NORWAY: MS Blues Trail Marker (Notodden Blues Festival)

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Blues Trail is going international.

Mississippi has erected more than 150 Blues Trail markers to highlight the musicand its influence on Mississippi. A marker to be unveiled Friday inNotodden, Norway, is the first international marker. It will be unveiledduring the 25th Annual Notodden Blues Festival.

Alex Thomas, with the Mississippi DevelopmentAuthority’s tourism division, says the marker reinforces the globalinfluence of a genre born in Mississippi.

The Notodden Blues Festival has hosted dozens ofartists from Mississippi. In 1996, Notodden and Clarksdale, Miss.,became sister cities with cultural exchanges including performances byNorwegian artists at Clarksdale’s annual Sunflower River Blues andGospel Festival.

(Story distributed by The Associated Press)

CLARKSDALE: Blues Trail Marker for Sunflower River Blues Fest and other tourism

Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker Dedications

www.msbluestrail.org


Marker # / Description / Date

157- (37) Sunflower River Festival & other tourism (Clarksdale) Aug 10 (10 a.m.)

159- (38) B.B. King Roots (Kilmichael) August 21, 2012 (3 p.m.)

160- (39) Mound Bayou (Mound Bayou) September 1, 2012

21- Chris LeDoux – Biloxi September 18, 2012

161- (40) Peavey Electronics (Meridian) September ??, 2012
162- (41) Houston Stackhouse (Wesson) September 27, 2012
163- (42) Rufus Thomas (Cayce) October 2, 2012

164- (43) Choctaw County Blues, incl. Big Lucky Carter (Weir) summer, 2012

165- (44) Rust College (Holly Springs) November 9, 2012 (3 p.m.)


Note: Times/dates subject to change.

KILMICHAEL: Blues Trail Marker for BB King Roots

Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker Dedications

www.msbluestrail.org


B.B. King Roots, in Kilmichael on August 21, 2012 at 3 p.m.

Mound Bayou, in Mound Bayou on September 1, 2012 at 10 a.m.

Peavey Electronics in Meridian on September TBD, Time TBD

Houston Stackhouse in Wesson on September 27, 2012, Time TBD

Rufus Thomas in Cayce on October 2, 2012, Time TBD

Choctaw County Blues, in Weir on August 31, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

Rust College, in Holly Springs on November 9, 2012 at 3 p.m.

Note: Times/dates subject to change.

MOUND BAYOU: Blues Trail Marker for Mound Bayou

Mississippi State Blues Trail Marker Dedications

www.msbluestrail.org


B.B. King Roots, in Kilmichael on August 21, 2012 at 3 p.m.

Mound Bayou, in Mound Bayou on September 1, 2012 at 10 a.m.

Peavey Electronics in Meridian on September TBD, Time TBD

Houston Stackhouse in Wesson on September 27, 2012, Time TBD

Rufus Thomas in Cayce on October 2, 2012, Time TBD

Choctaw County Blues, in Weir on August 31, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.

Rust College, in Holly Springs on November 9, 2012 at 3 p.m.

Note: Times/dates subject to change.

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