Event Date

December 18, 2021 7:30 pm

Location

Appalachian Theatre, Downtown Boone NC

Admission

$25 (adult) $10 (18 and under)

Mountain Home Music Holiday Concert 2021, Appalachian Theatre Continuing a tradition started by Joe Shannon years ago, proceeds from this concert will be shared with the Hospitality House, - which is Watauga Countys homeless shelter - and Santas Toy Box, which helps to assure that all children in Watauga County get a visit from Santa. Zoe and Cloyd Hailing from opposite ends of the Appalachian Mountains, Zoe & Cloyd is renowned fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and award-winning songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Their show is as diverse as their upbringing: coming from a lineage of klezmer and jazz musicians, Natalya trained classically in her home state of Massachusetts before moving south in 2004. John, a twelfth generation North Carolinian and grandson of pioneering bluegrass fiddler, Jim Shumate, is a 1st place winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest as well as an Artist Fellowship recipient for songwriting from the North Carolina Arts Council. Weinstein states, In our family, we celebrate Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice, and Christmas, based on our family backgrounds. We love recognizing a variety of traditions and teaching them to our daughter. At the Mountain Home Music Holiday Concert, we are excited to present selections from our klezmer (Jewish folk music) repertoire, as well as traditional bluegrass Christmas songs. http://www.zoeandcloyd.com/ Mountain Home Bluegrass Boys The Mountain Home Blue Grass Boys have served as the house band for many concerts at JSMHM for 25 years. This quartet features two-time national bluegrass banjo champion Steve Lewis – he played at the very first MHM concert at Our Daily Bread in Boone back in 1994. Scott Freeman plays both the mandolin and fiddle and is known throughout the region for his teaching both instruments. Josh Scott holds it all together on bass – he played with piano player, Jeff Little for years. The twice-national studio music

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