I also went to the Palatka Festival and enjoyed seeing two classmates, Reid and Sandy, and meeting their spouses. As noted by pinky57 the big hitters( ie, Ricky Skaggs, Rhonda Vincent, etc.) were great, but I believe the best performances were The Larry Stephenson Band with one of the nation's top two banjo players, Kenny Ingram (of course our mentor Dave is the other), The Bluegrass Brothers, and Nothin' Fancy (SPBGMA 2009 Entertsaining Group of the Year. Had a chance to talk with many of the performers and agree again with pinky57 they are all very nice and easy to talk with. You won't find a better three consecutive days of world-class bluegrass at a very reasonable price! Plan to go to their next festival this October!
Jim Joyce & Kristin Scott Benson...Banjo Player of the year, IBMA 2008, SPBGMA 2009.