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Virginia State Tourism Honors Old Time Bluegrass!

Image634745631177335253According to the Virginia Tourism Corporation, the City of Galax will be getting some "LOVE" from the state tourism office.

The city is one of eleven locations in the Commonwealth to be chosen by the state agency to make a giant "LOVE" art to bring more families into Virginia.

More than six feet tall and 16 feet long, the artwork will feature 24 fiddles framed in boxes, in testament to old time bluegrass music.

According to the tourism  corporation, the artwork will be in the center of Historic Downtown Galax, mounted on a brick wall.  The unveiling will be this Saturday, June 9th, during the city’s annual Leaf & String Festival.

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