Cherokee County NC Blog

Come see the newest project in Cherokee County, NC - the grand opening of the Mountain Morning retail store on Saturday, September 22, 2007 from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.

Mountain morning products were established with the belief that the old crafts and unique skills that have been handed down through the generations are still in the hearts and hands of our people.

• Weekly classes offered in a variety of areas
• Over 600 items currently available
• Website coming soon for e-commerce

Mountain Morning
1158C Main Street
Andrews, NC 28901

At the corner of Main and Oak Streets, just east of Andrews Town Hall.

Phone: 828-321-2730
Email: mountainmorning@verizon.net

The store will be open Thursday through Saturday, 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Office is open Monday through Thursday, 10:00 am until 5:00 pm.

Mountain Morning is the newest project of Far West Mountain Economic Partners.

A tradition of service, a future of commitment

• Affordable housing repair
• Financial literacy
• Area farmers market
• Free tax preparation
• Advocates of state earned income tax credit
• Regional visitors guide
• Gifts of Kindness product distribution
• Mountain Morning retail store

Far West Mountain Economic Partners
1158C Main Street
Andrews, NC 28901

Phone: 828-321-2929
Toll free: 877-321-2929
Fax: 828-321-2900
Email: fwpartners@verizon.net

The Brasstown Community Civic Center will host one of the hottest bluegrass talents around, when The Raven Welch Band comes to Brasstown, North Carolina, on Saturday, June 23, 2007.

Only 15 years old, Raven Welch is the real deal. She had her first solo in a vacation Bible school program at age 5. By the time she was 12, Welch was performing in community theater. Now, she has her own band that includes some serious bluegrass musicians.

Rhett Davis, who sings bass and plays bass and guitar, is a former member of The Blue Valley Boys and Abigail Moore and Highway 129.

Joe Coffey sings baritone and plays banjo. He started playing banjo at age 12 and has played with many bands over the years, including The Bluegrass Travelers and Abigail Moore and Highway 129.

Terry Collis plays guitar and rounds out the vocals by singing low tenor. He also is one of the original members of The Bluegrass Travelers.

Raven Welch plays mandolin and sings the high lead.

The band will be performing bluegrass and bluegrass gospel.

Traditional music concerts are held at the Brasstown Community Civic Center on the second and fourth Saturdays of warm weather months.

Admission is $4 for adults, with children ages 12 and under free.

Audiences can enjoy the air-conditioned comfort and have a hot dog, soft drink, or dessert.

Show time is 7:00 pm, with the box office opening around 6:30 pm.

Clay Logan and the folks in Brasstown do their best to provide good family entertainment at a reasonable price.

The Brasstown Community Civic Center is located at 255 Settawig Road in
Brasstown, North Carolina, just south of Cherokee County.

Musicians from across the state will again share the stage with the North Carolina Symphony in Capital Bank Blue Skies and Red Earth, a celebration that showcases the richness of traditional music of North Carolina, in performances in Asheville, Cullowhee, Hickory, Murphy, and Rutherfordton.

The local concert will start at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 24, 2007, in Enloe Hall at Tri-County Community College on US 64 East.

Blue Skies and Red Earth was conceived, in part, to celebrate the orchestra’s 75th anniversary.

(Clyde NC)

(Baltimore, MD) HandMade in America and Haywood Community College partner with the Arts Business Institute (ABI) to present an art business boot camp March 3-5, 2006 in Clyde, North Carolina. Returning for a fourth consecutive year, Haywood ABI brings fresh faculty and a new perspective this year.

Nancy Markoe will lead the weekend with an inspiring keynote address, sharing her lessons learned as a successful art potter and American craft gallery owner. Says Markoe, “Like most artists, I never intended to own a gallery. I was focused on the day-to-day of making. Now that I have walked a mile in gallery owner shoes, I know things I never knew as an artist traveling the show circuit. I hope to help Haywood attendees open their eyes to a new connection between making great work and passionately selling to collectors.”

Other weekend workshop faculty include glass artist and author, Milon Townsend; web expert, Mark Zelis; American Craft Council exhibitor, Luann Udell; and Carol Summers, planner of the HandMade in America Guidebooks series.

Haywood ABI registration cost of $150 includes morning and afternoon meals, workshop materials, a full notebook of handouts and source material, and discounts for sponsoring supplier programs and services. Limited scholarships are available. Those who register early will be paired with a mentor for a free, one-on-one business counseling session.

Established in 1994, HandMade in America works in partnership with more than 20 local, regional and state organizations to support the creation of traditional and contemporary crafts in the region, to protect natural resources and to promote community development. To learn more about HandMade in America, call 828.252.0121, email bettyhurst@handmadeinamerica.org, or go online to www.handmadeinamerica.org.

Haywood Community College is located on the college campus in Clyde, NC, just a few miles west of Asheville and right at the edge of the Smoky Mountains. It was begun in recognition of the strong heritage of craft in the region. The college wants to create a place where students can learn the basics of their craft media as well as how to transform that craft into a business. To learn more about Haywood Community College, call 828.627.2821 or go online to www.haywood.edu/index.php.

Arts Business Institute (ABI) is an independent non-profit organization serving the educational needs of individual artists through traveling workshops across the U.S. and Canada. To learn more about ABI workshops or to register, call 1.800.224.5106, email alishavincent@comcast.net, or go online to www.artsbusinessinstitute.org.