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Ashe County Arts Council303 School AvenueWest Jefferson, NC 28694
No. 188 September – October – November 2017
Publication of the Ashe County Arts Council
ARTS/DATES
STAFF: Jane Lonon, Executive Director; Linda Dreyer, Director of Operations; Rebecca Williams, Program Director; Zaneeta, Resident Mouse-Catcher
Website: www.ashecountyarts.org E-mail: [email protected] School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694
336.846-2787
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SEPTEMBER1... Zephyr Lightning Bolts in concert, 5:30 pm, Backstreet Park 1-2... “Through the Camera’s Eye” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center2... Mountain Home Music: Songs of the Working Man and Working Woman by Dixie Dawn, 7:30 pm, Harvest House, Boone 3... 15th Annual New River Blues Festival, River House, Grassy Creek 5... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center 6-30... “In Other Words” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center8... Gallery Crawl, 5-8pm, Downtown West Jefferson8... Artists’ reception for “In Other Words” exhibit, 5-8pm, Arts Center12-16... On The Same Page Literary Festival, various Ashe County locations 14... Ashe County Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meets, 2-4 pm, ASA 15-16... West Jefferson Olde Time Antiques Fair, downtown West Jefferson23... Blue Ridge Art Clan meets, 9:30 am, Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church23... Art on the Mountain, 9am - 3pm, Ashe Arts Center23... WKSK Old Time & Bluegrass Radio Show, Ashe Arts Center27... Friends of the Library meet, 11am, Ashe County Library30... Fall Harvest Festival, Ashe County Farmer’s Market30... Hooray for Holly-Weird Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, 6pm, Ashe Shrine Club
NOVEMBER1-16... “Best of the Blue Ridge” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center3... Jeff Little Trio, 7:30 pm, Ashe Civic Center9... Ashe County Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meets, 2-4pm, ASA9... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7pm, Ashe Arts Center11... Boardwalk Barbershop Quartet, 7:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center14... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center17... Tribute Show: The Eagles, BR Dinner Theatre 17-19.. Ashe County Little Theatre: Best Christmas Pagent Ever, Civic Center18, 19, 24... Ashe County Farmer’s Market Holiday Market, 9am-1pm22... Friends of the Library meet, 11am, Ashe County Library21-30... “Tree Fest” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center25... Mountain Home Music: A Celtic Christmas, 7:30 pm, St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Boone
OCTOBER1-8... “More Than Words” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center 2... Mountain Home Music: Bluegrass Hither and Yon – Shadowgrass and Strictly Clean and Decent, 7:30 pm, Harvest House, Boone7... Autumn Leaf Festival, Museum of Ashe County History, Jefferson9... Ashe County Little Theatre quarterly meeting, 5:30 pm, Arts Center10... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center13... Ashe County Frescoes Foundation presents An Evening With Lottie Moon, 7:30 pm, Ashe Civic Center 12-31... “Best of the Blue Ridge” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center12... Ashe County Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meets, 2-4pm, ASA12... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7pm, Ashe Arts Center13... Gallery Crawl, 5-8pm, Downtown West Jefferson13... Artists’ reception for “Best of the Blue Ridge” exhibit, 5-8pm14... Festival of the Frescoes, Glendale Springs, 9am-3pm14... Todd Fall Festival, Todd. www.toddruritan.org14... WKSK Old Time & Bluegrass Radio Show, Ashe Civic Center16-21... Missoula Children’s Theatre residency, Ashe Civic Center21... Wordkeepers Salon, 4pm, Ashe Arts Center21... MCT’s Beauty Lou and the Country Beast, 3pm and 7:30 pm, Civic Center25.. Friends of the Library meet, 11am, Ashe County Library28... Blue Ridge Art Clan meets, 9:30 am, Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church28... WKSK Old Time & Bluegrass Radio Show, Ashe Civic Center
HOORAY FOR HOLLY-WEIRD!MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE
The Ashe County Arts Council presents HOORAY FOR HOLLY-WEIRD on Saturday evening, September 30 at 6pm at the Ashe Shrine Club. It’s an evening of theatre and entertainment, music, a great meal, and lots of fun!
Cecil B. DePill’s latest theatrical marvel, “The Wind Be Gone” is ready to be cast. Joan Crawfish and Judy Garlic are auditioning for the coveted lead role in the movie epic and that’s when the trouble starts. Strange goings-on are afoot…Hollywood is turning into Holly Weird! And the guests for the evening (that’s YOU!) will help solve the crime.
Reservations are required and seating is limited. The cost is $40 per person and your ticket includes appetizers, beverages, and dinner catered by Rosie Bolac. Put together a group or come alone, you’ll have a ball. Call 336.846-2787 for tickets - don’t miss the fun!
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ASHE STUDENTS ARE JAMMIN’JUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS PROGRAM
Ashe County’s JAM Program has a new look and location for 2017-18!
Here’s what you need to know:• Open to students in grades 3-8• Instruction in banjo, guitar, and fiddle• Beginning and Intermediate levels available• Instructors include Martha Spencer, Chris Testerman, and others • Classes meet twice a week at the Ashe Civic Center• Instruments are provided• $3 per class fee charged• Instruction begins in September• JAM Club is available for players who want experience playing with a group
The Arts Council has sponsored the JAM Program since 2002 and continues the commitment of supporting traditional mu-sic in our community and to passing along that tradition to the next generation.
JAM is funded, in part, by a Folklife Initiatives Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and a Wayne Henderson Festival Grant. For more information or to register, please call 336.846-2787.
You asked for earlier opportunities to purchase your tickets and we listened! Tickets for all events
included in ARTS/DATES, go on sale the first month of each issue. For example, this issue
covers concerts September through November, and you can call NOW to get those favorite seats!
336.846-2787
Painters from Ashe and surrounding counties are invited to submit works for THE BEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE, a juried fine art com-petition and exhibition. Visual artists residing in Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, Wilkes, Grayson and Johnson Counties are eligible to sub-mit original work that has been executed within the last three years. Paintings, drawings, hand pulled prints and two-dimensional mixed media works will be accepted. There is a non-refundable entry fee and delivery dates are October 7, 9 and 10 at the Ashe Arts Center. A Prospectus for the show is available from the Arts Council.
Juror for The Best of the Blue Ridge is Addren Doss, who works in oils and pastel and has been painting professionally for over twenty-five years. Her paintings of landscapes and animals are filled with light and bold strokes of vibrant color. Addren loves teaching workshops in both oil and pastel, and has been doing so for the past 10 years. She believes it is important to share and pass on the many lessons she has learned over the years.
Addren is a master signature member of Women Artists of the West, member of excellence of the Southeastern Pastel Society, a found-ing member of the Piedmont Outdoor Painting Society, and member of the Pastel Society of North Carolina. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections across the country and in Europe.
Awards for the show are provided by corporate sponsor Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff. The popular People’s Choice Award will be awarded on November 1 following voting by visitors to the exhibit.
The exhibit opens October 12 and runs through November 15. The public is invited to the opening reception for the artists on Friday, October 13 from 5–8pm in conjunction with the Fall Gallery Crawl. The awards presentation will occur at 6pm. For more information, contact the Arts Council at 336.846-2787.
BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST
Auditions will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST from 3:45 to 5:45 pm Monday, October 16 in the Civic Center Auditorium. Those auditioning should arrive by 3:45 pm and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immedi-ately following the audition.
Among the roles to be cast are Beauty Lou, Imaginary Friend, Beast, Dusty and Slim the farmhands, Fleabite Clyde the dog, the Younger Daughters, the Older Daughters, the Country Folk and the Barnyard Critters. Students, ages Kindergarten through 12th grade, are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Assistant Directors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to take on essential backstage responsibilities.
Missoula Children’s Theatre touring productions are com-plete with costumes, scenery, props and makeup. MCT Tour Actor/Directors will conduct rehearsals throughout the week from 3:30 to 8:00 pm each day. There is a $25 fee per cast member to help defray the cost of this learning experience. This production is sponsored and funded by the Ashe County Arts Council, the Ashe Civic Center, and the Ashe County Little Theatre. BEAUTY LOU will be presented at 3:00 and 7:30 pm Saturday, October 21 at the Civic Center. Ticket price is $12 for adults and $5 for students, and will be available in advance at the Ashe Arts Center or by calling 336.846-2787.
OCTOBER
Best of the Blue Ridge
Ashe County Little Theatrepresents
November 17 - 19, 2017
Ashe Civic CenterAdults: $16 • Students: $5includes applicable sales tax
All seats reserved Call (336) 846-2787
WORDKEEPERS SALONReaders from across the High Country will gather at the Ashe Arts Center for the Wordkeepers Salon on October 21. The salon features writers reading their latest prose and poetry works in five-minute open microphone time slots. The readings begin at 4:00 p.m.
