Monday, October 10, 2011

Mountain Music Project at the Blue Ridge Music Center

The Blue Ridge Music Center will present two October Heritage Series events on October 16th in the intimate, Blue Ridge Music Center, indoor theater. At 2pm, there will be a free Galax premiere of the film The Mountain Music Project and at 4pm, there will be a performance-talk featuring local stringband, The Reed Island Rounders.

The Mountain Music Project is a film that follows two Virginia musicians, Danny Knicely and Tara Linhardt, who travel to Nepal to explore the extraordinary connections between Appalachian and Himalayan folk music. Local fiddler, Buddy Pendleton, also makes an appearance in this interesting documentary. Film director and actor, Tara Linhardt, will be present at this first screening of The Mountain Music Project in Galax.
Hillsville's Reed Island Rounders have been playing together since 1993, when fiddler Betty Vornbrock and guitarist Billy Cornette formed a band to compete at the Galax Fiddlers' Convention. Recently, acclaimed North Carolina fiddler and banjo player, Kirk Sutphin, has added his unique styles and North Carolina repertoire to the band. The three now blend their mutual respect for the Old-Time music of West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and SW Virginia, where Betty & Billy make their home. Come and enjoy the Reed Island Rounders' lively mix of Round Peak, Piedmont, and old mountain tunes, and perhaps dance to a lovely waltz or two.
Both The Mountain Music Project (2pm) and the Reed Island Rounders performance-talk (4pm) will take place Sunday, October 16th. Free admission. Phone (276) 236-5309 x112 to reserve seating. Those with reserved seats must show up 15 minutes prior to the start of each event. At start-time remaining seats are given to drop-in visitors.

All of the October Heritage Events are free thanks to support from Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the National Council for the Traditional Arts.

The Blue Ridge Music Center is located at milepost 213 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Music Center is open 9-5 seven days a week through October 30. Come see the new Roots of American Music exhibition and sit awhile in our covered breezeway and listen to Mid-Day Mountain Music from 12-4pm daily. There is no fee for Visitor Center activities.

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