Seed-Blog
Welcome to our seed-blog! From time to time we will highlight what William has going on in his garden and in his work. Check back now and again to see what's new!
 Our first Bean-String Ballad-Sing was a great success! We nearly ran out of virtual zoom "seats," and had over 3,000 views on Facebook. Almost all of the zoom registrants stayed through the entire show! Thanks again to the NC Arts Council for hosting, and Lindsey Terrell and Sarah Ogletree, who helped drop links for us on Facebook and Zoom. Bobby and Susan, thank you again for taking the time to join us and share such rarely heard but beautiful songs.
If you would like to re-watch the event via Facebook, you may follow the link below:  Great News! We are honored to announce that William will receive the Henry Reed Fund Award from the Library of Congress for his Bean String Ballad Sing program. William has been dreaming up the project for quite some time. It combines Appalachian foodways and ballad singing into a participatory and educational event that draws on the old contexts in which this music was once shared. Obviously the previous plans for the event will need to be seriously altered due to the realities of COVID-19, but we believe there is a creative and responsible way forward! William is particularly honored to receive this award, named for influential fiddler Henry Reed. Pictured here is William with Henry Reed's son Dean (bottom), and Alan Jabbour (top) who learned directly from Henry. Alan was the founding director of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and a heck of a good fiddler to boot.
From Williams old blog:
sarahandwilliam.weebly.com/williams-blog/an-ode-to-greazy-beans Here's an old post william wrote for NC Folklife Foodways Blog: www.ncfolk.org/2016/candyroasters/
Here's an old blog post from William's personal website:
sarahandwilliam.weebly.com/williams-blog/october-beans-and-leather-britches |