Wordkeepers is free and open to the public. Writers in-terested in reading from their work should email Chris Arvidson at [email protected] to secure their first-come, first-served spot on the bill, and to receive guidelines for reading.
THANK YOU!The Ashe County Arts Council has lots of reasons to say “thanks!” We’ve got the best volunteers anywhere and we couldn’t do what we do without your help and support. Thanks for your contributions of time, resources, and encouragement. Here’s a starting list of some of the Arts Council’s supporters. FEAST GUESTS AND SUPPORTERS – Jim & Janet Abplanalp, Becky Absher, Steve & Ann Anderson, Carolyn Andreucci, Jack Apple & Michelle Handler, John & Dede Ashby, Charles Baker, Carol Ann Baker, Curtis Baldwin & Scott Broughton, Bobbie Barden & Bob Clark, Wesley Barker, Jim & Kathy Barlow, Sandra Barrett, Michael & Joanie Bell, Pete & Judy Benda, Sara Benfield, Barbara Berry, Julia Bishop, Brian & Jennifer Blanco, Teresa Blank, Leigh Blevins, Vita Blevins, James Blumenthal & Daphne McKee, Larry & Jan Bork-Pelt, Doug & Jana Boven, Tom & Lynn Brady, Pete & Mimi Brandt, Ed & Jayne Braxton, Steve & Jane Brotherton, Mack & Susan Brown, Linda Bruce, Becky Burgess, Deeanna Burleson, John & Kathryn Bush, Elliott & Joan Byrd, H.S. Caldwell, John & Mary Cannon, Walter & Gloria Cheatham, Kathy Chefas, David Chiswell, Barry & Peggy Clemmer, Bob & Karol Clifton, Bernard & LeVonda Clouse, Phil Cole, Pat Considine & Alice Atwood, Lon & Carol Coulter, Timothy & Audrey Cowen, Bryant & Dorothy Cranston, John & Char Crecelius, Joan Cro-teau, Edith Crutcher, Joe & Diana Culbreth, Patricia Cumming, Rudy & Theresa Early Curd, Richard & Beverly Darlington, Thomas & Sue Davis, Tim & Debbie Davis, Walt & Jane Davis, James & Pamela Dodd, Susie Donahue, Joy Dove, Stephan Dragisic & Kriss Dinkins, Henry Doss & Chris Arvidson, Harold & Geraldine Dutreix, Rick Dynesius, Dave & Lynne Eastburn, Kevin Eckhardt, Bob & Janet Edsell, Doug & Cathy Ehrhardt, James & Julia Eskridge, Cathy Everhart, Richard & Dee Falls, Adam & Gwen Farrow, Shelley Felder, Terri Filipski, Mark & Marsha Findlay, James & Saundra Flanders, Jerrie Francis, Jim & Jan Gambill, Joe & Pamela Garner, Dale & Theresa Garvin, Thomas & Paige Ghareeb, Allan & Sandra Gitter, Robert & Virginia Giuliani, Chris & Jane Glass, Guillermo & Patricia Gonzalez, Don & Frances Goodhart, Elaine Graham, Karen Gross, Cari Halsey, Teri Hamilton, Sybil Harmon, John Harmon, Janice Hassell, Royce & Nela Hawley, David & Michele Hayes, Dan & Phyllis Hefner, Mike & Rhonda Herman, Bruce & Deborah Hershock, Al & Jane Hines, Darin & Heidi Hodges, Stephen & Maryann Horsley, Kathy Howell, Billie Huffman, Robert & Kathy Hughes, Susan Hunt, Gale & Ina Ruth Hurley, Roy & Irby Hutchins, Earl Inge, Eva Ingle, Russell & Barbara Johnson, Gene & Vicki Johnson, Wayne & Diane Johnson, Donnie & Dana Johnson, Phil & Carolyn John-son, Fred & Clare Jordan, G.W. & Karin Kalmus, Patsy Kanagy, Sharon Kasel, Lyn Kincaid, Tom & Sally Klinedinst, Wendy Korb, Laura Lambeth, Ed & Donna Lamm, Katherine Land, Tom Lane, Mandy Lanier, Christian Lannie, Geoff & Dolores Lawson, Phil & Zoila Ledea, Gary Lee, Valeria Leschber, Betty Lewis, Grady & Jane Lonon, Jeff & Carol Lubbers, Cary & Margi Ludwig, John MacConnell, John & Jane Maddocks, Joe & Marilyn Maloney, Stuart & Allison Malter, Kevin Mann, Gregory & Donna Marquis, Linda Marsh, Kent & Becky Marsten, Berry & Judith Matheson, Tuck & Wilma McClure, Daryl McCollum, Donna McGarity, Jonna McGarity, Artie & Jill McGlohon, Terry McGowan & Jayme Inman, Tom & Linda McLintock, Jerry McMillan, Connie Mercer, Charlie & Nancy Miller, Pat Mitchell, Deborah Mitchell, Wiley & Carolyn Mock, Donald Moore & Timothy Gupton, Robert & Jayne Morgan, Darrell & Lea Morrison, Carol Morrow, Russ & Jean Moxley, Bill & Barb Naser, Margaret Newbold, David & Louise Jordan Norman, Michele Obenchain, Chickie Olsen, Hank & Cindy Orr, Rose Ann Pace, Dean & Linda Page, Wendy Painter, Bill & Anita Pangle, Debra Patterson, Ed & Phyllis Patton, Cynthia Payne, Pam Pellegrino, Mark & Allyson Perlman, Coleman & Gabriella Perry, Ed & Ellie Perzel, George & Allmuth Perzel, Kimberly Perzel, Mark Perzel & Leila Spriggs, Rebecca Petruck, Cathy & John Pfeil, Don & Pat Phillips, Meagan Phillips, Sandy Pinto, Janet & Louis Pittard, Ray Podd & Linda Stanley, Scot Pope, Howell & Becky Pruett, Buzz & Chris Rankin, Hugh & Lynn Rees-Jones, Betty Rembert, Traylor & Diana Renfro, Ruth Renfro, Mathieu Robinson, Pete & Augusta Rodriguez, Michael & Kathryn Rominger, Dan & Shirley Rosenquist, Ann Rothrock, Gordon & Jean Roznik, Wade & Sarah Sanders, Felicitas Bugarin Santos, Jerry & Lynn Saunders, Bette Schwirtz, Allen & Pirjo Seaman, Barbara Sears, Robert & Patricia Seefeld, Nancy Shannon, JR & Shon Shatley, Keith & Beverly Shaver, Warren & Erin Shepherd, David & Mary Sheps, Stephen & Nancy Shoemaker, Milt Sigel, Jeremy & Arlene Small, George & Christine Small, Bud & Barbara Snotherly, Dann Stansberry, Paul & Mary Anne Stevens, Peter & Becky Stragand, Martha Swander, Jim & Pam Tapp, Vernon & Anne Taylor, Julie Townsend, Malcom & Susan Trevillian, Andrew Trump, Henry & Nancy Unger, Harry & Susan Van Wyk, Jerry & Della Vodenicker, Perry & Rheta Wall, Graig & Lisa Ward, Stephen & Connie Watt, T. Richard Watts Jr., Joel & June Weaver, Gary & Carolyn Weckstrom, Michael & Maria Whaley, Bill & Diane Williams, Cheryl Williams, Jim & Rebecca Williams, Paula Williams, Terry & Debbie Williams, Steve & Lisa Willingham, Gayle Winston, Ted Winter & Ann Latimer, Fred & Connie Woolard, Bob & Bobbie Worley, Joel & Kate Yates, Nan Zoppi
FEAST FOR THE ARTS DINNER HOSTSChris Arvidson & Henry DossJohnny Burleson & Walter ClarkKathy and John ChefasKelly ClampittJane and Walt DavisLinda and Jeff DreyerLynne and Dave EastburnJan GambillElaine and Charles GrahamLynn GrahamDana and Donnie JohnsonDiane and Wayne JohnsonSharon KaselJane and Grady LononJohn MacConnellJane and John MaddocksBecky MarstenEllie and Ed Perzel Susan and Jim PowersDiana and Traylor RenfroBarbara SearsLucy and John SmyreDann StansberryBecky and Peter StragandConnie and Fred WoolardKate and Joel YatesNan Zoppi and Scot Pope
FEAST SILENT AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS Chris ArvidsonFrancine BarrJayne and Ed BraxtonGary Brown, BoondocksGale ChampionCranberry WoodworksRick DynesiusLynne EastburnSusan DahlinDee FallsJoel and Pamela GarnerHigh Country GreenhouseDebbie HershockJohn MaddocksMustard SeedHank OrrDeb Patterson and Ken JonesPeabodies Wine and SpiritsEd and Ellie Perzel Kimberly PerzelScot Pope and Nan ZoppiRivers Edge InnMathieu Robinson, Jeff. LandingStephen ShoemakerLeila Spriggs and Mark PerzelGayle Winston, River HouseJared Yelton
Michael & Carole AcquestaChip & Judy AndersonDan & Sandy AppleChris ArvidsonAshe Custom FramingAlice AtwoodCarol Ann BakerPat BeaverPete & Judy BendaBarbara BerryJenny BezinguePete & Mimi BrandtGil & Karen BrockJudi BrownBecky BurgessFowler & Jennie BushBobby & Susan CaddellMary CannonKathy ChefasPat ConsidineJoan CroteauWalt & Jane DavisHenry DossSarah DuncanDave & Lynne EastburnRoy & Mary Caryl ElmoreMolly GambillPaige GhareebTed & Billie GoodmanCharles & Elaine GrahamKaren Gross
Gene Hafer Melinda HamrickDebbie HandyAnn HelmsMike & Rhonda HermanAnnehart HerrickLibby HoffmanKathy HowellRon & Jane HuberClint JohnsonDonnie & Dana JohnsonGene & Vickie JohnsonPhil & Carolyn JohnsonWayne JohnsonChristopher JonesEdith JonesGlenda JonesHenry Jordan IISarah JoyceGerhard & Karin KalmusNita LangerDal & Sandy LassenPatricia LeonardLifeStore BankJane LononJohn MacConnellBecky MarstenTuck & Wilma McClureTom & Linda McLintockBelva MillerCharles & Judy Mitchell
