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We live in a passive solar home on Randy's family's fourth-generation tobacco farm converted into a French vinifera vineyard in the Yadkin Valley of North Carolina outside of Winston-Salem. Married twenty-five years with four cats, we both work at home as I telecommute as a system analyst for TIAA-CREF in Charlotte and Randy farms and teaches agriculture classes at Surry Commnuity College. I trained in Industrial Engineering, Computer Information Systems and Economics at North Carolina A&T, High Point College, and Duke University and Randy was the first graduate of the Viticulture and Enology program at Surry Community College and is working toward his masters degree online at NCA&T in Agricultural Education.

I serve on the board of the local chapter of the Sierra Club and give Climate Project lectures to various civic groups and universities. Randy has the occasional singing gig but is on hiatius until he finishes his masters degree.

We both love folk music and are wine enthusiasts. We host house concerts at our vineyard stage for the local arts council, host political fundraisers, and provide support for traveling troubadours. All include teaching moments with the aim of a sustainable, green earth.

Our latest endeavor for the the farm is to create a CSA or a Community Supported Agriculture subscription organic vegetable service. Stay tuned!

Cheers! Randy and Vivian

Get involved this year with something FUN, HEALTHY (I gotta do SOMETHING) and IMPORTANT! Join the North Carolina Sierra Club Foothills chapter!

Calendar of Events

October 11, 2008

6 pm until

  • Sierra Club Hayride and Veggie Wiener Roast!
  • Not-so-scary hayride around the vineyard
  • Pumpkin carving contest from our own pumpkin patch!
  • Bring:
    • the kids
    • folding chair or blanket
    • side dish or dessert
    • a potential member!
  • Veggie dog roast provided along with all the fixin's, earth friendly plates, napkins and cups. Filtered water served also.
BYOB
I think he needs to eat a bit more, eh? Or quit riding that blasted bike so much! The Sierra Club will NOT do this to you!
Pumpkin Flower Lovin' by a bee!
Pumpkin Lovin' bee miracle! A PUMPKIN! Still green, but it's a pumpkin!

Past Events at Medley Meadows Music and Vineyards

October 27, 2007– End of Harvest Hayride and hotdog roast with FULL MOON ordered special! It was a MOST enchanting evening! Jam session on stage.

- Photo by David Gregory

Bill Scott sang Merle Hagard songs and entertained us all with his rants back and forth with his wife Peggy! They were so FUNNY! They should have their own TV comedy show, eh? :-)

- Photo by David Gregory

It was a great night for a fire - notice the hot dogs roasting!

-Photo by David Greagory

Our concert with SOTH was GREAT! Please sign up for our newsletter to hear about events next year!

Seemingly oblivious to the limitations of what two musicians can create, Still on the Hill has set new boundaries of originality. This duo uses traditional instruments from their home in the Ozarks (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, harmonica and scrub board) as well as other exotic offerings (Moon guitar from Japan, African Mbira, and Tenor Ukulele) to create a kaleidoscope of musical color and texture:

The result is a yet-to-be-named hybrid music that simply compels people to stop and listen, to pause in their hectic lives and pay attention to something they've never heard before. It's magic, and there's simply not enough magic in the world today. Visually, Still on the Hill is full of color and motion; instrumentally, they command their instruments with power and grace, producing a sound that is both fresh and ancient at the same time; lyrically, their original material is packed with new ideas, social awareness and a level of intellect and consciousness that's seldom found in contemporary tunes.

Still on the Hill are the consummate professionals, whether they're performing for an audience of one or for thousands. Their high-energy show seems to emerge from somewhere deep inside their souls. They play music for one reason: it's a spark, or maybe a raging bonfire, inside each of them that has to come out, something that's shared just as easily with a large festival audience as it would be with a quiet Ozark forest.

Julie Koehler, Bluegrass Now

 

Old Singer Sewing Machine and basket case Herbie

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Prelude and Building Stage