The annual Sammy Shelor’s Banjorama hosted by the Patrick County Music Association (PCMA) will be held Saturday, December 14.
The event, which is held in partnership between PCMA and the Patrick County Tourism Department, will be in the Patrick County High School (PCHS) Auditorium with doors opening at 5 p.m. The music will begin at 6 p.m.
The show is sponsored by Hopkins Lumber, according to PCMA President Denny Alley, who added admission will be free.
“It’s their (Hopkins) annual Christmas party to the county,” he said.
The Lonesome River Band, a contemporary bluegrass group, will be the feature act.
The band, which was formed in Meadows of Dan, has released 15 recording projects since its formation in 1982. The current six-piece band is led by Shelor, a Virginia Country Hall of Fame member and a five-time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year recipient.
Shelor’s “had that band, I don’t know, 40 years. A long time,” Alley said.
About a dozen other banjo players will also take the stage during the show.
“The opening act will be Nick Goad and Kyser George,” Alley said, adding that he anticipates the show will be well attended.
“I think last year it was a little over 600” people that came. The PCHS Auditorium “holds 740 seats, we want them all full,” he said, adding a Lonesome River Band show is normally a $45 ticket show.
Alley said the November Veteran’s Appreciation Show was well attended.
“We had a lot of veterans that have never been to our show,” he said.
Concessions will be available for purchase from the Patrick County Shooting Education Team, with proceeds going to teach children in the area firearm safety.
The PCMA also has events planned for the first quarter of 2025. For more information or to watch past music performances, visit Facebook.com/PatrickCountyMusicAssociation.