Jack & Pat Moncrief Suzanne MooreVaughn & Beth MorrisonNancy NewtonCandace OwensAnita PanglePam PellegrinoPerry’s Gold MineEd & Ellie PerzelLouis & Janet PittardRay Podd & Linda StanleyHowell & Becky PruettBetty RembertDiana RenfroMartha & Larry RhodesPatricia RiceWade & Sarah SandersFelicitas Bugarin SantosRon & Betty SchuetteAnn SeagleBarbara SearsLee SmithBill & Sue StilesAlison Lord StuartJim & Pam TappVernon & Anne TaylorJulie Townsend Real EstateGuyla VardellJanet WarnerJune WeaverCarolyn & Gary Wolfe
FEAST DESSERT & WINE PROVIDERSBakers Addict, Rosie Bolac Catering, Boondocks Restaurant, Pam Cole, Elaine Graham, Harris Teeter Market, Harvest Café, Dana Johnson, Edith Ann Irish Nations, Publix Market, River House, Stick Boy Bread Company, Sweet and Savory Bakery, The Club at Jefferson Landing, The Hotel Tavern, Winners Circle
PAGE TURNERS – The Arts Council and Library gratefully acknowledge the financial contributions from the PAGE TURNERS, individuals and businesses committed to supporting ON THE SAME PAGE and reading and writing in Ashe County.
FRIENDS OF THE FIDDLERSThe Arts Council says thanks to the following supporters of the Ashe County Blue-grass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention who help extend our culture, preserve our heritage and support traditional music: Michael & Carole Acquesta, David & Staci Braun, Walt & Jane Davis, Jay & Marilyn Gibbs, Cecil Gurganus, Diane & Wayne Johnson, Jane & Grady Lonon, John MacConnell, John & Jane Maddocks, John & Lucy Smyre, June Weaver, Lynn Worth
SEPTEMBER
IN OTHER WORDS
The Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center is host to an exhibit that is a companion to the 10th annual On the Same Page Literary Festival. Painters, photog-raphers, and fiber artists were asked to create new work depicting an existing literary work, i.e. poem, book, short story, or fairy tale using the title of that literary work as the title for the submission.
Participating artists include Catherine Altice, Chris Arvidson, Joanie Bell, Doug Butler, Dale Carlson, Roberta Durham, Tatyana Dyakonova, Michelle Handler, Kathy Hentschel, Aviva Kahn, Christina Keaton, Patricia Leonard, Adrienne and Jennifer Ley, Susan Marlowe, Judy Mitchell, Ron Pehmoeller, Scot Pope, Joni Ray, Robert Ray, Cheryl Roberts, Linda Smith, Susan Van Wyk, Dawn Wicklow, and Cheryl Young.
The exhibit runs September 6 through October 7 and opens with an artist reception on September 8 from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. in conjunction with the monthly Gallery Crawl.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS!Grant funds are available for artists! The Regional Artist Project Grant deadline is soon, September 15. Check the website, www.ashecountyarts.org, or call the Arts Council now for more information and an application form. This might be your lucky year!
The RAP of Northwest North Carolina is supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the De-partment of Natural and Cultural Resources. Seven awards were granted in 2016-2017. Deadline for the 2017-2018 award cycle is September 15, 2017. For more information please call 336.846-2787.
JEFF LITTLE TRIO IN CONCERTGet ready for a night of great music when Jeff Little, Steve Lewis and Josh Scott take the stage of the Ashe Civic Center on Friday evening, November 3. Concert time is 7:30 pm.
Jeff, known as the Piano Man of the Blue Ridge, is a re-markable musician, steeped in the tradition of his native Blue Ridge. Yet he is also a virtuosic and eclectic innova-tor and entertainer. Little’s involvement with music dates to his formative years in Boone where his father owned a music shop. There he heard a variety of styles and in-struments, and Jeff began playing at the age of five. In a region known for the aesthetics of old-time country, a call for speed, precision and clarity as well as an adherence to the traditional repertoire, Jeff Little’s musical ability is unrivaled. His fingers seem to fly over the keyboard, delighting audiences wherever he goes.
Adding to the ensemble are equally impressive two-time national banjo champion, Steve Lewis, and Josh Scott on bass. And as usual a few other musical friends will probably join Jeff on stage! Reserved seating tickets are avail-able in advance at the Ashe Arts Center ($16 for adults, $5 for students). Credit cards are accepted. For tickets or more information, Call the Arts Council at 336.846-2787.
BOARDWALKDo you love the sound of close harmony? Do you like that unique barbershop sound? Do you enjoy a fast-paced, high energy, fun concert with lot of great music? If so, you won’t want to miss Boardwalk Quartet coming to the Ashe Arts Center at 7:30 pm on Saturday, November 11.
Boardwalk is a barbershop quartet from Atlanta, GA made up of 4 close friends. They are 2nd generation “barbershop-pers” with 3 of the 4 dads singing together at one point or another. One of the reasons that Boardwalk formed was to re-create some of the songs that combined great barbershop
harmony with folk music and some instrumentation. Quartet members include Tenor - Brad Hine, Lead - Mark Schlinkert, Baritone - David Calland, Bass - Jared “Pookie” Carlson.
Tickets for the concert are $16 for adults and $5 for students. Call 336.846-2787 soon to reserve your seat! You’ll leave the Arts Center humming…
TREE FEST Christmas is coming, and the Ashe Arts Center will be decked out in its finery again this year! Tree Fest celebrates the holiday season with seven beautifully decorated trees, an exhibit of miniature artwork, and Christmas Marketplace. Organizations and artists contributing to the exhibit represent a cross-section of community involvement with the arts. Tree Fest opens November 20 and may be viewed Monday through Saturday throughout the holiday season. The Arts Council’s popular, handcrafted ornament tree, My Fa-vorite Things, will include new ornaments for your seasonal collection in clay, paper, fibers, wood, and stained glass. Look for details of Tree Fest in the December issue of ARTS/DATES.
NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS!
For 50 years, the North Carolina Arts Council has worked to achieve the conviction upon which it was founded: arts for all citizens.
March 2017 marked the kick-off of the yearlong statewide 50th Anniversary Celebration. Since its beginning in 1967, the impact on local communities and
especially the Ashe County Arts Council has been significant.
We salute you! We thank you! We celebrate with you!Happy Anniversary to the North Carolina Arts Council!
IT’S FUND DRIVE TIME FOR THE ARTS! September is always a banner month for the Arts Council, as we announce the new programming season and celebrate our 39th year as an organization serving the arts needs of Ashe County. We’ll kick off our annual fund drive in September to raise funds for the arts.
As we begin another year of community concerts at the Ashe Civic Center and Ashe Arts Center, gallery exhibits, school arts assembly programs, the Junior Appalachian Musicians Project (JAM), downtown murals, the Gallery Crawl, Spring Fest, On The Same Page Literary Festival, the Barn Quilt Project, the Fiddlers Convention, and the Studio Tours we realize that you who have shared in the Arts Council’s vision all these years play a dual role in its success. You provide both intangible gifts of time, energy and enthusiasm and the financial support we need to continue our mission of promoting the arts in all forms in Ashe County.
