CSA, a WCU Mountain Heritage Award winner, has brought together some well-known local entertainers to celebrate the mountain folk heritage as a fundraiser for the nonprofit organization. 

Master of Ceremonies will be acclaimed musician Richard Hurley, who will open the event with a performance. There will also be storytelling by The Ammons Sisters. Mike Nichols, assistant director of the WNC Community Chorus, will lead the audience in this mountain-grown traditional harmony of shape-note. Betty Brown, a guitar teacher with the Jackson County Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) will demonstrate “Hymn Lining” (old time call and response singing). The high stepping J. Creek Cloggers will also perform, with members demonstrating different styles of dance including buck dancing and flat-footing. 

The “house band” will be the popular Bill Cole and Blackberry Jam Band. The group will perform and then will also be playing for the cakewalks which will be happening many times throughout the afternoon, sandwiched between an array of young musicians that will be featured.

Admission is $10 per adult, $3 for children (under 9 years) at the door. Cakewalk tickets are $1.  

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