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SUMMARY:Native American Specialist\, Kevin Kokomoor
DESCRIPTION:Wildacres 2026 Speaker Kevin Kokomoor\nKevin teaches early America up to the 19th C. He is a Native American specialist\, and he focuses on the Southeast\, from precontact through the Revolutionary Era and on to Removal. His first book was on Creek history in the 18th and 19th Cs. His second was La Florida\, which was a book on the Spanish influence on early American history. His 3rd and most recent is on the American invasion of the Cherokees during the first days of the American Revolution. The book centers heavily on the southern Appalachians\, including the Boone/Asheville/Johnson City area. \nTopics may include: \n\nThe 1776 Cherokee War.\nThe “Overmountain men.”\nThe American Revolution in the Region.\nNative American cultures in the Southeast generally.\nColonialism and Native American interaction in the Southeast.\nVirginian and Carolinian expansion during the Revolutionary Era (Wataugans\, etc).\n\nKevin’s personal website page\, click here.  \nMore Wildacres Details Here\nNote: exact day and time of Kevin’s talk at Wildacres is not known at this time.
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/native-american-specialist-kevin-kokomoor/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,Social Events,Wildacres Retreat
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SUMMARY:Wildacres Spring 2026 Retreat / April 27-30\, 2026
DESCRIPTION:Wildacres 2026: April 27-30\, 2026\n\nEnjoy 3 nights in a Blue Ridge Parkway Mountaintop Resort with 75 of your Senior Scholar friends!\nSpeaker Kevin Kokomoor\, Professor\, Coastal Carolina University\nSpeaker Kassidy Pyler\, Catawba Nation\nEntertainment by Anya Hinkle\nWaterfalls\, hiking paths\, fresh air\, local entertainers\, 8 home-style\, all-you-can-eat meals!\n\nReservations now open! \nDetails Here
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-spring-2026-retreat-april-27-30-2026/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-person,Social Events,Wildacres Retreat
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SUMMARY:Wildacres 2025 Speaker Joe Kendrick: How Music Impacts Society
DESCRIPTION:Senior Scholars annual Wildacres retreat is scheduled for April 28-May 1\, 2025. For full details and to register for this event\, please go to the Wildacres page.  \nTOPIC: Songs of Solidarity\, Songs of Protest\, Songs of Hope Amidst Struggle: A Brief Survey of the Impact of Music on the Radio for Social Movements\nSPEAKER: Joe Kendrick\, Director of Programming and Operations Manager\, WNCW \nAn overview of songs\, artists\, genres and eras of music on radio that reflect and have impacted various social movements in America. \n\nBIOGRAPHY \nPublic radio programmer\, music host\, writer\, podcaster\, college instructor\, public speaker\, event producer \nMy role is to envision and develop the sound and image of WNCW\, create original programming and manage round the clock operations. I recruit\, develop and manage our programming staff. Also I host and produce weekly music shows and a bi-weekly podcast\, Southern Songs and Stories. I represent WNCW in person as well as virtually worldwide to donors and industry partners. Additionally\, I am part of the team that produces the annual Earl Scruggs Music Festival in Tryon\, NC. \nJoe Kendrick profile \n 
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-2025-speaker-joe-kendrick-how-music-impacts-society/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker Presentations,Wildacres Retreat
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SUMMARY:Wildacres 2025 Speaker Meg Johnson: Music Therapy
DESCRIPTION:Senior Scholars annual Wildacres retreat is scheduled for April 28-May 1\, 2025. For full details and to register for this event\, please go to the Wildacres page. \nTOPIC: Music Therapy: The science\, the singing and everything in between.\nSPEAKER: Meg Johnson\, Music Therapy Program Director and Clinical Coordinator\, Queens University \nThe presentation will provide an overview of the field of music therapy: the academic foundations\, the education of students and therapists\, the places we work and how we do what we do. \n\n  \nBIOGRAPHY \nMeg Stanley Johnson has extensive clinical experience with a variety of client populations including child\, adolescent and adult psychiatric settings\, memory care groups\, and children and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities in both individual and group settings. Her current clinical focus is with young adults with autism who have limited verbal skills and a history of aggression. \nShe is the music therapy program director and clinical coordinator at Queens in addition to teaching in the music therapy and general education programs. \nEducation \n\nM.M.\, Neurologic Music Therapy\, Colorado State University\nB.M.\, Music Therapy\, Queens College\, Charlotte\, NC\nB.A.\, Psychology\, Queens College\, Charlotte\, NC\nBi www.musictherapy.org\nwww.ncmusictherapy.org\nwww.cbmt.org
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-2025-speaker-meg-johnson-music-therapy/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wildacres Spring 2025 Retreat / April 28 - May 1\, 2025
DESCRIPTION:Wildacres 2025: April 28 – May 1\, 2025\n\nEnjoy 3 nights in a Blue Ridge Parkway Mountaintop Resort with 75 of your Senior Scholar friends!\nSpeaker Meg Johnson\, Music Therapy\nSpeaker Joe Kendrick\, Music Impacts on Society\nWaterfalls\, hiking paths\, fresh air\, local entertainers\, 8 home-style\, all-you-can-eat meals!\n\nAll this for only $305/double occupancy. \nReservations now open. Hurry\, it will fill up fast! \nDetails Here
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-spring-2025-retreat-april-28-may-1-2025/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wildacres Spring 2024 Retreat / April 22-25\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:SAVE THE DATE!\n\nEnjoy 3 nights in a Blue Ridge Parkway Mountaintop Resort with 75 of your Senior Scholar friends!\nEngaging lectures by NC Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls and Political Science Professor Chelsea Kaufman.\nWaterfalls\, hiking paths\, fresh air\, local entertainers\, 8 home-style\, all-you-can-eat meals!\n\nAll this for only $285/double occupancy. \nReservations start January 19\, 2024 and will fill up fast! \nDetails Here
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-spring-2024-retreat-april-22-25-2024/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Events,Wildacres Retreat
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SUMMARY:Wildacres Spring 2023 Retreat / April 24-27\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:Speaker / Topic: \nDr. Majorie Spruill / Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics \nChristopher Brook\, Esq. / From Roe to Dobbs \nDetails Here
URL:https://seniorscholars.net/event/wildacres-retreat-april-24-27/
LOCATION:Wildacres Retreat\, 1565 Wildacres Road\, Little Switzerland\, NC\, 28749\, United States
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