Information about the 2017-2018 Fund Drive and schedules for the year will be in the mail soon. The Arts Council expresses its gratitude for the past contributions and thanks you in advance for your future support. Contributions may be mailed to 303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694, or online donations are accepted at www.ashecountyarts.org.
WKSK GARY POE RADIO SHOWMark your calendars for the popular WKSK Gary Poe Radio Show broadcast live! Be-ginning “a little after 11:00” Gary will bring the best in bluegrass and old time music to the Ashe Arts Center Saturday, September 23 for a special show, and to the stage of the Ashe Civic Center October 14 with Sugarloaf Ramblers and October 28th featuring the Shadows of Bluegrass Band with Presley Barker. Admission is free! Don’t miss it!
SCHOOL ARTS IN ASHE 2017-2018The Arts Council’s sponsorship of cultural programs in Ashe County Schools continues to enhance students’ education through the arts. Concerts, programs and residencies are offered throughout the year in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and literature.
The Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) Program offers instruc-tion in guitar, banjo and fiddle to the county’s third through eighth grade students. The Ashe County Choral Festival brings chorus students together for a free public concert in December. The visual arts are well represented in the Council’s annual Young at Art exhibit in The Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center. Spring Fest and the Very Special Arts Festival offer daylong celebrations of the arts for Ashe County’s young people.
The Arts in Education programs are sponsored jointly by the Ashe County Arts Council and local schools with funding support from a North Carolina Arts Council Folklife Grant for the JAM Program and a Grassroots Arts Program Grant for Spring Fest, Mike Wiley, and the Choral Festival. The North Carolina Arts Council is a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. During the 2017 – 2018 school year students will experience:
• Donna Washington, African American Stories • Roger Day, high energy music show for grades K-3 • Soul Street Dance, unique modern dance troupe • Atlantic Coast Theatre, Flight, the story of flight from the Wright Brothers to NASA • Missoula Children’s Theatre, workshops •Mike Wiley, Brown vs. Board of Education • Cats, Hats, and Books, Oh My! a Seussasaurian Celebration! •American Tapestry, The World Turned Upside Down: music and stories of the American Revolution • Mike Kelsey, Think like a composer! • Zak Morgan, songs and readings with a positive message of “I can do it!” •Appalachian Young People’s Theatre, classic literary work for grades 4-6 • Mickey McMasters visual arts residency
ON THE SAME PAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL A CELEBRATION OF READING AND WRITING Celebrating 10 years!ON THE SAME PAGE, Ashe County’s Literary Festival, will take place over six days in Septem-ber. During the festival, the Ashe County Public Library and the Ashe County Arts Council will present events in and around West Jefferson, North Carolina. More than a month of related events will precede and follow the festival proper. The 2017 Festival features guest speakers and authors Joseph Bathanti, Mark de Castrique, Georgann Eubanks, Tim Gautreaux, Philip Gerard, John Hart, Bob Inman, DG Martin, Jill McCorkle, and Edward Kelsey Moore.
On the Same Page will be held from Tuesday, September 12 through Saturday, September 17. Highlights include:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12• 3:00 pm Festival Read Wrap-Up Session. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead. A lively discussion of this year’s Festival Read, led by Dr. Antonio Bly. Ashe County Public Library.• 6:30 pm 10th Anniversary Page Turners Kick-Off Reception. For 2017 Page Turner Members. Refreshments and live music to celebrate 10 years of good reading and good writing in the High Country. Reservations required. Ashe Arts Center.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13• 8:30-10:30 am Georgann Eubanks. Workshop: “Work in Progress.” This session is for writers of any genre who want a critique of 2 to 3 pages of their work. Registration is limited, and a reservation is required. Ashe County Public Library.• 11:00 am Bob Inman. Author of The Governor’s Lady, Bob’s presentation is a special feature of the Friends of the Ashe County Public Library. Ashe County Public Library.• 12:30 pm Author Smorgasbord! Informal discussions with authors at a round-robin luncheon. Sign up to chat with authors Eubanks, Gautreaux, Inman, McCorkle, and Kelsey Moore. Nominal fee; reservation required. West Jefferson United Methodist Church, Hensley Hall.• 6:30–8:30 pm Tim Gautreaux. Workshop: “Short-Story Beginnings.” Registration is limited and a reservation is required. Ashe Arts Center.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14• 10:00 am Jill McCorkle shares stories about her career writing novels, short stories, essays, and the rollicking play, “Good Ol’ Girls.” Mc-Corkle will read from her poignant latest novel, Life After Life. Ashe County Public Library.• 1:00 pm Joseph Bathanti. North Carolina’s 2012 Poet Laureate and award-winning author of novels, non-fiction, and poetry is the professor any student of good writing would love to have. Ashe County Public Library.• 3:00 pm Tim Gautreaux shares stories from the bayous of his native Louisiana and from his new collection of short stories, Signals. Ashe County Public Library.• 7:30 pm Edward Kelsey Moore reads from The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, his new novel that follows his much-loved debut that was featured as 2015’s OTSP Festival Read. Ashe Arts Center.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15• 10:00 am D.G. Martin. Join the host of UNC TV’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” and author of the brand-new North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries. Ashe County Public Library.• Noon. Literary Trails Luncheon. Georgann Eubanks gives us a preview of her upcoming book, The Month of Their Ripening: North Carolina Heritage Foods. Boxed lunches, nominal charge, reservation required. Ashe County Public Library.• 2:00 pm Mark de Castrique. Join the author of thrillers set in Asheville and in Washington, DC; de Castrique is also an Emmy-award win-ner for his documentary film work. Ashe County Public Library.• 7:30 pm Telling Stories Live with Philip Gerard. An evening of good music and good storytelling. Philip will share stories from his novels along with songs and instrumental favorites as accompaniment. The winning entry of the 2017 Page Crafters Award will be read. Ashe Arts Center.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16• 8:30 am Philip and Jill Gerard. Workshop: “Finding Your Audience: Best Practices for Submitting Your Work to Editors.” Learn how to choose which work to send out, where to send it, and what the protocol is. Registration is limited, and a reservation is required. Ashe County Public Library.• 10:30 am John Hart. With five novels to his name, John talks about life as a reliably best-selling author following careers as a stockbroker and a criminal defense lawyer. Join John for this closing event of the 2017 OTSP Festival. Ashe County Public Library.
Most festival events are free and open to the public; a few require tickets and/or advance registration, and fewer still carry an admission charge. Check the Festival’s website for additional information, www.onthesamepagefestival.org. Registration and ticket information can be obtained from the Ashe County Arts Council at 336.846-2787.
ON THE SAME PAGE has been awarded a grant from South Arts, along with funding and support from SkyLine Telephone Membership Corporation, the County of Ashe, the Friends of the Ashe County Public Library, Town of West Jefferson, and UNC-TV’s Bookwatch.
GALLERY CRAWLS continue in downtown West Jefferson the second Friday of each month through October from 5–8 pm. Participating galleries include Acorn Gallery, Ashe Arts Center, Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, Backstreet Beads, Bohemia Gallery, Catchlight Gallery, Cher Shaffer Studio Gallery, Florence Thomas Art School, Foxfire Holler Fiber Art Gallery, Frenchy’s Art Gallery, Great Southern Gothic Gallery, Love for the Mountains Store and the Vintage Locket, Originals Only Gallery, Quilt Square Girls, RT Morgan Art Gallery, Stephen Shoemaker Studio, and West Jefferson Coffee Shop.
The many galleries and craft shops that comprise the ARTS DISTRICT will be open September 8 and October 13 giving visitors opportunities to see new, creative, innovative works by Ashe County’s leading artists. Admission to the Gallery Crawl is free. Maps are available at the Ashe Arts Center and other participating galleries. Many galleries offer refreshments, and special in-store promotions will be held throughout the evening at select stops on the Crawl. Live music is also offered at select galleries and on the streets. The Crawl is sponsored by the Ashe County Arts Council with funding from the Grassroots Arts Program and a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a divi-sion of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. For more information, call the participating galleries or the Arts Center at 336.846-2787.
Promoting West Jefferson’s Arts District
SCHOOL ARTS IN ASHE 2017-2018The Arts Council’s sponsorship of cultural programs in Ashe County Schools continues to enhance students’ education through the arts. Concerts, programs and residencies are offered throughout the year in music, dance, theatre, visual arts and literature.
The Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) Program offers instruc-tion in guitar, banjo and fiddle to the county’s third through eighth grade students. The Ashe County Choral Festival brings chorus students together for a free public concert in December. The visual arts are well represented in the Council’s annual Young at Art exhibit in The Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center. Spring Fest and the Very Special Arts Festival offer daylong celebrations of the arts for Ashe County’s young people.
The Arts in Education programs are sponsored jointly by the Ashe County Arts Council and local schools with funding support from a North Carolina Arts Council Folklife Grant for the JAM Program and a Grassroots Arts Program Grant for Spring Fest, Mike Wiley, and the Choral Festival. The North Carolina Arts Council is a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. During the 2017 – 2018 school year students will experience:
• Donna Washington, African American Stories • Roger Day, high energy music show for grades K-3 • Soul Street Dance, unique modern dance troupe • Atlantic Coast Theatre, Flight, the story of flight from the Wright Brothers to NASA • Missoula Children’s Theatre, workshops •Mike Wiley, Brown vs. Board of Education • Cats, Hats, and Books, Oh My! a Seussasaurian Celebration! •American Tapestry, The World Turned Upside Down: music and stories of the American Revolution • Mike Kelsey, Think like a composer! • Zak Morgan, songs and readings with a positive message of “I can do it!” •Appalachian Young People’s Theatre, classic literary work for grades 4-6 • Mickey McMasters visual arts residency
ON THE SAME PAGE LITERARY FESTIVAL A CELEBRATION OF READING AND WRITING Celebrating 10 years!ON THE SAME PAGE, Ashe County’s Literary Festival, will take place over six days in Septem-ber. During the festival, the Ashe County Public Library and the Ashe County Arts Council will present events in and around West Jefferson, North Carolina. More than a month of related events will precede and follow the festival proper. The 2017 Festival features guest speakers and authors Joseph Bathanti, Mark de Castrique, Georgann Eubanks, Tim Gautreaux, Philip Gerard, John Hart, Bob Inman, DG Martin, Jill McCorkle, and Edward Kelsey Moore.
On the Same Page will be held from Tuesday, September 12 through Saturday, September 17. Highlights include:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12• 3:00 pm Festival Read Wrap-Up Session. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead. A lively discussion of this year’s Festival Read, led by Dr. Antonio Bly. Ashe County Public Library.• 6:30 pm 10th Anniversary Page Turners Kick-Off Reception. For 2017 Page Turner Members. Refreshments and live music to celebrate 10 years of good reading and good writing in the High Country. Reservations required. Ashe Arts Center.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13• 8:30-10:30 am Georgann Eubanks. Workshop: “Work in Progress.” This session is for writers of any genre who want a critique of 2 to 3 pages of their work. Registration is limited, and a reservation is required. Ashe County Public Library.• 11:00 am Bob Inman. Author of The Governor’s Lady, Bob’s presentation is a special feature of the Friends of the Ashe County Public Library. Ashe County Public Library.• 12:30 pm Author Smorgasbord! Informal discussions with authors at a round-robin luncheon. Sign up to chat with authors Eubanks, Gautreaux, Inman, McCorkle, and Kelsey Moore. Nominal fee; reservation required. West Jefferson United Methodist Church, Hensley Hall.• 6:30–8:30 pm Tim Gautreaux. Workshop: “Short-Story Beginnings.” Registration is limited and a reservation is required. Ashe Arts Center.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14• 10:00 am Jill McCorkle shares stories about her career writing novels, short stories, essays, and the rollicking play, “Good Ol’ Girls.” Mc-Corkle will read from her poignant latest novel, Life After Life. Ashe County Public Library.• 1:00 pm Joseph Bathanti. North Carolina’s 2012 Poet Laureate and award-winning author of novels, non-fiction, and poetry is the professor any student of good writing would love to have. Ashe County Public Library.• 3:00 pm Tim Gautreaux shares stories from the bayous of his native Louisiana and from his new collection of short stories, Signals. Ashe County Public Library.• 7:30 pm Edward Kelsey Moore reads from The Supremes Sing the Happy Heartache Blues, his new novel that follows his much-loved debut that was featured as 2015’s OTSP Festival Read. Ashe Arts Center.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15• 10:00 am D.G. Martin. Join the host of UNC TV’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” and author of the brand-new North Carolina’s Roadside Eateries. Ashe County Public Library.• Noon. Literary Trails Luncheon. Georgann Eubanks gives us a preview of her upcoming book, The Month of Their Ripening: North Carolina Heritage Foods. Boxed lunches, nominal charge, reservation required. Ashe County Public Library.• 2:00 pm Mark de Castrique. Join the author of thrillers set in Asheville and in Washington, DC; de Castrique is also an Emmy-award win-ner for his documentary film work. Ashe County Public Library.• 7:30 pm Telling Stories Live with Philip Gerard. An evening of good music and good storytelling. Philip will share stories from his novels along with songs and instrumental favorites as accompaniment. The winning entry of the 2017 Page Crafters Award will be read. Ashe Arts Center.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16• 8:30 am Philip and Jill Gerard. Workshop: “Finding Your Audience: Best Practices for Submitting Your Work to Editors.” Learn how to choose which work to send out, where to send it, and what the protocol is. Registration is limited, and a reservation is required. Ashe County Public Library.• 10:30 am John Hart. With five novels to his name, John talks about life as a reliably best-selling author following careers as a stockbroker and a criminal defense lawyer. Join John for this closing event of the 2017 OTSP Festival. Ashe County Public Library.
Most festival events are free and open to the public; a few require tickets and/or advance registration, and fewer still carry an admission charge. Check the Festival’s website for additional information, www.onthesamepagefestival.org. Registration and ticket information can be obtained from the Ashe County Arts Council at 336.846-2787.
ON THE SAME PAGE has been awarded a grant from South Arts, along with funding and support from SkyLine Telephone Membership Corporation, the County of Ashe, the Friends of the Ashe County Public Library, Town of West Jefferson, and UNC-TV’s Bookwatch.
GALLERY CRAWLS continue in downtown West Jefferson the second Friday of each month through October from 5–8 pm. Participating galleries include Acorn Gallery, Ashe Arts Center, Ashe Custom Framing & Gallery, Backstreet Beads, Bohemia Gallery, Catchlight Gallery, Cher Shaffer Studio Gallery, Florence Thomas Art School, Foxfire Holler Fiber Art Gallery, Frenchy’s Art Gallery, Great Southern Gothic Gallery, Love for the Mountains Store and the Vintage Locket, Originals Only Gallery, Quilt Square Girls, RT Morgan Art Gallery, Stephen Shoemaker Studio, and West Jefferson Coffee Shop.
The many galleries and craft shops that comprise the ARTS DISTRICT will be open September 8 and October 13 giving visitors opportunities to see new, creative, innovative works by Ashe County’s leading artists. Admission to the Gallery Crawl is free. Maps are available at the Ashe Arts Center and other participating galleries. Many galleries offer refreshments, and special in-store promotions will be held throughout the evening at select stops on the Crawl. Live music is also offered at select galleries and on the streets. The Crawl is sponsored by the Ashe County Arts Council with funding from the Grassroots Arts Program and a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a divi-sion of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. For more information, call the participating galleries or the Arts Center at 336.846-2787.
Promoting West Jefferson’s Arts District
SEPTEMBER
IN OTHER WORDS
The Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center is host to an exhibit that is a companion to the 10th annual On the Same Page Literary Festival. Painters, photog-raphers, and fiber artists were asked to create new work depicting an existing literary work, i.e. poem, book, short story, or fairy tale using the title of that literary work as the title for the submission.
Participating artists include Catherine Altice, Chris Arvidson, Joanie Bell, Doug Butler, Dale Carlson, Roberta Durham, Tatyana Dyakonova, Michelle Handler, Kathy Hentschel, Aviva Kahn, Christina Keaton, Patricia Leonard, Adrienne and Jennifer Ley, Susan Marlowe, Judy Mitchell, Ron Pehmoeller, Scot Pope, Joni Ray, Robert Ray, Cheryl Roberts, Linda Smith, Susan Van Wyk, Dawn Wicklow, and Cheryl Young.
The exhibit runs September 6 through October 7 and opens with an artist reception on September 8 from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. in conjunction with the monthly Gallery Crawl.
CALLING ALL ARTISTS!Grant funds are available for artists! The Regional Artist Project Grant deadline is soon, September 15. Check the website, www.ashecountyarts.org, or call the Arts Council now for more information and an application form. This might be your lucky year!
The RAP of Northwest North Carolina is supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the De-partment of Natural and Cultural Resources. Seven awards were granted in 2016-2017. Deadline for the 2017-2018 award cycle is September 15, 2017. For more information please call 336.846-2787.
