2006年VOA标准英语-Grey Fox Music Festival Brings Together Top Blu

By Katherine Cole
Washington
31 July 2006
 
The lineup at this year's Grey Fox Bluegrass festival reads like a "who's who" of modern bluegrass: Grammy-winners Ricky Skaggs, Tim O'Brien, and Jerry Douglass all traveled to take part in the musical weekend. Also traveling to the tiny Berkshire Mountains town of Ancramdale, New York, was The Del McCoury Band, nine-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award.

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The Gibson Brothers at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Music Fesitval 
  
Other high profile acts at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival included the Austin Lounge Lizards¹, The Gibson Brothers and the all-girl band Uncle Earl.

It was a busy weekend for Uncle Earl's banjo player, . In addition to two main stage performances with that group, she also had her own set on the main stage. Lending Abigail a hand during that performance were friends including: Cellist² Ben Sollee, fiddler Casey Driessen, and Bela Fleck⁴ on banjo. That band toured China last year under the name The Sparrow Quartet, and has just released their first recording⁵. 

Abigail Washburn plays with others on the stage at Grey Fox   
  
While it isn't exactly traditional bluegrass, the Grey Fox audience rewarded the Sparrow Quartet with a standing⁶ ovation⁷. Abigail Washburn wasn't surprised by the crowd response. She says, after all, Grey Fox is a very special festival. "It's this great combination; an amazing roster⁸ of performers. And then also the fans that are so enthusiastic and loving and passionate⁹ about the music, to the point where they actually are jamming (playing) all night at their own campsites. It's incredible! There's not that much of a veil between the performers and the fans themselves. It's just a really special place like that," she says.

But the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival is more than sitting in front of a stage, watching performers. Perhaps more than any other style of music, bluegrass encourages fans to learn to play. Grey Fox offered several different ways to learn the music. There is a workshop stage, where the pros¹⁰ play and share tips, tricks and techniques. There is also "The Academy."

Each summer, Cathy Goode spends a week teaching fiddle³ at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Academy for Kids. At home in Newton Massachusetts, Cathy teaches using the "Suzuki Method," which has students attending both private and group lessons. "They have to learn how to play together, learn together, and hopefully to develop camaraderie¹¹ and respect for each other. And those are certainly things we are trying to do in the bluegrass Academy," she says.

This was a special year for the Grey Fox festival family. While 2006 marked the seventh year of operation under that name, this is the 30th year a bluegrass festival has been held on the Rothvoss Farm in Ancramdale, New York. The Berkshire Mountain Bluegrass Festival of the '70s, became Winterhawk through the 1980s and '90s.

But despite the name changes, one thing has stayed the same: For as long as anyone can remember, The Dry Branch Fire Squad¹², led by singer and mandolinist Ron Thomason, has been hosting the festival.

1 lizards   

n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
• Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？ 来自辞典例句

2 cellist   

n.大提琴手

参考例句：

• The cellist's bowing was very sensitive . 那位大提琴手的弓法十分细腻。 来自辞典例句
• World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma founded The Silk Road Project in 1998. 世界闻名的大提琴家马友友于1998年创建了丝路工程。 来自互联网

3 fiddle   

n.小提琴；vi.拉提琴；不停拨弄，乱动

参考例句：

• She plays the fiddle well.她小提琴拉得好。
• Don't fiddle with the typewriter.不要摆弄那架打字机了。

4 fleck   

n.斑点，微粒 vt.使有斑点，使成斑驳

参考例句：

• The garlic moss has no the yellow fleck and other virus. 蒜苔无黄斑点及其它病毒。
• His coat is blue with a grey fleck.他的上衣是蓝色的，上面带有灰色的斑点。

5 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

7 ovation   

n.欢呼，热烈欢迎，热烈鼓掌

参考例句：

• The hero received a great ovation from the crowd. 那位英雄受到人群的热烈欢迎。
• The show won a standing ovation. 这场演出赢得全场起立鼓掌。

8 roster   

n.值勤表，花名册

参考例句：

• The teacher checked the roster to see whom he would teach this year.老师查看花名册，想了解今年要教的学生。
• The next day he put himself first on the new roster for domestic chores.第二天，他把自己排在了新的家务值日表的第一位。

9 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

10 pros   

abbr.prosecuting 起诉；prosecutor 起诉人；professionals 自由职业者；proscenium （舞台）前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 )；赞成的理由；抵偿物；交换物

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 camaraderie   

n.同志之爱，友情

参考例句：

• The camaraderie among fellow employees made the tedious work just bearable.同事之间的情谊使枯燥乏味的工作变得还能忍受。
• Some bosses are formal and have occasional interactions,while others prefer continual camaraderie.有些老板很刻板，偶尔才和下属互动一下；有些则喜欢和下属打成一片。

12 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。