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The Ichthus Music Festival is an annual Christian music festival originally held in Wilmore, Kentucky but later moved to Lexington, Kentucky.〔See, http://www.kyfestivals.com/details.php?id=5〕 Begun in 1970, Ichthus was the oldest Christian music festival in the United States.〔See, Robison, Greg, ''Christian Rock Festivals'',(New York: The Rosen Publishing Co., 2009), p.7 http://books.google.com/books?id=0w7vTv6hzIMC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=ichthus+christian+music+festival&source=bl&ots=oTf0y7CPi1&sig=D5FLBuNRRDLUKKPCIk6Qik55D5s&hl=en&ei=gkDuSrCMDdSztgf3qtk6&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=ichthus%20christian%20music%20festival&f=false〕 The festival began as the brainchild of Dr. Bob Lyon and a group of seminary students at Asbury Theological Seminary in response to Woodstock Festival and similar music festivals of that era.〔Starting with Christian folk artists, the festival predated Contemporary Christian Music. See, Copley, Rich, ''At 40, Ichthus Isn't Looking Back'', (Lexington Herald Leader) http://www.kentucky.com/712/story/826913.html〕 The first events were held on the grounds of the Wilmore Campmeeting.〔See, Ichthus official website at: http://www.ichthusfestival.org/about/history.php 〕 In December 2012, the Ichthus Festival Board announced the end of the long-running festival.〔See, Ichthus official website at: http://www.ichthusfestival.org〕 Creation Festivals took over managing the event in 2013 with plans to resume the festival in 2014.〔(Ichthus music festival to return in 2014 at Kentucky Horse Park )〕 The festival was later postponed to 2015. Originally an outdoor spring event, the festival was often hampered by poor weather. Beginning in 2006, the festival was moved to mid-June when local weather was more favorable. The festival consisted of six stages: The Main Stage, The Deep End, The Edge, two Indie Stages, and The Galleria Stage. It was a weekend long event, officially starting on Wednesday afternoon and ending on Saturday night. Most Ichthus attendees camped on the festival grounds. ==Origin of the festival's name== The name of the festival was taken from the word Ichthus (Ichthys), an anagram in Biblical Greek used since the second century by Christians as a symbol of their religion. The word is composed of the letters ''ἸΧΘΥΣ'', meaning ''fish''. The individual letters make up a confessional statement of Christians, "Jesus Christ Son of God, Savior":〔See, Robison, Greg, Christian Rock Festivals,(New York: The Rosen Publishing Co., 2009), p.7 http://books.google.com/books?id=0w7vTv6hzIMC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=ichthus+christian+music+festival&source=bl&ots=oTf0y7CPi1&sig=D5FLBuNRRDLUKKPCIk6Qik55D5s&hl=en&ei=gkDuSrCMDdSztgf3qtk6&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CBsQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=ichthus%20christian%20music%20festival&f=false〕 :Ἰησοῦς: Jesus :Χριστός: Christ :Θεοῦ: God :Υἱός: Son :Σωτήρ: Savior 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ichthus Music Festival」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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