Surry Arts Council TAPS

52nd Annual Mount Airy Blue Grass & Old-Time Fiddlers Convention - FREE Workshops and Dances – June 4-7, 2024

➡️Tues., June 4 - 6:00–8:00 pm – Dance – The Nunn Brothers and Friends
➡️Wed., June 5 - 10:00 am–12:00 pm Morning Session
- Mac Traynham – Blue Ridge Old-Time Fiddle
- Chester McMillian and Wesley Clifton – Old-Time Guitar
- Trish Fore – Beginner/Intermediate Clawhammer Banjo
- Kyle Dean Smith – Upright Bass
- Riley Baugus and Kevin Fore – Round Peak Clawhammer Banjo
- Lois Hornbostel – Introduction to Mountain Dulcimer Playing (loaners available)
⭐️12:00 pm–1:30 pm Lunch Break
⭐️1:30 pm–3:30 pm Afternoon Session
- Mac Traynham – Blue Ridge Old-Time Fiddle
- Chester McMillian – Old-Time Guitar
- Kyle Dean Smith – Old-Time Guitar Runs – Blue Ridge Style
- Riley Baugus and Wesley Clifton – Singing/Folksong
- Kevin Fore – Round Peak Clawhammer Banjo
- Lois Hornbostel – Continuing Basic Dulcimer Playing (loaners available)
⭐️3:30 pm–3:45 pm Break
⭐️3:45 pm–4:45 pm Old-Time Jam/Dance Workshop with Mac Traynham, Riley Baugus, Chester McMillian, Kevin Fore, Trish Fore, Wesley Clifton, Kyle Dean Smith, Lois Hornbostel, and Ehukai Teves
⭐️6:00 pm–8:00 pm Old-Time Dance with Mac Traynham, Kevin Fore, Wesley Clifton, Riley Baugus, Kyle Dean Smith, Chester McMillian, and Trish Fore as M.C.
➡️Thurs., June 6 - 10:00 am–12:00 pm Morning Session
- Mac Traynham – Blue Ridge Old-Time Fiddle
- Chester McMillian and Wesley Clifton – Old-Time Guitar
- Riley Baugus and Kevin Fore – Round Peak Banjo
- Kyle Dean Smith – Upright Bass
- Trish Fore – Beginner/Intermediate Clawhammer Banjo
- Lois Hornbostel – Fiddle Tunes on Mountain Dulcimer (loaners available)
⭐️12:00 pm–1:30 pm Lunch Break
⭐️1:30 pm–3:30 pm Afternoon Session
- Mac Traynham and Trish Fore – Blue Ridge Old-Time Fiddle and Banjo
- Chester McMillian – Old-Time Guitar
- Kyle Dean Smith – Old-Time Guitar Runs – Blue Ridge Style
- Riley Baugus and Wesley Clifton – Singing/Folksong
- Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves – Playing Back Up/Chords on Mountain Dulcimer (loaners available)
⭐️3:30 pm – 3:45 pm Break
⭐️3:45 pm–4:45 pm Old Time Jam/Dance Workshop with Mac Traynham, Riley Baugus, Chester McMillian, Kevin Fore, Trish Fore, Wesley Clifton, Kyle Dean Smith, Lois Hornbostel, and Ehukai Teves
⭐️7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Old-Time Dance with Mac Traynham, Kevin Fore, Wesley Clifton, Riley Baugus, Kyle Dean Smith, Chester McMillian, and Trish Fore as M.C.
➡️Fri., June 7 - 10:00 am–12:00 pm Morning Session
- Mac Traynham – Blue Ridge Old-Time Fiddle
- Chester McMillian and Wesley Clifton – Old-Time Guitar
- Kyle Dean Smith – Guitar Runs – Blue Ridge Style
- Riley Baugus, Kevin, and Trish Fore – Regional Style Clawhammer Banjo – Focusing on up the mountain and down the mountain regional styles
- Lois Hornbostel – Mountain Dulcimer for Experienced Players
⭐️12:00 pm–1:30 pm Circle Host by Vip with Mac Traynham, Riley Baugus, Chester McMillian, Kevin Fore, Trish Fore, Wesley Clifton, and Kyle Dean Smith
⭐️1:30 pm–3:00 pm Lunch Break
⭐️2:00 pm–3:00 pm
- Travis Watts – Beginner Blue Grass Banjo
- Darrius Flowers – Youth String Instruments
⭐️3:30 pm–4:30 pm
- Travis Watts – Intermediate Blue Grass Banjo
- Darrius Flowers – Youth String Instruments
⭐️3:00 pm–4:30 pm Flatfoot Workshop with Michael Motley accompanied by Mac Traynham, Riley Baugus, Kevin Fore, Trish Fore, Chester McMillian, Wesley Clifton, and Kyle Dean Smith

