Left, banjo player and vocalist Brian Aldridge, left, plays his solo during an early afternoon set, while guitarist Dan Wells accompanies him last weekend at the 17th Annual Yeehaw Junction Bluegrass Festival. At right, mandolin player Stan Wilemon, of The Gary Waldrep Band, soloes during the closing act of the festival. The two acts were part of 12 that performed during the four-day festival, which ran Thursday through Sunday.

News-Gazette Photos by Andrew Sullivan