Found this: "In the 1830s, a Great Awakening of fervent Christianity began, leading to popular spiritual song traditions. During this period, the country was undergoing a religious revival that was centered on itinerant preachers called circuit riders, and outdoor worship gatherings (camp meetings) where hymns (camp songs) were sung. Earlier in the century, the first camp meeting was held in July 1800 in Logan County, Kentucky. In 1801, a meeting in Cane Ridge, Kentucky lasted for six days and attracted ten to twenty thousand people " I wonder where Cane Ridge is or was... >Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2007 19:24:55 -0600 >To: <south-central-kentucky@rootsweb.com> >From: Dan Page <depage@ipa.net> >Subject: Music > >This will probably sound a bit goofy, but it's something I've often >wondered about: > >I have many relatives and ancestors who migrated from VA and the >Carolinas to SCKY. Later their children including my gggrandpa >migrated from there to MO. I have long been aware of this family >history, and many details. However, one detail I'm curious about is >how music may have played a role in their lives. By the time they >arrived in KS from MO, their music was a strong tradition. But how >about earlier, in say the 1830-1860 period? e.g. Every time I've >heard Stephen Foster's "My Old Kentucky Home," I've wondered how >many were aware of that song back then. He died at the end of the Civil War. > >When I was a little boy growing up in KS, us kids would go to dances >in Clay Co. It seemed like every older male in the family could >play an instrument, a fiddle, some sort of harp, etc. and seemed to >know a lot of old music. That was in the 1930's. I wonder where it >started, and whether it carried down from MO and KY??

Cane Ridge is and was 6 miles east of Paris in Bourbon County, Ky. There is a Ky Historical Marker at the site. I am sure music traditions travelled west to KS from KY and MO, just ast they travelled west to KY from VA and, prior to that, Ireland, Scotland, etc. Gerald