May 14, 2024
Appalachian Music: Ricky Cox and Willard Gayheart
Montgomery County Government Center • 755 Roanoke St., Suite 1E Christiansburg, VA 24073 Organized by Montgomery County Parks and Recreation
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About this event
Description
We're sorry, but this activity is over. The last meeting was Tuesday, May 14, 2024.
Join us for another Appalachian Music Series with Ricky Cox and Willard Gayheart. Participants are asked to bring their favorite dish to share for a potluck style lunch.Ricky Cox grew up and now lives in Floyd County, Virginia. He worked in the machine tool industry in Montgomery County, VA, before earning a Master of Arts in English at Radford University, and afterward taught courses in English and Appalachian Studies at Radford University for over thirty years. He coedited A Handbook to Appalachia: An Introduction to the Region (2006), and, with the late Franklin F. Webb, coauthored The Water Powered Mills of Floyd County, Virginia: Illustrated Histories 1770-2010 (2012).
Willard Gayheart grew up in Eastern Kentucky and now lives near Galax, VA. He was a founding member of the Highlanders, Skeeter and the Skidmarks, and Alternate Routes, and with his son-in-law Scott Freeman does a weekly program at the Blue Ridge Music Center on the Blue Ridge Parkway, May through October. Willard is also widely known as a pencil artists and is the owner of Front Porch Gallery and frame shop in Woodlawn, VA.
The deadline to register is May 7th.
Age Category
Adult
Location
Multipurpose Room #1 at Montgomery County Government Center
Age and Gender
Ages 12-101 · Co-Ed