Concert: Sheila Kay Adams & Donna Ray Norton Monday, August 18, 2025, 7 – 8pm
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pictured: In the foreground is Sheila Kay Adams (left) and Donna Ray Norton (right); the background features Sheila learning from Berzilla. It was taken by Dennis at the I've Endured Collection in Bristol.
Sheila Kay Adams of Marshall is a key figure in the preservation of North Carolinian balladry, storytelling, and clawhammer banjo playing. As the seventh generation of her family to carry on ballad singing, she has been continually promoting the art to younger generations of her community. She will be mentoring Donna Ray Norton of Weaverville and Leila Weinstein of Mars Hill in both balladry and banjo. Norton is an eighth-generation balladeer originally from the Sodom Laurel community of Madison County, and Weinstein is the program director at the Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies at Mars Hill University.
The Folk School features some of the finest regional and national acts performing eclectic roots music. We’ll have standard seating available, first come first serve. We also have a family-focused social area of picnic tables in the back. You’re welcome to bring your dinner, card games, carving, sewing project, or set up on the grass and let your kids play.
A donation of $5-15 per adult is suggested, but all are welcome regardless of contribution. Folk School Students and Staff are not asked to donate. Any funds raised support traditional arts and help us strive for equitable pay for performers.
*Lineup, schedule, and venue are subject to change, for the most up to date details check the schedule at www.folkschool.org…
Cost suggested $5-15 donation, per adult
Folk School Locations Festival Barn: John C. Campbell Folk School, 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC 28902
Sheila Kay Adams of Marshall is a key figure in the preservation of North Carolinian balladry, storytelling, and clawhammer banjo playing. As the seventh generation of her family to carry on ballad singing, she has been continually promoting the art to younger generations of her community. She will be mentoring Donna Ray Norton of Weaverville and Leila Weinstein of Mars Hill in both balladry and banjo. Norton is an eighth-generation balladeer originally from the Sodom Laurel community of Madison County, and Weinstein is the program director at the Ramsey Center for Appalachian Studies at Mars Hill University.
The Folk School features some of the finest regional and national acts performing eclectic roots music. We’ll have standard seating available, first come first serve. We also have a family-focused social area of picnic tables in the back. You’re welcome to bring your dinner, card games, carving, sewing project, or set up on the grass and let your kids play.
A donation of $5-15 per adult is suggested, but all are welcome regardless of contribution. Folk School Students and Staff are not asked to donate. Any funds raised support traditional arts and help us strive for equitable pay for performers.
*Lineup, schedule, and venue are subject to change, for the most up to date details check the schedule at www.folkschool.org…
Cost suggested $5-15 donation, per adult
Folk School Locations Festival Barn: John C. Campbell Folk School, 1 Folk School Rd, Brasstown, NC 28902
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