PreK Storytime & Songs, ages 3-5, starts again on Thursday, June 12th at 10:30 AM. Our Color Our World themed Storytimes will run from June 12th-July 31st. Storytime families may look forward to new silly songs, riddles, jokes, sensory play, funny stories, felt board rhymes, and movement games while we focus on a new color every week.
The Marianna Black library has hosted a Community Music Jam in Bryson City for nearly two decades! They are typically held on the library front patio, if weather permits, or in the library auditorium. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. This is an opportunity for both beginners and veteran musicians to join a traditional 'jam circle' and play along with others – learning old time traditional tunes or sharing them with others. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett, of Sawmill Creek Porch Band.
It begins with Larry calling out a tune and its key signature, and then the group plays it together. Everyone in the circle gets a chance to choose a tune for the group to play together. The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned with other musicians, or learn old time traditional songs.
The Community Music Jams are offered to the public each 1st and 3rd Thursday during the spring, summer, and fall months. Marianna Black Library, a member of the Fontana Regional Library, is located in Downtown Bryson City at the corner of Academy and Rector. For more information or driving directions call the library at (828) 488-3030.
The Marianna Black library has hosted a Community Music Jam in Bryson City for nearly two decades! They are typically held on the library front patio, if weather permits, or in the library auditorium. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. This is an opportunity for both beginners and veteran musicians to join a traditional 'jam circle' and play along with others – learning old time traditional tunes or sharing them with others. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett, of Sawmill Creek Porch Band.
It begins with Larry calling out a tune and its key signature, and then the group plays it together. Everyone in the circle gets a chance to choose a tune for the group to play together. The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned with other musicians, or learn old time traditional songs.
The Community Music Jams are offered to the public each 1st and 3rd Thursday during the spring, summer, and fall months. Marianna Black Library, a member of the Fontana Regional Library, is located in Downtown Bryson City at the corner of Academy and Rector. For more information or driving directions call the library at (828) 488-3030.
The Bryson City duo, The Ghost Peppers, will be performing on Thursday, June 12 from 7-8pm. They perform Appalachian music and original songs. One song they wrote is about the town of Judson in Swain County.
Lois Hornbostel is nationally recognized for her accomplishments in playing and teaching the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer, an instrument that was first played in the mountains since the early 1800s. She has written dulcimer books for Mel Bay Publications, and has organized weeks for dulcimer players at ASU, WCU and Warren Wilson College. Lois first came to Swain County in 1984, working for the Mountain Arts Program. She brought 30 student dulcimers into our local schools and taught our children for a week to play the dulcimer, making lasting friends with them.
Ehukai Teves has lived in Bryson City for 12 years. He and Lois are married. Ehukai, who is an award winning songwriter, was born in Hawaii into a musical family. From his early years he has played many instruments and performed. He fell in love with the Appalachian Dulcimer in Hawaii, when he was completing a B.A. degree in Vocal Performance & Music Theory. He met Lois at a dulcimer festival she was directing, and they have been musical partners ever since.
The Marianna Black library has hosted a Community Music Jam in Bryson City for nearly two decades! They are typically held on the library front patio, if weather permits, or in the library auditorium. Anyone with a guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, dulcimer - anything unplugged - is invited to join. This is an opportunity for both beginners and veteran musicians to join a traditional 'jam circle' and play along with others – learning old time traditional tunes or sharing them with others. The jam is facilitated by Larry Barnett, of Sawmill Creek Porch Band.
It begins with Larry calling out a tune and its key signature, and then the group plays it together. Everyone in the circle gets a chance to choose a tune for the group to play together. The community jams offer a chance for musicians of all ages and levels of ability to share music they have learned with other musicians, or learn old time traditional songs.
The Community Music Jams are offered to the public each 1st and 3rd Thursday during the spring, summer, and fall months. Marianna Black Library, a member of the Fontana Regional Library, is located in Downtown Bryson City at the corner of Academy and Rector. For more information or driving directions call the library at (828) 488-3030.