The workshops are hosted by the Surry Arts Council and Veterans Memorial Park, Inc. and made possible through support from our Presenting Sponsor, The NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources as part of their Come Hear North Carolina program, and additional funding from the Grassroots Grant Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

⭐ARTSDay2024⭐
The Surry Arts Council’s TAPS students were invited to perform at in Raleigh, NC on May 22, 2024 outside the North Carolina Legislative Building.

Hosted by Arts North Carolina, ARTS Day gathers artists and arts leaders from across the state coming together to learn, network, and celebrate the transformational power of the arts.

🌟SAC 2024 Scholarships Now Open🌟

The Surry Arts Council is accepting 2024 Scholarship applications!

Scholarships are available for college-bound students, current college students, and artists pursuing a degree or continuing education in music, drama, dance, television, film, communications, visual arts, commercial art, arts administration, or other arts-related fields.

⭐️Recipients must be Surry County residents.
⭐️Completed applications to SAC by Friday, May 3 at 5 pm.

Applications are available online at: https://www.surryarts.org/programs/scholarships.html

Funds for the Surry Arts Council Scholarship program come from the Kester Sink Birthday Endowment Fund, the Mildred Wolfe Robertson Scholarship Fund, the Sandy Beam Scholarship Fund, the Betty Lynn Scholarship Endowment, and the Jimmy Lowry Scholarship Endowment.

⭐️Congratulations to all of our Tommy Jarrell Youth Competition contestants and winners for being such fabulous musicians. You did a great job! Keep on making music, and we will see you again next year.⭐️

5-12 years
Fiddle
1. Silas Wilkerson
2. Mollie Bruner
3. Molly Wilkerson

Guitar
1. Tucker Conner
2. Parker McKinney
3. Maggie Wilkerson

Mandolin
1. Coley Palmer
2. Sarah Walls

Vocal
1. Tucker Conner
2. Maggie Wilkerson
3. Molly Wilkerson

Band
1. Biscuit Eaters – Wilkerson Family
Molly Wilkerson
Silas Wilkerson
Maggie Wilkerson
Josiah Wilkerson
Sam Wilkerson

Other
1. Josiah Wilkerson, Bluegrass Banjo
2. Coley Palmer, Bass
3. Silas Walls, Bluegrass Banjo

Ages 13-18
Fiddle - Sam Wilkerson

Guitar - Corban Walls

Vocal - Candace Noah

Other - Candace Noah, Bluegrass Banjo

🎻TOMMY JARRELL CELEBRATION YOUTH COMPETITION is this Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 4:00 pm🎻
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Arts Center, 215 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC (Across the street from Andy Griffith Playhouse)

Competitions for Ages 5-12 and 13-18: Clawhammer Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Band, Dance, Vocal, Other

➡Contestants may have 1 accompanist, no recorded backup is permitted
➡Each contestant may enter only 2 categories ("Other" category includes all instruments and combinations not listed)
➡Register in advance (336) 786-7998 or [email protected] or on-site on the day of the competition

🎻TOMMY JARRELL CELEBRATION YOUTH COMPETITION is this Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 4:00 pm🎻
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Arts Center, 215 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC (Across the street from Andy Griffith Playhouse)

Competitions for Ages 5-12 and 13-18: Clawhammer Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Band, Dance, Vocal, Other

➡Contestants may have 1 accompanist, no recorded backup is permitted
➡Each contestant may enter only 2 categories ("Other" category includes all instruments and combinations not listed)
➡Register in advance (336) 786-7998 or [email protected] or on-site on the day of the competition

Surry Arts Council

🎻TOMMY JARRELL CELEBRATION YOUTH COMPETITION is this Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 4:00 pm🎻
Saturday, March 2, 2024, 4:00 PM
LOCATION: Arts Center, 215 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC (Across the street from Andy Griffith Playhouse)
Competitions for Ages 5-12 and 13-18: Clawhammer Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Band, Dance, Vocal, Other
➡Contestants may have 1 accompanist, no recorded backup is permitted
➡Each contestant may enter only 2 categories ("Other" category includes all instruments and combinations not listed)
➡Register in advance (336) 786-7998 or [email protected] or on-site on the day of the competition

