The jam session stared in 1998 through the efforts of Joyce Cantrell, Delbert Scrivner, and others. During warm weather people fill the park in the center of Mansfield to hear the music. In cold or rainy weather, the jam session is held in the Mansfield Auto Auction building owned by Chub Johnson . A full square of dancers often dances to the music of the old-time fiddle music session.
Listeners usually bring lawn chairs to enjoy the music and visit with each other.
Photographs are from June 15, July 6, and November 9, 2000. The old-time music is usually played near the gazebo, where the square dancers can dance. The reputation of the weekly event has strengthened and spread throughout the region. Gary Johnson drives over a hundred miles to play fiddle and visit with other musicians. He is accompanied by Gordon Peacock on guitar.