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Weaver shears, spins her own yarn into textile masterpieces

By Mary Ellen Riddle Correspondent

Sitting on a weathered porch overlooking Croatan Sound, Beth Burns shares her life story that is bound to nature. Armed with a zoology degree, the fiber artist spent 30 years working as a fisheries biologist with North Carolina Marine Fisheries. Her Boston whaler rests at the edge of the sound, a place Burns knows like the back of her hand. Scarves and wraps fill her lap as she talks of her love of weaving and the sheep she keeps. Now retired, Burns spends time at her loom and fishing her beloved waters.

The 61-year-old Pittsburg native creates wearable art, hand towels, and blankets including scarves, shawls, and wraps that are in high demand. Her life reflects well in her smile and sparkling eyes as she describes her passion for fiber art and its colors, patterns, and textures.

Burns employs a variety of fabrics when weaving including wool she shears from her Merino and Romney sheep and then hand dyes with all-natural hues. “I just like natural fibers, earthy colors, and those things seem to always come through in my work,” she says. Combinations of neutral blues and browns and occasionally some reds, violets, and yellow greens highlight her art.

It takes patience to weave, says Burns who finds the task trying at times. “It’s a tedious and repetitive motion,” she says. But it also relaxes her. She keeps monotony at bay through her use of color and textures. The dying process especially holds surprises. Burns never knows exactly how a scarf, for example, is going to come out after she unleashes the freshly dyed work from bunched threads that help create a color pattern. She smiles like a child in awe as she holds up a finished scarf, delighted with the serendipitous result.

This aha-moment makes all the competing emotions and patience needed to understand complex math-based weaving worth it. It can take four to five days to set up the loom with a thousand threads in the mix. A glance at her loom, and one can become dizzy from all the parts and the coordinated hand-and-foot action involved. But, just as Burns spent almost half a lifetime understanding the area’s waters and fisheries, she is dedicated to learning her craft to reap the benefits — a work of art.

“You know, I always wanted to weave,” Burns says. She took her first class at Pocosin Arts School of Fine Craft in Columbia in 1996. Then she started taking lessons from a friend’s mother. “It was such a magical time,” says Burns who spent four years traveling on the Cedar Island Ferry to get to Morehead City to take lessons. Her mentor, Ferne Winborne, taught her weaving and how to use natural dyes.

Burns’ education has been ongoing since she started weaving. “I like to keep teaching myself something new, so I am always looking at other people’s patterns,” she says. She tries to take a class on some aspect of fiber art — including felting and natural indigo dye vatting — every other year. She’s used what she’s learned to craft colorful, felted, one-of-a-kind tunics, and wraps.

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Burns keeps her sheep at Island Farm in Manteo where she occasionally demonstrates weaving. She feeds her sheep daily and sheers them for the wool. The animals yield about 10 pounds of wool annually, more than enough to keep Burns supplied with yarn. “People like the story — it came off Millie, and I raised the sheep, sheared it, washed [the wool] and spun and weaved it and sewed it

together.” In Burns’ hands, nature and art merge to form stunning wearable creations.

To see her latest work, stop by the Dare County Arts Council in Manteo to see it displayed at the Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show throughout May. To view her work and contact about buying it, go to wateresideweaver.com.

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‘NEW AND FRESH’ ‘The Lost Colony’ returns with a reworked script

By Dave Fairbank Correspondent

As disappointed as everyone associated with “The Lost Colony” was about its pandemic-related interruption in 2020, the production’s brain trust also embraced the time off as an opportunity.

When audiences see the 2021 season’s

reboot of the nation’s longest running outdoor drama, they’ll see a familiar production under new direction that’s crisply paced, visually striking and aurally sweeping. The tale remains faithful to playwright Paul Green’s original vision, first performed 84 years ago, and has evolved to better and more accurately present Native American traditions and characters.

