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JAM concert to honor Stuart

art trevorstuartOld-time music fans and friends of the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program are invited come together for a concert honoring the late Trevor Stuart, founder and instructor in the JAM program in Haywood County, at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at the Haywood Arts Regional Theatre in Waynesville.

Featured performers include current JAM students and teachers (Travis Stuart, Cary Fridley, and Robby Robertson), Helena Hunt, Jimmy Burnett, Julie Shepherd-Powell and Adrian Powell, Rayna Gellert, and Bruce and Loy Greene. Wayne Martin, the executive director of the North Carolina Arts Council, will also attend and play.

JAM students learn banjo, fiddle, or guitar in the traditional way mountain music has been taught for generations. As students advance, they are referred by instructors into a string band class in which they learn to play with others and prepare for public performance. 

Tickets are available for $20 pre-sale or $25 at the door. Proceeds will go to the JAM program. They can be purchased at the Haywood County Arts Council at 86 North Main Street in Waynesville or by calling 828.452.0593. 

www.haywoodarts.org.

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