And there came a storm at DelFest…
Jerad Walker with WAMU’s Bluegrass Country shared a few details – and some video – of the apocalyptic thunderstorms that rolled through DelFest this past weekend in Maryland.
On several occasions during the festival, the proceedings came to a halt for sideways rain and hail. Jerad gives a taste of what he experienced on Sunday afternoon in a blog posting at bluegrasscountry.org.
“The deluge lasted for well over an hour and included lightning, thunder, hurricane-force winds, and a 25 minute hail storm. We took shelter with Fred Bartenstein in the Artist Tent, but were later evacuated to the Multi-Purpose Building when the structural integrity of the tents began to fail and ankle-deep water started to pool around our feet. When the rain subsided, all that was left of the once peaceful infield were hundreds of empty lawn chairs and mangled tents, including the one housing the DC Bluegrass Union and WAMU’s Bluegrass Country.”
Here’s a bird’s eye view from the festival site…
UPDATE 5/27 – In the “should have known department”…
Katy Daley just passed along that one of her Bluegrass Country listeners referred to the storms as The Del-uge.
Email This Post
| Print | Top | 3 Comments
Sam Bush has posted a hilarious YouTube video shot during the now legendary Del-uge that came on DelFest over the Memorial Day weekend. He shot it on his bus where he and several others sought refuge when the storms hit.
...
Our friend Katy Daley sent along this report from this past weekend's Open House event for WAMU's Bluegrass Country in Washington, DC.
On Sunday, June 22, the station offered live music and hosted listeners for station tours at WAMU, and Katy passed along this run down of the day's event.
WAMU's...
The Del McCoury Band will be a featured guest on this weekend's edition of A Prairie Home Companion, broadcast throughout the US on public radio stations and on Sirius-XM.
The show will air live on Saturday (5/30) at 6:00 p.m. (EDT) from The Fox Theater in St. Louis, MO, though many stations choose...
Want to study bluegrass music with The Del McCoury Band?
Well, that opportunity will be afforded to participants at the DelFest Academy, which debuts the week before the main festival this May in Cumberland, MD. Members of Del's band, along with Ronnie Bowman and Steep Canyon Rangers will provide...
The inaugural DelFest Academy will take place from May 18-21, 2009.
The Academy, which will take place at the DelFest venue - the Allegany County Fairgrounds, Cumberland, Maryland - provides two levels of instruction: Level 1 (novice to intermediate) and Level 2 (intermediate to advanced) for guitar,...
Delheads have two chances to experience his Delness this weekend from the comfort of their homes or workplaces.
This morning (1/30) just after 9:00 a.m., he will join Katy Daley on WAMU's Bluegrass Country to talk about he and the band's plans for '09. Katy tells us that she expects to discuss the...
The National Association of Broadcasters has announced today (8/3) that WAMU's Bluegrass Country is the winner of their 2009 HD Radio Multicast Award.
The award will be presented during the NAB Radio Show in Philadelphia on September 25, leaving the WAMU staff precious little time to beat feet to...
Bluegrass Country's Katy Daly sent along this report from The Bluegrass Train, which ran on Thursday just ahead of the big DelFest event this weekend.
"DelFest starts today but we had a good size crowd gather in Cumberland yesterday (Thursday, May 21) to ride the Bluegrass Train with Del McCoury. ...
Photographer Bill Merlavage was at the recent Del Fest. The festival persevered through much rain and mud, and so did Bill. He's posted over 300 photos of the event on his website, and they are great photos. If you were there and want to relive it through photos, take a look. If you didn't make it and...
Leave a comment
Comments are open and unmoderated for our registered users, only your first comment will require approval before publication. Comments do not necessarily reflect the views of The Bluegrass Blog. Obscene, abusive, silly, or annoying remarks may be deleted, but the fact that particular comments remain on the site in no way constitutes an endorsement of their content by The Bluegrass Blog.
[...] Here’s a link to the freakish storm that blew through the Delfest last weekend, in Cumberland. The Bluegrass Blog ª And there came a storm at DelFestÖ: bluegrass music news We had friends who were there, and they say the embedded video didn’t really do the storm [...]
[...] festival, came out of nowhere. Usually we don’t get the hail during the summer like Albuq. does. The Bluegrass Blog ª And there came a storm at DelFestÖ: bluegrass music news [+] Rate this post [...]
[...] Bush has posted a hilarious YouTube video shot during the now legendary Del-uge that came on DelFest over the Memorial Day weekend. He shot it on his bus where he and several [...]
You must