Dance Calling – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Aaron Ratcliffe

Aaron Ratcliffe plays and teaches old-time music on a number of instruments, and he is...

The New Southern Ramblers are the modern incarnation of a band that dates back to...

Dancer, dance instructor, and old-time musician Rebecca Keeter has travelled the world studying and participating...

Sam Queen was born in 1889 in Waynesville. Haywood County has long been an area...

"I learned to play bass out of necessity," says Ted White. The band needed a...

Bob Dalsemer has been a dance instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School for...

Arvill Scott grew up in Surry County amongst the region's traditional music and dance. When...

A native of eastern North Carolina, where his family has danced and played music for...

"Sociability is the whole point of the Appalachian dance," Joe Sam Queen says, in Blue...

Phil Jamison is a square dance caller, oldtime musician, and flatfoot dancer. For more than...