Old Farmers Ball: Boys of Buncombe with Warren Doyle Calling
Old-time Appalachian dance night with fiddle, guitar, and mandolin driving the tunes while Warren Doyle calls the figures. A free 7:30–8 pm lesson leads into an 8–11 pm community dance in a Swannanoa gym.
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