Nancy Cutrer, wife to one of our wonderful instructors, has produced a video capturing the sense of what the folk school experience is like. “I was a guest of the photography instructor at the Folk School during the week of Sept 16-22, 2012. This video is a compilation of some of the photographs I took [...]
Martha Owen and David Liden were invited once again to visit Peachtree Elementary for their annual career day. They decided to invite their daughter Annie Fain Liden-Barralon to come with them because she does, in fact, have a career involving music and dance! “What a hoot,” said David, “she really does have a career in [...]
The Folk School is so happy to welcome Annie Fain Liden-Barralon to the position of Music and Dance Coordinator! I sat down with Annie Fain to find out about her experience growing up in the Folk School community and what it’s like to return as the Music and Dance Coordinator. Cory Marie: What’s is like [...]
It was about 1980. I got a call from Esther Hyatt, the Director of the Folk School. “Would you play the guitar for a dance class?” Would I? Yep, I’d play the guitar for about anything, and it was even better if I got paid. I showed up on a foggy June morning at the [...]
On Thursday, March 2l, 2013, John Campbell Folk School and N.C. Writers Network West are sponsoring a reading of poetry from 7-8p.m. The reading is free of charge and open to the public. Poets Linda Smith and writer Susan Anderson will be the featured readers. LINDA SMITH Linda Smith, poet and writer, from Hayesville, [...]