The Four Lakes Traditional Music Collective would like to thank everyone for making 2010 the most attended year ever. We officially sold out for the first time in our seven years!

Special thanks to our volunteers who we literally could not do the fest without. Thanks to all the bands for their fantastic performances. Thanks to our sponsors for their kind contributions. Thanks to the park staff for their hospitality. Thanks to our vendors for keeping us fat with food. Thanks to my fellow board members (and über volunteers) for their tireless efforts (which includes putting up with yours truly). And last but certainly not least, thanks to our patrons, who share our love of the music.

Oh, and thanks to the weather gods for their mercy and to the inventors of deet.

Fresh from the magical digits of Mrs. Allyson Casey, the official 2010 Sugar Maple Traditional Music Festival poster is here! And not only can you bask in it’s beauty, but you can download and print high rez PDFs of the poster to hang up and show your Sugar Maple pride! We also have smaller 4-up handouts that you can… well… hand out if you wish.

“His instrumental technique borders on the astonishing. He switches easily from guitar to banjo to autoharp to fiddle to mouth harp, singing and foot stomping all the while. Just playing with authenticity and style is a trick in itself, but Seeger does it with class and jovial spirit.”

- Philip Elwood, San Francisco Examiner

Unfortunately, Hazel Dickens is facing health problems, and her doctor has advised her not to do any traveling for a while. She will not be able to appear at the festival in 2008. Hazel is in good spirits and regrets that she will not be able to appear at the festival this year. Please keep Hazel in your thoughts. We will be asking participants at this year’s festival to help send their best wishes to Hazel for a speedy recovery.