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This episode features the Van Hoys, the co-founders of the Union Grove Fiddlers Convention, and Miles and Pal Ireland. Joe Shannon hosts and performs.
Old Time Music in the Mountains: Storytellers

This episode is devoted to storytelling and features guests Glenn Bolick and cousins Ray and Orville Hicks telling Jack Tales. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode features mountain-style acoustic guitar with Wayne Henderson and Company and an interview with Reverend Marion Swans. Host Joe Shannon shares letters and stories. Sing-along is performed by Elizabeth Harmon and Joe Shannon. This is episode #9508.

Episode #9509 features Celtic music. Joe Shannon hosts and begins the show by reading an Irish blessing.

This episode features The Appalachian Music Ensemble with Joe Shannon, Rachel Nelson, Nancy Schneeloch, Mary Greene, and Ken Lurie. Joe Shannon reads poetry and hosts. This is episode #9510.

This episode features New Age and Celtic music with Puddingstone. Joe Shannon shares letters and stories. Denise Baxter-Yoder and Elizabeth Harmon also perform sing-alongs. This is episode #9511.

Episode #9512 features bluegrass and storytelling with Second Wind and Glenn Bolick, sing-along with Elizabeth Harmon, and Joe Shannon shares letters and stories.

This episode features Appalachian Ballad Singers with Elizabeth Harmon, Katy Taylor, and Bessie Eldreth. Joe Shannon hosts and performs. This is episode #9513.

This episode features the Banjo Jubilee with Steve Lewis, Edwin Lacy, and Scott Freeman. Joe Shannon is host.

This episode, filmed in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, features performances of harp, dulcimer, and autoharp as well as poet Juanita Toben. Joe Shannon hosts and performs.

Video contains miscellaneous footage of various programs including footage of Generations of Appalachian Music, Song and Dance program, Cherokee traditional song and dance, fiddler Ora Watson, clog dancing, Irish dancing, storytelling and Jack Tales, Limberjack wooden percussion toy performances, gospel music, African American spiritual performed by Willliam Shuford, and more. Joe Shannon appears as host and performer.

Video features a special program, "Generations of Song and Dance" edited from a 90-minute live concert and featuring storytelling, buck dancing and clog dancing, Cherokee traditional dancing and song, square dancing, and William Shuford from Statesville, North Carolina performing an African American spiritual. Joe Shannon hosts and performs.

Video contains miscellaneous footage of Generations of Appalachian Music, Story and Dance as well as Music in the Mountains. Performances include Cherokee traditional song and dance, Jack Tales storytelling, fiddler Ora Watson, storyteller and singer Bessie Eldreth, and clog dancing, among others.

Music in the mountains Episode #1 features Becca Eggers Gryder, Steve Lewis, Rachel Nelson, and Joe Shannon performing several traditional songs including "Simple Gifts," "Scotland the Brave," and "The Banks of Ohio."

Episode #2 features performances by Joe Shannon and guests Rachel Nelson and Diane White. Shannon and Nelson perform "Home Sweet Home."

This video contains Music in the Mountains Episode #3 with Steve Lewis, Randy Greer, Tony Testerman, and Katy Taylor; Joe Shannon hosts. The video also contains The Mayor's Report with Boone mayor Velma Burnley.

Episode #4, filmed at Our Daily Bread and broadcast on HIgh Country Cable Television, features performances by Mary Greene, Cecil Gurganus, and Dick Tarrier; Joe Shannon hosts. Video also includes The Mayor's Report with Boone, North Carolina mayor Velma Burnley.

Episode #5 features Nancy Schneeloch and Greg Simmons performing several songs including Civil War era song and "The Bells of St. Mary's." Joe Shannon hosts, performs, and reads poetry.

In this episode, David Johnson from Purlear, North Carolina and Appalachian Acoustic Ensemble perform for St. Patrick's Day. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode features a trio who formerly went by the name the Wild Rose Band and includes Elizabeth Harmon, Becca Eggers Grider, and Rachel Nelson. Joe Shannon hosts and performs with the guests. Songs performed include "Rosewood Casket."

