You might say it started with childhood dreams to play drums in the band and now Britt Boyette handcrafts beautiful snare drums at his Salem Street Drum Company shop in Wilson, NC. The construction is unique and sometimes he uses reclaimed wood from an old tobacco barn or farm house that lends a unique sound and character beloved by world-renowned drummers and collectors alike.

In March of 1781, the British Army suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in Greensboro. Seven months later, the British surrendered at Yorktown. Watch as archaeologist us ground-penetrating radar to see what's buried at Guilford Courthouse, saving time and resources at they unlock the secrets of a major turning point in the Revolutionary War.

Chocolate Myers was the gas man for the famed #3 Dale Earnhardt racing team that won 6 Winston Cup Championships and the 1998 Daytona 500. Now he continues talking racing as the host of a radio show on NASCAR satellite radio and is curator of the Richard Childress Racing Museum in Welcome.

A look back at NASCAR history with Chocolate Myers. A conversation with Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts. A visit to the archaeology expedition at Guilford Courthouse Battlefield. And we bang on the drum all day at Salem Street Drum Company.

Ayanna Webster attends the NC School of Science and Math, but when she’s not hitting the books she’s hitting the dance floor. She began dancing as the youngest dancer at the Walton Children’s Theater and last summer she found herself in Los Angeles sharing the stage with Stevie Wonder during the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics.

In 1966 Patrick "Pat" Godwin Sr. decided to leave his job as a driver for Pepsi Cola and start a welding business. For nearly 50 years Godwin Manufacturing has evolved into one of the country’s premier maker of dump truck bodies.

The town of Boone is becoming a hub for craft brewing in the mountains of North Carolina. Tim Herdklotz and Carson Coatney own a brewery that takes it’s name from the town and an old time mountain brewing tradition — The Booneshine Brewing Company.

David Allen grew up watching his grandmother make biscuits to feed her family of 17 on their farm in eastern, North Carolina. Now he uses that same recipe and technique at his award-winning Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen restaurants that he first opened with friends almost 40 years ago in Henderson, Louisburg and Chapel Hill which recently topped the list as the best breakfast spot in North Carolina.

Mechatronics blends principles of design and engineering to create the most innovative, economical, appropriate and elegant solutions to engineering problems. Watch engineers and students from NC State University and UNC-Asheville put mechatronics into action.

Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen has the best breakfast in NC. Two Brewmasters honor their city with their new craft beer. Art & engineering come together in the field of Mechatronics. Godwin Manufacturing earned the town of Dunn the nickname Dump Truck Body Capital of the World. Plus Dancer Ayanna Webster may be young but she's already performed on the world stage.