Asheville Living — Bele Chere Festival 2006
Author: tracysigler | Posted: August 1st, 2006 | | Tags: Asheville, Bele Chere | 2 Comments »So we’ve been living here in Asheville, NC for two or three months now. I must say that I’m digging it more and more. This weekend was the big Bele Chere Festival. Some of the locals seem tired of it, but we thought we would check it out. We’re close enough to walk downtown, which is nice, because parking was not easy. There was a lot of the usual carnival-type stuff, a lot of art, crafts, and music on a number of stages. But I think the coolest bits were the street performers on the periphery.
Young women with tattoos, dreadlocks, nose piercings, and cowboy boots playing fiddle and banjo on the street? Awesome. Could be any day in Asheville.
A joking juggler or juggling comedian? This guy was pretty funny, even if he did bust on me, twice. There’s a large crowd right behind me.
I’m not sure about the juggler, but I have seen those ladies before. Once at bell chere walking a husky and again in the same week at the Appalachian string band festival in Clifftop, West Virginia. I do not know there names, but they are extremely talented….
Those girls are sisters named Chloe and Leah, collectively they are called Rising Appalachia. They’re from Atlanta and sing fantastic harmonies. Here’s their website if anyone is interested.
http://www.risingappalachia.com/index.htm