Pamlico Sounds from the Historic Turnage Theatre

Ray Midgett
Ray joins us to share his passion for local maritime history. Listen in as Ray shares a bit of history about the river port Washington used to be, how a deadly twist of fate for President Lincoln has ties to the region, and the work of a local group preserving Washington’s history, the Historic Port of Washington, is bringing history to the fore.

Ruth Wyand
Ruth Wyand, a one-woman band — literally — spent time with us sharing how she sings, strums, drums and shakes songs across a range of genres for a truly unique musical experience. Listen in to how Ruth and A Tribe of One does it and then plan to see her perform in person at not one, not two but three! Arts of the Pamlico events across Beaufort County on October 17, 2020.

Ginger Gehres, Artist
Artist, Ginger Gehres, has always considered her soul to be that of a naturalist and conservationist. Running the gamut from wildlife, landscapes, and florals… they all hold a fascination for her. She carries a deep desire to show others their individual beauty. Join us as we talk with visual bard and award wining artist Ginger Gehres about how she tells a story through scratchboarding. Scratchboard is a fine art technique that employs the use of sharp tools to remove top layers of ink with different ways of scratching (cross hatching, stippling, small slashes, etc.), exposing an under layer that is white in order to create an image. Find Ginger's work at the Lemonade Gallery in downtown Washington, NC and online at gingergehres.com

Bob Daw, Musician
Bob Daw joins us for a talk and a song today. Having learned the guitar from his father and a friend at the age of 13, Bob has continued to play music through the good times and through some difficult times in his life. Join us for our conversation with Bob Daw about his love for music, passion for fishing and his bucket list. And listen in as we meet a red hair girl in his featured song. Find Bob at the BCTMA jams and online at BCTMA.org and on Fb.

Amber Flora Thomas, a writer and poet, professor and more joined us today for BoCo Town.  The author of Eye of Water: Poems which was selected by Harryette Mullen as the winner of the 2004 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her other books include, The Rabbits Could Sing: Poems (University of Alaska Press, 2012) and Red Channel in the Rupture: Poems (Red Hen Press, 2018). You can find her poetry in publications we shared below.

Brian Burke (Back Pocket Buddha) hails from New York but has been in North Carolina for over 20 years. He has been playing music and performing for audiences since his days in high school playing guitar. Listen in to learn about his musical life.

Lou Hunley is the Children's Librarian at BHM Library. Headquartered in Washington, NC the regional library serves Beaufort, Hyde and MArtin Counties, including Ocracoke Island. Lou coordinates and supports children's programming across the region. Lou shares what locals can find online through the library system, programs they have been working on and what she calls a noodle-head tale!

Erin Staebell is the Arts of the Pamlico Turnage Theatre's Coordinator for theatre and youth programs. Erin grew up in the mountains of West Virginia and brought her experience and love of theatre to NC when her family bought a boat...as the story for many of us who live here goes. Erin shares programs currently online through AOP and her history with quirky school mascots, one featured on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! Show. Listen in!

Jenny Mastin is a Ceramic Artist. 
Jenny grew up in the area and attended East Carolina University in fiber arts. 
She took her education to the mountains of NC and over the past 30-years has taught adults and students of varying ages.
Her artistic passion is in sculpture and slab work depicting human and animal characteristics, often mixing in other materials. 
Jenny has exhibited at Seagrove as an invited artists and currently has her work at Chowan Arts Council in Edenton. She will be exhibiting soon at the Arts of the Pamlico Turnage Theatre in downtown Washington where her studio will be based starting this summer. Check out her jennluma clayworks page on Facebook and listen to the podcast about Jenny's life in clay. 

Jay Costello shares his journey in music with BoCo Town -- starting with "getting his his first instrument, an accordion, from his Polish mother at his baptism." 
Infulenced by the music of his era, the 50s and 60s music are his favorites. Jay plays a wide variety of musical instrument and music genres from jazz to traditional music with bands he pulls together for events following in his influencer, Steve Creech's, foot steps. Listen in to Jay share his musical journey with us on BoCo Town, 

BOCO Town podcast is alive and well!

For now, we don't have the pleasure of in person interviews, so we're interviewing online.

Click to listen to part 1, where we speak with Clay Johnson, who heads the documentary division of WRAL.
We enjoyed our (virtual) time with Clay and we're sure you will too!

BOCO Town's podcast continues with part 2.

We talked with Chuck Phillips, singer, songwriter.
We all enjoy hearing Chuck perform and he didn't let us down.
In this episode, Chuck plays "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon, along with "Ship Goes Down" which is one of his own songs and one of our favorites.

Linda Boyer is chair of Beaufort County Traditional Music Association (BCTMA) and a long time member of Arts of the Pamlico (artsofthepamlico.org) Executive Board.
We talk to Linda about the many BCTMA activities she's involved in and then hear her perform.
Pam Anderson is a newcomer to community theater at the Historic Turnage Theatre and she  tells us about recent and upcoming roles.

Jeffery Phipps discusses his deep history with Arts of the Pamlico, arts council for Beaufort County, North Carolina
Visit artsofthepamlico.org to learn more about the amazing arts, entertainment, and events at the Historic Turnage Theatre and throughout our region.