Bluegrass music and Flatfoot dancing go together like bread and butter. Go to any event where there is live bluegrass music, and someone will set up a dancing platform or throw a piece of plywood on the ground and start flatfooting. Flatfooting, also known as clogging, foot-stomping or buck-dancing, consists of dancing alone [...]
The Mountain Dulcimer was a “highway baby”. It was born somewhere in Virginia, along either the Great Wagon Road or the Wilderness Road, just prior to the Revolutionary War. Back before the American Revolution, many European immigrants (Mostly Scots, Irish, German and Swedish) landed in Philadelphia in search of a new beginning. Since shipboard space [...]
Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway – Hiking Trails in Virginia Continued By Nicole Munoz Continued MP 91.0 A moderate 1.9 mile portion of the Appalachian Trail, leading from the VA 695 to Sharp Top Mountain overlook. MP 92.5 The Sharp Top Mountain to Harvey’s Knob section of the Appalachian Trail is a 2.9 mile [...]
