Liars Bench Show To Play WCU Mountain Heritage Day

Please don't miss the Liars Bench Show in the Mountain Heritage Center Auditorium at the WCU Mountain Heritage Day Festival. Liars Bench Stars Gary Carden,

Lloyd Arneach,

Paul Iarussi,

Barbara Duncan,

and the Tuckaseigee Boys will be delighting you with their music and songs and Gary will tell you the astounding story of the life of Cherokee Chief Osley Bird Saunooke. Free Admission! All Welcome. Show starts at 1:30 pm in the MHC auditorium. Don't be late.

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Hot Time at the 9th Annual Franklin Folk Festival!

It was hotter than all get out (in more ways than one) at the 9th Annual Franklin Folk Festival Saturday July 21.

Gary really wowed the crowd (the ones who didn't faint from no air conditioning!)

William Ritter held everyone spellbound with his singing.

William had a little help from a girl singer who came special to perform with him. She was the real deal too.
Paul had a wedding to go to but he recommended some boys that he played with in the Sweet Tater Band...

Ethan Fortner,

Wyatt Messer (he learned to play banjo from the late Benny Messer),

and Ethan's daddy.

The audience loved the "Tuckaseigee Boys."

Ernestine Upchurch, one of our storytellers in training, got up and told a story about Popcorn Sutton buying her a really nice gift with "liquor money."

Gary told the audience about his play and his latest book "Outlander."

Bodine is pretty sure that "Outlander" is coming to a venue soon west of the Balsams--stay tuned!

Despite the heat everybody went away happy.

Stay tuned 'cause we might do an unscheduled show somewhere around the area. The Liars Bench is in the process of working out its Fall schedule and it just might be surprising. There will be some BIG surprises with Gary coming soon also. But Bodine ain't telling ;)

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Packed House Liars Bench Show At The Macon County Library

Hey Liars Bench fans. We played to a packed house in the 'great room' portion of the Macon County Library last Thursday night and a whole bunch of you loyal Liars Bench Fans were there. Here are some of the shots:

Carl White, Executive Producer and Host of the regional television show, Life in the Carolinas, out of Charlotte was there. As a successful television producer, Carl is always looking for new show material. You may remember that the Liars Bench was featured on Life in the Carolinas this past January.

Thanks to Tracy and Christie, two wonderful Macon County librarians, who made this show happen.

Thank you Liars Bench Fans. You're the greatest!

Coming up Saturday July 21, two BIG Liars Bench Shows at the 9th Annual Franklin Folk Festival in downtown Franklin, NC. Go here for more info on the festival: http://www.franklinfolkfestival.com/ .
Gary, Lloyd, Paul, and probably a mystery guest or two will be performing at 10:00 am and 1:00 pm above and adjacent to Peebles Department Store. Admission is FREE. Come see us!

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Back For An Encore: Liars Bench Plays Macon County Library

Liars Bench Fans!  Coming up this Thursday July 12 at 7pm your favorite Liars Bench Stars will be at the Macon County Library in Franklin. The show was well-attended last time so please come early.

Admission is Free.

Gary, Lloyd, Paul, Karen, and maybe a mystery guest (or two) will be there for a 'Best Of' show on WNCs only Live, Authentic Traditional Southern Appalachian  Storytelling, Music, Poetry, Drama, and Folk Arts presentation.

Come out and join us. Bodine will be lookin' for you.

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Liars Bench Plays 3 BIG Shows in past 10 Days!

Folks, in the last ten days the Liars Bench Bunch has played three BIG shows.
The first two were on Saturday June 9 at the Downtown Waynesville's Appalachian Lifestyle Celebration Festival.

We were at Main Street Perks (next to City Bakery). Gary told the famous story of Bodine, the 'cat-killer' dog. Everybody loved it.

Liars Bench Stars Lloyd Arneach,

Paul Iarussi,

William Ritter,

and Karen Barnes all performed brilliantly.

The audience loved us!
Bodine hopes that the Downtown Waynesville Association invites us back for an encore next year.

The following Friday, June 15, the Liars Bench Show played the Community Room at the old Jackson County Courthouse. This was special because it was the first time the show had played the Community Room and we were up against some tough competition from the popular Bluegrass band Balsam Range playing the same time, but at the Pavilion in Bridge Park alongside Scotts Creek in Downtown Sylva.

Gary had to be in Burnsville to receive an award for his play "Outlander." What were we to do for a host?

HELP!

Newt Smith to the rescue!

Newt kicked things off with a real whopper about Gary getting arrested for 'molesting' a possum.

It was so believable that the audience loved it

Liars Bench Stars Lloyd Arneach,

Paul Iarussi,

and Karen Barnes made us all proud.
Plus...
audience members

Gene Middleton

and Nancy Reeder

enthralled the audience with great stories.

It was a very successful night for the Liars Bench and we're grateful for all our loyal fans.

Our next scheduled shows will be at the Franklin Folk Festival on Saturday July 21. We'll play two shows, the first at 10:00 am and the second at 1:00 pm. If the festival organizers put us in the same venue as last year, we'll be adjacent to, and up above the Peebles Department Store in Downtown Franklin. Not to worry Liars Bench Fans. We'll keep you updated as the date gets closer.

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