October Tickets

June Super Discount Tix

While you are hanging out, JUNE is SUPER DISCOUNT month for LEAF October Tickets! And time to reserve CABINS. If you are local also get Benefit of Culture Tix & join us June 25th. Call 828-68-MUSIC [686-8742] or on web

LEAF TICKETS

LSS THANKS!

LEAF in Schools & Streets has had the pleasure of working with an amazing, volunteer crew from our friends at UNC-Asheville's Mass Communications department that has been filming LSS performances at the festival. We are so THANKFUL for their GIFT to LEAF!

Find out more about LSS!

Bright Life brings life to LI

LEAF's favorite photo booth RAISES MONEY FOR LEAF INTERNATIONAL! 10% of any contract signed with Bright Life Photography during June will go towards creating LI music programs. Tell your besties- i do weddings, family portraits, pet portraits, maternity photos, photo booth parties, & more!Bright Life Photography

Kids Crafters Care

Like all LEAF kids crafters, Rosa Sickenberger & Dottie Benninghofen worked VERY hard making their craft, and selling their wares all weekend at the Kids Craft Market. They decided to DONATE their earnings to a charity and chose LEAF in Schools & Streets as the most worthy. They raised $14.50 and only kept $.75 apiece each. Each donation means SO MUCH to our programs. This $13 gift warmed our hearts! THANK YOU Rosa & Dottie for your generous gift...you and your families TRULY moved the LEAF spirit in us.

Chocolate Countdown to Benefit of Culture

June 25th at Highland Brewing Co.

eat chocolates & get your benefit ticket

 Did someone say chocolate? Right now, French Broad Chocolate Lounge is featuring a new internationally inspired truffle treat each week until LEAF's Benefit of Culture on June 25th. Delightfully delectable, the Kashata Truffle is inspired by a traditional African dessert, Kashata envelops a dark Tanzanian chocolate & coconut milk ganache in a caramelized coconut and peanut brittle. Completely vegan, wholly delicious. 50% of sales proceeds will equally benefit LEAF in Schools & Streets (LSS) and LEAF International (LI) programs. 

Event Details

Join us for the party! Tickets include food, beer & live music with River Guerguerian Project, DJ Panther God for the "Benefit of Culture" on June 25th from 7-11pm at Highland Brewing Tasting Room. Enjoy a fashion by Ship to Shore and hair art tribute by WINK inspired by the countries that LEAF works internationally. Food provided by Homegrown whose mission is to serve "slow food, right quick!", and harvesting from local farmers using heirloom tomatoes from Whisper Holler Farms, trout from Sunburst Trout Co, and goat cheeses from Looking Glass Creamery. With proceeds benefiting both LSS & LI programs, the night wouldn't be complete without seeing two of our local youth performing groups with their teaching artists Lisa Zahiya and Kenya Webster!  BUY TICKETS HERE! (INCENTIVE TO BUY EARLY: WIN FREE SHOES! Sign up before June 24th and you will automatically be entered into a drawing for one of ten Chaco/Merrell gift certificates valuing $110 each.)

Sneak Preview October Artists: Sweet Honey in the Rock• Wanda Jackson •7 Walkers • Toubab Krewe • The Infamous Stringdusters  • Bassekou Kouyate [Mali] • Songs of Water

Vishten [PEI] • The Mighty Diamonds [Jamaica] • more tba &Leo Kottke

Meet Leo Kottke! With a career spanning nearly five decades, 6- and 12-string acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo is sure to be a highlight of this Fall’s LEAF for many. From his debut 12-String Blues, released in 1969, to his multiple forays with bassist Mike Gordon that brought him back into a more relevant limelight in the past decade, he has delighted audiences of audiophiles with the eclectic amalgamation of genres driven by a unique and unparalleled style of fingerpicking. His guitar prowess combined with his witty banter and gravelly baritone, [which he often describes as “geese farts on a muggy day,”] is sure to grab and hold the attention of connoisseurs and new fans alike. Leo Kottke

LEAF Fiddle & Step Dance Contest Winners!

Fiddlers & Dancers came out of their tents to two of the many great traditions at LEAF. Congratulations to the May LEAF. We encourage all of you talented ladies & gentlemen & boys & girls to sign up and participate in the fall!

May 2011 Fiddle Contest winners

Old-Time 

1st – Nathan Taylor (Black Mountain, NC)

2nd – Grayson Wickel, age 11 (AVL, NC)

Non-Traditional

1st – Will Byers (Black Mountain, NC)

2nd – Kelty Oringderff, age 12 (Maryville, TN)

May 2011 Step Dance Contest winners

American Step Dance

1st - Dane Summers - Durham, NC (Flatfooting)

2nd - Helen Abbott - Asheville, NC (Precision Clogging)

3rd - Ambra Lowenstein - Asheville, NC (Tap Dancing)

Anglo/Celtic Step Dance

1st - Piper Call - Gainsville, FL (Sean Nos Irish Step Dancing)

2nd - Helena Marmolejos - Black Mtn, NC (Modern Soft-Shoe Irish Jig)

3rd - Jen Hyde - Asheville, NC (Highland Fling)

LEAF in Schools & Streets

EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE

TLC Kids Become Clogging Rockstars @ LEAF

All YOU LEAF people make LEAF in Schools & Streets kids have experiences of a LIFETIME! The Learning Community School students completed a clogging residency with the legendary Green Grass Cloggers, which was also during their 40th anniversary celebration at LEAF. They performed on Lakeside, main stage during Sunday at May LEAF. Truly AMAZING! Thanks for ALL the LOVE our LEAF community gives to these kids!

"It was a total hit... the kids couldn't be prouder and the parents couldn't be happier. The kids really did such a fantastic job; they are inspired and so proud of themselves. Great experience for all."

-Holly Baumgartner -TLC and dancer in Green Grass Cloggers

Check out TLC students performing @ LEAF!

Many Thanks to Special Sponsors