“A lot of it is going to be new and fresh for the audience,” says Kevin Bradley, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roanoke Island Historical Association (RIHA), the group that administers the production. “If someone has seen the show, this is going to be a different experience for them. This is going to be a different way of telling that story, but it’s still going to be the

Paul Green story.”

The most notable change is the emphasized inclusion of Native American actors and influences on the story. Bradley referenced an online petition circulated by an East Carolina student criticizing the production for using white actors in bronze makeup. The petition drew hundreds of signatures and prompted

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Director Jeff Whiting staging cast members during a dress rehearsal. DANIEL PULLEN PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOS

phone calls and discussions about a change. He said that audience surveys in recent years often mentioned the lack of participation by native peoples.

The RIHA board added Harvey Godwin, Jr., chairman of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and reached out to representatives of the Lumbee, Pamunkey and Cherokee tribes for input.

“They all said the same thing to me,” Bradley says. “ ‘Some of the stuff in the play is not accurate, and you really ought to think about it.’ After talking to Native Americans, that was all I needed to hear.”

The production’s dances, music and drum rhythms will better reflect native customs, and 11 actors of Native American ancestry will portray indigenous characters in the play.

Those changes were crucial to landing director Jeff Whiting for this year’s production. The 49-year-old Denver native is a Broadway fixture and theatrical innovator who was described in the New York Times as a “director with a joyous touch.”

His credits include “Bullets Over Broadway,” “Big Fish,” “The Scottsboro Boys,” “Young Frankenstein” and the Broadway revival of “Hair.”

Whiting was unfamiliar with the Lost Colony’s story before Bradley and the RIHA board reached out. They sent videos

of the play and background information, and Whiting visited Roanoke Island last fall. He was attracted by the Waterside Theatre, where the stage is one of theater’s largest. More importantly, he was intrigued by the history and mystery of the story.

Before Whiting signed on, he was assured by Bradley of a greater emphasis on roles for Native American actors. He also reached out to his alma mater, Brigham Young University, and its renowned Native American dance troupe Living Legends for assistance. He was able to enlist the group’s Jerad Todacheenie, who is of Navajo and Tlingit Alaskan ancestry, to join him as assistant choreographer.

“Once I knew that both of those pieces were in place, I felt comfortable that I could do it correctly,” Whiting says. “I have the desire to do it, but without really knowing the culture, I wouldn’t be able to do it.”

Whiting says that the past several months have been a crash course on local 16th century history, Algonquin tribal customs and Elizabethan England, along with noodling ideas and scenes and contingency plans in the event of changing conditions. An outdoor venue presents challenges in terms of lighting, wind, temperature and rain that don’t exist Turn to Page 10

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“I’m determined to honor the past of the show and the actual history of what happened there. As I sit and plan in every meeting I have, I’m trying to imagine the show as if I’ve never seen it before: What’s going to interest me, and what do I need to know about the story in order to understand it better and see it visually? I think it will be an interesting visual experience and yet the words will be the same. I really lean on Paul Green to keep me balanced.”

— Jeff Whiting, “The Lost Colony” director

“The Lost Colony”performs at the open-air Waterside Theatre in Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. DANIEL PULLEN PHOTOGRAPHY from Page 9

within the controlled environment of indoor productions.

“My job really is to find a new and innovative way to stage the show in a theatrical way that’s understood by an audience,” Whiting says. “The script itself, as Paul Green wrote … that’s really what it’s all about. I lean on those words, and yet the message is the same, as to how does a modern audience see and understand such a work?”

Some dialogue and lengthier speeches have been trimmed, and there will be more music and movement. Whiting enlisted Broadway composer and arranger Sam

Davis to create a new symphonic score for the production. Davis, who arranged the dance music for the hit movie musical “Beauty and the Beast,” collaborated with Lumbee cultural advisor Kaya Littleturtle on the score for what Whiting calls “a pretty cool mash-up of theatrical and native music.”

Three new, authentic Native American dances have been added — a hoop dance, a “fancy” dance and a traditional dance — that will total approximately 10-12 minutes.

