Ahead of all spectators at the Bluegrass Festival on Saturday morning were James and Merrell Chamblee of DeRidder, Louisiana. They were first on the park slope in 2008 and ‘09, as well.  J. M. Jones/Press photo

Bob Casey of Sulphur Springs, Texas, has been making guitars for two decades, a skill he taught himself. A friend commented, “Real guitar players play Bob’s instruments,” including this Mossman Custom guitar Casey displays and was later given at a raffle near closing time. Casey brought other guitars to sell. J. M. Jones/Press photo

VICEROY OF THE VIBES. Bands played the music while sound expert Butch Cooksey kept the notes and tones in synchronization. Cooksey operates his own sound business in Independence, Louisiana and this was his third Bluegrass Festival.  J. M. Jones/Press photo

During a performance of Pick’N Grass, nine-year-old Michael Conn was allowed to play and sing for the audience. His number was “Nine Pound Hammer.” J. M. Jones/Press photo

Matt Hodges; Sandra Welch; Ray and Jann Smith and other members of the Overton Rotary Club fed early Saturday Bluegrass visitors with good, old-fashioned all-you-can-eat flapjacks in Community Hall. Boy Scouts of Troop 319 were servers and cleaners. J. M. Jones/Press photo

RAGTOP – This Bluegrass Festival visitor beat the Saturday afternoon heat with a cool head cure as he grabs a chapter between shows.  (J. M. Jones/Staff photo)