Fun traditional Appalachian things for kids with Singer, Songwriter Sarah Pirckle, and Jenn Bowen, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend, TN.

by Amy Campbell


S10:E17. 04/29/2023 podcast script

Fun traditional Appalachian things for kids with Singer, Songwriter Sarah Pirckle, and Jenn Bowen, Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, Townsend, TN.

Singer and Songwriter Sarah Pickle, a Tennessee Treasure, program director, and fiddle instructor with Smoky Mountain JAM, Junior Appalachian Musicians program. I also asked her how she wrote her song The Piney Rose and about her chicken and dumplings. Also, Jenn Bowen, Museum Educator at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend describes the upcoming “Kids take over the museum event” at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center on May 6, 2023 all on my latest radio broadcast and podcast.

Links: Sarah Pirckle and Jeff Barbara Music: https://jeffandsarahmusic.com/

Junior Appalachian Musicians: https://jamkids.org/

Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center: https://gsmheritagecenter.org/

Kids Take Over the Museum Event: https://gsmheritagecenter.org/event/kids-take-over-the-museum/

Pictured: Sarah Pirkle. Photo: Amy Campbell. Kids participating in traditional Appalachian activities at The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Photo: The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center⁣

Pictured: Sarah Pirkle. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Pictured: Jenn Bowen. Photo: Amy Campbell.

Kids spinning wool at The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Photo: The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center⁣.

Kids participating in open hearth cooking at The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Photo: The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center⁣.

Kids participating in traditional Appalachian activities at The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Photo: The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center⁣.