There will be more lighting and visual attractions and staging changes — what Bradley describes as “wow moments.” A woman of Native American descent will provide narration, in keeping with tradi-

tional roles as a tribal storyteller.

The 2021 season kicks off May 28 and runs through Aug. 21, six days a week with Sundays off. Start time is pushed back from 7:45 to 8:30 p.m., Bradley said, to permit people a full day’s activities without rushing to the theater, and to take advantage of darkness and the natural backdrop in lighting and first-act presentation. Audience protocols were still being ironed out at press time and are likely to be fluid throughout the season, as restrictions lift.

Whiting is sensitive to pacing and presentation. He half joked that Netflix and other streaming services have shortened attention spans for modern audiences, which are accustomed to prominent

visual cues and story arcs presented in an hour or less. He seeks input from those familiar with the show in order to gauge scenes and sequences that are untouchable and others that he might tweak.

“I’m determined to honor the past of the show and the actual history of what happened there,” Whiting says. “As I sit and plan in every meeting I have, I’m trying to imagine the show as if I’ve never seen it before: What’s going to interest me, and what do I need to know about the story in order to understand it better and see it visually? I think it will be an interesting visual experience and yet the words will be the same. I really lean on Paul Green to keep me balanced.”

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Olive swims eagerly up to visitors when they approach the Wild Wetlands gallery and plays with enrichment toys. HANNAH LEE LEIDY

Olive the otter swims into the spotlight

By Hannah Lee Leidy Correspondent

In the fall of 2020, Scotland County Animal Control got word about an otter.

She was unconscious on the side of the road, with several shattered teeth, a lacerated lip, and possibly broken hips — but, somehow, alive.

Suspecting a car hit the animal, Animal Control took her to a vet in Scotland County who treated her immediate injuries. They contacted the county’s only rehabilitator from Wildlife Rehab, Inc., whose members provide rehabilitation and care to orphaned, ill, and injured animals.

The rehabber began working with the North American river otter, who became known as Olive. They assessed lasting impacts from her injuries and worked on restoring her mobility.

Wildlife rehabbers’ primary role is to release animals back into the wild upon recovery. However, they will consider alternative options in circumstances that make returning to the wild unsafe for the animal. As an older otter, Olive’s injuries made her slow and less agile than a recovered, younger otter might be. More strikingly, though, Olive approached her

rehabber and other humans with fearless fascination, uncharacteristic for an animal that spent its life in the wild. Her extreme comfort around people and physical state increased her vulnerability in the wild. She needed another — permanent — home.

The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources contacted the North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island. Among North Carolina’s aquariums, the Roanoke Island location has a unique history in otter rehabilitation. Past cases involved younger otters that returned to the wild post-rehab, but Olive caught their attention: “We’d just lost our resident river otter Molly in August,” says Elizabeth Huber, the aquarium’s husbandry curator.

“She was our only female otter. We all had this hole in our hearts, and then we found out about Olive. She was a chance to fill that.”

Upon careful review from Roanoke Island’s husbandry staff, the N.C. Aquarium’s team of vets and the North American river otter Species Survival Program, Olive moved to the aquarium in November to continue her recovery and join their Wild Wetlands program. She spent the first 30 days quarantining in the aquarium’s external otter habitat, which is closed to the public.

“This gave us some time to get to know her,” Huber says. “And she’s been a sweetheart this whole time.”

They continued Olive’s recovery and rehabilitation and determined if her state allowed her to join the aquarium’s public gallery. Much of their work with Olive involved training her to receive human care and adapt the Wild Wetlands habitats.

For example, she learned that tapping a target object with her nose will earn her a rewarding whistle blow. On command, she can stand, hold out her paws, or display her underbelly during routine check-ups.

