Pondering Bascom Performing Arts and Education Center

The Pondering Bascom Performing Arts and Education Center, a new organization dedicated to Appalachian traditional arts, regional history, and sustainable lifestyle practices, has been founded at the Leicester, North Carolina, homeplace of banjo player and music collector Bascom Lamar Lunsford (1882 – 1973). The organization “will follow in Bascom’s footsteps by providing an intimate community gathering space for performance, promotion, education and hands-on workshops at his old homestead,” while also “preserving Bascom’s home, his life’s work, and his legacy for future generations.” More information can be found at Pondering Bascom on Facebook, and will soon be available at www.ponderingbascom.org.