Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2015-06-20

Stories of mountain folk broadcast: 2015-06-20

Autobiography

Clog dancing

Contests

Education

Events

Folk singers

History

Marriage

Mountain life

Music

Musicians

Nurses

Ritchie, Jean

Storytelling

The show begins with another story of Amy’s early married life, “Five Gears on the Floor,” in which she is taught to drive. Accompanying music is “Operator” on acoustic guitar. On Creative Corner, Doreyl’s guest is Kim Ross from Waynesville, director of the J. Creek Cloggers. They talk about how Kim became a dancer, how the group was formed and the origin of the name, and the style of clogging the group performs. The segment is followed by “Appalachian Clogging” by Jimmy Johnson and Ira Bernstein. Amy welcomes Shawn Turpin and her 10-year old son, Caleb Turpin, to Stories of Mountain Folk. Shawn gives some of her personal history, growing up in the Snowbird community of Graham County and working as a registered nurse at the Graham County Health Department. Caleb talks about teaching himself to play the guitar and mandolin, and the help and encouragement he received through the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program held at the Stecoah Valley Cultural Arts Center. He won Best of Show at the Heritage Alive! Mountain Youth Talent Contest in May 2015 and will play at Mountain Heritage Day at WCU in the fall. “Dig a Hole” by the Valley River Boys follows the interview. On This is My Home, Joe Rhinehart shares the story of Jean Ritchie, a legend in Appalachian music. Jean died recently at 92 years of age in Berea, Ky. and Joe reads her obituary from the New York Times. “The L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore” from Jean Ritchie’s album Mountain Hearth & Home follows the segment. On Down Another Road, Judy Rhodes visits with Dorothy Reese Thoma, age 86, from the Little Creek community of Madison County. She shares her memories of going to a one-room school house in the 1930s called Poplar Gap School. The school taught children from 1st through 7th grades and was located where the Poplar Gap Cemetery is today. The interview is followed by Henry Queen’s rendition of “June Apple. The program closes with “Man of Constant Sorrow” by Whitewater Bluegrass Co.

Stories of Mountain Folk - Radio Programs

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Cain, Doreyl Ammons

Garza, Amy Ammons

Queen, Henry

Rhinehart, Joe P.

Rhodes, Judy

Ritchie, Jean

Ross, Kim

Thoma, Dorothy Reese

Turpin, Caleb

Turpin, Shawn Harless

Valley River Boys (Musical group)

Whitewater Bluegrass Co. (Musical group)

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2015-06-22

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Graham County (N.C.)

Haywood County (N.C.)

Jackson County (N.C.)

Madison County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

Appalachian Region, Southern

55 minutes(duration)

Stories of Mountain Folk