Starting in February, the staff introduced Olive to the public Wild Wetlands habitat, an enclosure complete with towering trees and rocky nooks bordering an underwater habitat. To the delight of her trainers, Olive took well to the new environment, swimming with ease, chomping on vegetables, and playing around the habitat’s structures, where she spends most mornings in solitude.

The next phase of her training involves meeting the aquarium’s other otter residents, Finn and Banks. The two young otters grew up together at the aquarium and draw attention to the exhibit with their racing and aquatic antics. The handlers started familiarizing the otters with each other through two

enclosures separated by a glass pane. Once visually comfortable together, they’ll progress to physical introductions.

“We will always be teaching her new things,” Huber says.

Olive’s overwhelmingly receptive response to her new home and trainers separates her from other animals that spent their lives in the wild.

“She’s definitely quirky. And we don’t know if that’s just Olive being herself, or if she suffered some sort of head trauma from her accident,” Huber says.

Injury-induced or not, Olive’s amiable personality helped her assimilation to the aquarium’s environment and her new trainers. She swims eagerly up to visitors when they approach the Wild Wetlands gallery and plays with enrichment toys, the logs, hollow floats, and interactive structures the aquarium staff puts in habitats to pique animals’ curiosity and provide extra stimulation.

“She’s a great ambassador for her species. She has an amazing story to tell that really shows the functions zoos and aquariums play in rescuing and rehabilitating wild animals,” Huber says. “If we can’t release her, we still get to meet her and share her story with everyone.”

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BEYOND THE MUSIC

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Where’d they come from?

By Scott Sechman

Correspondent

I have entered my sixth year as a resident on the Outer Banks and entering my third year writing “Beyond the Music.”

When I lived in Southern California from 1979 to 2015, it kinda blew my mind how many people were transplanted there. I know that in that era, (and before), California was a magnet for actors, musicians, writers and essential workers of every color and stripe. It’s what’s known as a melting pot.

I was a “native” of sorts. A Navy brat, I was born in a Naval hospital in the middle of the California desert. A place called Corona, that is now best known as the home of the Fender musical instrument company. Weird, huh?

We didn’t live there long, as my dad was next stationed in Japan, then Maryland and ultimately, (like most sailors), in the Tidewater/Hampton Roads area. It’s also known as a melting pot.

Since I’ve been writing this column, I’ve noted that the OBX is not unlike So Cal in that there seems to be more transplants than natives. I don’t know that for sure, but it seems that way. Especially, musicians.

How, exactly, did this tribe of artists come to find themselves in our thin, long slice of paradise?

I asked and the answers are as varied as the subjects.

Amanda Williams of Gypsea Souls, music teacher at the Mustang Outreach Program: I’m originally from Nashville,

North Carolina. My college sweetheart and now ex-husband was from Kitty Hawk.

When we separated, I decided to stay in the place that had become home.

Barry Wells, singer, songwriter and guitarist: My dad was a surfer and he relo-

cated in 1993, I believe, and I was quick behind him. Times were tough in Baltimore and by 7th grade I moved down to live with my dad and NEVER LOOKED BACK! So to answer your question, MY DAD is the reason I live here!

Bobby Soto, singer, guitarist, passing and member of The Ramble: My mother

moved to Powell’s Point from Northern Virginia not long after I graduated high school in 2007 and I eventually followed before moving out onto the beach.

Cristina Garey, singer, songwriter, guitarist, front woman for Trio Los Playeros & the Havana Club OBX: I first came

to Nags Head, (as it was referred to in the Turn to Bands, Page 18

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fishing on The Outer Banks since I was 3, played music here since 1979 and moved to OBX in 2009 to run a studio with Chuck “Coyote” Larson. After being injured in an auto accident in 2006, I focused on recording and local gigs with Laura, my bride.

We’ve been playing together for over 15 years.

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late ’70s), ’cause my college roommate’s parent’s had a cottage here and I LOVE the ocean.

Graham Outten, singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer:

Born and raised on the beautiful beaches of Southern Shores.

