Local History Dinner
Schedule
Fri Aug 15 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
233 Park Rd, Banner Elk, NC, United States, North Carolina 28604 | Banner Elk, NC
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Trevor McKenzie will be our guest speaker, and he has worked with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as an archival and field researcher on American Ginseng traditions. Currently, he is a member of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s “Inside Appalachia” Folkways Reporting Corps, documenting stories about regional music traditions in the Blue Ridge and the vice president of the North Carolina Folklore Society.McKenzie works with groups such as Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM), Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, Blue Ridge Hall of Fame, Boone Area Community Radio and the Ashe County Arts Council.
He is the author of “Otto Wood, the Bandit: The Freighthopping Thief, Bootlegger, and Convicted Murderer behind the Appalachian Ballads” (2021), published by the University of North Carolina Press. The book traces the history of Otto Wood, a criminal with roots in Wilkes County, North Carolina, who became a folk hero through media, balladry and political discourse in the early twentieth century. McKenzie also co-edited Appalachian Journal’s special issue on Appalachian Music, alongside Mark Freed and Dr. Sandra L. Ballard.
Please join us for dinner and an evening of learning more about some of our traditional mountain music.
$15.00 per person at the door
Children under 6 free
No reservations required.
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Where is it happening?
233 Park Rd, Banner Elk, NC, United States, North Carolina 28604Event Location & Nearby Stays:
