蘑菇短视频 to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 9
The Mountain Heritage Center, a museum of Appalachian culture at Western Carolina University, will hold a crafts demonstration and music performance on campus Thursday, July 9.
The event will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on the lawn with the Big Purple Chair between the Forsyth and Killian Annex buildings, in the style of Mountain Heritage Days, the university鈥檚 popular week-long fall festival to be held Monday through Saturday, Sept. 21-26, 2026.
Like Mountain Heritage Days, it is free and open to the public.
Among the scheduled performers are traditional musician Songbird Burkey. Crafters include Cassie Dickson with flax culture and weaving, Mattie Davenport with weaving, Amy Postoak with Cherokee finger weaving, Windy Gordon with Scottish tartans and historic influences, and Richard Tichich showing quilting and old-time sewing machines.
Members of Dogwood Crafters in Dillsboro will demonstrate bead work and basketry while Mountain Heritage Center staff will show Western Carolina College鈥檚 old beanies and lead participants in making corn shuck dolls.
The Mountain Heritage Center will also be open, with its exhibit 鈥淢oonshine: Spirit of Independence鈥� which explore the traditions, tales, and tools, including a full-size still, behind moonshine in western North Carolina. The exhibit uncovers how a simple spirit became an enduring part of American folklore and a testament to the American drive for independence. The Center is located in the Hunter Library building and the exhibit is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday through Aug. 14.
The event is sponsored by the Mountain Heritage Center, the Office of Mentoring and Persistence to Success, and Hunter Library. For more information, contact the Mountain Heritage Center at 828-227-7129.