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JULY

Saturday, July 4
An Appalachian Evening concert – Red Eye Ramblers. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. The Redeye Ramblers, a bluegrass music band from Asheville, N.C. began playing traditional, gospel, and original bluegrass music together in 2006. These musicians combine many years of experience playing and performing bluegrass music. Inspired by the music of Bill Monroe, Flatt and Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers, among others, the Redeye Ramblers strive to preserve the vocal and intrumental character of the founding fathers of this unique American genre. Website

Mondays, through July 13
TCCC Cooking Healthy 6-8 pm. Instructor Rose Moberly. Cooking can be fun, flavorful and nnourishing for your body without being full of carbs or calories. $25 for the series plus $1.25 insurance fee.

Monday, July 6
Youth Cooking Class - Ham & Cheese Turnovers. 6-8 pm. For ages 10-18. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Tuesday, July 7
Adult Cooking Class - Chow-Chow & Pickles. 6:30 - 8:30 pm. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Tuesdays, July 7 - July 21
TCCC Radiant Child Yoga Class 9-10 am (ages 4-6); 10:30-11:30 am (ages 7-10); 11:45 am - 12:45 pm (ages 11 and up). Instructor Liz Velazquez. This class encompasses customized yoga classes taught in a magical, playful, musical and physical way which allows students to connect with their own inner energy and strength. $40 for the series, plus $1.25 insurance fee.

Thursday, July 9
Adult Cooking Class - Dehydrated Fruits & Vegetables. 6:30 - 8:30 pm. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Thursdays, July 9 - July 30
TCCC Beginning Drawing Class 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Instructor Ray Kaylor. Lern the basic tools and techniques of drawing. $50 for the series.

Friday, July 10
Cherokee Days at Stecoah. Authentic Cherokee dinner at 6:30 pm followed by live entertainment on the outdoor stage.

Saturday, July 11
Cherokee Days at Stecoah. Cherokee Cooking. Daytime cultural activities.

Saturday, July 11
Culinary Workshop - Summers Daydream Buffet. 9 am - 1 pm. The instructor is Chef Michael Gentry. Featuring unusual savory summer pies and fruit soups; featuring homemade fresh cheese, rhubarb consommé, and sweet potato pie. This is a hands on, come as you are class, with our expert providing all the supplies. All you need is a passion for learning something new. Students can take home their finished product to enjoy. Price is $55 per person with a 6 person maximum, so be sure and reserve your place soon! For more information or to make reservations, call 828-479-3364.

Saturday, July 11
An Appalachian Evening concert – The Freight Hoppers. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. Old-time mountain music with Frank Lee (banjos & steel guitar), David Bass (fiddle & footwork), Isaac Deal on guitar and Bradley Adams on stringbass. This Western North Carolina pre-grass quartet takes old-time, string-band, and fiddle tunes and injects them with a propulsive energy and buoyant spirit. Website

Friday, July 17
Youth Cooking Class - Mighty Mac & Cheese. 6-8 pm. For ages 10-18. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday, July 18
An Appalachian Evening concert – Appalachian Fire. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. The mountains of North Carolina are the home of the bluegrass band Appalachian Fire. Featuring the "Golden Voice of Bluegrass Music", Ranee Stepp, coupled with some high quality pickin' and singin', this band brings a high energy, very professional, and a wonderfully entertaining show. Website

Thursday, July 23
Adult Cooking Class - Appalachian Desserts. 2-4 pm. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday, July 25
Dulcimer Workshops. Day-long series of dulcimer workshops - novice, intermedite & advanced levels. Instructors: Larry and Elaine Conger, teachers/performers/dulcimer builders. $45. Box lunch is available for an additional fee of $7. Information, schedule & registration (pdf). Larry Conger will also be performing a concert from 6-7 pm prior to the main concert (see below). Website Hosted by Mountain Strings Culcimer Club and Nikwasi Dulcimer Players.

