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Event/Site:
Saturday scheduled bands
featuring bluegrass and old-time stringband music and
dancing at Sheffield's Music Hall in Mocksville.
Date: Saturday
nights from 7:30pm (doors open around 6:00pm).
Type: Saturday
scheduled bands with music and dancing featuring
regional old-time and bluegrass. There is also almost
always dancing including flatfooting, clogging,
two-stepping, square dancing, and/or broom dancing. No
alcohol on premises and no smoking inside. Snacks
available.
Opportunities for Participation:: Many people
enjoy dancing, including clogging and flatfooting.
Location: Sheffield's Music Hall
is located at 114 Turkey Foot Road in Mocksville,
NC. From 1-40 westbound from Winston-Salem, take the
first US Hwy 64 North exit, Exit # 168. Turn right
onto US 64 and go 1.3 miles. Pass Center Fire Department
on the left. Turn right onto Sheffield Road. Go 4
miles to Turkey Foot Road. Sheffield's Music Hall
is on the corner of Sheffield Road and Turkey Foot
Road.
Click
here for a map.
Cost: Free;
donations accepted.
Parking: Free. Parking adequate for
bus tours.
Special Needs Access: Venue is fully
accessible.
Signage: Sign at location, but not
en route.
Sponsor: John Henry Reeves
Contact:
John Henry Reeves
Sheffield Music Hall
114 Turkey Foot Road
Mocksville, NC 27028
(336) 492-2852 (Music Hall)
(336) 492-7417 (h)
Description of Event:
According to proprietor John Henry Reeves
"You just see people come alive (on the dance floor)."
There is flatfooting and clogging and two-stepping.
Sometimes there's even a broom dance or two. Saturday
evenings feature scheduled bands who come from the local
area, as well as from surrounding areas such as Surry
and Wilkes Counties and Galax, Virginia.
Says Reeves, "Bring your wash pan, a dish
pan, something to join in with when you come."
Eventually most everybody who wants to makes it on stage
in one of the impromptu groups that form during the
evening. The music is bluegrass and old-time and the
dancing is clogging and flatfooting. Local families come
out regularly and newcomers from throughout the United
States and from other countries visit. According to John
Henry Reeves, "We try to treat everyone like family."
History of Site/Event: Sheffield
Music Hall was a garage before the Reeves got hold of it
in the mid-1990s. Mr. Reeves was accustomed to going
"all over" to hear the bluegrass and old-time stringband
music he loves. After buying the garage, he and his wife
put in the wooden dance floor and stage and made the
site work well as a music and dance hall. They opened
in 1997, and word spread quickly among bluegrass and
old-time musicians, dancers, and enthusiasts.
Description of Site/Facility: Sheffield
Music Hall can seat 125 people and has a small stage,
a fine wooden dance floor, and bleachers for people
to sit on to listen or take a break from dancing.
A concession area is over to the side, and there's
kind of a side/back room for bands to tune up or for
jams to spread out. Set in the countryside of northwest
Davie County, the Music Hall has a view of the Brushy
Mountains when the weather is clear.
Significance of Site/Event to the Community:
Local pickers and singers frequent the music
hall for the chance to jam with their peers. Musicians
and enthusiasts from further away appreciate the venue
and make a point of stopping in when they can. Underscoring
the fine entertainment and sound educational opportunities
at the music hall are the Reeves' commitment to community
and respect for all its members. Mr. Reeves videotapes
each performance, and circulates the videos to interested
area nursing homes and to other traditional music
enthusiasts who are unable to get out. In addition
to passing around the tapes, Mr. Reeves keeps an archival
copy and has an archived record of most of the exceptional
talent that has crossed the stage at his music hall.
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