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This past weekend, the Folk School traveled to Asheville to represent our cooking program in a Wine and Food Festival. The annual festival, sponsored by WNC Magazine, celebrates and promotes local food sources, from wineries to restaurants and specialty food producers. Tasting glasses and plates in hand, participants strolled through the Agricultural Center, enjoying what [...]
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The week of May 30 was an exciting one for 10 beginning dulcimer players. Although several students had a music background, there were a number of others who couldn’t read music, and felt they “weren’t musical.” Under teacher Anne Lough and myself as the assistant, students went from being terrified of the 60 plus strings [...]
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Once I get my car unpacked, and go to orientation and welcome supper, the reality of having a whole week at the Folk School finally sets in. Monday morning is the sweetest. Walking to class with my sketchbook in hand, it’s refreshing to know that I have five full days to work in the studio. [...]
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Spring is in the air. The daffodils aren’t just buds anymore. They are big and vibrant. It’s time to slow your pace as you walk around campus and see the crocuses pushing the heavy brown oak leaves out of the way. And yes ~ hyacinths complete the trio. People who come to the Folk School [...]
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Our very own Folklorist David Brose has been doing a show on one of our local radio stations that I think you should know about. On WLSB 1400 AM and WYHG 770 AM on Saturdays from noon to 2 pm, David presents a 2 hour show called “The Mountain Valley Homecoming” that features 18 years [...]
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