Sheila Kay Adams
Encyclopedia
Sheila Kay Adams is an American
storyteller
, author
and banjo player
who received the North Carolina
Folklore Society’s Brown-Hudson Award in recognition of her valuable contributions to the study of North Carolina folklore.
In 1975, Adams graduated from Mars Hill College
. In 2003, Adams was named Alumna of the Year, and later received a LifeWorks recognition in appreciation for her shared commitment to service and responsibility, presented at the college's LifeWorks 150 Alumni Celebration in April 2007.
In 1995, Adams released her first publication, "Come Go Home With Me," a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories, praised as "pure mountain magic" by Life Magazine and winner of the 1997 Clark Cox Historical Fiction Award, North Carolina Society of Historians.
She is a regular performer at major storytelling festival
s and the National Storytelling Festival
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
storyteller
Storytelling
Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, images and sounds, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and in order to instill moral values...
, author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
and banjo player
Banjo
In the 1830s Sweeney became the first white man to play the banjo on stage. His version of the instrument replaced the gourd with a drum-like sound box and included four full-length strings alongside a short fifth-string. There is no proof, however, that Sweeney invented either innovation. This new...
who received the North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
Folklore Society’s Brown-Hudson Award in recognition of her valuable contributions to the study of North Carolina folklore.
In 1975, Adams graduated from Mars Hill College
Mars Hill College
Mars Hill College is a private, coed, liberal-arts college affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The college is located in the small town of Mars Hill, North Carolina, due north of Asheville, western North Carolina's largest city...
. In 2003, Adams was named Alumna of the Year, and later received a LifeWorks recognition in appreciation for her shared commitment to service and responsibility, presented at the college's LifeWorks 150 Alumni Celebration in April 2007.
In 1995, Adams released her first publication, "Come Go Home With Me," a semi-autobiographical collection of short stories, praised as "pure mountain magic" by Life Magazine and winner of the 1997 Clark Cox Historical Fiction Award, North Carolina Society of Historians.
She is a regular performer at major storytelling festival
Storytelling festival
A storytelling festival is often an annual event that features local, regional and/or nationally known oral storytellers. Each storyteller will have a scheduled amount of time to share a story with an audience...
s and the National Storytelling Festival
National Storytelling Festival
The National Storytelling Festival is held the first full weekend of October in Jonesborough, Tennessee at the International Storytelling Center. The National Storytelling Festival was founded by Jimmy Neil Smith, a high school journalism teacher in 1973...
.