Are you a fan of the dulcimer?
Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves.
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The Marianna Black Library “Summer Music Series” will kick things off with The Ghost Peppers at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12, at the library in Bryson City.
Featuring traditional dulcimer players Lois Hornbostel and Ehukai Teves, the husband/wife duo performs Appalachian music and original songs, including one song they wrote is about the town of Judson in Swain County.
Hornbostel is nationally recognized for her accomplishments in playing and teaching the Appalachian mountain dulcimer, an instrument that was first played in the mountains since the early 1800s. She has written dulcimer books for Mel Bay Publications and has organized weeks for dulcimer players at Appalachian State University, Western Carolina University and Warren Wilson College.
Hornbostel first came to Swain County in 1984, working for the Mountain Arts Program. She brought 30 student dulcimers into our local schools and taught our children for a week to play the dulcimer, making lasting friends with them.
Teves has lived in Bryson City for 12 years. He is an award-winning songwriter, who was born in Hawaii into a musical family. From his early years, he has played many instruments and performed. He fell in love with the dulcimer in Hawaii, when he was completing a B.A. degree in Vocal Performance & Music Theory.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 828.488.3030 or visit fontanalib.org/brysoncity.
