For ten years the Hemp Hoe Down has brought you the best party, the best music, and the only hemp advocacy celebration in South Dakota, right here in the Black Hills. Free camping, rain or shine, indoor/outdoor, all ages, no drugs, no glass, no underage drinking, and leashed friendly dogs only. Tickets available at the gate. For more information, see http://www.hemphoedown.com/. BACKGROUND: The Hemp Hoe Down was conceived in 2001 as a fundraiser to finance the efforts of Joe Stein, Dale Gatzke, and Another Person as they tried to reason with the South Dakota Legislature. They presented evidence to the legislature that hemp was a viable -- in fact traditional -- South Dakota crop. The legislature said Stein, Gatzke and Another Person were trying to legalize drugs. The Hemp Hoe Down has continued for 10 years, and is now the premier music and sustainable living cultural event of the Spring in western South Dakota. Its premise has always been the Cultivation of Sustainable Living and the Destruction of Counterproductive Laws. The South Dakota Legislature continues to cling to beliefs about hemp created by massive disinformation campaigns and superstition. Joe Stein died. Dale Gatzke moved on to other pursuits. Another Person is under a court order that prohibits him from saying that hemp is not marijuana. The 10th Annual Black Hills Hemp Hoe Down devotes the 2010 Hemp Hoe Down to the warriors -- all of us who defy the absurd governmental convention that "hemp is marijuana." That includes everyone who comes to the Hemp Hoe Down. Come early, stay late. This is gonna be a great party!