Come celebrate the achievements of the 2024-25 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program participants! West Virginia Folklife is hosting this free showcase at Arthurdale Heritage featuring demonstrations and performances, open to the public. Refreshments provided. Meet the folklife apprenticeship pairs and learn about traditional arts of West Virginia!
Location: Arthurdale Heritage, Inc.
18 Q Rd, Arthurdale, WV 26520
3:00pm
This event is dedicated to the memory of Richard Eddy
Featuring:
– Margaret Bruning & Nevada Tribble, fiber arts & weaving
– The late Richard Eddy & Katie McCoy, fiddle repair
– Ginny Hawker & Mary Linscheid, Primitive Baptist hymn singing
– Taylor Runner & Annick Odom, square dance calling
– Ben Townsend & Bodhi Gibbons-Guinn, old-time fiddle
We will host a square dance at this event following the demonstrations.
Please RSVP so we can estimate attendance.
(Another showcase featuring more apprenticeship pairs will be held on November 1 at West Virginia Humanities Council, at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, 1310 Kanawha Blvd E, Charleston, WV 25311, at 1:00pm.)
Contact West Virginia State Folklorist Jennie Williams with questions at 304-346-8500 or
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West Virginia Folklife is a program of the West Virginia Humanities Council. These events are made possible with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, and Mid Atlantic Arts’ Central Appalachia Living Traditions program.
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