Augusta Heritage Center - Davis & Elkins College
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2017 West Virginia Banjo Contest Winner
At our annual summer festival, The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College hosted the 2017 West Virginia Open Fiddle and Banjo Contest. Here's a clip of Kevin Chesser, the 2017 Banjo Contest winner. Congratulations to Kevin and to all the contestants.
Keep passing it on!
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2017 West Virginia Fiddle Contest Winner
At our annual summer festival, The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College hosted the 2017 West Virginia Open Fiddle and Banjo Contest. Here's a clip of Jesse Milnes, the 2017 Fiddle Contest winner. Congratulations to Jesse and to all the contestants.
Keep passing it on!
augustaheritagecenter.org
Crafts at Augusta
Each year, crafts people from all over come to the mountains of West Virginia to create and learn from some of the finest instructors in each subject. It all begins in July at the Augusta Heritage Center on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, WV. More at augustaheritagecenter.org. Video by Bill Dudley billdudley.com.
Banjo Pickin' Girl - The Augusta Bluegrass Women
Each year, Bluegrass Week at the Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia, brings together some of the finest bluegrass artists to perform and teach. Here Murphy Henry leads the all-star ensemble in an excerpt from one of the week's concerts.
Video by Bill Dudley billdudley.com
Exploring Elkins, WV
Come with me as i check out the beautiful mountain town of Elkins, WV
Crossing Eight Mountains- Staunton,VA to Elkins, WV
Ronald DeWees At Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College
Dance for WVa History
Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College
Appalachian Ensemble
A new program at Davis and Elkins College is helping to preserve the art of traditional music and dance. Their group is called the Appalachian Ensemble- a touring string band and dance ensemble. The college treats the musicians and flatfoot dancers like sports stars: it offers them scholarships to play. This video was filmed by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and Mountain Stage, during a performance at the Pocahontas County Opera House.
Augusta Heritage Center // Cajun & Creole and Early Country Music Week // Video Update 1
The various sights and sounds of the first day and a half of Cajun & Creole and Early Country Music Week.
Augusta contra dance - Elkins, WV
Swing your partner...
A good ole hoe down at the Augusta folk festival
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Augusta Heritage Conference in Elkins, West Virginia
Pay de Haut on Fiddle by Ryan Thomson in Elkins, West Virginia
Ryan's web site - Ryan Thomson fiddling Pay de Haut left handed in a jam session at the Augusta Heritage Center in Elkins, West Virginia. Ryan performs and teaches this tune. Visit his web site for information on his performances, instructional videos, books, and recordings.
Front Porch Music in West Virginia
Appalachian music played on the front porch of Miller's Inn in North River Mills, Hampshire County, WVa. Charlie Burton is flatfoot dancing in the background. The community day was hosted by Steve Bailes.
Augusta Heritage Center // Scholarship Fund
In 2016, our scholarship program, made possible almost entirely through gifts, provided 119 full or partial scholarships to participants from 21 states and three foreign countries. Past scholarship recipients have gone on to be professional artists or to pursue a lifetime of traditional craft, music, or dance. Some have even returned as Augusta instructors or staff and many have said that the Augusta experience changed their lives.
Donations can be made at: dewv.edu/augusta/giveonline
For more information on Augusta, visit: AugustaHeritageCenter.org
Join Us in 2017:
Cajun/Creole & Early Country Music Week: July 9-14
Blues & Swing Week: July 16-21
Bluegrass Week: July 30-August 4
Old-Time and Vocal Week: August 6-11
Augusta Festival: August 12
October Old-Time Week: October 15-20 (tentative)
WV Highlanders at Augusta Fest - Video 2
WV Highlanders of Davis and Elkins College at Augusta Irish/Celtic Week in Elkins, WV
East Tennessee Blues - Charlie Walden
Master Missouri fiddler Charlie Walden is accompanied by Pat Plunkett on piano; JoeBass DeJarnette, and dulcimer ace Karen Mueller on guitar, part of a concert during Old Time/Vocal/Vernacular Dance Week at the Augusta Heritage Center of Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia. More on the Augusta summer programs at augustaheritagecenter.org.
Video by Bill Dudley billdudley.com
Special thanks to Dr. Marshall Sklar and Sloan Stewart for the generous loan of video equipment.
Irish/Celtic Week at Augusta Heritage Center
Each year the Augusta Heritage Center, on the campus of Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, WV, brings together some of the finest artists in the genre to teach and perform. Find out about the Augusta summer programs at augustaheritagecenter.org. Video by Bill Dudley: billdudley.com
In Tune: A Community of Musicians
A celebration of old-time music and its history in the Mountain State.
Produced by WVPB filmmaker Russ Barbour and narrated by Mountain Stage’s Larry Groce, this new documentary examines old-time music, specifically in the hills and valleys of Appalachia, especially in the Mountain State and particularly in Clay County, home to some of West Virginia’s most distinguished practitioners.
The documentary also considers the homogenization of customs and music culture; the impact of the American Folk Revival; rediscovery of old-time musicians; the arrival of back-to-the-landers in Appalachia; growing popularity of old-time music festivals.
WV Highlanders at Augusta Fest - Video 1
WV Highlanders of Davis and Elkins College at Augusta Irish/Celtic Week in Elkins, WV
Student Experience College Campus Tour - Davis & Elkins College
Davis & Elkins College, nestled in the Appalachian Mountains is a small liberal arts college in Elkins, West Virginia. With a spectacular mountain setting and class offerings as diverse as rock climbing, the college offers upwards of 50 majors in more than 20 fields of study.
Here, in this amazing - and beautiful – place, we prepare and inspire students for success and for thoughtful engagement in the world.
Just hours from Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. we’re home to a vibrant arts community and a leader in entrepreneurship, sustainability studies, health care and education.
Learn more. You'll see how D&E is a small school where big things happen.
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