Appalachian Trail Museum to host Appalachian Folk Music Concert July 17
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Published: July 13, 2011
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GARDNERS, PA --

Randy Heisley-Cato, a musician who specializes in playing southern Appalachian music, will perform at the Appalachian Trail Museum in Pine Grove Furnace State Park on Sunday, July 17, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Heisley-Cato plays the five-string banjo (claw hammer style), guitar, harmonica, hambone, and mountain dulcimer.

Throughout the summer, the Appalachian Trail Museum has offered programs that include:

    Story-telling, songs and activities for children
    Arts and crafts on the Appalachian Trail (photography, painting, handcrafts)
    Natural features of the Appalachian Trail
    Trail maintenance techniques
    Hiker skills and equipment - past and present
    Shelter building
    History of Appalachian Trail maintaining clubs
    Pioneer hiker profiles and why they are important
    First person hiking experiences and accomplishments

The programs are free, open to the public and held at the museum on Sundays at 1 p.m.

A complete list of programs is posted on the Appalachian Trail Museum website at www.atmuseum.org.

Located in a 200-year-old, restored grist mill in historic Pine Grove Furnace State Park and at the midway point of the 2,181-mile-long Appalachian Trail, the museum is across from the Pine Grove General Store on Pennsylvania Route 233 in Cumberland County. Pine Grove Furnace was named the State Park of the Year for 2010 by the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation.