“An Old Time Appalachian Christmas
With Randy Flack” Liars Bench To Play At WCU Mountain
Heritage Center.”
The Liars
Bench is proud to present “An Old Time Appalachian Christmas with Randy
Flack” at WCUs Mountain Heritage Center auditorium Thursday
December 13 at 7:00 pm. Member stars Gary Carden, Lloyd Arneach, Paul
Iarussi; Barbara Duncan and guest star Randy Flack perform Southern
Appalachian stories, music and song on one stage. You and your family are cordially invited. Free admission.
Flack, born in WNC and raised in Swain
County, is a Nashville recording artist and has performed at the
Grand Ole Opry and the Blue Bird Cafe. He learned to play guitar and
sing at an early age and has traveled all over the United States
performing his own songs and delighting audiences. “I love to play
and perform, especially for folks here in the mountains, my home.”
“About Randy you'll just have to hear
him and you'll understand—he's unique” said Carden
Regular cast members include Gary
Carden, Lloyd Arneach, Paul Iarussi, Barbara Duncan, and the show’s
mascot Bodine. The Liars Bench recognizes established regional
artists and performers and encourages new talent also.
“The Liars Bench is a unique
blend of culturally accurate mountain Americana with traditional
Southern Appalachian entertainment for everyone. We attempt to treat
Appalachian culture with integrity and authenticity and to be an
accurate reflection of the Southern Highlanders and their ways. No
matter how successful the show becomes I want people to know that The
Liars Bench is an honest rendering of Appalachian culture and
tradition” said Carden.
The Liars Bench was created in
the early summer of 2010 by Dr. Gary Carden, recipient of the 2006Brown-Hudson Folklore Award and the 2012 North Carolina Award forLiterature to promote Southern Appalachian storytelling, music,
poetry, drama, and folk arts.
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The Mountain Heritage Center at WCU:
828.227.7129
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