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Highlands Porchfest
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: September - 2022
Highlands Porchfest brings the happy sounds to downtown, including a venerable cultural landmark, September 18. Learn more at highlandsporchfest.com.
Highlands Porchfest is a come-one, come-all, freecommunity event. Pick and choose from 12 downtownhosting venues with more than30 world-class performers. Save-the-date: September 18, from 1:00 to 6:00P.M., in downtown Highlands.Check out this line-up: JayDrummonds, Spalding McIntosh & TheLion Hearts, Jerius Duncan, WootenHill, Carolina 441, Blue Jazz, and manymore.Grammy Award Winning Songwriter, Bob Morrison,returns this year, hosting a musician’s roundtable, discussingthe fine-art of songwriting.This year, Porchfest will honor a Highlands icon, Helen’s Barn(now Asia House).Veteran cloggers and square-dancers will recall the rollicking,floor-stompin’, hootin’n’hollerin’ summer nights at Helen’s.CLE hopes an upcoming generation will inherit a soft spot forthe legendary barn where fiddlers, and pickers plucked andstrummed every tune in the town’srepertoire. It’s been too long since thedance caller’s voice bounced off thewalls and the clogger’s stomps rattledthe floor and rafters.CLE is thrilled to team up with local,traditional string bands and dancerswho honor the traditional steps in thiswonderful celebration. There’s nothing more satisfying thanfeeling a barn-floor vibrating with a whole bunch of happy.While there’s no admission charge, you are encouraged topre-register, so Porchfest knows how many to plan for. Bypre-registering you are eligible to win two free tickets for a VIPParty at The Bascom. Otherwise, no obligation. Just arrive atyour venue of choice at 1:00 P.M. Porchfest wants folks from near and far to intermingle.Everyone is invited: locals, visitors, area workers, andneighboring communities.Thanks to Center for Life Enrichment, a non-profitorganization which is organizing and presenting this eventto our local area. And there are scores of others to thank:• Volunteers who donate their time, expertise, and muscleto ensure this event is a day to remember. If you see avolunteer in a bright orange shirt, give him/her a warmThank-You!• Save some kudos for the Porchfest sponsors. Withoutthem, this event would not be possible. They are the oneswho cover expenditures so that together, we can present anextraordinary event.To stay up to date on scheduling, maps, etc., make oc-casional visits to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
by Donna Rhodes
