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The show begins with a tribute to Aunt Corie. Part two of Doreyl’s interview with John and Jane Cockman in the Creative Corner segment. Amy talks with her brother David Franklin Ammons, who describes how he became a chair caner by watching Grandpa…

The young Cockman boy opens the show singing “The Ballad of Old Blue.” Doreyl talks about the love of art with two of her art students, Nikki Henke (from Waynesville) and Lucius A. Salisbury, Jr. (from Franklin). Amy speaks with J. B. Jacobs from…

Amy opens the show with “Brave Soldiers.” Doreyl’s guest is Eugenia Johnson, director of the Swain County Center for the Arts, who talks about her family in Graham County and the center in Bryson City. Amy’s guest, Teresa Eberly, discusses the…

Amy’s story of “The Canhouse Band” opens the show. Doreyl’s Creative Corner welcomes Barry and Serena Dosenko, husband-and-wife writers, who discuss their writings about their families. Then Amy talks with Sarajane Melton of Sylva who sings “Mary,…

Amy opens the show with stories of old songs she heard as a child. Doreyl speaks with Michael M. Rogers, an Appalachian Trail watercolorist from Franklin, who talks about being an artist. Amy’s guest is Cliff Harris (also from Franklin) who shares…

Amy’s “Christmas in the Stable” opens the show, with the Cockman Family singing “And the Sheep Said.” Doreyl interviews Victoria Casey McDonald, who sings “Sweet Little Jesus Boy.” Amy talks with Brant Barnes who tells stories of his family from…

Amy talks about “Blue Ridge Mountains Call for Me,” the theme song for Stories of Mountain Folk. Doreyl’s guests are Mary Jo Cobb and her 96-year-old mother, Gladys Hooper. Hooper tells of her early days in Jackson County as she started her family.…

Amy opens the show telling about her daddy planting by the signs. Doreyl’s guest is Carrie Blaskowski of the Jackson County Green Energy Park in Dillsboro, who explains their creative use of land fill gases for energy. In part one of Amy’s interview…

Amy opens the show with “I Crave the Mountains.” Doreyl talks with blacksmith John Burtner who explains his demonstration process. For part two of “planting by the signs,” Amy welcomes back Reverend Robert Blanton who speaks on the phases of the…

Amy introduces the new Stories of Mountain Folk blog. Doreyl talks with Susan Morgan Leveille of Dillsboro, who tells the story of her historic family who started the Penland School of Crafts. Amy’s guest is Jack Brown Wiggins from Robbinsville, who…
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