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In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring an old time molasses festival where molasses is made the old fashioned way.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring model train constructor (and conductor) Bill Koster.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the Mitchell Gristmill, owned and operated by Shorty Mitchell.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the Mayberry Trading Post, including an interview with the owner of the store.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the Maple Festival. Footage includes folks discussing taps, syrup, and fundraising for the festival.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a chicken house-turned-art studio.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring Martha Shaw weaving with a loom.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the music of Lois (piano) and Max (bass). Footage includes interviews with the band and audience.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring Paul Sutfin returning to the log cabin of his childhood.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents another segment featuring the story of the Charlie Lawson murders. Alternate footage and interviews are included.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a re-edited segment featuring the story of the Charlie Lawson murders.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the story of the Charlie Lawson, who murdered his family on Christmas morning and then killed himself. Footage includes an interview with Charlie Lawson's nephew.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring barnyard animal sounds by Joe Carter, live from the Carter Fold.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring J. Cheney. Footage includes Ms. Cheney with her animals and Ms. Cheney painting.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a muzzleloader shooting club reenacting the history of colonial America.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring hawk migrations. Footage includes interviews with a National Park Ranger and onlookers.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a Henderson mailman who builds and plays guitars.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a Christmas special from George Hamilton IV.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring an operating gem mine, including interviews with the employees and tourist clientèle.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the infamous Gee Haw Whimmy Diddle!

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring fiddler and comic strip illustrator Jim Scurrelli.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a video montage for the workin' folks, set to the music of Alabama.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents the August 2, 1990 segment documenting the Folkmoot USA festival held in Waynesville, Haywood County, NC. Folkmoot USA festival is comprised of people from all over the country and the world. Folkmoot is a meeting of the people in which people learn more about their own and others’ culture and heritage. The segment features folk dances and interviews with Jackie Bolden, Folkmoot USA manager, Einat, Israeli dancer, Alina, Romanian folk dancer, and Serte, Russian folk dancer.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents footage from a June 7, 1991 feature of Verna Gates. In this segment, Verna Gates photographs wild native plants and discusses the development of her interest in flora photography. The segment also features footage of Gates’ exhibit “Wildflowers: Myths, Magic, and Tall Tales.” She tells some of the stories of chicory, periwinkle, mallow, and thistle.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring fiddle maker Harry Edmonds, who demonstrates the uniqueness of his one-piece fiddles with Chuck Hemrick.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment on fiddle making with Audrey Hash. Ms. Hash talks about her beginnings in wood work and fiddle making as well as her love for mountain music.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring interviews with the operators and patrons of Faye's Country Store.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring musicians Emily and Thornton Spencer. Footage includes Thornton sharing that his older sister married Albert Hash when he was 7 or 8 and Emily and Thornton teaching people how to play instruments.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring Walter Messick, a Lutheran pastor from Pennsylvania who moved to White Top, VA in the late 1970s. He began making dulcimers in 1981.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a dulcimer maker and instructor, teaching their class the art of both.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment with Doc Watson. Doc talks about folks remembering Merle and the origins of MerleFest. Doc picks a little and talks about his love of music.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the dobro playing of Surry County's Darel Wiles.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring tobacco farmer and WQTR Disc Jockey Danny Hall.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the artist Danny Casstevens. Danny talks about his beginnings with painting and drawing, his influences, and his subject matter.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring couple who enjoys cycling on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring Rev. Stiver about the significance of crosses and the collection of crosses from his travels. Chuck Hemrick shows Rev. Stiver a cross Hemrick received from Stiver 20 years prior.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring an abandoned Regal Textile Company cotton mill and its relation to the lives of two people, Evelyn and Jesse.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a classic cars enthusiast who enjoys driving the Blue Ridge Parkway.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a Civil War reenactment honoring General Jeb Stuart in Patrick County, VA.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment with Jim Taylor, Civil War buff and dulcimer player.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring Chuck Hemrick performing "Amazing Grace" on the dulcimer.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the story of old-time musician Charlie Poole. Footage includes the dedication and unveiling of the historical marker honoring Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers. Also, people discuss Poole’s legacy and contribution to American music.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring more footage from Chuck Hemrick's visit to the Carter Fold.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment from the Carter Fold. Learn about the origins of the show, the history of the Carter Family, and the new generations keeping the music alive.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a look at the Carl Sandburg Home. Footage includes clips of the play, The World of Carl Sandburg, and interviews with the park service and staff.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring the Cana Flea Market. Footage includes interviews with the operators and patrons.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a cabbage farming family. Footage includes an interview with the family at work.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Features include a history of the parkway, exhibits, and its construction and stonework.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring bladesmith Daniel Winkler. Footage includes Mr. Winkler and his daughter Morgan feeding horses, Mr. Winkler making knives, and Mr. Winkler showing his daughter to use a hatchet.

In this installment of the Blue Ridge Views project, the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection presents a segment featuring a couple who shares their love of craft through blacksmithing and art.
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