It’s a privilege to call myself a “local.” Other than my tenure as a vocal performance major in UNC Charlotte, I have lived here for the past 30 years, performing for the first time as a solo artist in 2012. The fun crowds and amazing music scene on the Outer Banks will keep me coming back each year. Never a dull moment.

Patrick Goller, guitarist for The Ramble: Working at a summer

position starting in 2010. Turned out to be a long summer! haha.

Randy Burton, singer, guitarist, songwriter, front and sideman: I bought property in the

Outer Banks decades ago, built a house as a rental property. Since it is paid for, I now I live in that house in beautiful downtown Duck.

Harry Harrison, singer, songwriter, guitarist, novelist and modern music historian of the first order: Joshua “Marty”

Martier brought me to the Outer Banks. His family took me in and, along with another OBX OG native, Ed Tupper, integrated me into the local music community.

They’re a family of artists and OBX royalty.

Jesse Fernandez, singer, guitarist, bassist, hand drummer for Hello Robot, (and East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame inductee):

Surfboard factory at WRV offered me a full time position building boards.

Michelle Fernandez, singer, songwriter, guitarist for Hello Robot: An advertising sales job at

the Outer Banks Sentinel.

Joe Mapp, guitarist, teacher, bandleader: His car may have

brought him to the OBX where his father had built a house, but his motivation was discovering a dead body on the steps of his Washington D.C. condo one morning. “I just wanted out of there”.

Kevin Roughton, singer, guitarist, raconteur, founding member of the Wilders: I was raised in

Columbia, North Carolina, and we would come to the Outer Banks often when I was a kid. I spent time out on the road playing music and tired of that. The liquor laws here changed from “brown-bagging” to “liquor by the drink” in restaurants sometime around 1982. That’s when I started playing solo in local establishments while I was also a “bridge-tender” on the Alligator River bridge.

Scott Franson, singer, songwriter, guitarist, recording engineer and producer: We came to

the Outer Banks when I was a kid on vacation. I came here for a weekend when I was almost finished with music school, here I am over 20 years later, and still here.

Leslie Buck’s ex-husband brought her to the OBX as newlyweds as one of many stops while going cross-country to Cabo San Lucas. They never left. COURTESY PHOTO Tim Reynolds, guitarist, songwriter, leader of TR3 and member of the Dave Matthews Band: About 13 years ago (2007

or 2008), my partner at the time, moved to North Carolina. So I moved too, with her (our) family.

I had played there before, years and years ago. So, I knew about the place. I really wasn’t that much into beaches. But it was good and that’s when I started playing with DMB on more of a full time basis.

Broughton Aycock, singer, guitarist, bandleader, world traveller: I am as native as it gets! My

dad is a sax and trumpet player and is in the Carolina Beach Music Hall of Fame with his band, the Men of Distinction.

John Harper, radio personality, music historian, wedding DJ and Coast OBX correspondent:

I’m an Army brat. But I consider Richmond to be my hometown. A radio job — WOBR-Beach 95FM — brought me here in 1985.

John Saturley, guitarist, songwriter, singer, bassist, pianist, drummer, leader of Zack Mexico:

I moved to the OBX in the year 2000 with my family when I was 12. My step dad was a project

manager for the Outer Banks Hospital.

Josh“Marty”Martier, drummer, guitarist, singer, songwriter, horticulturist: I was born in

Atlanta but moved to the beach at 5 years old. It’s pretty much all I can remember, so I consider myself local.

Leslie Buck, singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboard, percussion instruments, harmonica, and some bass guitar: My ex-husband brought

me here. I’d never heard of this beautiful, Cape Cod kind of place. As newlyweds, the OBX was to be one of many stops while going cross-country to Cabo San Lucas. We never left!

Matt McGuire, singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboards, trumpet and member of The Wilders: My aunt and uncle, Paul

and Donna Lacy, had a rental house and they invited me down.

I went to one open-mic and that was it. I knew I wanted to be here forever.

