New Cherokee Campus, early morn

Yes, the pic is small, so go ahead and doubleclick it, to open to a full size..done with 4 shots using my Panasonic Lumix, then stitched together with the Arcsoft Panorama Maker. 7am Jan 7, 2010.

The new Bandroom revealed

After 12 years of being in what he called 'the tin can'- an inner room,
on an inside hallway, with no windows or light from the outside, the
new classrooms and office seem like Heaven to Mr Aytch!! The students
love it as well, and are much happier.
Thank you, Cherokee People!
(remember any photo can be clicked to bring full size)

Out with the Old, In with the New

Kurt's Music Awareness/Piano Lab makes way for the
brand-new Film class this January at Cherokee HS, and
we have spent many hours changing things about. Flats
from the old HS were brought over, felt applied to one
side and black paint to the other, to separate the viewing
area from the lecture/discussion area. The screen was built
from a piece of the old glass beaded screen, stretched over
a 1 X 4 wooden frame, stapled in place and then hung. A
traveler rod hangs on that frame, with velvet curtains to
protect the screen when not in use.
The class will take the students on a journey from Man's
earliest attempts to save images right up to today's most
modern techniques of film. This will be a college level class,
with much thinking, discussion and writing- not for the
faint-hearted, but for those who want to know all they can
about film producing, directing and showing will find most,
if not all, their dreams realized...and Kurt will have a blast!

After the flood..

These pics came from areas around Bryson City and
Cherokee, NC, including the Ela Dam area. Notice the
Christmas lights are still shining in the pics of Island Park.
click on any pic to make it full size, and should bring up
the name of where it was taken...this is what 4 inches of
rain after a very rainy summer (38 inches from June 1-
Oct 1) will get you...I say the drought is over!