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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The second annual Sperryville Apple Harvest Celebration, set for this Saturday and Sunday, will be the kick-off for a full slate of events in Rappahannock County during October.
Traditionally, the first weekend of October heralds the first harbingers of fall: cool, clear nights, the rustle of windblown fallen leaves and crates and crates of freshly picked Rappahannock apples ready to be eaten fresh or squeezed for chilled cider.
So it is fitting that Sperryville, “The Little Apple,” chose the first weekend of October to celebrate the harvest of the crop which gave the town its nickname. And celebrate the town will, according to Tom Junk and Peggy Smith, members of the Sperryville Business Council, which organized the festival.
The first Apple Harvest Celebration, held last year, was “very successful,” Mrs. Smith recalled. “We’re expecting thousands again this year - the more the’merrier,” she added.
A highlight of the festival this year will be two performances by Rappahannock native John Jackson. Mr. Jackson, an internationally acclaimed master of the “Piedmont” style of folk music, was born about five miles outside of Sperryville.
“Piedmont” music is a unique blend of gospel, ragtime, country and blues influences which defies classification and differs with each artist. Although for much of his life Mr. Jackson played only for his own enjoyment — and from 1946 to 1964 did not play at all - his mastery of the art was recognized this summer
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