Category Archives: Blue Ridge Insitute

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  Crooked Road Dulcimer Festival at Ferrum College

  Posted on April 25, 2012 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Insitute, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, dulcimer, mountain music, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail

  GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME MOUNTAIN MUSIC!This event features 37 workshops, concerts and displays is May 24-27 2012 The Franklin News Post Shared: Dozens of mountain dulcimer players will sharpen their talents at the first annual Crooked Road Dulcimer Festival, which will be held May 24-27 on the Ferrum College campus. Catering to players of all [...]

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  Dulcimer: The sound of mountain music

  Posted on August 18, 2011 by Shellie Leete in appalachian dulcimer, Bed and Breakfast Virginia, Blue Ridge Insitute, mountain music

  The Blue Ridge Institute and Museum in Ferrum is displaying a quintessential Appalachian stringed instrument — the dulcimer. Article by Ralph Berrier Jr at Roanoke.com Ferrum –The mountain dulcimer is the quiet child in the Appalachian musical family. Not as flashy as the fiddle or as brash as the banjo, the gentle tones of a [...]

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  Crooked Road Trip: Adventures along Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail

  Posted on January 18, 2009 by Shellie Leete in Blue Ridge Insitute, blue ridge mountains. franklin county va, Claiborne House bed and breakfast, The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail

  Crooked Road Trip: Adventures along Virginia’s Music Heritage Trail BY JEDD FERRIS • MAY 21, 2009 What others are reading: Listening to Levon: FloydFest 2010 Breaks Interstate Park, Virginia/Kentucky James River Face Wilderness, Va. Massanutten Mountain, Virginia Which National Park Is Better: Shenandoah or the Great Smoky Mountains? The Crooked Road is a music heritage [...]

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