Educational Programs – Page 4 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Karen Taylor

Karen Taylor's deep knowledge of the flora of Western North Carolina comes from a lifetime...

Internationally recognized storyteller Connie Regan-Blake has lived in Asheville for over thirty years. A native...

Carol Rifkin has been deeply involved in the music of Western North Carolina for decades,...

Donald Davis's life has carried him far from his native mountains, but his storytelling draws...

Sisters Joan and Irene Moser follow in the footsteps of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and of...

When Donna Ray Norton thinks about Appalachian music, she says, "I think about home" (May...

Chuck and Peggy Patrick, natives of Blairsville, Georgia, grew up learning traditional mountain music and...

Marsha Todd lives and breathes the old-time and bluegrass music of the Southwest Virginia-Northwest North...

Carol Turner has a knack for working with needles and hooks. She grew up in...

John Turner has been flatfoot dancing for more than a decade, and his love for...

The Pilot Mountain Bobcats have been together as an old-time string band since 1989. Based...

As members of the popular family-based Whitetop Mountain Band, and as long-time teachers and ambassadors...