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                                                                                                                                            photo by Dave Ihde
           The Cravens                
 
 The band has a new 5 song cd  "October"....
UPCOMING SHOWS ....hope to see you there!
 
September 3, Ocean Grove, New Jersey
Gospel Music Concert on the Boardwalk
4:00 pm
 
September 18, Stevens, Pennsylvania
Tim and Kim
Starlite Campground, 1500 Furnace Hills Road
 5:30 pm
 
October 29, Ephrata, Pennsylvania
      (717) 721-8400 - Rt. 272 North Reading Rd.
6:30-8:30 pm
 
October 30, Schoeneck, Pennsylvania
Gospel Music Show
Schoeneck Fire Hall 7:00 pm
 
November 20, State College, Pennsylvania
Tim, Kim and Oliver
123 Mt. Nittany Rd, Lemont, Pa.
7:30 pm
 
 
Connor Craven 
 
        Mick Smyer, Tim Craven, Celia Millington Wyckoff (on bass), Oliver Craven and Karen Hirshon
 Elk Creek Cafe and Ale House, Millheim, Pennsylvania  April 25, 2010  (Mike Rovine not there that day)
 
 
            Tim Craven , Mick Smyer, Celia Millington-Wyckoff, Mike Rovine, Karen Hirshon
      The Rustical Quality String Band...playing traditional old time American music since 1978
 
 
                                                            River Wheel            
                                                                                                                                               photo by Dave Ihde
 
 Who are these guys? You'll be hearing more from these incredibly talented, fun and nice people
 in the new band River Wheel. They are Nick, Oliver, Charley and Kyle 'cause Paul, John,
 Ringo and George was taken....
 
stay tuned....you don't want to miss these guys if you get a chance to see them!
 Look and listen on their MySpace site at www.myspace.com/riverwheel
 
 
 
 
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                                                                       Tim, Kim and Oliver have travelled a lot and met a lot of folks.
                                                                               Below are just of few of the places they have played....
                                                                                    Tim says he can't remember every place any way
                                                                                               but will gladly tell you about the time
                                                                                the Rustical Quality String Band played a square dance
                                                                                                    at a national nudist convention...
.
                                                                                             Rocky Grass Festival, Lyons, Colorado
                                                                                             Grey Fox Festival, Oak Hill, New York
                                                                                                       Ocean Grove, New Jersey
                                                                                                 The Birchmere, Arlington, Virginia
                                                                                                The Calgary Folk Festival, Canada
                                                                Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, Pennsylvania
                                                                                               The Red Fox Inn, Bethesda, Maryland
                                                                                                 Club Passim, Boston, Massachusetts
                                                                          with Bill Monroe at the Brickhouse, State College, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                  Horse Pens Bluegrass Festival, Alabama
                                                                                                      Del Fest, Cumberland, Maryland
                                                                                                           The Mill, Iowa City, Iowa
                                                                                             The Rathskeller, State College, Pennsylvania
                                                                                                  Public School Presentations, Kansas
                                                                                                    Canal Street Tavern, Dayton, Ohio
                                                                                                The Purple Fiddle, Thomas, West Virginia
                                                                                                Godfrey Daniels, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
                                                                                          The Jawbone Coffeehouse, Penn State University
                                                                          North Dakota State University and University of North Dakota
                                                                                                                  Cornell University
 
 
  Oliver                                                                                                        photo by Dave Ihde
 
 
 
                                     Mary Smaligo, Kim and Tim with the kids at Camp Nawakwa  July 2008
 
 
 
 
             Oliver, Kim and Tim at Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster, Pennsylvania June 1, 2008
 
                                         Oliver and Tim playing with Andy Thacker, Charlie Rose and Adrienne Young
                                                     at the Great Green Fest in Manheim, Pennsylvania May 2008
 
 
 
 
 
                                              Teresa, Oliver and Kim in Nashville
 
 
                                                                             Cousin DJ