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Stidham Old Time Music Association among Appalachian Kentucky civic grant recipients
CITIZEN STAFF REPORT HAZARD — A Martin County organization is among 13 recipients sharing $90,000 in Appalachian Kentucky Civic Experiment grants, with the Stidham Old-Time Music Association of Tomahawk receiving $7,500 to expand affordable string music lessons for young people. The grants, awarded by the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, support projects across the region aimed…
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Pick and Bow program strikes a chord at Martin County High School
BY ANNIE HOLLER MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — In a county where front-porch picking once drifted through hollows and churchyards every evening, a new effort is taking shape to ensure old-time Appalachian music does not quietly slip into memory. That effort is the Pick and Bow program, a grant-funded initiative bringing free traditional music instruction to…
