Jackson Cunningham Guitar Raffle
The Handmade Music School & Southwest Virginia luthier Jackson Cunningham are offering a chance to win one of Jackson’s beautiful custom-made guitars. The goal of the fundraiser is to sell 800 tickets to raise $20,000 in support of programming at The Handmade Music School, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to handing down music and dance traditions through lessons, workshops, and camps.
Congratulations to Liz Lanham of Banner Elk, NC for winning the guitar! And a huge thanks to everyone who purchased tickets!
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Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Southwest Virginia Traditional Music Contest
We are so thrilled with the participation in this year's competition. Folks from all over the world submitted videos of themselves sharing SWVA music and dance, and we are so proud of every single entry. The level of competition was very high and our only regret is that we didn't have enough prizes or categories to recognize all of the deserving entries.
Mac’s Tune of the Week
Tunes and stories of our local Virginia Blue Ridge region
Angeline the Baker (Revisited)
This week’s tune is a revisit to “Angeline the Baker.” Thanks to Molly Stouten for helping me hunt this down. Here is a link to the song version that I heard many years ago on a WPAQ Saturday afternoon broadcast called the Blue Ridge Spotlight.