A highlight of the annual Bascom Lamar Lunsford Mountain Music Festival is the presentation of its namesake award. Although Hurricane Helene preempted this year’s festival, the 2024 Bascom Lamar ...

Press release from Mars Hill University: The Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Mars Hill University’s precision dancing team, is a national champion for the 31st time. The team won the title for its 8-Couple ...

HAMLIN, W.Va. — The Lincoln County Cloggers are embracing their Appalachian roots by dancing their way across southern West Virginia. Instructor Tosha Smith said she and co-instructor Liza Hofmann ...

Aug. 23—For most, getting more than 20 billion social media views would be a life-changing event. Not so for the J Creek Cloggers, a home-grown Haywood County clogging group that has ascended to ...

“If they are willing to learn, I am willing to teach.” – That’s the philosophy the master clogger adopted from one of his dancing idols. These days he’s wondering how to get more young people ...

Second graders at Mount Carmel Elementary School got to learn about Appalachian culture last week. Currently, second graders at MCES are learning about different cultures, so on Friday, the school ...