Originating in Dahlonega, Georgia, the Mountain Music & Medicine Show is an all volunteer effort that has won three GABBY awards from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters for the best locally produced radio program in the State of Georgia. The Georgia Appalachian Studies Center has been a sponsor of and partner with the show since 2005.
Set in Dahlonega during the Gold Rush days of the early 1800s to modern times of the early 1950s, the Medicine Show features Doc Johnson's traveling Miracle Medicine Show. Picture it--he has come to town and set up on the public square in front of Nix's Store, the hub of local commerce and social center of the area. Doc brings musical acts of the time with him, as well as his own brand of humor, while he exhorts folks to buy his "Wizard Water" elixir for improving their lives. Local residents come from all around to hear the music & Doc. His fast-paced style and rapport with the crowd keeps toes a-tapping and things moving briskly along. The scene occasionally shifts to a "street scene, " short skits where local people comment on the goings on of the day, mixing local history, culture, and humor in the unique Southern Appalachian style of the time period. This is all presented in a live old-time Radio broadcast; it’s like going back in time without leaving your living room!
The Mountain Music and Medicine Show is performed before a live audience at the historic Holly Theater on W. Main St. (just off the public square) in Dahlonega. All shows are two hours, starting at 8pm, with $15 admission. To reserve your seat, visit www.hollytheater.com or call the box office, 706-864-3759. The Holly handles all ticket related inquiries.
Contact The Mountain Music & Medicine Show and Mel Hawkins at mmm@mmmshow.com or 678-617-1169
--adapted from the MM&MS website
Links:
iTunes link to The Mountain Music & Medicine Show
Georgia Public Radio
