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** One
of a kind, handcrafted guitar fundraiser. **
Tickets
are on sale now to win a guitar handcrafted by Wayne Henderson and
the Virginia Luthiers. This group has built guitars for Eric Clapton,
Mumford & Sons and Dolly Parton to name a few. It’s one of a
kind – made from cherry wood taken from a tree behind the Carter
Family Museum. With the Fold’s logo on the guitar head, there will
never be another guitar quite like this one. Tickets can be purchased
online
https://squareup.com/store/carter-family-memorial-music-center-inc/
and at our weekly shows for $10 each or buy 5/ get the 6th
free. We thank the Virginia Luthiers Wayne Henderson, Jimmy Edmunds,
Spencer Strickland and Gerald Anderson for making this unique
instrument a reality and for helping keep mountain music alive by
coordinating efforts like this. Sadly Gerald Anderson passed away
shortly after the debut of this wonderful guitar at our 2019
Appalachia Rising event. At the 2020 Appalachia Rising (date TBD),
some lucky ticket holder will become the owner of this beautiful
instrument. You do not have to be present to win.
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Thank
you for visiting the official Website of the Carter Family Memorial
Music Center! This is your source for information related to the
legendary Carter Family, the Carter Fold performance center, and all
our activities dedicated to the preservation and presentation of
traditional mountain and folk music.
The
Carter Family Memorial Music Center, a non-profit organization, serves
fans and supporters of old-time country and folk music through the
presentation of weekly performances at the Carter Family Fold, in
Hiltons, Virginia. It also honors the memory of the first family of
country music, the legendary Carter Family (A.P. Carter, Sara
Carter, and Maybelle Carter), whose first recordings (in 1927) are
credited with giving birth to the commercial country music industry.
The Carter Family Memorial Music Center was founded by Janette Carter,
daughter of A.P. and Sara, who with Sara's cousin Maybelle, comprised
the original Carter Family. The Carter Family Memorial Music Center is
directed by Rita Forrester, daughter of Janette Carter.
This is
the official Website of The Carter Family as well as that of The Carter
Fold and The Carter Family Memorial Music Center. Please visit us often
as we add information and photographs that help tell the story of this
remarkable family.
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