THIS YEAR APF BROUGHT THE PARTY WITH THE ENTERTAINMENT ON THE FAIRGROUNDS AND MAIN STAGE. ROCKING THE HOUSE FRIDAY NIGHT, TO HAVING A NEIGHBOURHOOD BLOCK PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT, THE BEER GARDEN HAD PEOPLE UP DANCING, SINGING ALONG AND ENJOYING RECONNECTING WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. THE APF HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE UP AND COMING TALENT SUCH AS THE NORTH COAST BAND AND MAGGIE ANTONE AND THE YOUNG SINGERS FROM THE JUST SING CONTEST. WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE JUST SING WINNER, EMELIA ANGILETTA AT LOCAL EVENTS THIS COMING YEAR.
JUST A GIRL AND HER GUITAR, MAGGIE ,ANTONE IS A Y’ALL-TERNATIVE SINGER-SONGWRITER FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA WHO WITH HER POWERFUL VOICE, RELATABLE LYRICS, AND AUTHENTIC DISPOSITION, HAS AMASSED A SIZABLE FOLLOWING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, TIKTOK IN PARTICULAR. SINGING FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, MAGGIE BEGAN PERFORMING NATIONAL ANTHEMS IN LARGE VENUES AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, STUNNING CROWDS WITH HER VOCAL POWER AND EMOTION. AT THE AGE OF 16, SHE COMPETED IN AND WON THE VOICE OF RVA WITH HER FIRST ORIGINAL SONG, PAWN SHOP 12 STRING. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SHE BEGAN PERFORMING AT LOCAL VENUES TO RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES THAT WERE CLOSE TO HER HEART. A SUCCESSFUL BUT RELUCTANT ‘STUDENT, MAGGIE’S INHERENT NON-LINEAR THINKING AND SEVERE ADHD DROVE HER TO DROP OUT OF COLLEGE TO PURSUE-MUSIC FULL TIME, A CHOICE, IN HER HEART SHE ALWAYS KNEW SHE WAS MEANT TO MAKE. MUSIC AND WRITING HAVE MOLDED MAGGIE INTO THE PERSON SHE IS TODAY WITH INFLUENCES RANGING FROM STEVIE RAY VAUGHN TO JOHN PRINE, FROM ARETHA FRANKLIN TO MIRANDA LAMBERT, TO DOLLY PARTON (WHO SIMPLY STANDS ALONE)! MAGGIE IS AN OLD SOUL AND HER CLASSIC COUNTRY VOCAL TONE HAS A UNIQUE PASSION AND GUSTO NOT OFTEN SEEN IN SUCH A YOUNG UP-AND-COMING ARTIST. YOU WILL WANT TO DROP BY 12:30 PM ON SATURDAY AND HEAR THIS GIRL WITH HER GUITAR, IT WILL BE A PERFORMANCE YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS!