Saturday, July 25
An Appalachian Evening concert – Dismembered Tennesseans. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. It was back in 1945 that a group of McCallie students got together and began singing and playing a brand of bluegrass music that has gone on now for more than 60 years. The name "Dismembered Tennesseans" seemed good enough a name for a bunch of teenagers who had no long range plans, and they sang their way through school. But somehow the music never stopped, and the band stayed together for the next 60 years, singing and laughing their way across the country – from Florida to Washington to Ohio and Colorado and points between. Website 

Tuesday, July 28
Youth Cooking Class - Italian Veggie Dunkers. 6-8 pm. For ages 10-18. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Friday, July 31
Cherokee Days at Stecoah. Authentic Cherokee dinner at 6:30 pm followed by live entertainmen on the outdoor stage.

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AUGUST

Saturday, August 1
Cherokee Days at Stecoah. Cherokee Cooking: bison & organic vegetables. Daytime cultural activities.

Saturday, August 1
Annual Stecoah School Reunion.

Saturday, August 1
An Appalachian Evening concert – Kruger Brothers. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. Their performances are exciting, calming, entertaining and spontaneous, reflecting their sheer joy in playing music. Their virtuoso playing combined with the manner in which they interact with each other and with their audience makes their music uniquely special. The Kruger Brothers' musical style defies definition, encompassing all styles of music through their personal individual development, classical European musical influences, and love of the American spirit. Website

Monday, August 3
Adult Cooking Class - Salsa & Sauces. 6:30 - 8:30 pm. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday, August 8
Culinary Workshop - All Things Sushi. 9 am - 1 pm. The instructor is Chef Michael Gentry. Featuring vegetarian sushi seven different ways (rolled, wrapped, smothered, scattered and more). This is a hands on, come as you are class, with our expert providing all the supplies. All you need is a passion for learning something new. Students can take home their finished product to enjoy. Price is $55 per person with a 6 person maximum, so be sure and reserve your place soon! For more information or to make reservations, call 828-479-3364.

Saturday, August 8 – SOLD OUT
An Appalachian Evening concert - Doc Watson & David Holt. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required.  Recipient of the National Medal of Arts, National Heritage Fellowship, and five Grammy Awards, Doc Watson is one of our nation’s musical treasures. Blending traditional Appalachian music with blues, country, gospel and bluegrass, Doc’s unique style has awed listeners for almost fifty years. A powerful singer and influential picker, Doc virtually invented the art of playing mountain fiddle tunes on the flattop guitar. Doc Watson/Merlefest Four-time Grammy Award winner David Holt is a musician, storyteller, historian, television host and entertainer, dedicated to performing and preserving traditional American music and stories. Holt plays ten acoustic instruments and has released numerous recordings of traditional mountain music and southern folktales. David Holt

Saturday, August 15
Adult Cooking Class - Canning Vegetables. 9 am - 1 pm. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday, August 15
An Appalachian Evening concert - Phil Jamison & New Southern Ramblers. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. The New Southern Ramblers from Asheville are a dynamic old-time stringband who combine driving Southern Appalachian fiddle music with traditional vocal styles. Playing since 1982, they have performed at numerous music festivals, and have four recordings.

Saturday, August 22
An Appalachian Evening concert – Wayne Henderson, Helen White & Jeff Little. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. Wayne’s guitar playing has been enjoyed at Carnegie Hall in three national tours of “Masters of the Steel – String Guitar”. Hnderson is a recipient of the 1995 National Heritage Award presented by the National Endowment for the Arts. Website

Henderson will be joined by noted vocalist and accomplished musician, Helen White. Known for her crystal clear voice and pure pitch, she brings a fresh tone to their Appalachian folk and string band music. A native of Alleghany County, North Carolina, Helen founded the Junior Appalachian Musicians or JAM program in 2001. The JAM program teaches local youth how to play guitar, mandolin, banjo and fiddle. Rounding out the program will be Jeff Little on Stecoah’s historic upright piano. Jeff has played at the Smithsonian Institution’s Baird Auditorium, The Mall in Washington, DC, and on his own tour in Asia, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, and Tanzania. Website

Saturday, August 29
An Appalachian Evening concert – High Windy Band. 7:30 pm. Dinner seatings at 5:00 pm and 6:15 pm, with reservations required. This award winning group's roots run very deep in the traditional sounds they heard growing up and they bring a modern contemporary spin to fantastic original songs. Hard driving, yet smooth as silk, HWB leads the way in today’s crowded field of young Bluegrass troubadours. Look for much to come from this tight, energetic 5-piece supergroup. Website

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SEPTEMBER

Sat-Mon, September 4-7 (New Dates)
10th Annual Mountain Music Championship. Juniors and seniors will compete in individual fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar categories; bands will compete in bluegrass and old-time music. For more information visit the Festivals page.

