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Latest Ncculture.Com Podcast Looks At History Through Music, Photos
For more information contact Joe Newberry at 919-807-7391 or Lindy Allen at 919-807-7390.
RALEIGH – The latest N.C. Department of Cultural Resources podcast at www.ncculture.com looks at North Carolina history through music and photographs. The podcast starts with a chat between Fay Mitchell Henderson of Cultural Resources and Suzanne Rousso of the North Carolina Symphony staff. The Symphony is celebrating 75 years of making musical history.
The remaining segments of the podcast highlight the music and culture of western North Carolina:
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Susan Lamb of the N.C. Museum of History speaks with her colleague, photographer Eric Blevins about a brand new exhibit, “The Carolina Mountains: Photography of Margaret Morley.” Morley’s photos provide a look at everyday life in western North Carolina around the turn of the 20 th century. The exhibit will run through July, 2007. Admission is free. The Museum is located in downtown Raleigh, across from the State Capitol.
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The Mountain Gateway museum is helping visitors explore North Carolina history, heritage, and music during “Summerfest at Old Fort: Blue Ridge Traditions at the Mountain Gateway Museum”. The weekend of August 5 will highlight mountain ballads, songs and stories. Featured performers include Sheila Kay Adams, Bobby McMillon, the Queen Family, and Jim Taylor. Activities include workshops, jam sessions, and a film discussion.
The podcast closes with “The Silk Merchant’s Daughter,” a ballad from seventh generation Madison County, N.C., singer Sheila Kay Adams.
NCCulture.com provides visitors directions on how to retrieve DCR podcasts, which broadcast interviews, up-to-date events information, plus traveler guides to historic sites and museums. Future podcasts also will offer virtual behind-the-scenes tours of DCR archive collections, museum exhibits, libraries and historic sites.
The word podcast is a combination of “broadcasting” and “iPod,” a popular brand of MP3 player. Audio files in a podcast go directly to users’ computers, to then transfer to an MP3 or other audio player software. Cultural Resources launched its podcast service, which contains free, downloadable audio files containing news and information about North Carolina’s performing arts, literature and history, in 2005. For more information, visit www.ncculture.com, or call (919) 807-7385.
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