Margo MacSweeney

A Crazy thing happened at Clifftop this year. Our band, "Up Jumped Trouble" made history with double First Place in the Old-Time traditional AND Neo-Traditional band competition. What in the world!? It was so exciting and unexpected.Thanks to my friends ‪@raistlinbrabson‬​ and Jared Boyd ‪@clwhmmr‬​ for having me on banjo as well as Ben Noblit ‪@tanandsobergentlemen1075‬ & Lu Furtado for their awesome bass playing. Congrats to the other really great bands we competed with. We'll be playing TWO concerts next year at the festival so come join us for some fun dancing music!!! (A traditional old time set and some hot southern swing & other not so traditional tunes.) We will have fun! 🫶

youtube.com/shorts/nia7EkX6HK...

upjumpedtrouble.bandcamp.com/album/bully-of-the-to…

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Join Hollace and Margo at Virginia Tech on July 10th for this special show. The duo will make a couple appearances throughout the evening. news.vt.edu/articles/2026/06/cfa-crooked-road26.ht…

artscenter.vt.edu/performances/crooked-road-living…

‪@HollaceOakes‬ ‪@thehandmademusicschool‬

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Margo MacSweeney

It's been a very good week at the Handmade Music School Youth Old-Time Get Together! 💚🩵💙🐸


‪@thehandmademusicschool‬​​​
‪@clwhmmr‬​​ ‪@amightyfriendlymountain‬​​ ‪@Jessesmathers1‬​​ ‪@jeremythiry8313‬​​ ‪@HollaceOakes‬​​

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First CD headed the whole way to New Zealand! 🎉💛 upjumpedtrouble.bandcamp.com/album/bully-of-the-to…
Thank you!

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Come see us this Saturday Oct. 4. On the Radio! ❤️
Tell em' "Large Marge sent ya."
www.floydcountrystore.com/event/the-floyd-radio-sh…


‪@FloydCountryStore‬​ ‪@raistlinbrabson‬​ ‪@clwhmmr‬​

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"Up Jumped Trouble" will be playing at The Harvester in Rocky Mount, VA July 19th at 7pm. Get your tickets ASAP. See y'all on the dance floor!
www.tixr.com/e/136788

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Margo MacSweeney

Want to learn more about buck dancing, flatfooting and clogging? Check out this documentary on our regional dance traditions! You may see some familiar faces.

"Life in Virginia's Appalachia: Flatfooting"
www.pbs.org/video/life-in-virginias-appalachia-fla…

‪@FloydCountryStore‬​

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Thanks to@Carl Eric von Kleist, III​ Hollace, Ipi and I now have matching bowl cozy hats, Carolina Reaper seeds and more. 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Yee haw! Future pepper farmers of America!

‪@HollaceOakes‬​‪@FloydCountryStore‬​ ‪@amightyfriendlymountain‬​

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Here’s your chance to win this one of a kind finely crafted Jackson Cunningham Guitar AND support the Handmade Music School at the same time. Link in video description. ‪@thehandmademusicschool‬ ‪@FloydCountryStore‬ ‪@HollaceOakes‬ ‪@MargoMacSweeney‬ ​

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Here's an article you might enjoy that expands on the tradition of flatfoot dancing. Thanks for all of your interest. I hope you give it a try!
woodshed.life/blogs/music/theres-no-right-way-to-f…

Photo:
Becky Hill and Margo MacSweeney at the Teen Old-Time Music Get Together in Floyd, VA.

‪@thehandmademusicschool‬​​ ‪@FloydCountryStore‬​​

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