July 19 Performances During Blue Ridge Traditions
Consultation is spreading about the free summer series Low-spirited Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Legacy Center in Old Fort. On Saturday, July 19, at 7 p.m., perceive the old-time music of Paul Brown and the Toast Concur Stretchers and the bluegrass gospel music of The Griggs. Be broached early at 4 p.m. to kick up your heels during a mountain gambol workshop with Phil Jamison and Loretta and Lynsey Freeman. Jamison has been job square dances for more than 30 years.
To unmitigated your authentic mountain experience, see craft demonstrations and relish in hands-on activities from 2 to 6 p.m. Stitch along with the Mountain Dignity Quilters Guild, and see Alton Blankenship and Gina Wheeler make stock brooms.
A weekly schedule of Blue Ridge Traditions is posted on ncarts.org/freeconcerts, or roar 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-ever musicians, Brown has played banjo and fiddle and sung with a extended list of outstanding old-time groups, including the Bowed Mountain Band, and Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys. He currently performs with the understandably-loved Toast String Stretchers and is a newscaster for Country-wide Public Radio in Washington, D.C.
Brown’s repertoire consists fundamentally of traditional tunes from northwestern North Carolina and cardinal and southwestern Virginia. He first picked up the banjo at age 10 and was a commentator of the late Tommy Jarrell. Brown has been performing at music camps and festivals since the 1970s.
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