Mountain Home Presents The Sheets Family, Dulcimer Delight Saturday

The Sheets Family Band, featuring (from left) Deborah Jean Sheets on guitar, Kelly Snider on fiddle, Randy Sheets on banjo and (not pictured) Charlie Hart on bass, will perform old-time mountain music at this Saturday’s Mountain Home Music concert. Photo by Lonnie Webster

There’s something authentic in a banjo’s ring, a fiddler’s shuffle, a dancer’s joy and a singer’s story and passion. This Saturday night, October 3, Mountain Home Music features traditional mountain music with The Sheets Family and Dulcimer Delight.

The concert will begin at the Blowing Rock School Auditorium at 8:00 p.m.

The Sheets Family Band is a family of three, plus one. It’s Randy and Deborah Jean Sheets, their daughter, Kelly Snider, and Charlie Hart. Instrumentally, Randy plays clawhammer banjo, Deborah Jean plays guitar, Kelly plays fiddle and Charlie Hart plays bass. All sing. Whether standing beneath the lights of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Institute or beneath the shade of an old oak tree, their music is a single expression of mountain heart and tradition.

Both Randy and Deborah Jean teach through the Junior Appalachian Musician (JAM) program at the Jones House in downtown Boone. And for this concert, they’ll also feature Daniel Greene, a young banjo player learning the old-time style.

Mark Freed, Watauga Arts Council folklorist, said The Sheets Family’s latest CD “exemplifies family in many ways, from the wonderful mother-daughter harmony singing…to original songs dealing with community, friends and changing times.”

Also performing will be Dulcimer Delight, featuring Sarah Borders and Harriett Andrews. They delight listeners with the simple, elegant sounds of the mountain dulcimer, which has long been heard in the surrounding valleys and hills. Of German origin, this sweet sounding instrument took root in the western side of Watauga County before the American Revolution.

All Mountain Home Music concerts also feature the music and stories of Joe Shannon, Mountain Home Music founder and host.

Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $15 at the door. Tickets for college and high school students are $10 at the door only. Tickets can be purchased at Mast Stores, Rydell Music Center, Pandora’s Mailbox in Blowing Rock and Fred’s Mercantile on Beech Mountain. Tickets can also be purchased online by clicking to www.mountainhomemusic.com.

For more information, click to www.mountainhomemusic.com  or call 828-964-3392.

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