4th Annual
Shakori Hills
Silk Hope, North Carolina
News & Updates
August 21st: NC Stars in the Round! A Buy-the-Farm fundraiser! Check out some great music while helping to ensure the enjoyment of many festivals and fiddlers conventions at Shakori Hills from now on. This benefit for The Shakori Hills Community Arts Center will feature Holy Ghost Tent Revival, Jack Maverick & His Wild Rebels, and a circle of local stars sharing their songs: Greg Humphreys, John Howie, Jr., Katharine Whalen , Mary Johnson Rockers & more to be announced…
Music starts at 7:30! There will be Shakori Hills pizza, Carolina Brewery beer & ice cream. Bring the family and plan to camp out!
Tickets $10 in advance & $15 at the gate. Click here to purchase your ticket now!
Musicians’ CD Sales!
Hoppin’ John will sell your cds for you! If you have made a cd and wish to sell it at the convention, bring a box to the contest registration table, make a $10 donation, and collect your sales and remaining cds on Saturday night!
Banjo Prize
Zepp’s Music & Ramsey Banjos are sponsoring this year‘s banjo contest again, with a one-of-a-kind Hoppin’ John banjo! Stay tuned for more information.
Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance Come out to the 7th Annual Fall Shakori Hills Festival of Music & Dance, October 7-10. Early Bird tickets on sale now at www.shakorihills.org
Hoppin’ John Old-Time & Bluegrass
Fiddlers’ Convention,
September 17th - 19th, 2010!
Traditional stringband music in the heart of North Carolina!
Bright mornings, blazing afernoons turn to summer thundershower lightning shows, and sticky cicada-loud nights – must be summer in Chatham County! Time at Shakori Hills now is spent keeping up with the bountiful growth of the fields and gardens, canning the harvest, and enjoying the beautiful sights, sounds and smells of summertime. There‘s also non-stop festival planning around here, and plans for the Hoppin’ John are in full swing!
Mark your calendars come on out to Shakori Hills this September and be part of the beginnings of musicians’ new favorite fiddlers convention!
Instrument Zoo: Children’s Music Workshop
Want to learn how to play a chord and strum on the mandolin? Have you ever played a simple tune on the banjo or thumped a stand up bass? Visit our"instrument zoo," where children can get there hands on a variety of traditional stringed instruments and -- with the help of one-on-one directions -- maybe even pick a few tunes! Saturday morning at 11 a.m. on the front porch.
Shakori Hills Community Arts Center
....was founded with the mission to provide an environment for community building through arts and education. We strive to encourage participation in a variety of multi-cultural arts and educational activites and events, provide music education opportunities in schools and provide education in the preservation of environmental resources and local and sustainable food.
The opportunity is here to purchase the land and place the Shakori Hills Farmstead permanently in the hands of the community and to create an arts center for use as a facility for festivals, arts, education, community gatherings and celebrations of all kinds.
Please pitch in to purchase Shakori Hills. Your contribution will secure the farmstead for you, your family and community to use and enjoy for now and for generations to come. A down payment of 10% of the purchase price needs to be raised – approximately $75,000 – the rest of the purchase price will be borrowed through a community-owned mortgage. All contributions will be commemorated with an art installation to be built at Shakori Hills for future visitors to view and enjoy.
Click here to read the full story, or HERE to make a donation now. Thank you for your interest and support!