⭐Tommy Jarrell Celebration Youth Competition⭐
Saturday, March 2, 2024, at 4:00 pm
➡️NEW LOCATION: Arts Center (across the street from the Andy Griffith Playhouse)

Competitions for Ages 5-12 and 13-18
➡️Clawhammer Banjo, Fiddle, Guitar, Mandolin, Band, Vocal, Dance and Other

⭐Contestants have 3 minutes to perform and may have 1 accompanist - No recorded backup permitted -
⭐The "Other" category includes all instruments and combinations (bands) not listed

Register in advance (336) 786-7998 or on-site the day of the competition
Free

💯 Tommy Jarrell Youth Competition

🎻 Tommy Jarrell Celebration
Youth Old-Time Competition
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Lower Level of the Andy Griffith Museum, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC
4:00 pm
Ages: Youth ages 5-18

⭐ Clawhammer Banjo ⭐ Fiddle ⭐ Guitar ⭐ Vocal ⭐ Dance ⭐ Other ⭐
RULES OF COMPETITION:
- Contestants have 3 minutes to perform
- Contestants may have 1 accompanist, no recorded back-up permitted
- Each contestant may enter only 2 categories
- "Other" category includes all instruments and combinations not listed above

Register in advance (336) 786-7998 or on-site the day of the competition.

The Master of Ceremonies, Jim Vipperman will announce winners and trophies will be awarded at the end of the competition.

Carolina Arts Council Blue Ridge Music Trails NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources Come Hear North Carolina

🎻 Tommy Jarrell Celebration
Youth Old-Time Competition
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Lower Level of the Andy Griffith Museum, 218 Rockford Street, Mount Airy, NC
4:00 pm
Ages: Youth ages 5-18

⭐ Clawhammer Banjo ⭐ Fiddle ⭐ Guitar ⭐ Vocal ⭐ Dance ⭐ Other ⭐
RULES OF COMPETITION:
- Contestants have 3 minutes to perform
- Contestants may have 1 accompanist, no recorded back-up permitted
- Each contestant may enter only 2 categories
- "Other" category includes all instruments and combinations not listed above

Register in advance (336) 786-7998 or on-site the day of the competition.

The Master of Ceremonies, Jim Vipperman will announce the winners and trophies will be awarded at the end of the competition.

North Carolina Arts Council Blue Ridge Music Trails NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources Come Hear North Carolina

Great Job!
⭐️2022 Tommy Jarrell Youth Competition Winners⭐️

Ages 5-12 years
⭐️Fiddle:
1. Cheyenne Grantham, age 12 from Boones Mill, VA - [email protected]
2. Hunter Hiatt, age 11 from State Road, NC – [email protected]
3. Sam Wilkerson, age 12 from Thurmond, NC
3. Sylvie Davis, age 12 from Leicester, NC – [email protected]

⭐️ Banjo:
1. Wyatt Grantham, age 11 from Boones Mill, VA – [email protected]
2. Everly Davis, age 7 from Leicester, NC – [email protected]

⭐️Guitar:
1. Judah Davis, age 10 from Leicester, NC – [email protected]

⭐️Dance:
Gatlynn Grantham, age 6 from Boones Mill, VA – [email protected]

⭐️Vocal:
1. Maggie Wilkerson, age 8 from Thurmond, NC

⭐️Other:
1. Josiah Wilkerson, Bluegrass Banjo, age 10 from Thurmond, NC
2. Emme Davis – Mandolin, age 9 from Leicester, NC – [email protected]

Ages 13-18 years
⭐️Fiddle:
1. Neely Sizemore, age 17 from Elkin, NC

⭐️ Banjo:
1. Bayla Davis, age 14 from Leicester, NC – [email protected]
2. Robbie Herman, age 18 from Taylorsville, NC – [email protected]

⭐️Guitar:
1. Robbie Herman, age 18 from Taylorsville, NC – [email protected]

⭐️Dance:
1. Candace Noah, age 14 from Dobson, NC – [email protected]
2. Darrius Flowers, age 18 from Pilot Mountain, NC – [email protected]

⭐️Vocal:
1. Jackson Dunning, age 14 from Pilot Mountain, NC – [email protected]
2. Bayla Davis, age 14 from Leicester, NC – [email protected]
3. Robbie Herman, age 18 from Taylorsville, NC – [email protected]
3. Neely Sizemore, age 17 from Elkin, NC