Matt Wentz, guitarist, songwriter, member of Zack Mexico and Harrison & Wentz: I was

brought here as a toddler.

Mike Dianna, music promoter, booking agent, restauranteur, entrepreneur: I was born and

raised in Millersville, Pennsylvania. Went to college in Indiana, Pennsylvania. I spent the summer after my junior year in Kill Devil Hills. I went back for last year of school and moved here the day I graduated.

Monte Hooker, singer, songwriter, guitarist, open-mic cat herder: I’m originally from

Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and moved here because I have always loved the area.

Myles Wood, drummer, former member of The Ramble: I am

fortunate enough to have been born and raised here, but it is the community and the love that people have for each other that keeps me here.

Natalie Wolfe, singer, songwriter, guitarist: My grand-

mother lived in Kitty Hawk, so I have been coming here as a child. But I moved here to work one summer during college and decided to stay.

Norman Harrell, singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist, former member of Snuff: I have been

Shelli Gates, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, promoter, teacher: I first came down in 1975

with my family and then with my sorority sisters in the early 1980’s.

I always felt drawn to the Outer Banks. I moved here 26 years ago and never looked back. Best move I ever made.

Steve Hauser, singer, guitarist, songwriter: I was born in Cali-

fornia. Playing Dick Dale records and listening to Wolfman Jack on the radio. Moved to Washington DC for high school. Moved to Alaska in 80’s. Came back to DC/Virginia area later in the ’80s.

I played in an Alternative band until I decided to settle down to be try to be an adult. Now, I’m here trying to be a kid, I guess!

The Outer Banks is one of my favorite beaches. There is a nice balance between quirky beach town and outdoor activities.

T.J. Hahs, bassist for SoulOne:

My sister lived here. I moved here with my mother in 2015.

Tom Vinick, singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader: We

came to the area in 1995 after I graduated chiropractic school, to start a practice and raise our kids. Claire and I are from New England and we liked the climate, cost of living and proximity to the ocean!

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CURRITUCK COUNTY Small Business Spotlight

Take a Four-Wheeled Ride on the Wild Side

Wild Horse Adventure Tours deliver the ultimate OBX off-road experience close to water and wildlife. I have always been an avid hunter and fisherman and Currituck offers both.

What are the biggest challenges?

Every business owner will tell you that for a seasonal, tourism-driven area, employees and housing are the biggest issues. Steady, year-round employment is only a small percentage of our employment, which doesn’t allow folks to have a year-round pay check. It’s hard to raise a family in those circumstances.

What are the biggest rewards?

Samuel Wise is an owner/partner of Wild Horse Adventure Tours in Corolla Can you describe the business?

Wild Horse Adventure Tours provides a 2-hour tour that takes you into the 4-wheel drive area of the Currituck Outer Banks (also known as Carova Beach) where beautiful Colonial Spanish Mustangs have roamed freely for over 500 years. These are the only known type of horses that still exist from that era. Our professional tour guides are trained to give you all kinds of information about the herd as well as the history of this area. You can sit back and relax in the stadium seating of our H-1 Hummers for the most comfortable ride you can get in this terrain.

Talk about your decision to start your own business.

I worked in the corporate retail grocery business for 24 years as a manager responsible for a $24 million a year operation with 300 plus employees.

It was always my dream to have my

“I love working with people. I love watching my associates grow and enhance their lives.” own business. I’ve vacationed in the OBX since the mid 1960s. In 2004, we decided to pick up our roots and move to this area to start a new life and business. I have since operated and sold two businesses here in the OBX and I am settled in with my final business heading into retirement.

Why do you do what you do?

I love working with people. I love watching my associates grow and enhance their lives. I am so blessed to have a wife that has stood with me during the good and bad times of our business ownerships. Every day is a learning experience in one way or another and at the end of the day, I love being satisfied with what I have accomplished that day.

Why did you choose Currituck?

