NEW RIVER GORGE
Convention & Visitors Bureau

The Beckley Center of Concord University and The Coal Heritage Highway Authority announce the 2012 Coal Heritage Public Lecture Series.

All presentations are held in Room E10 of the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center on Airport Road and are free and open to the public.

May 7 - Music of the Coal Fields

Music has always been important in the Appalachian mountains. Traditional musicians Tom and Michelle Warner will present a concert of Appalachian music of the coal fields.

The Coal Heritage Public Lecture Series is a part of an academic class at the Beckley Center of Concord University entitled Coal Culture in West Virginia . The instructor is Karen Vuranch, Appalachian storyteller and historian. For more information about any of these lectures or the class, please contact Karen at karen@wventerprises.com or kvuranch@concord.edu