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Heritage Week events bring spice to university community |
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Tuesday, 03 April 2007 |
by KATIE EASTER
Intern News Reporter
Music, stories and sustainability are the three things Appalachian Heritage Week plans to offer the community.
Appalachian Heritage Week, hosted by the Appalachian Heritage Council through the Appalachian Popular Programming Society, occurs through Friday.
“It
is a week packed with events,” Susan G. Pepper, Appalachian Studies
graduate student and chairperson of the Appalachian Heritage Council,
said.
The week’s events celebrate local and regional culture, and include workshops, forums, music, ghost stories and more.
Whitney K. Coe, Appalachian Studies graduate student and council
advisor, said tonight’s “Evening of Carolina Blues” is one of the
highlights of the week.
According to the press release, Carolina Blues is a unique style of
music that crosses between finger picking and Appalachian folk music.
The event includes five different regional groups: Roger Hicks, Jay
Brown, Rob Baskerville with Howard Colbert, Charles Welch with John
Kirby and Rick Stone and the Harris Brothers.
Carolina Blues will be held tonight in I.G. Greer Auditorium. Cost is
$5 for students and $7 for general admissions. Doors will open at 7
p.m.
The events for this week are chosen by a student-based council and
include performers who members of the council know of or have had
personal contact with, Pepper said.
“[The council] is a way for students to decide where their money goes
(since money for the event comes from student fees),” Pepper said.
Appalachian and the Boone community are encouraged to attend and expand their knowledge about the area they live in.
“It’s important to know about local and regional culture,” Pepper said. “Plus, it’s good entertainment.”
Rebecca B. Jones, a junior electronic media/broadcasting major and
member of the Appalachian Heritage Council, said the event teaches
students the importance of diversity.
The event allows people from the community as well as students to learn
more about Appalachian, A. Rachel Terman, a graduate student and member
of the council, said.
Most performances are free but donations are encouraged, with proceeds going to Community Based Restorative Forestry.
The Appalachian Heritage Council meets every Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in
the Attic Window Room in Plemmons Student Union. For more information
on Heritage Week, visit www.apps.appstate.edu.
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