July 19 Performances During Blue Ridge Traditions
Discussion is spreading about the free summer series Risqu Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Legacy Center in Old Fort. On Saturday, July 19, at 7 p.m., attend to the old-time music of Paul Brown and the Toast Collaborate b keep waiting Stretchers and the bluegrass gospel music of The Griggs. Add up to early at 4 p.m. to kick up your heels during a mountain dancing party workshop with Phil Jamison and Loretta and Lynsey Freeman. Jamison has been trade square dances for more than 30 years.
To accomplished your authentic mountain experience, see craft demonstrations and relish in hands-on activities from 2 to 6 p.m. Stitch along with the Mountain Pomp Quilters Guild, and see Alton Blankenship and Gina Wheeler make routine brooms.
A weekly schedule of Blue Ridge Traditions is posted on ncarts.org/freeconcerts, or reprove Mountain Gateway Museum at 828-668-9259 for details.
Overview of July 19 Performers and Craftspeople
Paul Brown – One of today’s most sought-after old-things musicians, Brown has played banjo and fiddle and sung with a sustained list of outstanding old-time groups, including the Corrupt Mountain Band, and Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys. He currently performs with the justly-loved Toast String Stretchers and is a newscaster for Chauvinistic Public Radio in Washington, D.C.
Brown’s repertoire consists mainly of traditional tunes from northwestern North Carolina and main and southwestern Virginia. He first picked up the banjo at age 10 and was a trainee of the late Tommy Jarrell. Brown has been performing at music camps and festivals since the 1970s.
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