Private Lessons – Page 7 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Randy and Deborah Jean Sheets

Randy Sheets grew up in Grayson County, Virginia surrounded by a musical family and community,...

The music that Don Pedi makes is traditional southern Appalachian dance music through and through,...

Dan Padgett grew up in the community where Earl Scruggs developed his banjo style. Dan...

"My great-great grandma, my great-grandma, and my grandma were all herb women, called 'yarb women'"...

Wilma Wakefield Millsaps lives in a section of North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains that has...

Chester McMillian was born in Carroll County, Virginia, into a musical family and community. He...

Dennis McEntire was born and raised in Rutherford County where he was surrounded by traditional...

Martha Owen says that "Storytelling is something that sort of comes to you," but her...

Betty Maney makes white oak baskets, pottery, Cherokee dolls, and a variety of beadwork pieces....

By day, Steve Lewis is a commercial/residential painter, by night and every weekend, a national...

James Stephen Kilby was born in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, into a musical family. His...

Ila Hatter was born into a family of resourceful people. Her mother and grandmother, she...