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2010-2011 Annual Report - features yearly recap and funding summary.
A Conversation With Lynn Shields
Angie Newsome, Editor of the Carolina Public Press, writes of her conversation with retired Stecoah Valley Center Director Lynn Shields. The interview also appears in the online Tuckasegee Reader.
WNC Magazine featured our culinary workshops calling them "a memorable experience pairing food, friends and instruction." Read more
Joyce Kilmer Poetry
Contest Winners
Over 115 adult and professional entries were received from all points of the US – Washington State, Rhode Island, Arizona, Florida and many from all across North Carolina. All 40 student entries came from North Carolina. First place winners included Jack Pitney of Sylva, NC; Emma Pindur of Bryson Cit,y NC; Madison Elisabeth Corthell of Candler, NC; and Mary Ricketson of Murphy, NC. Learn about all the winners and read the first place entries.
Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher presents the 2011 Mountain Heritage Award to Stecoah Valley Center, represented by its Executive Director Beth Fields, at the University's 37th Annual Mountain Heritage Festival, Saturday, September 24, 2011.
Each year, WCU bestows Mountain Heritage Awards on one individual and one organization in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the preservation or interpretation of the history and culture of Southern Appalachia, or for outstanding contributions to research on, or interpretation of, Southern Appalachian issues. Read more
UNC-TV has featured Stecoah's An Appalachian Evening on its "North Carolina Weekend" show. Deborah Holt Noel and her crew came out for dinner and a show featuring Balsam Range. (view the segment).
Reba Louanne Jenkins from the Textile Studio appeared on the November 18 Craft Corner on WLOS-TV (Asheville). She demonstrated how to make an easy quilt pillow. Watch the video.
WDEF-TV in Cleveland, Tennessee interviewed Jim Rogers about Stecoah's programs. Watch the video.
PRESERVING MOUNTAIN TRADITIONS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME