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July 10, 2024 11 minute READ

The Green Grass Cloggers, courtesy of Mountain Home Music and Lonnie Webster

Tap into Tradition: The Evolution of Clogging

Did you know the State of North Carolina’s official folk dance is clogging? Yep, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted clogging as the state’s folk dance and shagging as the state’s official popular dance in an act executed on July 20, 2005. That’s recent history, but the roots of clogging extend to the country’s colonial period and even before. Photo courtesy of Joe Shannon's Mountain Home Music and Lonnie Webster. ...read more

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April 11, 2024 20 minute READ

Boonerang Music and Art Festival in Downtown Boone, NC

It's Go Time: Spring and Summer Events 2024

If it’s true, as they say, that seeing is believing, then we at Mast Store would like to propose another entry to your quip collection: Doing is moving. “Doing” not only requires movement - “doing” moves you both physically and emotionally. ...read more

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November 8, 2023 17 minute READ

Santa is just one of the holiday happenings

Holiday Happenings 2023

The Holiday Season brings people together through shared traditions. We watch children’s faces light up with joy and wonder as they wait in line with Mom and Dad to share their wish lists with Santa Claus. We gather with our neighbors along city sidewalks for festive parades and in town squares for Christmas tree lightings. We attend services, plays, pageants, concerts, choir performances, and countless other holiday-themed events, too, all to keep the spirit of the season alive in our hearts and in our communities from year to year. ...read more

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September 13, 2023 10 minute READ

24 Hours in Columbia

Where do you go to visit the oldest structure that houses a Mast General Store location? You won’t find it in the mountains – Not even in Valle Crucis where the Original Mast Store has stood since 1883. ...read more

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July 13, 2023 9 minute READ

A retro stay at the Blue Ridge Tourist Court in Boone, NC

Traveling Onward, Upward, and Far, Far Away

It’s summer, and America is on the move again! After years of fewer and shorter-distance trips following the pandemic of 2020, travel is now, quite literally, soaring. ...read more

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June 14, 2023 11 minute READ

Camping Kits and Caboodles

These days the word camping can mean different things to different people. To some, it’s donning a backpack and heading far into the wilderness. To others, it’s pulling up to a campsite in a vehicle and jumping out to set up camp or even camping in the vehicle itself. And, to others, it’s taking your entire home with you into nature. Whatever your preference, it’s easier than ever to get outside, and sleep there.
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