JEFF LITTLE TRIO IN CONCERTGet ready for a night of great music when Jeff Little, Steve Lewis and Josh Scott take the stage of the Ashe Civic Center on Friday evening, November 3. Concert time is 7:30 pm.
Jeff, known as the Piano Man of the Blue Ridge, is a re-markable musician, steeped in the tradition of his native Blue Ridge. Yet he is also a virtuosic and eclectic innova-tor and entertainer. Little’s involvement with music dates to his formative years in Boone where his father owned a music shop. There he heard a variety of styles and in-struments, and Jeff began playing at the age of five. In a region known for the aesthetics of old-time country, a call for speed, precision and clarity as well as an adherence to the traditional repertoire, Jeff Little’s musical ability is unrivaled. His fingers seem to fly over the keyboard, delighting audiences wherever he goes.
Adding to the ensemble are equally impressive two-time national banjo champion, Steve Lewis, and Josh Scott on bass. And as usual a few other musical friends will probably join Jeff on stage! Reserved seating tickets are avail-able in advance at the Ashe Arts Center ($16 for adults, $5 for students). Credit cards are accepted. For tickets or more information, Call the Arts Council at 336.846-2787.
BOARDWALKDo you love the sound of close harmony? Do you like that unique barbershop sound? Do you enjoy a fast-paced, high energy, fun concert with lot of great music? If so, you won’t want to miss Boardwalk Quartet coming to the Ashe Arts Center at 7:30 pm on Saturday, November 11.
Boardwalk is a barbershop quartet from Atlanta, GA made up of 4 close friends. They are 2nd generation “barbershop-pers” with 3 of the 4 dads singing together at one point or another. One of the reasons that Boardwalk formed was to re-create some of the songs that combined great barbershop
harmony with folk music and some instrumentation. Quartet members include Tenor - Brad Hine, Lead - Mark Schlinkert, Baritone - David Calland, Bass - Jared “Pookie” Carlson.
Tickets for the concert are $16 for adults and $5 for students. Call 336.846-2787 soon to reserve your seat! You’ll leave the Arts Center humming…
TREE FEST Christmas is coming, and the Ashe Arts Center will be decked out in its finery again this year! Tree Fest celebrates the holiday season with seven beautifully decorated trees, an exhibit of miniature artwork, and Christmas Marketplace. Organizations and artists contributing to the exhibit represent a cross-section of community involvement with the arts. Tree Fest opens November 20 and may be viewed Monday through Saturday throughout the holiday season. The Arts Council’s popular, handcrafted ornament tree, My Fa-vorite Things, will include new ornaments for your seasonal collection in clay, paper, fibers, wood, and stained glass. Look for details of Tree Fest in the December issue of ARTS/DATES.
NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL CELEBRATES 50 YEARS!
For 50 years, the North Carolina Arts Council has worked to achieve the conviction upon which it was founded: arts for all citizens.
March 2017 marked the kick-off of the yearlong statewide 50th Anniversary Celebration. Since its beginning in 1967, the impact on local communities and
especially the Ashe County Arts Council has been significant.
We salute you! We thank you! We celebrate with you!Happy Anniversary to the North Carolina Arts Council!
IT’S FUND DRIVE TIME FOR THE ARTS! September is always a banner month for the Arts Council, as we announce the new programming season and celebrate our 39th year as an organization serving the arts needs of Ashe County. We’ll kick off our annual fund drive in September to raise funds for the arts.
As we begin another year of community concerts at the Ashe Civic Center and Ashe Arts Center, gallery exhibits, school arts assembly programs, the Junior Appalachian Musicians Project (JAM), downtown murals, the Gallery Crawl, Spring Fest, On The Same Page Literary Festival, the Barn Quilt Project, the Fiddlers Convention, and the Studio Tours we realize that you who have shared in the Arts Council’s vision all these years play a dual role in its success. You provide both intangible gifts of time, energy and enthusiasm and the financial support we need to continue our mission of promoting the arts in all forms in Ashe County.
Information about the 2017-2018 Fund Drive and schedules for the year will be in the mail soon. The Arts Council expresses its gratitude for the past contributions and thanks you in advance for your future support. Contributions may be mailed to 303 School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694, or online donations are accepted at www.ashecountyarts.org.
WKSK GARY POE RADIO SHOWMark your calendars for the popular WKSK Gary Poe Radio Show broadcast live! Be-ginning “a little after 11:00” Gary will bring the best in bluegrass and old time music to the Ashe Arts Center Saturday, September 23 for a special show, and to the stage of the Ashe Civic Center October 14 with Sugarloaf Ramblers and October 28th featuring the Shadows of Bluegrass Band with Presley Barker. Admission is free! Don’t miss it!
Painters from Ashe and surrounding counties are invited to submit works for THE BEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE, a juried fine art com-petition and exhibition. Visual artists residing in Ashe, Alleghany, Watauga, Wilkes, Grayson and Johnson Counties are eligible to sub-mit original work that has been executed within the last three years. Paintings, drawings, hand pulled prints and two-dimensional mixed media works will be accepted. There is a non-refundable entry fee and delivery dates are October 7, 9 and 10 at the Ashe Arts Center. A Prospectus for the show is available from the Arts Council.
Juror for The Best of the Blue Ridge is Addren Doss, who works in oils and pastel and has been painting professionally for over twenty-five years. Her paintings of landscapes and animals are filled with light and bold strokes of vibrant color. Addren loves teaching workshops in both oil and pastel, and has been doing so for the past 10 years. She believes it is important to share and pass on the many lessons she has learned over the years.
Addren is a master signature member of Women Artists of the West, member of excellence of the Southeastern Pastel Society, a found-ing member of the Piedmont Outdoor Painting Society, and member of the Pastel Society of North Carolina. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections across the country and in Europe.
Awards for the show are provided by corporate sponsor Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff. The popular People’s Choice Award will be awarded on November 1 following voting by visitors to the exhibit.
The exhibit opens October 12 and runs through November 15. The public is invited to the opening reception for the artists on Friday, October 13 from 5–8pm in conjunction with the Fall Gallery Crawl. The awards presentation will occur at 6pm. For more information, contact the Arts Council at 336.846-2787.
BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST
Auditions will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre (MCT) production of BEAUTY LOU AND THE COUNTRY BEAST from 3:45 to 5:45 pm Monday, October 16 in the Civic Center Auditorium. Those auditioning should arrive by 3:45 pm and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immedi-ately following the audition.
Among the roles to be cast are Beauty Lou, Imaginary Friend, Beast, Dusty and Slim the farmhands, Fleabite Clyde the dog, the Younger Daughters, the Older Daughters, the Country Folk and the Barnyard Critters. Students, ages Kindergarten through 12th grade, are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Assistant Directors will also be cast to aid in rehearsals throughout the week and to take on essential backstage responsibilities.
Missoula Children’s Theatre touring productions are com-plete with costumes, scenery, props and makeup. MCT Tour Actor/Directors will conduct rehearsals throughout the week from 3:30 to 8:00 pm each day. There is a $25 fee per cast member to help defray the cost of this learning experience. This production is sponsored and funded by the Ashe County Arts Council, the Ashe Civic Center, and the Ashe County Little Theatre. BEAUTY LOU will be presented at 3:00 and 7:30 pm Saturday, October 21 at the Civic Center. Ticket price is $12 for adults and $5 for students, and will be available in advance at the Ashe Arts Center or by calling 336.846-2787.
OCTOBER
Best of the Blue Ridge
Ashe County Little Theatrepresents
November 17 - 19, 2017
Ashe Civic CenterAdults: $16 • Students: $5includes applicable sales tax
All seats reserved Call (336) 846-2787
WORDKEEPERS SALONReaders from across the High Country will gather at the Ashe Arts Center for the Wordkeepers Salon on October 21. The salon features writers reading their latest prose and poetry works in five-minute open microphone time slots. The readings begin at 4:00 p.m.
Wordkeepers is free and open to the public. Writers in-terested in reading from their work should email Chris Arvidson at [email protected] to secure their first-come, first-served spot on the bill, and to receive guidelines for reading.
