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    • [2011-04-30]

    • [2011-04-30]

    • Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Special events -- North Carolina, Western; Musicians -- North Carolina, Western; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson...

    • Today’s program features talented young people in our community. Amy introduces the show with "Orange Blossom Special" from Ron Smith, one of the judges of the Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Talent Contest at the Greening Up the Mountains...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2012-02-04]

    • [2012-02-04]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina, Western; Banjo -- Construction; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;

    • Amy opens the show with her story “Granny Dawson's Basket.” Doreyl and local artist Casey Queen of Dillsboro discuss the artists and events of the upcoming ColorFest celebration in Dillsboro. Amy talks with Jeffrey Delfield of Bryson City, who...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-04-09]

    • [2011-04-09]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs --...

    • To open the show, Amy shares a story about her father, followed by "Reap What You Sow," an original song from Tuckasegee’s Betty Collins Brown about her own parents. Doreyl interviews Teresa Dowd about the upcoming Full Spectrum Farms Growers’...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2010-10-16]

    • [2010-10-16]

    • Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;

    • The show is introduced by Teresa Eberly of Waynesville singing "The Water is Wide.” Doreyl interviews Julie Larson, Marie Marcella, and Richard Medcalf, artists from Asheville who will be featured at Sylva’s ColorFest on Oct 23rd. Amy...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2010-11-06]

    • [2010-11-06]

    • Creative writing -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina, Western; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western; Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Henderson County; Music -- North Carolina --...

    • To open the show, Amy talks about teaching local writers. Doreyl interviews Franklin’s Doris Hunter about the Hard Candy Christmas Arts and Crafts Show held in Cullowhee. Amy speaks with Hendersonville writer Janie Mae McKinley, author of The...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-07-09]

    • [2011-07-09]

    • Cornhusk craft -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Special events -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Nature craft -- North...

    • Amy introduces the show with the song "In the Pines" by the Blue Ridge Rounders. Doreyl interviews Betty Cabe from Franklin about corn shuck dolls. Amy talks with Theresa Ramsey, also from Franklin, about the upcoming Franklin Folk Festival. The...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-09-17]

    • [2011-09-17]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Pottery, American -- North Carolina, Western; Artisans --...

    • Amy tells the story of a banjo hidden in an old holler log, accompanied by Henry Queen of John’s Creek playing "John Henry" on the banjo. Doreyl talks with Margot Johnson of Glenville about art and the upcoming ColorFest in downtown Sylva. This...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-05-28]

    • [2011-05-28]

    • Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Authors, American -- Appalachian Region, Southern;

    • Amy thanks the youthful entertainers from CSA’s scholarship dinner, and introduces "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" from Jacob Jones. Doreyl interviews Amy about the upcoming Patchwork Folk and Fabric Festival on June 4, 2011, at the Jackson County...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-06-25]

    • [2011-06-25]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina, Western; Tourism -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North...

    • Amy tells her daddy’s story about rainbow trout, with a song by Ginny McAfee, "The Things that Grandpa Did." Doreyl interviews Doris Hunter of Mountain Artisans about the upcoming Summertime Arts and Crafts Show on July 2nd and 3rd. Amy and her...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2010-11-20]

    • [2010-11-20]

    • Music -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Swain County;Water -- Religious aspects ; Guadalupe, Our Lady of ; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Musicians --...

    • Alarka’s Julia Thompson and her band, Smoky Mountain Melodies, open the show with "Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown.” Doreyl interviews Glynis Heenan from Cashiers about miracle waters. Amy talks with Janet and John Chinners of Dillsboro...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2010-04-24]

    • [2010-04-24]

    • Aprons -- United States -- Collectors and collecting; Aprons -- United States -- History; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Environmentalism -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;

    • Today’s show is all about aprons. Amy talks a little about the old-time value of aprons; Doreyl interviews Dot Conner from Sylva about the history of aprons and her personal apron collection. Later, Amy speaks with Maurice Moody, new mayor of...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-08-06]

    • [2011-08-06]

    • Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Authors, American -- North Carolina, Western;

    • The show begins with 11-year-old McKayla Reece from Canton, as she sings "How Great Thou Art." Doreyl talks about creativity and the upcoming workshop Young Artists of ColorFest, after which the young group Mountain Faith from Sylva sing "Old Time...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-05-07]

    • [2011-05-07]

    • Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Macon County Historical Society (Macon County, N.C.); Special events -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;

    • Doreyl talks with Keith Shuler from Sylva, who shares stories and sings his song "Those Mystery Smoky Mountains." Amy hosts Steve Rice, Carolyn Nohria, and Riley Henry of the Macon County Historical Society. Director Rice shares the history of the...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-07-31]

    • [2011-07-31]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina, Western; Chair caning -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Handicraft -- North Carolina, Western; Cemeteries -- North...

    • Amy tells the story "Coon Hunting," a tale of two uncles coon hunting on Wolf Mountain. Doreyl’s guests, Victoria A. Casey McDonald and Pam Dengler, discuss the upcoming workshop Young Artists of ColorFest in Sylva. Then Amy talks with her...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-09-24]

    • [2011-09-24]

    • Arts -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County;

    • Doreyl talks with Terry Michelsen of Cullowhee about the upcoming ColorFest, held October 22nd in downtown Sylva. Betty Brown of Tuckasegee sings "Smoky Mountain Memories." Amy speaks with Mike Clayton of Sylva about growing up in Jackson County....
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-10-15]

    • [2011-10-15]

    • Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County;

    • Amy introduces the show with the song "Bismilah” by the Ubuntu Dillsboro choir. Doreyl interviews Hank Shuler, a potter from Franklin, and they discuss the upcoming ColorFest in downtown Sylva on October 22nd. Then we learn more about Ubuntu...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-11-19]

    • [2011-11-19]

    • Scots-Irish -- North Carolina; North Carolina -- Emigration and immigration; Music -- North Carolina -- Madison County; Macon County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Special events -- North Carolina, Western; Authors, American --...

    • To open the show, Amy talks about the history of the migration of the Scotch-Irish to North Carolina in the 18th century and introduces Jim Taylor of Madison County who sings the Scottish song "Pretty Peggy-O." Doreyl and her guest, Doris Hunter of...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-10-08]

    • [2011-10-08]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cullowhee...

    • Amy tells the story of John Newton, the author of "Amazing Grace," followed by a performance of the song by Jo Northup, Richard Birt, and the Collins family—including the youngest ones. Doreyl and her guest, Betty Brown of Tuckasegee, discuss...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2011-11-05]

    • [2011-11-05]

    • Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Cullowhee Baptist Church (Cullowhee, N.C.); Pottery, American -- North Carolina, Western;

    • To open the show, Amy talks about the upcoming Holiday Celebration of Writers and introduces the song "Asheville, Paris of the South” from the Asheville-based a cappella group, the Muses. Doreyl’s guest is Etheree Chancellor, who talks about...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk
    • [2012-02-18]

    • [2012-02-18]

    • Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Legends -- North Carolina, Western; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Dogwood Crafters Cooperative (Dillsboro, N.C.); Artisans -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North...

    • Amy opens the show with the legend of Judaculla Rock, followed by Milan Miller’s musical interpretation of the story from the album Songs from Jackson County. On Creative Corner, Doreyl talks with Brenda Anders of Dillsboro about the Dogwood...
    • Stories of Mountain Folk

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