established by Congress in 1985. [ [http://www.blueridgemusiccenter.org The Blue Ridge Music Center] ] [ [http://www.virtualblueridge.com/things-to-do/music_concerts.asp Music and Concerts on Your Trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway] ] [ [http://blueridgegazette.blogspot.com/2006/08/coming-together-of-cultures-through.html A Coming Together of Cultures through Music] ]

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASP1SJWZTbE Typical music at the Blue Ridge Music Center]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vU8FHOHKsM Blue Ridge Parkway near the Music Center]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgcMXq7ArU Blue Ridge Parkway official Craft Center]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.35835,-81.37266&z=15&t=h&hl=en Google maps location]

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