An Appalachian Field Day with
BBQ, Music, Craft & Games
MAY 1, 2021 – 11 AM – 4 PM
373 Harmon Field Road, Tryon, NC
About Art of the Flame
Rain or Shine Outdoor Community Event at Tryon Arts & Crafts School (TACS)
Proceeds Benefit TACS, Nonprofit 501(c)(3)
Free Admission; Both Free and Ticketed Activities
Ticket booths onsite for food, games, and raffles (tickets available in $1 and $5 increments)
Online Food Orders Have Closed
No Coolers/Brown Bagging
Food Service ($)
Overnight Wood-Fired BBQ Roast by Bird Mountain Wine & Spirits – 11:30-2:30 – Front Entrance Canopy
BBQ Vegetables and Salads by Rural Seed Restaurant, Locally Sourced from Anson Mills and Tryon Mountain Farms – 11:30-2:30 – Front Entrance Canopy
Freshly Made Strawberry Shortcake (onsite sales only) – 1:30-4:00 – Westside Campus
Soft Drinks, Water – 11:00-4:00 – Front Entrance Canopy, Open Air Gym, Westside Ticket Booth
Wine, Beer – 11:00-4:00 – Westside Campus and the Base of the Ramp
Music
Blue Wall – 11:00-11:30 – Open Air Gym
Blue Ridge Rounders – 12:00-1:30 – Open Air Gym
PacJAM – 1:30-2:15 – Open Air Gym
Blue Wall – 12:30-1:30 – Wandering Minstrels, Westside Campus
Overmountain String Band – 2:00-3:30 – Westside Patio (Rain: Front Door Canopy)
Will Trakas, Eli Winkenwerder & Jake Yochem – 2:45-3:45 – Open Air Gym
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Craft Demonstrations
11 AM – 4 PM – Westside Campus, Ongoing
Basketry
Blacksmithing
Copper Textured Bronze
Enameling
Glass Lampwork
Hand Carved Wood
“Pick Your Pot” Raku Pottery
Rug Hooking
Quilting
Weaving
See also Friday, 4/30, Evening Raku Pottery Workshop >> and Blacksmithing Workshop >>
Games for All Ages – Open-Air Gym ($)
Cake Walks, 11:30 and 2:15 – Call to Bakers! Please Click Here. >>
Cornhole Competition with Prizes, 11:00-3:30
Ring Toss Competition with Prizes, 11:00-3:30
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Raffles
Cornhole Set, Ring Toss Set
Raffle Announcement – 3:45 PM
Health Precautions
Social Distancing, Crowd Control Measures Taken
Sanitation Stands, Rinsing Station
Free Masks Available #masks4masses
Routine Disinfecting
Art of the Flame Sponsors
MORE ABOUT THE MUSICAL PERFORMERS
Blue Ridge Rounders, Bob & Amy Buckingham
The Blue Ridge Rounders of Upstate of South Carolina have been playing together since 2002. They are featured at festivals and concerts through the summer months and teach at workshops and week-long music camps such as PacJAM in Tryon and Blue Ridge Old-Time Music Week at Mars Hill College. Their old-time style intertwines the banjo, fiddle, guitars, and the singing of ballads to deliver a new voice for the traditional South.
Overmountain Old Time String Band
Overmountain Old Time String Band is an open acoustic jam and performance group playing traditional music of the southern Appalachians. They meet on the first and third Mondays of each month in an outdoor, COVID-friendly environment until they can meet indoors again. They love to perform for various community events, churches, and assisted living venues in the Carolina foothills.
Will Trakas, Eli Winkenwerder & Jake Yochem
Will Trakas (mandolin), Eli Winkenwerder (banjo), and Jake Yochem (bass) are musicians from Western NC with a background in bluegrass, folk, and old-time music. Though brand new to each other as a group, the three have played many shows in the region in various projects, with Winkenwerder and Yochem having gone on numerous tours over the last ten years with their main outfit, The Jackson Grimm Band, including several international runs with a traditional Appalachian dance group from Mars Hill University. Will Trakas is a local to Tryon and has played in various projects over the last five years in Asheville and the surrounding area. The three will play a mix of instrumental music and songs with vocal harmonies based on the style of music that was born out of the surrounding mountains. We hope y’all enjoy!
Blue Wall, Wandering Minstrel Performances
Derek Harrison and Becky Kraai came to Tryon in 2017 and formed their guitar and banjo duo, Blue Wall, named for the Cherokee’s name for the Blue Ridge Mountains. They perform songs from traditional folk and bluegrass to John Denver, James Taylor, Emmylou Harris and others. Venues include local farmers’ markets, assisted living homes, worship services, private gatherings, local holiday celebrations, and Harmon Field on warm Sunday afternoons. They come from teaching and non-profit data management careers, and thrill in the joy and harmonies created in learning and sharing old and newer music.
PacJam
PacJAM provides an opportunity for area youth to experience community through the joy of participating in traditional music.
Local students and their teachers are taking their part in a multi-state regional effort to preserve the music of the Appalachian cultural heritage, filling the air with guitar, mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and ukulele music each week. In addition to instrument instruction, students learn local music history and theory, ear training, dance, folklore, and rhythm development.
Now in its 8th year, PacJAM offers sessions each fall and winter/spring semester, as well as an intensive day camp one week each summer. Students of all skill levels ages 6-late teens, as well as adults, are invited to join us for instruction in traditional music.
Instructors in Spring 2021 include Gaye Johnson, Amy & Bob Buckingham & Woody Cowan.
For questions or additional assistance, please email Julie Moore, Program Director or call 828-859-8322.