Steer wrestling, a practice credited to legendary cowboy and rodeo star Bill Pickett, usually involves leaping onto a steer from the back of a specially trained horse. At the Madison
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From the 1960s through the mid-1980s, folk musicians from around the world traveled to Mount Airy to meet one man. They came to listen to, play with, and learn from
From the 1960s through the mid-1980s, folk musicians from around the world traveled to Mount Airy to meet one man. They came to listen to, play with, and learn from
From the 1960s through the mid-1980s, folk musicians from around the world traveled to Mount Airy to meet one man. They came to listen to, play with, and learn from
From the 1960s through the mid-1980s, folk musicians from around the world traveled to Mount Airy to meet one man.
They came to listen to, play with, and learn from Thomas Jefferson “Tommy” Jarrell, a fiddle player and master of Round Peak music, an old-time music style for which the region is known.
“We chose the sites based on their ability to host the exhibition and to showcase local roots music heritage,” says Darrell Stover, program officer with the North Carolina Humanities Council and statewide coordinator of the exhibition. Although Jarrell passed away in 1985, Mount Airy continues to be a regional music center. Local radio station WPAQ (AM 740) remains an old-time music station and still draws crowds to “Merry Go Round,” a weekly performance broadcast live from downtown since 1948.
The traveling exhibit features interactive kiosks displaying, for example, instruments, vintage sheet music, images of performers, and program bills collected from such American music genres as blues, country western, folk, and gospel music. Each site is also designing its own lectures, photo essays, events, and oral histories around the local area’s music traditions and legacy.
The Mount Airy Museum kicks off the exhibit March 13 with a morning program at 10 a.m. and a reception at 5 p.m. On April 17, The Carolina Travelers welcome guests The Round Peak Ramblers at the Downtown Cinema as part of the celebration.
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