Thanks to a marketing grant from the Ddora Foundation, the Folk School was able to attend the celebrated Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island last weekend. We were excited to have the opportunity to spread the word about the Folk School to over 10,000 festival attendees. We attracted people to our tent with chances to [...]
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Through a recent program called “Appalachia Rediscovered: A Celebration of People and Place” hosted by the David A. Howe Public Library, many people had the opportunity to learn about the Folk School. We are grateful to Charley and Betsy Orlando, who gave this presentation in their hometown of Wellsville, New York. The Orlandos, both long [...]
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Here’s a video of the Earth Day mule plowing demonstration in the Folk School’s garden. Watch Buildings and Grounds Manager John Clarke plowing and singing the “Muleskinner Blues” and work study student Harrison Topp seems to catch on pretty quick, too. The 2 mules, Jim and Joe, owned by Danny Logan. Hal Hogsed, Muleskinner. Jim [...]
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Last Friday, Folk School students, staff, and community members excitedly gathered in the garden to witness something that probably hasn’t happened at the Folk School in the last 50 years. Brasstown neighbor, Danny Logan brought his mules to help do some ploughing. The mules, not accustomed to such hard work (or spectators with cameras) put [...]
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We got snow! On Monday the sun was shining bright in a clear blue sky, but by Friday the weather reports were in, and sure enough the flakes began to fall. It had been below-freezing for a couple of days, with night temperatures dipping down to nine degrees, so the snow stuck. As the sun began [...]
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