⭐️Other:
1. Candace Noah, Bluegrass Banjo, age 14 from Dobson, NC – [email protected]
2. Natalie Sizemore, Mandolin, age 14 from Elkin, NC

⭐️Band:
1. Highway 268 – Darrius Flowers (18) Pilot Mountain, NC, Neely Sizemore (18) Elkin, NC, Natalie Sizemore (14) Elkin, NC, Jackson Dunning (14) Pilot Mountain, NC

2. Grantham Family – Cheyenne Grantham (12), Wyatt Grantham (11), Gatlynn Grantham (5) from Boones Mill, VA

2. Wilkerson Family – Sam Wilkerson (12), Josiah Wilkerson (10) Maggie Wilkerson (8), Silas Wilkerson (5)

3. Davis Family – Bayla Davis (14), Sylvie Davis (12), Judah Davis (10), Emme Davis (9) from Leicester, NC

🎻Friday, February 25th at 7:00 pm at The Historic Earle Theatre & Old-Time Music Heritage Hall - FREE screening of “You Gave Me A Song,” a film about Alice Gerrard

Q&A session with Director Kenny Dalsheimer and Alice Gerrard will follow the film. A short performance by Alice Gerrard accompanied by Tatiana Hargreaves and Reed Stutz will follow.

The Groove Productions Alice Gerrard

https://vimeo.com/235798802

You Gave Me A Song – Trailer Trailer for the documentary film YOU GAVE ME A SONG: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ALICE GERRARD.

⭐Tommy Jarrell Festival⭐
This yearly event celebrates the music and teachings of Surry County native and old-time music pioneer and icon, Tommy Jarrell who lived from March 1, 1901 to January 28, 1985.

It’s a festival that has something for every old-time music lover.

🎻Friday, February 25th at 7 pm - FREE screening of “You Gave Me A Song,” a film about Alice Gerrard.
Q&A session with Director Kenny Dalsheimer and Alice Gerrard will follow the film. A short performance by Alice Gerrard accompanied by Tatiana Hargreaves and Reed Stutz will follow.

🪕Saturday, February 26th at 11 am - WPAQ Merry-Go-Round starts with workshop instructors and participants followed by bands including Grace ‘N Grass

🎻Saturday, February 26th from 1:30-5:00 pm - Old-Time workshops presented by Chester McMillian, Martha Spencer, and Emily Spencer
Registration Fee $25
Old-Time workshops will take place at the Historic Earle Theatre and will include fiddle, banjo, guitar, bass, singing, and dancing – whatever participants want to learn.

🪕Saturday, February 26th - Tommy Jarrell Festival Youth Competition
Free Registration begins at 2:00 pm
Competition begins at 3:00 pm
Categories include fiddle, clawhammer banjo, guitar, vocal, dance, and other (which includes all other instruments and bands), in two age levels: 5-12 and 13-18.
Contestants will have three minutes to perform and can have one accompanist, though no recorded backup is permitted.

🎻Saturday, February 26th at 7:00 pm - Tommy Jarrell Birthday Concert and Dance featuring Whitetop Mountain Band
Tickets: $10

Call 336-786-7998 for more information.

⭐TOMMY JARRELL FESTIVAL YOUTH COMPETITION⭐
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Andy Griffith Museum Theatre (Lower Level of Andy Griffith Museum) 218 Rockford Street

AGES 5 to 18
Registration Opens at 2:00 pm
Competition at 3:00 pm
FREE

Contact Abigail Linville at [email protected] should you have questions.

Breaking Up Christmas Dance featuring Backstep
Saturday, January 1st 7:00 pm
General Admission $10

Backstep performs old-time stringband music in the “Round Peak Style” native to Mount Airy, North Carolina. Known for its driving rhythms and prominent melodies, Round Peak music is just the thing to make you kick up your heels and dance. Start off the new year right by purchasing your tickets now!

https://breakingupchristmas2022.eventbrite.com

https://www.mtairynews.com/news/103709/breaking-up-christmas-dance-this-weekend

Breaking Up Christmas dance this weekend | Mt. Airy News The Surry Arts Council will be celebrating Christmas the old-time way with the Blue Ridge Mountain holiday musical tradition “Breaking Up Christmas” on Saturday, January 1, at 7:00 p.m.