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Mountain Top music fest rocks ski hills

By BRYAN HELLIOS

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WAKEFIELD - Music lovers from the Midwest flocked for the annual Mountain Top Music Festival held at Indianhead and Blackjack Mountain Big Snow Resorts over the weekend.

Festival coordinator Bob Weigandt said he hasn't checked the numbers yet, but believes about 400 people showed up.

"When the roof starts vibrating a little bit, that's what I look for," he said as he looked up and watched the ceiling bounce to the beat.

Starting as a small festival in 2011 called Powwow in the Pines, he said, they re-branded the event in 2013 and changed its na...