Saturday, September 12
Culinary Workshop - Picked Products. 9 am - 1 pm. The instructor will be Karen Wilson. Karen brings a lifetime of experience and family recipes to this class of pickling vegetables from making chow-chows to pepper-onion relish. This is a hands on, come as you are class, with our expert providing all the supplies. All you need is a passion for learning something new. Students can take home their finished product to enjoy. Price is $55 per person with a 6 person maximum, so be sure and reserve your place soon! For more information or to make reservations, call 828-479-3364.

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OCTOBER

Saturday, October 3
Adult Cooking Class - Apple Butter. 10 am - 2 pm. $20 per student per class (includes all materials). Classes held in the Stecoah Kitchen. Pre-registration is required.

Saturday, October 10
Culinary Workshop - Do-it-ourself Home Meals for the Freezer. (tentative) 9 am - 1 pm. The instructor will be Margaret Evans. The students will learn how to prepare and freeze meals for your family. This is a hands on, come as you are class, with our expert providing all the supplies. All you need is a passion for learning something new. Students can take home their finished product to enjoy. Price is $55 per person with a 6 person maximum, so be sure and reserve your place soon! For more information or to make reservations, call 828-479-3364.

Fri-Mon, October 16-19
Harvest Festival & Antique Tractor Show. Our three day celebration begins at 6:00 on Friday evening with an old-fashioned bonfire. Saturday (Admission charge)) is a full day of food, crafts and entertainment. The County Fair will offer competition and exhibits of jams, jellies, pies, cakes, quilts, needlework and much more. Free Gospel singing on Sunday afternoon. Birding talk and Fall Hike at Fontana Village on Monday. More information.

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NOVEMBER

Saturday, November 14
Culinary Workshop - Hearty Soups. (tentative) 9 am - 1 pm. The instructor will be Margaret Evans. This is a hands on, come as you are class, with our expert providing all the supplies. All you need is a passion for learning something new. Students can take home their finished product to enjoy. Price is $55 per person with a 6 person maximum, so be sure and reserve your place soon! For more information or to make reservations, call 828-479-3364.

Thursday, November 26
Thanksgiving Dinner served family style. Seatings at 12 pm and 2 pm. Reservations required.

Fri-Sat, November 27-28
Artisans Self-Guided Drive-about Studio Tour. Free. 10 am - 5 pm daily. Visit local artisans in their studios and galleries. More information.
 

DECEMBER

Saturday, December 5
Breakfast with Santa for kids of all ages. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice and milk. The cost is $3 per person and pictures with Santa are also available for $5 each. Make your reservations early as seating is limited due to Santa’s busy schedule. 9:00 am.

Saturday, December 12
Culinary Workshop - Holiday Desserts. 9 am - 1 pm. The instructor will be Jose DeJesus. This is a hands on, come as you are class, with our expert providing all the supplies. All you need is a passion for learning something new. Students can take home their finished product to enjoy. Price is $55 per person with a 6 person maximum, so be sure and reserve your place soon! For more information or to make reservations, call 828-479-3364.

Saturday, December 12
Stecoah Gallery Holiday Open House. 4-7 pm. Enjoy some refreshments as you peruse all the handmade crafts in the Gallery. The perfect Christmas shopping experience - unique gifts from the heart.

Saturday, December 19
Breakfast with Santa for kids of all ages. The menu includes pancakes, sausage, juice and milk. The cost is $3 per person and pictures with Santa are also available for $5 each. Make your reservations early as seating is limited due to Santa’s busy schedule. 9:00 am.

Saturday, December 19
Annual Cookie Swap. We provide basic ingredients and the kitchen. You bring the extras and your recipes. Lots of fun cooking together and sharing recipes. For more information call the Center.

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