Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fiddlers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Gallery One (Sylva, N.C.); Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Storytelling -- North...
Amy Ammons tells the story “Footsteps in the Shadows.” Doreyl Ammons interviews Dr. Ray Menze about Gallery One in Sylva. Amy interviews fiddler Amanda Dills Stewart from Cullowhee about how she learned to fiddle and became one of the Fiddling...
Authors, American -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee Indians -- Appalachian Region, Southern; Cherokee Indians -- Funeral customs and rites; Cemeteries -- North Carolina, Western; Decoration and ornament -- North Carolina, Western;
Amy opens the show with her view from the mountain as a child. Doreyl talks with Kirby A. Claphan, author of a new children’s book of poetry, Cherokee Mountain, which shares lessons from a Cherokee grandfather. Amy speaks with Pamela Conseen...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;...
Opening the show is Amy’s story “Slopping the Hogs.” Doreyl interviews Tim Lewis who talks about his art form and Gallery One. Amy spends time with Gail Stillwell Cooper, owner of Gateway Flea Market and member of one of the oldest families...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Cemeteries -- North Carolina, Western; Decoration and ornament -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;...
“Autumn” poem begins the show as Amy recites her love of the mountains. Doreyl talks with the Catman (Dr. Harold Sims), who shares the story of his shelter and his attentiveness to the welfare of cats. Amy spends time with Linda Owen Vinson and...
Cockman Family (Musical Group); Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes;
Amy’s story is “Tick Tock.” Doreyl interviews John and Jane Cockman of the Cockman Family, who discuss how they became a family who sings; they also talk about Doreyl’s upcoming art exhibit, Cultural Roots. Amy speaks with Vera Holland...
Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cockman Family (Musical Group);Chair caning -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Storytelling -- North Carolina --...
The show begins with a tribute to Aunt Corie. Part two of Doreyl’s interview with John and Jane Cockman in the Creative Corner segment. Amy talks with her brother David Franklin Ammons, who describes how he became a chair caner by watching...
Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cockman Family (Musical Group); Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Swain County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes;
The young Cockman boy opens the show singing “The Ballad of Old Blue.” Doreyl talks about the love of art with two of her art students, Nikki Henke (from Waynesville) and Lucius A. Salisbury, Jr. (from Franklin). Amy speaks with J. B. Jacobs...
Arts -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Graham County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes;Christmas pageants -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy opens the show with “Brave Soldiers.” Doreyl’s guest is Eugenia Johnson, director of the Swain County Center for the Arts, who talks about her family in Graham County and the center in Bryson City. Amy’s guest, Teresa Eberly, discusses...
Muses (Musical group); Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western
Amy’s story of “The Canhouse Band” opens the show. Doreyl’s Creative Corner welcomes Barry and Serena Dosenko, husband-and-wife writers, who discuss their writings about their families. Then Amy talks with Sarajane Melton of Sylva who sings...
Artists -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Muses (Musical group)
Amy opens the show with stories of old songs she heard as a child. Doreyl speaks with Michael M. Rogers, an Appalachian Trail watercolorist from Franklin, who talks about being an artist. Amy’s guest is Cliff Harris (also from Franklin) who...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;Graham County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes
Amy’s “Christmas in the Stable” opens the show, with the Cockman Family singing “And the Sheep Said.” Doreyl interviews Victoria Casey McDonald, who sings “Sweet Little Jesus Boy.” Amy talks with Brant Barnes who tells stories of his...
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy talks about “Blue Ridge Mountains Call for Me,” the theme song for Stories of Mountain Folk. Doreyl’s guests are Mary Jo Cobb and her 96-year-old mother, Gladys Hooper. Hooper tells of her early days in Jackson County as she started her...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Farm life -- North Carolina, Western; Jackson County Green Energy Park; Waste products as fuel -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Landfill gases --North Carolina -- Jackson County; Agriculture --...
Amy opens the show telling about her daddy planting by the signs. Doreyl’s guest is Carrie Blaskowski of the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro, who explains their creative use of land fill gases for energy. In part one of Amy’s...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Blacksmithing -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Ironworks -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Astrology and agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
Amy opens the show with “I Crave the Mountains.” Doreyl talks with blacksmith John Burtner who explains his demonstration process. For part two of “planting by the signs,” Amy welcomes back Reverend Robert Blanton who speaks on the phases...
Floods -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Penland School of Crafts; Farm life -- North Carolina, Western; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Penland School of Handicrafts; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy introduces the new Stories of Mountain Folk blog. Doreyl talks with Susan Morgan Leveille of Dillsboro, who tells the story of her historic family who started the Penland School of Crafts. Amy’s guest is Jack Brown Wiggins from Robbinsville,...
Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western; Astrology and gardening -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Whiskey -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Distilling, Illicit -- North Carolina, Western; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson...
Amy tells the story of Uncle Sterlen and his daddy. Doreyl interviews Suzanne Farrior, an art teacher for elementary schools and author of three books for children. Amy speaks with R. O. Wilson, who talks about his lifelong experiences with...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Art metal-work -- North Carolina, Western; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Astrology and gardening -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;
Amy opens the show with “Heavenly Grass.” Doreyl spends time with Ruth Morgan McConnell, who shares the history of the Morgan family’s hand-hammered pewter since 1930. Amy welcomes Dorothy Queen Conner of Sylva, who shares her tips for...
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fund raising -- North Carolina --...
Amy opens the show with an introduction to cakewalks. Doreyl’s guest is Lindsey Turrentine, a multitalented mountain girl from Tuckasegee, who talks about her family’s history and sings “Beulah Land.” Amy welcomes Joe Deitz who gives us the...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fund raising -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina --...
Amy’s opening story is “Granny and the Mule.” Doreyl welcomes Jon Zachary from Cashiers, a songwriter and aerial photographer, who sings one of his own creations, “Ballad of the Piper Club.” Amy speaks with Jim Ed Powell from Tuckasegee...
Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Cornhusk craft -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Community life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western;
Amy opens with Annie Lee Bryson’s poem “Corn Shuck Doll,” followed by Doreyl’s interview with Bryson. Bryson hails from Cane Creek in Cullowhee and is known locally as the “Corn Shuck Doll Lady.” Amy welcomes Mary Moody of Sylva, who...
