Picture of the day - August 24, 2005

O'linda & Brittney Dancing To Bluegrass Music

Most of our Bluegrass Music themed "Pictures Of The Day" feature the performers, but today we decided to deviate from that tradition and feature a very friendly mother-daughter dance team - O'linda & Brittney Coor from Richmond, Virginia. O'linda and Brittney were in the Bristol, TN-VA area visiting O'linda's parents (Brittney's grandparents) who brought them along with them to last night's Bluegrass Music concert under the Country Music mural on State Street. Being new to the world of Bluegrass, they weren't familiar with the styles of dancing that typically accompany it. But Brittney was determined to learn how to dance to the Bluegrass sound so she coaxed her mom into joining her out in the dance area. Before long they had it mastered... Brittney, an 8-year-old 3rd grader, reminded me of my granddaughter Olivia because she was eager to participate but quite reluctant to do it alone...hence the coaxing of her mom out into the dance area with her. Brittney also reminded me of Olivia in another way: she loves posing for the camera! I got her to show her beautiful smile by calling her crazy names like John and Bill and Tom, and she loved it. Most children seem to enjoy Bluegrass music because of its fast tempo, and Brittney seemed to enjoy it as well - I think she wore her mom out with the dancing! O'linda & Brittney appeared to be having a great time at their very first Bluegrass Music concert and I really enjoyed photographing them. They plan to visit the Pickin' Porch this Thursday night and the Carter Fold on Saturday, so perhaps their dancing has only just begun!   Picture Of The Day Homepage | Submit a photo Interesting Articles