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Jack Frost Arts and Crafts Festival

August 10, 2010

Crafters needed for the 38th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival.

Our quality artisans attract thousands of customers each year. This Arts & Crafts Show features working artisans demonstrating their craft. Entry into the show is by invitation only. Our objective is to provide the highest quality and variety of wares for our customers.

Artisans may exhibit only for the category judged, one category per booth, i.e. pottery, jewelry, weaving, etc.

Please Note: Merchandise must be the Exhibitor's original concept and execution. Imports, kits, illegal copyrights, or mass produced items are prohibited!

If you are unable to come for a personal interview, we will be happy to jury your craft from photos. Please send photographs along with a brief description of your work (a picture of your booth display is a must). A decision will be made within ten days regarding your entry.

This is a juried event so if you are interested please set up an interview. We look forward to hearing from you!

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2010.2011 Season Passes

August 2, 2010

Buy your season pass now and save...

When you purchase a JFBB season pass by November 1, 2010 you will receive:

  • 1 FREE Snow Passes to bring friends & family to JFBB 
  • Plus you will receive 20% off retail items at Big Jacks (JF) & The Basement (BB) before December 24th
  • 20% off your meal, excluding alcohol, at Boulder View Tavern with valid, current season pass.

BUY NOW

POCONO BLUES AT BIG BOULDER THIS WEEKEND!

July 22, 2010

 

The 19th Annual Pocono Blues Festival is almost here!  Big Boulder hosts this annual event on Friday July 23rd, 24th and 25th.  Come on out and see these world class Blues legends and rising stars.  For the complete schedule visit www.poconoblues.com.  Tickets are available at the gate on Saturday and Sunday for $39 each per day(kids ages 6-12 are $11), Friday's performance was a pre-sale event only.  We hold this event at beautiful Big Boulder located on S. Lake Drive in Lake Harmony, PA.  The event is held rain or shine, tickets are non-refundable.  Pets, Food & Beverages and Sun Umbrellas are not permitted on festival grounds.  Bring your blanket or lawn chair for seating and plenty of sunscreeen as we're expecting a sun filled Blues weekend!

SIRIUS XM Channel 74

July 6, 2010

Pocono Blues Festival founder and producer Michael Cloeren will be live on SIRIUS XM BB Kings BluesVille Channel 74 at 3:30 PM Today, July 6th.

 

Michael will be talking with show host Bill Wax about this years upcoming festival.

 

SIRIUS XM RADIO

Blues Music Awards Winners Performing at Pocono and Vermont

May 10, 2010

BLUES MUSIC AWARDS CELEBRATE THE BEST OF BLUES MUSIC WITH 2-DAY MEMPHIS EXTRAVAGANZA

[Memphis, TN, May 7, 2010] The Blues Foundation has done it again. The party of the year for Blues music has once again left its mark on Memphis with a two-day marathon event, kicking off on Wednesday with this year's induction ceremony for the Blues Hall of Fame, and culminating last night with a seven plus hour celebration of the Blues Music Awards. Presented by The Gibson Foundation, the Blues Music Awards are universally recognized as the highest honor given to Blues artists, and are voted on by fellow performers, industry representatives, and fans from around the globe who are members of The Blues Foundation.
 
This year, the awards ceremony honored winners in 26 categories, presented by some of the most influential members of the Blues community, including artist Mickey Thomas, Washington Blues Society President Eric Steiner, Blues Foundation board member Steve Bryson, and Nashville Blues Society charter member Kathy Bolmer.
 
This year's big winner was Tommy Castro, named the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year and collecting a total of four awards, in all four categories in which he was nominated including Band of the Year, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, and Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year.  Bonnie Raitt - an inductee in this year's Blues Hall of Fame - presented Buddy Guy with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Also presenting at last night's ceremony was Koko Taylor's daughter, Cookie Taylor, to present the renamed Koko Taylor Award (formerly Best Traditional Female Artist) to its first-ever recipient, Blues guitarist Debbie Davies, whose album Holdin' Court was released last fall.
 
Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins was on hand to present his namesake Piano Player Award to this year's winner Eden Brent, recipient of two 2009 Blues Music Awards and winner of the 2006 Blues Foundation International Blues Challenge.
 
Joe Louis Walker (performing at the Vermont Blues Festival), who received the most nominations this year with a total of five, received one for Album of the Year for his Between a Rock and the Blues album release.
 
Of this year's event, The Blues Foundation Executive Director Jay Sieleman said, "There is a great vibe to this event but the real secret is not a secret at all-great music by performer after performer."
 
Kicking off the two-day event on Wednesday night, a committee of scholars, record producers, radio programmers, and historians inducted the following performers into the Blues Hall of Fame: Louisiana-born, Chicago-based bluesman Lonnie Brooks, highly-esteemed blues singer and harpist Charlie Musselwhite and singer, songwriter, guitarist and social activist Bonnie Raitt. The Blues Hall of Fame committee is chaired by Jim O'Neal, founding editor of Living Blues.
 
