This show at Valley View Park, Hellam Pennsylvania was recorded by Bill Offenbacher with two song's, (Here Today And Gone Tomorrow and Thinking Of The Old Days) later being released on the live compilation Shadows Of The Past (Copper Creek CCLP-0101) 1981.

Fifteen tracks from the show later resurfaced on the CD Valley View Park 1957 (Stanley Family Records SFR-002) 2017

Ralph II had a show (with the CMBs) at Fauquier High School, Warrenton, Virginia. Also on the bill was Cliff Waldron. The event was a fund-raiser for the Warrenton Volunteer Fire Company. Tickets cost $15 in advance, or $20 on the door.

Ralph II led the CMBs (at some point) at the 'Festival In The Pines', Tripple Creek Music Campground, Rocky Mount, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 10-13 May 2006 and other acts included: Gibson Bros., Rhonda Vincent, Larry Stephenson, Wright Kids, Bluegrass Bros., Mark Templeton & New Vision, Lewis Family, Cherryholmes, Blackwater, Little Mountain Boys, and Poplar Hollow.

Ralph II led the CMBs on Saturday (12 May) at the 'Festival In The Pines', Tripple Creek Music Campground, Rocky Mount, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 9-12 May and other acts included: James King, Bluegrass Bros., In The Tradition, Mark Templeton & Pocket Change, Randy Waller & Country Gentlemen, Lewis Family, Dark Hollow, Larry Stephenson, Big Country Bluegrass, Little Mountain Boys, and Wright Kids.

Ralph II had a show at the Carter Family Fold, Hiltons, Virginia. Tickets cost $10, (children $1).

Ralph had a two-night booking at W.W. Holbrook's Country Palace, Columbus, Ohio.

Ralph was billed at the '1st Annual Spring Bluegrass festival' at Thousand Acre Camping Campgrounds, Freemont, Indiana. Also advertised were: Bluegrass Blackjacks, Jim & Jesse, Jim Eanes, Shenandoah Cut-Ups, Goins Brothers, and Del McCoury.

I'm not sure whether Ralph would have played this festival or not, as his mother died at 6.10pm on the 12 May after along illness. On some CMB dates around this time, Don Stover is known to have filled in on banjo for Ralph.

Carter & Ralph's mother Lucy Jane Stanley (nee Smith) died at 6.10pm at Norton Community Hospital, after a long illness.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday/Sunday (11-12 May) at the 'Decatur, Mississippi Bluegrass Festival' which was presented by Bill Monroe and also included:- Bill Monroe, James Monroe, Clyde Moody, Bobby Smith & the Boys From Shiloh, Hubert Davis & the Season Travelers, Sullivan Family, and Bluegrass Alliance.

The festival itself ran from 10-12 May, with bands performing at the American Legion Hut in Decatur, Mississippi.

At this session Ralph and the CMB's cut the LP Clinch Mountain Gospel (Rebel SLP 1571) 1977, at Lemco Sound Studios in Lexington, Ky. The album is widely regarded as one of Ralph's best Gospel releases.

Ralph was billed as appearing at '3rd Annual Bluegrass - 78' festival at Haspin Acres, Laurel, Indiana.

Other acts included: The Hillsiders, Goins Bros., Russell Bros., Kentucky Gentlemen, and Boys From Indiana.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday / Saturday (11-12 May) at the '3rd Annual Southwestern North Carolina Mountain Spring Bluegrass & Old Time Music Festival' in Sunny Point Music Park, Murphy, North Carolina.

The festivl itself ran from 10-12th May and other acts included: Hardy Brendle & the Virginia Partners, Sugarloaf Ramblers, Earl Marlor & the Bluegrass Special, Bays Mountain Grass, Sugar Valley Flyers, Coker Creek Grass, Sunny Point Bluegrass Boys, Clyde & Marie Denny, North Georgia Grass, Lorene Solesbee & Cross Country Grass, and others.

Ralph played a show at the Station Inn, Nashville, Tennessee.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (12 May) at the 'Powers' Crossroads Bluegrass Festival' at the Powers Plantation in Newnan, Georgia.

The festival itself ran from 12-13 May and other acts included: Paul Adkins & the Borderline Band, Southern Strangers, Bluegrass Cardinals, Indian Summer, Bullsboro, Georgia Bound, Brushfire, Bluegrass Five, Cedar Hill, Morningside Bluegrass Band, and Greater Atlanta Bluegrass Band.

Ralph was listed as playing on Saturday (12 May) at the 'Annual Spring Bluegrass Festival' in Holiday Hills, Laurel Hill, Florida.

The festival itself ran from 10-12 May and other acts included: Charlie Sizemore, Cox Family, Grey Eagle Band, Panhandle Express, Easter Bros., Bill Mounce & The Outlaws, Suggins Brothers, and Grassfire.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Friday (12 May) at the 'River Park Bluegrass Festival 2000' at Booneville, Kentucky.

The festival itself ran from 12-13 May and other acts included: Jim & Jesse, Goins Bros., Gary Brewer, Hart Bros., Rob Morgan & Company, The Adairs, Brush Creek Grass, John Meins, Paradise Valley, and Eastbound.

On this date, Lester Pate was made an honorary Clinch Mountain Boy. He previously had gotten to record two cassettes with Ralph: Daddy's Rose (No label C-3840) 1990 and Keep My Love With You (No label C-5759) 1992.

Ralph was billed as appearing on Saturday (12 May) at the '21st Festival In The Pines', at Tripple Creek Music Campground, Rocky Mount, Virginia.

The festival itself ran from 9-12 May and other acts included: David Parmley & Continental Divide, James King, Jeanette Williams, Grasshoppers, IIIrd Tyme Out, Savannah, Junior Sisk, Lewis Family, Lost & Found, Charlie Waller, Nothin' Fancy, and Larry Stephenson.