Video contains an episode of Music in the Mountains featuring storyteller and singer Bessie Eldreth who recounts her personal experience with the area's devastating 1940's flood. The video also contains The Mayor's Report with Boone mayor Velma Burnley.

This episode, filmed live at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center on the campus of Appalachian State University, features the Ricochet Bluegrass Band. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode, held at Grace Lutheran Church in downtown Boone, North Carolina, features the Wild Mountain Rose Band. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode, which was held at the Boone United Methodist Church in downtown Boone, North Carolina, features Wayne Henderson and Company from Rugby, Virginia. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode, which was held at the Boone United Methodist Church in Boone, North Carolina features what host Joe Shannon termed the "Banjo Jubilee" with several banjo players performing.

This episode features a special program on the Civil War.

This episode features fiddler Ora Watson and the Laurel Creek String Band. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode features the Bristol, Virginia band Appalachian Trail. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode features old-time hymns and sing-alongs and features Bill Winkler. Songs performed include "Amazing Grace." Host Joe Shannon receives balloons in honor of his birthday.

Video includes footage of Music in the Mountains featuring the Hayes Family. It also includes "The Mayor's Report" with Boone, North Carolina Mayor Velma Burnley.

This episode of Music in the Mountains was filmed at the Student Union pub at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and featured guests the Bluefields and Ned Trivette, former Vice Chancellor of Business Affairs at Appalachian State University. Joe Shannon hosts and relays the story of how the show got started. Note: This video is incomplete and contains only the first 20 minutes.

This episode of Music in the Mountains features guest Diane White performing spirituals and other African American sacred music. Joe Shannon hosts.

This episode of Music in the Mountains features Steve Lewis and an interview with Marshall Craven on early recordings in the area. Joe Shannon hosts and performs several songs.

This episode of Music in the Mountains features performances by old-time string band the Corklickers from Haywood County, North Carolina, and flat-foot dancing by Robert and Myrtle Dotson. Joe Shannon hosts and performs several songs.

This episode of Music in the Mountains features guests Jim Shoemate, from Hickory and a member of the Foggy Mountain Boys, Bob White, and former Blowing Rock mayor Hayden Pitts. Joe Shannon hosts and performs several songs.

This episode of Music in the Mountains features banjo player Dick Tarrier and attorney Stanley Eggers as well as other footage including commercials. Joe Shannon is host.

The second Music in the Mountain's Civil War Special features music and stories regarding the Civil War and includes guests Marion Edwards, Eric Olsen, and others. Host Joe Shannon relays stories of Civil War recruitment in Watauga County, North Carolina. Video includes footage of Ben Long frescoes, the Woolly Worm Festival, and commercials.

Video features Mast General Store promotional footage.

Video features the work and members of the Inner Rhythm Choir.

This episode of Music in the Mountains features guests Strictly Clean and Decent. Video does not have audio.

Video features footage of an Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT) Student Recruitment promotion as well as footage of contra dancing.

Video features miscellaneous footage including a Tanner TV commercial and a children's Beach-themed music and dance performance.

Generations of Mountain Music, Tape 1, features music and dancing, including clogging and Irish dancing.

Generations of Mountain Music, Tape 2, features music from William Shuford and dancing, including Cherokee traditional dancers from the Deer Clan performing the Friendship Dance.

The Roof Top Lunch Bunch: "Music in the Museum" features children groups performing popular songs from the 1950s and 1960s. Event was held at the Florence Gould Theatre, San Francisco, California, Sunday, March 24, 1996. Video also includes short footage of a wedding mass.

Video footage of Friendship Church service featuring Joe Shannon performing on dulcimer and others singing as well as the congregation singing hymns, concluding with lunch outdoors.

The Shooting Stars Dance Recital features live performances of songs, dance, instrumentals, and hula-hooping.
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