July 19 Performances During Blue Ridge Traditions
Tete- is spreading about the free summer series Unhappy Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum and Legacy Center in Old Fort. On Saturday, July 19, at 7 p.m., hark to the old-time music of Paul Brown and the Toast Go along with Stretchers and the bluegrass gospel music of The Griggs. Finish in the money b be early at 4 p.m. to kick up your heels during a mountain skip workshop with Phil Jamison and Loretta and Lynsey Freeman. Jamison has been trade square dances for more than 30 years.
To entire your authentic mountain experience, see craft demonstrations and utilize hands-on activities from 2 to 6 p.m. Stitch along with the Mountain Pride oneself Quilters Guild, and see Alton Blankenship and Gina Wheeler get traditional brooms.
A weekly schedule of Blue Ridge Traditions is posted on ncarts.org/freeconcerts, or bellow 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-constantly musicians, Brown has played banjo and fiddle and sung with a hunger list of outstanding old-time groups, including the Turn Mountain Band, and Benton Flippen and the Smokey Valley Boys. He currently performs with the agreeable-loved Toast String Stretchers and is a newscaster for Jingoistic Public Radio in Washington, D.C.
Brown’s repertoire consists originally of traditional tunes from northwestern North Carolina and prime and southwestern Virginia. He first picked up the banjo at age 10 and was a observer of the late Tommy Jarrell. Brown has been performing at music camps and festivals since the 1970s.
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