Thanks

Thank you very much for the many e mails about
my mother's passing. She is still with me
and will be for the rest of this life and
for the others to come.


She had a beautiful funeral.
Every flower sent looked like something
she would have picked out and there were
so many of her friends there it turned something
sad into something very warm and loving.

We played the next night as I promised
her we would do and she was right there with
me. Then with Wyoming family on board
we headed to a cabin in Townsend to
talk about her and decompress.

Here are some pictures of the show
and the mountain trip. Mom is in all of them
you just can't. see her.

Again thanks to everyone who called, e mailed and
came by. She loved all of your support for her
kid and family.

LaRue Johnson

Alta LaRue Abercrombie Johnson
February 18, 1916 - March 12, 2008

Birthplace: Lovell Wyoming
Resided In: Maryville TN USA
Visitation: March 14, 2008
Service: March 14, 2008
Cemetery: Clarks Grove Cemetery








JOHNSON, La Rue Abercrombie, 92, passed away March 12, 2008 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Born February 18, 1916, the only child of Harry and Alta Abercrombie, LaRue grew up in Wyoming. She attended the University of Wyoming where she served as president of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and was elected Sweetheart of Sigma Chi fraternity. It was during this time she met her future husband, Charles W. Johnson of Maryville who was president of Sigma Chi.

Following their marriage in Billings, Montana in 1941, LaRue moved to Maryville where she lived for 67 years. LaRue was active in many civic organizations including Chilhowee Club and Junior Service League where she served as president. She was also a past board chairman of the Blount County Children’s Home and was an active member of First Baptist Church of Maryville.
In 1966 LaRue helped to organize the Epilson Lambda chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She was an inventor, patent holder, and an avid bridge player.

Preceded in death by her parents and husband of 58 years, Charles W. Johnson. She is survived by son and daughter-in-law, Walker and Denise M. Johnson of Rockford and several nieces and nephews.

SHOW TIME KIDS

WOW it is JUST about here!
CALLTHE BARN NOW @ 865-448 3812!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


If you are going back and forth on
calling to make your reservations
for the BIG St. Pats dinner/show
in Townsend let me push you over
to the FUN SIDE.

THE FOOD!
GOOD YUMMMMMMMMM YUMMMMMMMMMS and
every fork full features authentic
IRISH dishes that even Martha O Stewart
would be proud of.

THE PLACE
BEAUTIFUL inside and out.

THE BAND
Four guys that make their
species proud! Everyone
knows a minimum of 4 chords
on both guitar and banjo and
they have promised management
they will both wear something
green AND TAKE A BATH for the show!

COST
Twenty five dollars per person (checks or cash only)


This is your last chance to
book so call the barn right now
and bring a bus load of your
neighbors on up to Townsend, it
will change your life!


CALLTHE BARN NOW @ 865-448 3812!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TABLES GOING FAST!

THE BIGGEST ST. PAT DINNER SHOW IN THE FREE WORLD
AND TOWNSEND IS JUST ABOUT TO SELL OUT!
CALLTHE BARN NOW @ 865-448 3812!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHEN
St. Pats WEEKEND..Sat. MARCH 15
WHERE
THE BARN IN TOWNSEND 865 448 3823
WHAT
Traditional IRISH dinner and SHOW
The menu includes shepherd’s pie, corned beef with mustard cream sauce, twice-cooked Irish potatoes, dressed cabbage, Irish dessert and more.
COST
Twenty five dollars per person (checks or cash only)
MUSIC
The Mountain Folk Reunion..FEATURING HIT FOLK SONGS
of the 50s..60s..70s..and 80s
HOW
Call RIGHT NOW for reservations 865-448 3812






The FIRST dinner/concert show
of 2008 is just about sold out!
We WANT YOU THERE..so call The Barn
in TOWNSEND to reserve your table
@ 865-448 3812!!!



Come hear the boys
at The Barn
in Townsend, Tennessee.

This beautiful NEW venue is right on
the main drag in Townsend and
on the 15th of MARCH The Mountain Folk
Reunion will bring in the St. Pats
weekend with a big show filled with
your favorite songs. The price is
right the music is outstanding and
the experience will have you bragging
all weekend about the great time you had!

