Mountain Makins Festival

10/20/2021

As many people know, the in-person Mountain Makins Festival has been postponed to 2022 due to the pandemic and many other unforeseen circumstances, but our community has gotten together to produce a virtual festival and special tribute:

Please be sure to join us this Saturday for the virtual Mountain Makins Festival. You can see the online marketplace and a special commemorative video highlighting the best of the festival, produced and hosted by Towanna Stone, Communications Mgr. & Program Coord. at Rose Center. This video will showcase the Mountain Makins Mass Choir, Samantha Gray, Y'uns, Red Shoes and Rosin, various crafters and artists, the Morristown School of Dance, and many more great surprises!

Please share this with your friends and family and tune in to enjoy the best of the Mountain Makins Festival on RoseCenter.org, YouTube, Twitter, and Linked In.

We look forward to having you join us!

08/19/2021

Mountain Makins Community Mass Choir: Please Share!

Why is singing such a powerful social glue? Most of us hear music from the moment we are born, often via lullabies, and through many of the most important occasions in our lives, from graduations to weddings to funerals. There is something about music that seems to bring us closer to each other and help us come together as a community.

Perhaps that’s why, when you want people to bond, music is a natural resource for making that happen. Whether at concerts, social events, or at church, music can help us connect, cooperate, and care for each other. This suggests that, if we want to have a more harmonious society, we would do well to continue to include music in our—and our children’s—lives.
It is because of this desire to bring the community together that we are presenting the first Mountain Makins Mass Choir which will incorporate singers from various churches and communities throughout the Lakeway Area.

We are inviting choir leaders and singers from the community to be a part of this initiative. If you have any questions, please call 423-581-4330 and speak with Towanna Stone.

We are having rehearsals on the following dates:
Tues. August 31st at 6:15pm at Rose Center's Community Room
Tues. September 28th at 6:15pm at Rose Center's Classroom 4
Tues. October 19th at 6:15pm at Rose Center's Community Room
Choir songs can be accessed both online and on CD. You can pick up a CD of the songs to be sung at Rose Center Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
If you prefer to access the music online, you can go to these links:
YouTube: https://l.facebook.com/l.php...
Dropbox: https://l.facebook.com/l.php...

10/24/2019

Coming this Weekend! Stan will be demonstrating his craft during the festival, so be sure to stop by and see his masterful hands at work.

10/24/2019

Great Music this weekend at Mountain Makins!

10/23/2019

Welcome to the festival, James!

10/23/2019

Coming this weekend!

10/14/2019

The deadline for participating in the Mountain Makins Festival has been extended to October 16th! We still have indoor booth space available. Please follow the link to apply.

https://www.eventeny.com/events/Mountain-Makins-Festival-246/

Mountain Makins is an Appalachian Folk Life Festival celebrating the crafts, art, and unique culture of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Known for the high

10/09/2019

A spotlight on the 2019 Mountain Makins music line up:

-Julie Williams Band-

Singer/Songwriter from Carter County, TN bringing sounds from the Appalachian Mountains to her original songs. Folk/Americana at its finest with her East Tennessee sound that creates a unique listening experience for her audience.
The Julie Williams Band were winners in the 2019 Spring Thyme in the Garden Festival Open-Call Auditions event. The Julie Williams Band will play Saturday at 2:00 & 3:30 PM.

10/08/2019

We are so excited about the great bands and performers with us in 2019. Hats off to the music committee and Festival Director, Beccy Hamm for the fine selection of music for the weekend. Bring a lawn chair--trust me, you'll want to sit and listen a while.

10/02/2019

A spotlight on the 2019 Mountain Makins music line up:
- Knox County Jug Stompers -

What started out as friends jamming and sharing their love for jug and string band music quickly developed into a foot sompin' full-fledged jug band extravaganza. Over the past five years the group has performed at or appeared on: The International Biscuit Festival Songwriting Competition (winners of 2013-15), WDVX's Blue Plate Special, Red Barn Radio Show, Dollywood's BBQ and Bluegrass, Dogwood Arts Festival, the Knoxville Stomp, the Bijou Theater, Museum of Appalachia's Fall Homecoming, Muddy Roots Festival, A Simple Life Magazine's Days of the Pioneer Festival, Paint Rock Valley Old Timey Craft and Bluegrass Festival, and many more. Knox County Jug Stompers will play Saturday at 11:45 AM and 1:15 PM.

10/01/2019

Tickets are now available for the Mountain Makins Preview Party! Visit https://www.rosecenter.org/preview-party to purchase! Tickets are now $25, and $30 after October 15th.

09/23/2019

A spotlight on the 2019 Mountain Makins music line up:

- Sparky and Rhonda Rucker -

Sparky and Rhonda Rucker perform throughout the U.S. as well as overseas, singing songs and telling stories from the American folk tradition. Sparky Rucker has been performing over forty years and is internationally recognized as a leading folklorist, musician, historian, storyteller, and author. He accompanies himself with fingerstyle picking and bottleneck blues guitar, banjo, and spoons. Rhonda Rucker is a musician, children's author, storyteller, and songwriter. Her blues-style harmonica, piano, old-time banjo, and bones add musical versatility to their performances.

Over forty years of performing, Sparky and Rhonda have performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and the Smithsonian Folklife Festival as well as NPR's On Point, Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, and Morning Edition. Their recording, Treasures & Tears, was nominated for a W.C. Handy Award, and their music is also included on the Grammy-nominated anthology, Singing Through the Hard Times.

09/17/2019

The Thread & Thimble Quilt Guild has unveiled its annual Mountain Makins Quilt. This dynamic quilt will be given away in a drawing at the end of the Mountain Makins Festival on Sunday, October 27th.

Every year the Guild generously donates a quilt as a way to raise funds for Rose Center. All proceeds are donated to support Rose Center’s cultural, arts, and educational programs. Tickets are available for a $1 donation to Rose Center; six tickets for a $5 donation. They may be purchased in advance in the Rose Center office or at the festival.

The quilt, measuring 90 inches square, is of the “Split Nine Patch” pattern. It is a colorful scrap quilt beautifully made up of more than 1000 individual pieces of dark and light patterned fabrics, sewn into patches by different members of the Guild.