When Larry Bland and his impeccably dressed Volunteer Choir filed out of their bus and processed to Ukrop’s/First Market stage on a glorious Sunday afternoon to help close the first Richmond Folk Festival, I was overcome with pride when I realized that this Richmond institution got its start the same year I came here. So we were all celebrating forty years and it was just the spiritual shot in the arm we all needed to underscore this event’s greatest attribute: its reflection of the goodness of this city and its people and how, under the right circumstances, we can all come together and appreciate our differences and our common ground. God’s gift of another perfect weekend of weather contributed to another record-breaking crown of 185,000+ over the three days. It was a sight to behold. I hope you were there to share in the pride…there was plenty to go around. And so much music to hear, both familiar and completely new.

Article taken from:

Tim’s Music Journal

October 14, 2008

Tim Timberlake,

Freelance voice talent/producer

2009-03-02