Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2012-03-10

Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2012-03-10

3/10/12

To open the show, Amy describes the joys of picking wild strawberries and shares a Cherokee legend about strawberries. Doreyl interviews Brenda McAfee of Asheville who shares her new song that was inspired by Doreyl’s "Fiery Fiddler" painting. Then Amy talks with Connie Anderson of Fines Creek, who discusses her current crafting activity, creating hairpin lace scarves. The band the Company Store follows with the song “The Old Wood-Burnin' Stove.” In the Apple Butter segment, Nicole interviews Melissa Jackson from Marion about growing up surrounded by her large family; the song "Hometown Blues" from the Blue Ridge Rounders follows. On Down Another Road, Judy reports from an Asheville park where she teaches children the folk song “Muskrat.” Then, in Arden, Judy teaches high school senior Nancy Smith how to sing traditional mountain ballads. The show ends with young McKayla Reece from Maggie Valley singing a gospel medley.

Artisans

Arts

Autobiography

Cherokee Indians -- Folklore

Crocheting

McDowell County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs

Music

Music -- Appalachian Region, Southern

Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County

Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County

Musicians -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County

Nature

Storytelling

Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center

sound

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/62045