summer during August a festival is held at White Top where
mountain music is played and folk dances are held. John Powell, the
noted Virginia composer, is especially active in the preservation of
folk music and he has been instrumental in attracting people of
influence to the celebration.

The major highways lead to within a comparatively short distance of
White Top and the State Highway Department assures the traveler of good
secondary roads which are passable in any kind of weather.

Another feature of the festival usually is the presentation of at least
one play by the group of Broadway players who summer at Abingdon and
conduct the famous "Barter Theatre."

Visitors who include White Top and the Barter players in their itinerary
will be delighted with the diversified entertainments found there.

Transcriber's Note.

The following typographical errors have been corrected:

p. 2 a brace of deer ran familiarly [had 'familarly']
p. 24 the Reverend Samuel Brown [had 'Reverened']
p. 31 the Blue Ridge and the Alleghany [had 'Alleghaney']
p. 47 been made into a poultice [had 'poultrice']
p. 49 wagon makers? Of course there were none [had 'Af']
p. 60 Luray is the Saltpetre Cave. [had 'Saltpeper']
p. 61 no one anticipated the conspicuous role [had 'conspicious']
p. 80 point: Rockfish and Shenandoah valleys. [Closing . added]
p. 83 Bridge, and some are still in existence [had 'existance']
p. 103 the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom [had 'Statue']
p. 106 Captain Lewis was first in command and he [had 'commond']
p. 108 of the Revolution had his apothecary shop [had 'Reevolution']
p. 112 Colonel of the Spotsylvania County Militia [had 'Spottsylvania']

Inconsistent hyphenation of some words in the original has been
retained.

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