Fall Fling
October 16 - 19, 2012
Gary Carden
Folklorist, Storyteller, and Playwright
“Gary Carden has the ability to convey the heart and vitality of oral history, breathing life into the stories and characters of his community’s lore. Brought up by his grandparents, elders of an earlier generation of mountain folk, in a house filled with the past. Carden was steeped from birth in untainted mountain culture, lore, and language. He creates snapshots of the characters, the setting, and the ways of folk life in the mountains of western North Carolina". Michael Parker, NC Folklore Journal