Blue Ridge Country music club, established in September 2023 moved onto a full, moderate region and larger club building. The club focuses on new and classic country music played by some of the most entertaining DJs in second life, Sunday through Friday, and a full day of Rock, new and classic, on Saturday on a massive lake dock.
The concept for Blue Ridge Country began years ago by owner Hannock Evergarden well before even becoming a DJ. Hannock set out to learn everything he could about club operations. After DJ’ing at various clubs and becoming part owner of another well-established country music club and learning the day-to-day operations as well as managing staff, he observed what works and what does not and incorporated that knowledge into managing Blue Ridge Country.
When the ideal of creating a club began to take form it was decided to begin small and build bigger if it became successful. The original club building was nothing more than a horse stable on ¼ region and the name for the club had not yet been decided and went through several concepts and ideas. Blue Ridge Country and its theme is based on the Appalachian mountains which is close by and familiar to Hannock’s hometown, so it was decided to go with what he knows. Once the concept began to take form it became obvious that if the club was going to have any chance of success, it was going to have to be larger and increased the area to ½ region. Plans were made for stores and trails with wildlife and scenic views as a dock for outside music sets. The club building was replaced with a mountain lodge large enough to accommodate several dozen with an area for games upstairs.
A deciding factor for choosing the Blue Ridge concept is because it was different from the typical, western, cowboy type country music club. The entire club was built by Hannock and his wife Lola, soon after they were joined by Ange, hired as the club's general manager.
On September 1st, 2023, Blue Ridge Country opened to the public with only 7 DJ’s and 7 hosts. Within 6 weeks the club employed 25 DJ’s and 24 hosts. Only 3 music sets per day were scheduled initially but eventually increased to 4 per day and 8 sets all day on Saturday’s. The club group members swelled to 200 by the end of the year. Plans were already in the works to move and enlarge the club and the owners went to work on a new club building. After trying several other designs, it was decided to expand and modify the current building. After the first of the year a full region was purchased, and work began on building the new club. The club is also going to be situated in a moderate rated region so as to be more family friendly. With the combined efforts of the club owners, Hannock & Lola as well as general managers, Ange & Myth, the new club, and region was completed in 6 weeks and on March 1st,2024, it became operational.
Boasting beautiful views and mountain scenery adjoining a sim wide open water area. It includes a horse rezzer and extensive trails to ride them, a boat dock with bumper boats, kayaks, paddle boats, canoes and even jet skis. Beautiful waterfalls and a cave to explore. Anyone can climb into the eagle's nest tree house that comes complete with cuddle areas, a relaxing bungalow, fantastic views of the region, complete with climbing ropes and a zip line. There is a romantic ranger tower nestled in the corner that looks fantastic in the midnight setting.
Themed events and contests will be occasionally scheduled. A full sim wide racetrack, with rezzable cars, motorcycles and hovercars is available above on a skybox.
Blue Ridge Country not only wants to be your music club but also a place where you can feel at home, build friendships, and not worry about judgements or drama. Future plans include scheduling live singers and concerts. Increasing music sets all day every day from 6AM to 10PM. Involvement in special causes and events.
We invite everyone to visit us and explore. The staff of Blue Ridge Country are the friendliest you will find in second life and will be more than happy to welcome you and include you in the Blue Ridge family.
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