The Blues Music Awards brings together Blues performers, industry representatives and fans from all over the world to celebrate the best in Blues recordings and performances from the previous year. The presenting sponsor is The Gibson Foundation and the sustaining sponsor is BMI. Additional 2010 BMA sponsors include ArtsMemphis, band Village, Casey Family Programs, Eagle Rock Entertainment, FedEx, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise, Memphis Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, I55 Productions, and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
 
For those who were unable to attend this epic event in Memphis, The Blues Foundation will make The Blues Music Awards ceremony available on DVD later this year. As with the DVD releases of the 2007, 2008, and 2009 ceremonies, the 2010 edition will include all the evening's winners and performances on one memorable disc. For more information, visit www.blues.org.
The Blues Foundation is Memphis-based, but world-renown as the organization dedicated to preserving our blues music history, celebrating recording and performance excellence, supporting blues education and ensuring the future of this uniquely American art form.  Founded in 1980, the Foundation has 3500 individual members and 185 affiliated local blues societies representing another 50,000 fans and professionals around the world.  Its signature honors and events --the Blues Music Awards, Blues Hall of Fame, International Blues Challenge and Keeping the Blues Alive Awards-- make it the international center of blues music. Its HART Fund provides the blues community with medical assistance while its Sound Healthcare program offers musicians health insurance access. The Blues Foundation's Blues in the Schools programs and Generation Blues scholarships expose new generations to blues music.  Throughout the year, the Foundation staff serves the worldwide Blues community with answers, contact information and news.
 
2010 Blues Music Award Winners:

Acoustic Album of the Year
David Maxwell & Louisiana Red - You Got to Move
 
Acoustic Artist of the Year
 Louisiana Red
 
Album of the Year
Joe Louis Walker (performing at the Vermont Blues Festival)
Between a Rock and the Blues
 
B.B. King Entertainer of the Year
Tommy Castro
 
Band of the Year
Tommy Castro Band
 
Best New Artist Debut DVD
Delmark Records
It Ain't Over! Delmark Celebrates 55 Years of Blues, Live at Buddy Guy's Legends
 
Historical Album of the Year
Chess -Authorized Bootleg (Muddy Waters)
 
Instrumentalist-Bass
Bob Stroger  (performing at the Pocono Blues Festival)

 
Instrumentalist-Drums
Cedric Burnside
 
Instrumentalist-Guitar
 Derek Trucks
 
Instrumentalist-Harmonica
Jason Ricci
 
Instrumentalist-Horn
 Deanna Bogart
 
Instrumentalist-Other
Buckwheat Zydeco (accordion)
 
Pinetop Perkins Piano Player
Eden Brent
 
Rock Blues Album of the Year
Derek Trucks Band
Already Free
 
Song of the Year
Cyril Neville & Mike Zito
 'Pearl River' (Pearl River--Mike Zito)
 
Soul Blues Album of the Year
 Johnny Rawls (performing at the Pocono Blues Festival)
Ace Of Spades
 
Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year
Irma Thomas
 
Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year
Curtis Salgado
 
Traditional Blues Album of the Year
Super Chikan
Chikadelic
 
Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year
Debbie Davies
 
Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year
Duke Robillard
Monkey Junk 
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
Tommy Castro
Hard Believer
 
Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year
 Ruthie Foster  (performing at the Vermont Blues Festival)
 
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
 Tommy Castro
 

Tiger in your Tank
 
 

MAYDAY 2010

April 30, 2010

MAY DAY 2010. Setup is coming together, we're about to get back out there and finish it up.  We'll be open 10am-5pm. $10 lets you ride the snow and the mini ramp.  We have a mini ramp jam, a sweet DJ blasting awesome music,and various fun all day long.  Boulder PARK run will open with a hike park.  Jumps, Rails, Boxes, rythym sections, wall rides, and whatever else we plant out there.

Advance Season Pass Sales

April 21, 2010

Advance Season Pass Sales

2010/2011 Season Passes are on sale now through April 29-don't miss this opportunity to save big! There are great benefits of being a JFBB season pass holder-check out all the details:

  • 2 FREE Snow Passes to bring friends & family to JFBB
  • 2 BOGO** vouchers good at Mount Snow March 1, 2010 thru December 22, 2010!
  • Plus you will receive 20% off retail items at Big Jacks (JF) & The Basement (BB) before December 24th
  • 20% off your meal, excluding alcohol, at Boulder View Tavern with valid, current season pass.

Save big with the following rates.

TransWorld Snowboarding Resort Poll

April 19, 2010

TransWorld Snowboarding Resort Poll

This is your chance to be heard! We want to know which resorts you think the have the best snowboard parks and pipes. We also want to know where you’ve experienced the best snowboarding vacation. Your votes alone will decide which resorts rank highest in the annual Transworld SNOWboarding Resort Poll feature.

Win one of these three snowboards just for filling out this survey! The survey must be filled out completely and honestly, and your name and e-mail information must be entered to qualify to win the board. The winner will be chosen by a random lottery and will be contacted on June 1, 2010. The winner will also be annouced on twsnow.com.

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