Just know what you are dealing with and don't pretend that that is the true hillbilly way (grin). Still, nothing against the drama, or the places for that matter. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Drama, based on the novel by John Fox Jr., is the Official Outdoor Drama of the Commonwealth of Virginia and one of the longest running outdoor dramas in the country. BSG, along with Abingdon and Jonesborough, are yankee enclaves, the owners, the interlopers, and to get to the real folk, you have to go back in the coal camps, and to places like Coeburn. In a way the Drama is perpetuating the very myth about the ignorant hillbillies. This same theme is echoed metaphorically in the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, an outdoor drama performed every July and August in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. It is considered the longest running outdoor drama in the United States and was designated the 'official outdoor drama' by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1994. We were talking afterwards and I said something to the effect that Dave Toliver (Hillbilly Bad Guy who tries to kill the Yankee hero) in one of his scenes with June where he was trying to get her to see that the yankee was trying to change them and was making fun of them and their ways.anyway to me he was the one in the right about that but the rest of my family just couldn't see it. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel written by John Fox, Jr. "the Trail of the Lonesome Pine is the YANKEE telling of what happened" Yeah, I saw that right off this time.I hadn't realized it the other times I had seen the drama. Although, make no mistake, I enjoy taking in the outdoor drama every decade or so! But don't miss the other side of the tale with Appalshop's The Second Hanging of Red Fox.Īnd you should post some photos of the quilts they sell at Purely Appalachian!
He was hated because he was telling the local ignorant hillbillies to not sell their mineral rights to the yankees who settled Big Stone Gap.
Just so happens that my great-grandmother told me the real story, see, since she hid the Red Fox before the yankees murdered him (through the court system no less). The dude in the black hat and vest in the first picture is a former Wise County Commonwealth's Attorney.Īnd I would just like to point out that the Trail of the Lonesome Pine is the YANKEE telling of what happened where the heros are the yankees of course, and the locals are ignorant hillbillies, all except for June Tolliver who they will save by taking her away. EVERYONE involved in the drama and the June Toliver House are volunteers.
They are going to raffle it off in December with the procedes going to the drama and June Tolliver House. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine outdoor drama, performed annually in Big Stone Gap, Va., will celebrate its 50th season in the newly renovated June Tolliver amphitheater with 29 performances.
#The trail of the lonesome pine outdoor drama trial
They had men from the audience play the part of the juriors in the trial scene. I added another picture of Brandon on stage in the drama. Yes, they're the ones who tried to pet the shark a few weeks back. Wow, there's a LOT of handwork in that quilt! Lovely.
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