THANK YOU!The Ashe County Arts Council has lots of reasons to say “thanks!” We’ve got the best volunteers anywhere and we couldn’t do what we do without your help and support. Thanks for your contributions of time, resources, and encouragement. Here’s a starting list of some of the Arts Council’s supporters. FEAST GUESTS AND SUPPORTERS – Jim & Janet Abplanalp, Becky Absher, Steve & Ann Anderson, Carolyn Andreucci, Jack Apple & Michelle Handler, John & Dede Ashby, Charles Baker, Carol Ann Baker, Curtis Baldwin & Scott Broughton, Bobbie Barden & Bob Clark, Wesley Barker, Jim & Kathy Barlow, Sandra Barrett, Michael & Joanie Bell, Pete & Judy Benda, Sara Benfield, Barbara Berry, Julia Bishop, Brian & Jennifer Blanco, Teresa Blank, Leigh Blevins, Vita Blevins, James Blumenthal & Daphne McKee, Larry & Jan Bork-Pelt, Doug & Jana Boven, Tom & Lynn Brady, Pete & Mimi Brandt, Ed & Jayne Braxton, Steve & Jane Brotherton, Mack & Susan Brown, Linda Bruce, Becky Burgess, Deeanna Burleson, John & Kathryn Bush, Elliott & Joan Byrd, H.S. Caldwell, John & Mary Cannon, Walter & Gloria Cheatham, Kathy Chefas, David Chiswell, Barry & Peggy Clemmer, Bob & Karol Clifton, Bernard & LeVonda Clouse, Phil Cole, Pat Considine & Alice Atwood, Lon & Carol Coulter, Timothy & Audrey Cowen, Bryant & Dorothy Cranston, John & Char Crecelius, Joan Cro-teau, Edith Crutcher, Joe & Diana Culbreth, Patricia Cumming, Rudy & Theresa Early Curd, Richard & Beverly Darlington, Thomas & Sue Davis, Tim & Debbie Davis, Walt & Jane Davis, James & Pamela Dodd, Susie Donahue, Joy Dove, Stephan Dragisic & Kriss Dinkins, Henry Doss & Chris Arvidson, Harold & Geraldine Dutreix, Rick Dynesius, Dave & Lynne Eastburn, Kevin Eckhardt, Bob & Janet Edsell, Doug & Cathy Ehrhardt, James & Julia Eskridge, Cathy Everhart, Richard & Dee Falls, Adam & Gwen Farrow, Shelley Felder, Terri Filipski, Mark & Marsha Findlay, James & Saundra Flanders, Jerrie Francis, Jim & Jan Gambill, Joe & Pamela Garner, Dale & Theresa Garvin, Thomas & Paige Ghareeb, Allan & Sandra Gitter, Robert & Virginia Giuliani, Chris & Jane Glass, Guillermo & Patricia Gonzalez, Don & Frances Goodhart, Elaine Graham, Karen Gross, Cari Halsey, Teri Hamilton, Sybil Harmon, John Harmon, Janice Hassell, Royce & Nela Hawley, David & Michele Hayes, Dan & Phyllis Hefner, Mike & Rhonda Herman, Bruce & Deborah Hershock, Al & Jane Hines, Darin & Heidi Hodges, Stephen & Maryann Horsley, Kathy Howell, Billie Huffman, Robert & Kathy Hughes, Susan Hunt, Gale & Ina Ruth Hurley, Roy & Irby Hutchins, Earl Inge, Eva Ingle, Russell & Barbara Johnson, Gene & Vicki Johnson, Wayne & Diane Johnson, Donnie & Dana Johnson, Phil & Carolyn John-son, Fred & Clare Jordan, G.W. & Karin Kalmus, Patsy Kanagy, Sharon Kasel, Lyn Kincaid, Tom & Sally Klinedinst, Wendy Korb, Laura Lambeth, Ed & Donna Lamm, Katherine Land, Tom Lane, Mandy Lanier, Christian Lannie, Geoff & Dolores Lawson, Phil & Zoila Ledea, Gary Lee, Valeria Leschber, Betty Lewis, Grady & Jane Lonon, Jeff & Carol Lubbers, Cary & Margi Ludwig, John MacConnell, John & Jane Maddocks, Joe & Marilyn Maloney, Stuart & Allison Malter, Kevin Mann, Gregory & Donna Marquis, Linda Marsh, Kent & Becky Marsten, Berry & Judith Matheson, Tuck & Wilma McClure, Daryl McCollum, Donna McGarity, Jonna McGarity, Artie & Jill McGlohon, Terry McGowan & Jayme Inman, Tom & Linda McLintock, Jerry McMillan, Connie Mercer, Charlie & Nancy Miller, Pat Mitchell, Deborah Mitchell, Wiley & Carolyn Mock, Donald Moore & Timothy Gupton, Robert & Jayne Morgan, Darrell & Lea Morrison, Carol Morrow, Russ & Jean Moxley, Bill & Barb Naser, Margaret Newbold, David & Louise Jordan Norman, Michele Obenchain, Chickie Olsen, Hank & Cindy Orr, Rose Ann Pace, Dean & Linda Page, Wendy Painter, Bill & Anita Pangle, Debra Patterson, Ed & Phyllis Patton, Cynthia Payne, Pam Pellegrino, Mark & Allyson Perlman, Coleman & Gabriella Perry, Ed & Ellie Perzel, George & Allmuth Perzel, Kimberly Perzel, Mark Perzel & Leila Spriggs, Rebecca Petruck, Cathy & John Pfeil, Don & Pat Phillips, Meagan Phillips, Sandy Pinto, Janet & Louis Pittard, Ray Podd & Linda Stanley, Scot Pope, Howell & Becky Pruett, Buzz & Chris Rankin, Hugh & Lynn Rees-Jones, Betty Rembert, Traylor & Diana Renfro, Ruth Renfro, Mathieu Robinson, Pete & Augusta Rodriguez, Michael & Kathryn Rominger, Dan & Shirley Rosenquist, Ann Rothrock, Gordon & Jean Roznik, Wade & Sarah Sanders, Felicitas Bugarin Santos, Jerry & Lynn Saunders, Bette Schwirtz, Allen & Pirjo Seaman, Barbara Sears, Robert & Patricia Seefeld, Nancy Shannon, JR & Shon Shatley, Keith & Beverly Shaver, Warren & Erin Shepherd, David & Mary Sheps, Stephen & Nancy Shoemaker, Milt Sigel, Jeremy & Arlene Small, George & Christine Small, Bud & Barbara Snotherly, Dann Stansberry, Paul & Mary Anne Stevens, Peter & Becky Stragand, Martha Swander, Jim & Pam Tapp, Vernon & Anne Taylor, Julie Townsend, Malcom & Susan Trevillian, Andrew Trump, Henry & Nancy Unger, Harry & Susan Van Wyk, Jerry & Della Vodenicker, Perry & Rheta Wall, Graig & Lisa Ward, Stephen & Connie Watt, T. Richard Watts Jr., Joel & June Weaver, Gary & Carolyn Weckstrom, Michael & Maria Whaley, Bill & Diane Williams, Cheryl Williams, Jim & Rebecca Williams, Paula Williams, Terry & Debbie Williams, Steve & Lisa Willingham, Gayle Winston, Ted Winter & Ann Latimer, Fred & Connie Woolard, Bob & Bobbie Worley, Joel & Kate Yates, Nan Zoppi
FEAST FOR THE ARTS DINNER HOSTSChris Arvidson & Henry DossJohnny Burleson & Walter ClarkKathy and John ChefasKelly ClampittJane and Walt DavisLinda and Jeff DreyerLynne and Dave EastburnJan GambillElaine and Charles GrahamLynn GrahamDana and Donnie JohnsonDiane and Wayne JohnsonSharon KaselJane and Grady LononJohn MacConnellJane and John MaddocksBecky MarstenEllie and Ed Perzel Susan and Jim PowersDiana and Traylor RenfroBarbara SearsLucy and John SmyreDann StansberryBecky and Peter StragandConnie and Fred WoolardKate and Joel YatesNan Zoppi and Scot Pope
FEAST SILENT AUCTION CONTRIBUTORS Chris ArvidsonFrancine BarrJayne and Ed BraxtonGary Brown, BoondocksGale ChampionCranberry WoodworksRick DynesiusLynne EastburnSusan DahlinDee FallsJoel and Pamela GarnerHigh Country GreenhouseDebbie HershockJohn MaddocksMustard SeedHank OrrDeb Patterson and Ken JonesPeabodies Wine and SpiritsEd and Ellie Perzel Kimberly PerzelScot Pope and Nan ZoppiRivers Edge InnMathieu Robinson, Jeff. LandingStephen ShoemakerLeila Spriggs and Mark PerzelGayle Winston, River HouseJared Yelton
Michael & Carole AcquestaChip & Judy AndersonDan & Sandy AppleChris ArvidsonAshe Custom FramingAlice AtwoodCarol Ann BakerPat BeaverPete & Judy BendaBarbara BerryJenny BezinguePete & Mimi BrandtGil & Karen BrockJudi BrownBecky BurgessFowler & Jennie BushBobby & Susan CaddellMary CannonKathy ChefasPat ConsidineJoan CroteauWalt & Jane DavisHenry DossSarah DuncanDave & Lynne EastburnRoy & Mary Caryl ElmoreMolly GambillPaige GhareebTed & Billie GoodmanCharles & Elaine GrahamKaren Gross
Gene Hafer Melinda HamrickDebbie HandyAnn HelmsMike & Rhonda HermanAnnehart HerrickLibby HoffmanKathy HowellRon & Jane HuberClint JohnsonDonnie & Dana JohnsonGene & Vickie JohnsonPhil & Carolyn JohnsonWayne JohnsonChristopher JonesEdith JonesGlenda JonesHenry Jordan IISarah JoyceGerhard & Karin KalmusNita LangerDal & Sandy LassenPatricia LeonardLifeStore BankJane LononJohn MacConnellBecky MarstenTuck & Wilma McClureTom & Linda McLintockBelva MillerCharles & Judy Mitchell
Jack & Pat Moncrief Suzanne MooreVaughn & Beth MorrisonNancy NewtonCandace OwensAnita PanglePam PellegrinoPerry’s Gold MineEd & Ellie PerzelLouis & Janet PittardRay Podd & Linda StanleyHowell & Becky PruettBetty RembertDiana RenfroMartha & Larry RhodesPatricia RiceWade & Sarah SandersFelicitas Bugarin SantosRon & Betty SchuetteAnn SeagleBarbara SearsLee SmithBill & Sue StilesAlison Lord StuartJim & Pam TappVernon & Anne TaylorJulie Townsend Real EstateGuyla VardellJanet WarnerJune WeaverCarolyn & Gary Wolfe
FEAST DESSERT & WINE PROVIDERSBakers Addict, Rosie Bolac Catering, Boondocks Restaurant, Pam Cole, Elaine Graham, Harris Teeter Market, Harvest Café, Dana Johnson, Edith Ann Irish Nations, Publix Market, River House, Stick Boy Bread Company, Sweet and Savory Bakery, The Club at Jefferson Landing, The Hotel Tavern, Winners Circle
PAGE TURNERS – The Arts Council and Library gratefully acknowledge the financial contributions from the PAGE TURNERS, individuals and businesses committed to supporting ON THE SAME PAGE and reading and writing in Ashe County.
