John Hardy at Breaking Up Christmas :-)
played by the Buckstankle Boys: www.facebook.com/thebuckstankleboys
Ask any local bluegrass or old-time musician in Surry County and they know exactly how to break up Christmas. Breaking Up Christmas is both the name of a twelve-day party of socializing, music and dancing and the name of a song that is actually called “Breaking Up Christmas.”
This old Christmas party tradition originated in the 1920s and comes from the areas of Northwest North Carolina in Surry County and nearby Southwest Virginia. Before the days of television and electricity, people would gather for twelve days between Christmas and January 6, Old Christmas Day, for socializing, food, dancing, and old-time string music. The event would move from house to house and would go past midnight. Furniture would be moved to allow room for musicians and square dancers.
In many communities today, the Breaking-Up-Christmas tradition continues at civic halls and music venues throughout the area. For several years now, the Surry Arts Council has hosted a Breaking-Up-Christmas event at the Earle Theatre to honor this old holiday musical tradition.
From: www.verysurry.com/blog/breaking-up-christmas-an-old-time-...
John Hardy at Breaking Up Christmas :-)
played by the Buckstankle Boys: www.facebook.com/thebuckstankleboys
Ask any local bluegrass or old-time musician in Surry County and they know exactly how to break up Christmas. Breaking Up Christmas is both the name of a twelve-day party of socializing, music and dancing and the name of a song that is actually called “Breaking Up Christmas.”
This old Christmas party tradition originated in the 1920s and comes from the areas of Northwest North Carolina in Surry County and nearby Southwest Virginia. Before the days of television and electricity, people would gather for twelve days between Christmas and January 6, Old Christmas Day, for socializing, food, dancing, and old-time string music. The event would move from house to house and would go past midnight. Furniture would be moved to allow room for musicians and square dancers.
In many communities today, the Breaking-Up-Christmas tradition continues at civic halls and music venues throughout the area. For several years now, the Surry Arts Council has hosted a Breaking-Up-Christmas event at the Earle Theatre to honor this old holiday musical tradition.
From: www.verysurry.com/blog/breaking-up-christmas-an-old-time-...