Catch the Spirit of Appalachia
"Keeping Appalachian Heritage Alive"
"Keeping Appalachian Heritage Alive"
"Stories of Mountain Folk" Radio Program
A one-half hour radio program of & about Western North Carolina
Online at: http://www.storiesofmountainfolk.com/
Interviewing members of the mountain community through storytelling
Listen in at 11am Every Saturday!
WRGC 680 AM on the dial in Jackson County and online at www.storiesofmountainfolk.com
Often, the wonderful old mountain stories are overlooked. Stories entertain, teach, record history, and give us a sense of place. The quality of life increases in communities where the arts are alive and stories are told.
The Power of Stories:
Telling a true story of personal experience is not just a matter of being oneself, or even of finding oneself. It is also a matter of choosing oneself. We are story, story is us. We communicate and experience life through stories every day of our lives. There is power in such stories.
Every Saturday since September 2009, The Ammons Sisters and Neal Hearn, radio personality and producer, have produced a 1/2 hour radio show with interviews taken from everyday lives of local people in Western North Carolina—people whose families have pioneered the mountains, people who still cling to the old ways, people who work with their hands, people who are making a difference in our world, and people who write songs, play the music, and sing songs about living in the mountains.There are interviews of children who are the artisans of tomorrow. Still, many of those interviewed are over 100 years old.
Save our Stories! Encourage our Storytellers!The goal of our radio show is to save the voices of our people before they are lost, to honor and preserve their stories, to capture their wisdom and to encourage our youth to listen to their stories. We invite you to listen in!