Currituck County reminded us of our home state of Pennsylvania and being

Owning and operating a business that puts so many smiles on the faces of our paying customers. We have so many returning visitors who come back to enjoy what we offer. We are also blessed that many of our employees return year after year.

What sets you apart?

We strive to have the BEST equipment for our customers. We use customized H-1 Hummers with stadium bucket seating. Our tour guides go through a very serious training program that allows them to become the best tour guides available. We have close to 10,000 5-star reviews on Trip Advisor.

That pretty much speaks for itself.

Any advice for someone starting a business in Currituck County?

Talk to other business owners. Ask questions. Most of us will take the time and speak with you.

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ON THE TOWN

By John Harper

Correspondent

MAY 29-30, JUNE 4

The Toolan and Evans Musical Experience Guitarist-vocalist Chris Toolan, 57, and keyboardist-vocalist Ray Evans, 67, form a two-person mutual-admiration society.

“He has such a good ear for sound,” Toolan says of Evans, who lives in Manteo.

“It’s the ‘Chris show,’ and I try to make it better,” Evan says of the Southern Shores-based Toolan.

The acoustic duo – known as The Toolan and Evans Musical Experience – plays three no-cover gigs this week on the Outer Banks.

Together since 2013, the two musicians are a good match.

Toolan, a fine guitarist with a Jackson Browne-ish voice and acoustic-rock sensibilities, is pushed outward by Evans’ subtle but vital playing on a Nord Stage keyboard.

The 73-key instrument allows Evans to produce multiple sounds, including bass, drums, piano, strings and a Hammond B-3 organ (what Steve Winwood and Booker T. Jones played on most of their classic recordings).

“The guitar-keyboard combination makes us different,” Toolan says. “We play off of each other’s

strengths.”

Toolan sings lead on every song, and Evans adds harmonies.

“It’s just a nice blend,” says Evans, a longtime sound engineer and recording-studio owner.

The duo’s repertoire ranges from Chris Stapleton’s “Tennessee Whiskey” to The Dixie Cups’ “Iko, Iko” and The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence.”

And the hits keep coming: The Eagles, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Bob Seger, Billy Joel (“The Piano Man”), The Grateful Dead, The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, Stephen Stills (“Love the One You’re With”), Ben E. King (“Stand By Me”) and The Box Tops (‘The Letter”).

To keep the presentation fresh, Toolan says the duo never plays a song the same way twice.

“We’re not afraid to make mistakes to make a little magic,” he says. “It’s an intimate performance.”

But don’t let the latter description fool you.

“Nobody puts more energy into a show than we do,” he says.

When and Where: 6 p.m. Saturday May 29 and Friday, June 4, at Owens’ Restaurant (The Station Keeper’s Lounge), 7114 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Nags Head 5 p.m. Sunday May 30, at Mimi’s Tiki Hut at Pirate’s Cove Marina, 2000 Sailfish Dr., Manteo Cost: No cover Info: The Toolan and Evans Musical Experience on Facebook

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The local trio – Monte Hooker on guitar and vocals, Scott Nickens on bass and vocals and Chuck Mizzelle on drums and vocals – plays a no-cover show at Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint in Kill Devil Hills.

They’ll be performing on the joint’s new outdoor stage constructed during the off-season.

The Mo-Rons specialize in off-the-record remakes of rock, country and alternative tunes.

“We cover artists whose music stands the test of time,” says Hooker, a longtime figure on the Outer Banks music scene.

The group can be both rowdy and subdued with no lack of passion.

On the playlist are, among dozens of others, Pearl Jam, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Eagles, Willie Nelson, Counting Crows, Bruce Springsteen, Chris Stapleton and Elvis Presley (Nickens rips up the King’s “Suspicious Minds”).

And Hooker, who handles most of the lead vocals, says the band is really in to customer service.

“It’s always let’s see what they [the audience] want to hear,” he explains. “We ask for requests.”

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