FRIENDS OF THE FIDDLERSThe Arts Council says thanks to the following supporters of the Ashe County Blue-grass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention who help extend our culture, preserve our heritage and support traditional music: Michael & Carole Acquesta, David & Staci Braun, Walt & Jane Davis, Jay & Marilyn Gibbs, Cecil Gurganus, Diane & Wayne Johnson, Jane & Grady Lonon, John MacConnell, John & Jane Maddocks, John & Lucy Smyre, June Weaver, Lynn Worth
Ashe County Arts Council303 School AvenueWest Jefferson, NC 28694
No. 188 September – October – November 2017
Publication of the Ashe County Arts Council
ARTS/DATES
STAFF: Jane Lonon, Executive Director; Linda Dreyer, Director of Operations; Rebecca Williams, Program Director; Zaneeta, Resident Mouse-Catcher
Website: www.ashecountyarts.org E-mail: [email protected] School Avenue, West Jefferson, NC 28694
336.846-2787
Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday – 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
SEPTEMBER1... Zephyr Lightning Bolts in concert, 5:30 pm, Backstreet Park 1-2... “Through the Camera’s Eye” exhibit, Ashe Arts Center2... Mountain Home Music: Songs of the Working Man and Working Woman by Dixie Dawn, 7:30 pm, Harvest House, Boone 3... 15th Annual New River Blues Festival, River House, Grassy Creek 5... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center 6-30... “In Other Words” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center8... Gallery Crawl, 5-8pm, Downtown West Jefferson8... Artists’ reception for “In Other Words” exhibit, 5-8pm, Arts Center12-16... On The Same Page Literary Festival, various Ashe County locations 14... Ashe County Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meets, 2-4 pm, ASA 15-16... West Jefferson Olde Time Antiques Fair, downtown West Jefferson23... Blue Ridge Art Clan meets, 9:30 am, Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church23... Art on the Mountain, 9am - 3pm, Ashe Arts Center23... WKSK Old Time & Bluegrass Radio Show, Ashe Arts Center27... Friends of the Library meet, 11am, Ashe County Library30... Fall Harvest Festival, Ashe County Farmer’s Market30... Hooray for Holly-Weird Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, 6pm, Ashe Shrine Club
NOVEMBER1-16... “Best of the Blue Ridge” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center3... Jeff Little Trio, 7:30 pm, Ashe Civic Center9... Ashe County Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meets, 2-4pm, ASA9... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7pm, Ashe Arts Center11... Boardwalk Barbershop Quartet, 7:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center14... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center17... Tribute Show: The Eagles, BR Dinner Theatre 17-19.. Ashe County Little Theatre: Best Christmas Pagent Ever, Civic Center18, 19, 24... Ashe County Farmer’s Market Holiday Market, 9am-1pm22... Friends of the Library meet, 11am, Ashe County Library21-30... “Tree Fest” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center25... Mountain Home Music: A Celtic Christmas, 7:30 pm, St Luke’s Episcopal Church, Boone
OCTOBER1-8... “More Than Words” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center 2... Mountain Home Music: Bluegrass Hither and Yon – Shadowgrass and Strictly Clean and Decent, 7:30 pm, Harvest House, Boone7... Autumn Leaf Festival, Museum of Ashe County History, Jefferson9... Ashe County Little Theatre quarterly meeting, 5:30 pm, Arts Center10... Ashe County Arts Council meets, 6:30 pm, Ashe Arts Center13... Ashe County Frescoes Foundation presents An Evening With Lottie Moon, 7:30 pm, Ashe Civic Center 12-31... “Best of the Blue Ridge” exhibit, Gallery of the Ashe Arts Center12... Ashe County Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meets, 2-4pm, ASA12... Shapenotes Singers meet, 7pm, Ashe Arts Center13... Gallery Crawl, 5-8pm, Downtown West Jefferson13... Artists’ reception for “Best of the Blue Ridge” exhibit, 5-8pm14... Festival of the Frescoes, Glendale Springs, 9am-3pm14... Todd Fall Festival, Todd. www.toddruritan.org14... WKSK Old Time & Bluegrass Radio Show, Ashe Civic Center16-21... Missoula Children’s Theatre residency, Ashe Civic Center21... Wordkeepers Salon, 4pm, Ashe Arts Center21... MCT’s Beauty Lou and the Country Beast, 3pm and 7:30 pm, Civic Center25.. Friends of the Library meet, 11am, Ashe County Library28... Blue Ridge Art Clan meets, 9:30 am, Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church28... WKSK Old Time & Bluegrass Radio Show, Ashe Civic Center
HOORAY FOR HOLLY-WEIRD!MURDER MYSTERY DINNER THEATRE
The Ashe County Arts Council presents HOORAY FOR HOLLY-WEIRD on Saturday evening, September 30 at 6pm at the Ashe Shrine Club. It’s an evening of theatre and entertainment, music, a great meal, and lots of fun!
Cecil B. DePill’s latest theatrical marvel, “The Wind Be Gone” is ready to be cast. Joan Crawfish and Judy Garlic are auditioning for the coveted lead role in the movie epic and that’s when the trouble starts. Strange goings-on are afoot…Hollywood is turning into Holly Weird! And the guests for the evening (that’s YOU!) will help solve the crime.
Reservations are required and seating is limited. The cost is $40 per person and your ticket includes appetizers, beverages, and dinner catered by Rosie Bolac. Put together a group or come alone, you’ll have a ball. Call 336.846-2787 for tickets - don’t miss the fun!
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ASHE STUDENTS ARE JAMMIN’JUNIOR APPALACHIAN MUSICIANS PROGRAM
Ashe County’s JAM Program has a new look and location for 2017-18!
Here’s what you need to know:• Open to students in grades 3-8• Instruction in banjo, guitar, and fiddle• Beginning and Intermediate levels available• Instructors include Martha Spencer, Chris Testerman, and others • Classes meet twice a week at the Ashe Civic Center• Instruments are provided• $3 per class fee charged• Instruction begins in September• JAM Club is available for players who want experience playing with a group
The Arts Council has sponsored the JAM Program since 2002 and continues the commitment of supporting traditional mu-sic in our community and to passing along that tradition to the next generation.
JAM is funded, in part, by a Folklife Initiatives Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a Division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and a Wayne Henderson Festival Grant. For more information or to register, please call 336.846-2787.
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covers concerts September through November, and you can call NOW to get those favorite seats!
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