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Media Advisory

August 30, 2010

 

The Appalachian Cultural Music Association invites you to attend a press conference on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Mountain Music Museum on the upper level of the Bristol Mall, located just off exit 1 of I-81 in Bristol, VA. The East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Band will provide music for this occasion and will perform starting at 1:45 pm. The public is also invited to attend.

The Appalachian Cultural Music Association along with representatives from East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass and Old Time Music Program will announce that the new “Appalachian Cultural Music Association’s Leon Kiser Scholarship” is now fully endowed and ready to award the first scholarship to a deserving student.

Also the ETSU student recipient of this new ACMA scholarship will be present to accept the award.

“The ACMA announced the new ‘Appalachian Cultural Music Association’s Leon Kiser Scholarship’ back in February of this year and donated $ 1,000.00 seed money at that time”, states Tim White, co-founder and current president of the non-profit organization. “We promised that this scholarship would be fully endowed by the end of this year and I am pleased to say we achieved our goal months in advance!”

          Representatives from East Tennessee State University, the Appalachian Cultural Music Association and the Kiser Family will be available to answer any questions you have concerning this announcement.

We hope you will attend our press conference. There will be a short announcement and ceremony.


Announcing...

The Primitive Quartet and the Lewis Tradition will perform at the 3rd Annual Janette Carter Memorial Gospel Concert at the Carter Family Fold on Sunday, October 24, 2010.  Showtime is at 3:00pm

www.carterfamilyfold.org for details

The Lewis Tradition is made up of members of the former Lewis Family band who are legendary in the bluegrass gospel music field.

The Pickin' Porch Show is a weekly two hour Bluegrass and Old-Time music show hosted by "Your Bluegrass Buddy" Tim White.

These wonderful performances feature the very best singers, musicians and groups to be found anywhere, and most of them hail from right here in the Birthplace of Country Music region! The mission of the Pickin' Porch is to honor the region's deep musical roots and to promote Bluegrass and Old-Time music here and around the world.

We invite you to join us every Thursday night at 7:00 PM. All Pickin' Porch shows are performed live at the Comfort Systems USA Performance Center in the Bristol Mall. Admission is free, but an optional donation of $4 per person is greatly appreciated.

If you're unable to enjoy one of our shows in person, you can always catch it on one of the fine cable television channels throughout the Birthplace of Country Music region that broadcast it each week!

Pickin' Porch August 26, 2010

Tim White told the crowd about Mayberry Days. It's a fabulous festival dedicated to the Andy Griffith show and is especially designed for those who long for the days when life was simple. Go to www.surryarts.org for more information.
The Pickin Porch Band (Teddy Helton, Tim White and Murphy White) were joined by Hawkins County, Tennessee resident Richard Widows.
No Speed Limit treated the audience with a mix of bluegrass standards and original material. Members are Josh Underwood, Josh Pickett, Spencer Strickland, Dustin Pyrtle and Amber Collins.
Join us next week when Tower Street with Banjo Joe is scheduled to perform.