Hello
everyone! As we mentioned last week, we really appreciate holding our workshops
in the high school library where we make good use of the computer display
technology. But last week we enjoyed a
new venue. We met in the heart space of
our sponsor, the Old Church Gallery. The
Gallery motto, "We Remember, We Collect, We Protect," made perfect
sense to me when I visited the Gallery. The
Gallery and the Floyd Story Center tell stories through artifacts and oral
history. The Gallery holds artifacts that allow our community to see the beautiful craftsmanship and hard work that many people dedicated their lives to. I saw a display of beautifully
hand woven baskets made by Charlie Hylton, Clovis D. Boyd, and many others. We were able to see the “Sweet and Sassy”
exhibit -- of feed sacks turned into functional art -- before it is replaced by
a new exhibit for the seasonal opening of the Gallery. The exhibit filled the main
room with beautiful pillowcases, aprons, boys’ shirts, and quilts, to name a
few. They are all handmade with care and love. The colors on these quilts are
so vibrant. I even learned
that onion skins were used as dye to project a beautiful yellow color. Visiting
the Gallery really made me realize how rich the cultural history is in Floyd
County and how many families have ties in the County.
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| Baskets, quilts, and the dancing dolls made by R.O. Slusher, Jr. |
After
Catherine Pauley gave us our Gallery tour and Alice Slusher provided a tea
break, we got down to business learning how to use professional audio recorders
and microphones. We want to know how to
use the recording devices properly so that we will have successful interviews
with no lost audio.
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Mary
Dickerson, Katie Thomas, and Jason Burgard
learn about recording equipment in
the
Gallery’s newly renovated work room.
A
sign of the times arose when Floyd Elementary fourth grader, Claire Burgard, sat
in with us to learn about the recording equipment and readily absorbed the
how-to’s. Then after class, Claire was puzzled by an item on the Gallery wall.
What IS that? Catherine demonstrated
the use of a telephone switchboard and party-line telephone – where everyone’s
phones rang when anyone’s phone rang.
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