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Article: Anthem Acoustic Music Festival set for Sept. 7
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- Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
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- August 20, 2009
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By KATY GANZ
Staff Writer
WINESBURG -- In a community known for its love of bluegrass,
gospel and folk music, Labor Day, Sept. 7 is a good time for an
acoustic festival.
Owner of Anthem Guitars and Music Store, Patrick Meechan is
organizing the first ever Anthem Acoustic Music Festival.
The festival will be held in a hayfield by the music store and
Longenecker Mennonite Church outside of Winesburg. The hay will be
cut down and a performance space will be created for the event.
"There is going to be food vendors there with barbecued ribs and
all the normal type of fair foods," Meechan said.
Last year a similar festival in Mount Hope drew 700 people.
Meechan said there is space for that many ...