Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Cherokee Indians -- Folklore; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Crocheting -- North Carolina...
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....
Early postcards illustrated life and scenery in western North Carolina. This card is labeled, “Haywood County Court House,” located in Waynesville, N.C.
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Arts -- North Carolina -- Macon County; Centers for the...
Amy opens the show with her original story "The Legend of Horseshoe Rock," followed by the song “Running Wolf” from Keith Shuler of Sylva. On Creative Corner, Doreyl interviews 11-year-old singer McKayla Reece from Maggie Valley, who performs...
Autism spectrum disorders -- Treatment; Agriculture -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Full Spectrum Farms; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County;
Margaret Oren from Full Spectrum Farms talks with Doreyl about their programs for autistic individuals. Amy spends more time with Victoria A. Casey McDonald discussing her childhood in Jackson County. The show concludes with "Mule Skinner Blues," a...
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Community life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Excavations (Archaeology) -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Fund raising --...
Amy introduces the Collins family children who sing "Amazing Grace." Doreyl and her guest, Helen Ammons Bryson from Tuckasegee, discuss community building through cakewalks. Amy’s guest is Dr. Jane Eastman, associate professor in the Department...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Antiques -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes; Bee culture -- North Carolina -- Swain County; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County;...
Amy opens the show with a tale about making moonshine, featuring the song "Copperhead Road" by the Hominy Valley Boys from Haywood County. Doreyl’s guest, April “Dixie” Brendle from Dillsboro, talks about her antiques shop and her deep roots...
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...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Walker, Frank C., 1886-1959; Political consultants -- United States; Fashion designers -- North Carolina --...
To introduce the show, Amy tells the story “The Shadow of the Chicken Hawk,” followed by guitarist Ron Smith's rendition of "Wildwood Flower." On Creative Corner, Doreyl interviews the Ross Brothers, Zeb and Levi from Waynesville, who play...
Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Pottery, American -- North Carolina, Western; Artisans -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Clog dancing -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Macon County...
To open the show, Amy shares a coon hunting story, aided by Sylva musician Keith Shuler with his original song "Sam Moody, Legendary Coonhound." On Creative Corner, Doreyl's guest, Kim Ross of Waynesville, discusses her clogging team and her talent...
Mountain life -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Artists -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Pottery, American -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Adoption -- Ukraine -- Kiev; Musicians -- North...
This week, Amy’s story is “The Sinister-Looking House” where she goes back to when she was a child and describes the house in which she grew up. (Appalachian Fire from Henderson County sings “There is a Time”, closing the segment.)...
Music -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Businesswomen -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Thrift shops -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Swain County;
Jon Zachary of Cashiers opens our show with his song "Ballad of the Piper Cub.” Doreyl interviews Judy Weppel from Within Reach Resale Shop on Hazelwood Avenue in Waynesville. Amy interviews Bryson City–resident Sylvia Pierce Branch about her...
Musicians -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Storytelling -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Music -- North Carolina -- Catawba County; Music -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County; Wynette, Tammy; Music...
Doreyl’s Creative Corner welcomes Ginny and Brenda McAfee from Canton who sing an original song about Popcorn Sutton. Amy shares her cowboy stories with music from the Butterpats ("Lone Cowgirl") and the Yodeling Ramblers ("Cowboy Sweetheart")....
Special events -- North Carolina -- Jackson County; Musicians -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Music -- North Carolina -- Haywood County;
Amy invites area youths to enter the Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Heritage Talent Contest at the Greening Up the Mountains Festival on April 24th. On Creative Corner, Doreyl interviews Bryan McDowell of Canton, an 18-year-old who plays guitar,...
This late 1920s brochure for Waynesville, N.C., compiled by the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, featured 'Hotels, Apartments, and Inns -- A List of Accommodations'� (Waynesville, N.C.: The Haywood Print Shop). As in the heyday of the railway,...
This late 1920s brochure for Waynesville, N.C., compiled by the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, featured 'Hotels, Apartments, and Inns -- A List of Accommodations'� (Waynesville, N.C.: The Haywood Print Shop). As in the heyday of the railway,...
Textile factories -- North Carolina -- Haywood County; Royle-Pilkington Company (Hazelwood, N.C.)
The October 16, 1928, edition of 'The Ruralite' (Sylva, N.C.) featured an article about the Royle-Pilkington Company, a textile manufacturing plant, entitled 'Hazelwood Plant To Employ Three Hundred.' Hazelwood, North Carolina was an incorporated...
The North Carolina Good Roads Association's Road Maps and Tour Book of Western North Carolina (1916) included an advertisement and picture for the Waynesville Auto Repair Company. Another advertisement in The 1916 Pictorial Story of Haywood County...
This close up picture of the Haywood County Courthouse in Waynesville, N.C., shows the tower which distinguished the building as a town landmark. The Courthouse dated from 1884 and served the county until a new building was constructed in 1931 to...
The extent of the Champion Fibre Mills may be seen in this perspective taken from a slight elevation. The sender of this postcard view of the large pulp mill noted that the building marked with a '1' showed the boiler house 'exactly as it looks...
The booklet titled 'Woman's Christian Temperance Union Southern Assembly and School of Methods, Waynesville, N.C., 1892' carried this picture of the Haywood White Sulphur Springs Hotel. The earliest part of the building had been a home constructed...
