May Calendar 2012 for Mountain View

Heritage Herb Day

May 5, 2012

Ozark Folk Center

The Ozark Folk Center celebrates National Herb Day! Slip away to the Ozarks hear some old-time folk music; play in the Heritage Herb Garden; find food for thought; enjoy the plant sale and savor spring flavors during the Committee of 100’s Country Tea. Craft Village Entrance Fee Required.

Cooking With Honey Workshop

May 5, 2012

Ozark Folk Center

Muffin warm and basket brown Smiling faces gathered Round our dinner table Close together, hand in hand (CHORUS) I always cook with honey To sweeten up the night We always cook with honey Tell me, how’s your appetite… – Valerie Carter

Early settlers in the Ozarks often did not have access to sugar, but the spring flowers brought out the bees and dreams of sweet honey. Learn how to use this natural sweetener in a baking and cooking class that will be held from 10a.m. -2p.m.Cost of class covers materials and recipes. Bring a brown bag lunch to eat along with the foods you’ve cooked.

· Class fee $30 payable at the time of registration. This fee is non-refundable unless we cancel the class.

· Registration deadline is 4-29-2012.

· Minimum students 3, maximum 8. If the class does not make, students will be notified the first business day after the registration deadline and offered the chance to switch to another class or receive a refund.

· Class starts at 10:00 a.m. Meet your instructor and pick up your packet in the Administration Building lobby. Class usually finishes about 2:00 with a break in the middle for lunch on your own. Bring a brown bag lunch to eat with the class.

Document: WorkshopRegistration1032Rev.pdf

Music Roots Concert

May 7, 2012

Ozark Folk Center

Come enjoy a free evening of entertainment as our Music Roots students perform for us to show off what they’ve learned though the year!

The Music Roots program in Stone County is sponsored by The Committee of 100, The Mountain View Bluegrass Association, The Mountain View School District and the Ozark Folk Center. Skilled instructors provide youth with classes in traditional folk instruments: guitar, banjo, autoharp and fiddle. Classes are held during the school day to ensure participation. Each student is provided a quality instrument—the Committee of Hundred has donated $5,000 worth of instruments, and additional instruments have been donated from individuals across the country—to provide this opportunity to a greater number of students. Since the program’s inception thirteen years ago, hundreds of students have studied the folk instruments of Arkansas’s pioneer culture. A spokesperson for the Music Roots group says, “This innovative program is creating a generation of young folk musicians. These young people are already performing music that came from Europe with the pioneers. These same students will one day be able to pass this music along to future generations.”

Cutting Edge Week

May 8 – 12, 2012

Ozark Folk Center

This week features knife making classes and workshops on using knives in a variety of crafts. It culminates with the BladeSports National Finals Cutting Competition.

Can you imagine wielding a knife that could chop that cutting board in half and then slice neatly through a plastic cup, a ping-pong ball, seven bottles full of water and a piece of rope? Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? This year we are again proud to host the BladeSports National Championship will be a “points cut” with accrued points being counted towards competing in the World Championship. All contestants for this competition must possess a current BladeSports Cutter Certification, and must attend the Safety Meeting held prior to the competition. To obtain information on how to become certified through BladeSports, please check their website.

Beginning Knife Making

May 10 – 11, 2012

Ozark Folk Center

Both aspiring beginning knife-makers and intermediate bladesmiths will benefit from this hands-on class. Students will work through every step that it takes to complete a personal, fixed blade knife – from profiling and flat grinding the blades, to hardening and tempering the steel, and all the way through finishing with handles and sheathes. Students will be able to choose from several styles.

The instructor will provide all major tools and materials; however, participants should plan to bring a full cloth apron, safety glasses, leather gloves, and appropriate clothing. This class takes dexterity and willingness to work. As one recent student said, “I didn’t know knifemakers did this much sanding!”

Class fee $175.00 – a non-refundable registration fee of $30 is due at the time of registration. The remainder of the class fee ($145.00) includes the materials fee and is due to the instructor at the beginning of class. (does not include meals/lodging)

Class starts at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday morning. Meet in the Administration Building lobby to get your packet and name badge. Your teacher will take you to class from there.

Document: WorkshopRegistration1032Rev.pdf

Thumb Picking Weekend

May 11 – 12, 2012

Ozark Folk Center

Merle Travis was a phenomenal showman and master of the “thumb picking” style of guitar.  The Ozark Folk Center pays tribute to him as well as others who have embraced this unique and melodic technique. The weekend will feature Comer ‘Moon’ Mullins, Eddie and Martha Adcock, Ben Hall, and Washtub Jerry.