DOUBLE HEADER SATURDAY

FIRST WE ARE PLAYING IN MARYVILLE FROM 3:30-4:30
ON THE DOWNTOWN STAGE FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL...









THEN:

The Mountain Folk Reunion is headed

to Loudon’s historic Carmichael




October 13: It’s a Saturday afternoon,
and the Vols game
will be over, so we invite you to top it
all off by coming on down to the
historic Carmichael Inn in downtown
Loudon for an evening of 60s-era
folk music and a sumptuous meal.
You may bring your own libation,
if you choose.
The show will be from 6-9 p.m.
We will be singing the songs of
a less complicated time, including “MTA,”
“Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Mrs. Robinson,”
“Joy to the World” and more.



To assure seating on the spacious deck by the Tennessee River,
get there early.
Seating is first come, first served.
The cover charge, collected in cash by the Reunion,
will be $4 per person.



The Carmichael Inn is on the south bank of the Tennessee River
at the end of the bridge, 600 Hackberry Street,
next to the Courthouse.

WE ARE BACK THIS SUNDAY

PLEASE call them and move your reservations to THIS Sunday if you can!
THE JOINT SCREWED UP...BUT WE WILL BE THERE SUNDAY!!!!!!!!!!


WE START SUNDAY at 5 and go to 8!!
Call them to MOVE your reservations from FRIDAY to SUNDAY @
458 1000

THANK YOU!!!

ANOTHER SELL OUT

The MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION thanks
ALL of you who came to Catinos
SUNDAY! As before the deck sold out
two days after the show was announced!


WE WILL BE BACK THE FIRST AND
SECOND FRIDAYS IN OCTOBER.
Check the post JUST under this one
for the phone number and make
your reservations now!

Brothers and Sisters the fun
that is had is indescribable
and lasts all weekend long!

Join us under the big tree
the first and second FRIDAYS
of October!!!

THE BAND IS BACK!

Here we come again!



The Mountain Folk Reunion

At Catino’s Friday, Sept. 21

Our last show at Catino’s was a sellout, and the restaurant turned away about 100 more. It was a hoot and a half, with the crowd singin’ and swayin’ to “Tom Dooley” and “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore,” “MTA” and more. This time Catino’s will be serving a more limited menu in order to get folks their food in a more timely fashion. But the music selection will be broader and the fun will be overflowing, with such tunes as “Abilene,” Doo Wah Diddy,” “Hello Mary Lou” and “Midnight Hour.”



Make your reservations early to assure seating on the deck. Call 458-1000.



Catino’s, 222 Lakeside Plaza, in Tellico Village

Folkies to the core, The Mountain Folk Reunion brings back the natural sounds of the Folk Era, performed with high-brow harmony and low-brow humor by Walker Johnson, Vern Lindsey, Kelley Massey and Bobby Wilson. Visit our Web site at www.themountainfolkreunion.com.

Now accepting bookings for holiday events. Call 865.803.8203 or 865.405.0203

MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION BAND TO PLAY LIBRARY

The MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION BAND will be
playing a free concert at
the Maryville Library this Thursday
at 7.

We will be in the Rotunda and the
majority of our songs will
be FOLK MUSIC that was
popular in the 50s-60s
and 70s.

The set list will include:
Tom Dooley
Blowing In The Wind
If I Had A Hammer
MTA
Early Morning Rain
Don't Think Twice Its Alright
Sloop John B
Michal Row The Boat To Shore
Greenback Dollar
Where I'm Bound

and a BUNCH MORE!

Bring the family and come on
out...singing along is both
encouraged and appreciated!

We will see you THIS
Thursday at 7 PM at the
Maryville Library!




§ Thursdays in August, 7:00 pm, “Hot Summer Nights Concert Series.” All concerts will be indoors in the Reading Rotunda of the library except for the final concert:

o August 2, The Mountain Folk Reunion, in the spirit of the 1960s folk music era, Walker Johnson, Vern Lindsey, Kelley Massey and Bob Wilson harmonize and play acoustic instruments in the Reading Rotunda of the library.

SOLD OUT AT CATINO'S

A BIG OLD THANK YOU FROM THE MOUNTAIN FOLK REUNION TO ALL WHO CAME TO HEAR US AT
CATINO'S IN TELLICO VILLAGE!

The SOLD OUT CROWD came early and didn't leave till the band finished
their last song. We will be back!