Thursday, November 02, 2006

Farewell Ponytail...










Sunday, May 28, 2006

New Blog

Hey Folks, I've got a new blog I'll be using this summer - check it out at www.scinnyc.blogspot.com

Friday, October 28, 2005

The Great Pumpkin


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is the pumpkin I carved for the annual contest at the cafeteria. I won first prize - a DVD player. I love Autumn.

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Photo Class!


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
These are two of the many pictures I've been taking for photography class. Last week, Erica, Maggie, and I went to the Catawba River to take pictures. Later we all went to the darkroom to develop them.

Maggie


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.

Friday, September 16, 2005

Barbara


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
A classic shot of Barbara, at a surprise housewarming party for Hunter's family.

Clifftop


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This photo is from the trip Hunter and I took to Clifftop, West Virginia, for the Applachian String Band Festival. A week of old-time music heaven, courtesy of dear friend Barbara.

Mission Trip


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is from our mission trip to Orlando. We worked on many projects, from construction to day camps. My group (Chris included) worked at a center for homeless folks. We fed around 300 people every day. A very rewarding, and a very fun trip. This is Daniel, Hunter, and Sarah - doing the old Steve Zissou stare...

Lake Matamuskeet


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is from our family's trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. We did a lot of canoeing/kayaking. Olivia is reeling in her fish as I look on.

Rockfish


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
Just look at these kids.....
This is from road trip Chris, Maggie, and I took to Camp Rockfish, where Brooke works in the summer. They're standing beside a river that appears to flow with sweet tea. We had a wonderful time, and it was so good to see them all during the summer.

Kenichi Kadokura


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is our visitor from Japan, Kenichi, who came all the way to South Carolina to catch a stag beetle. This photo was taken right when he found it. He shook everyone's hand and said "I am very happy" many times. I've rarely seen someone so excited.

Friday, May 06, 2005

One Down....


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
Well, my freshman year is done. I had a busy last few weeks, finshing projects, studying, and trying to spend time with friends before being away from them for a while. I've had mixed feelings about the year ending. I've made a lot of good friends this year, but there's a good summer here now. I've got several things coming up soon. I've already started helping Suellen and Joey with the photography business. Also, there will be camps, bible schools, a mission trip, concerts, and an Old-Time festival, among others. The photo is of me with some friends, Brooke and Maggie, after we moved Brooke out last week.

Musgrove Mill


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
From April 23-24, I camped out at Musgrove Mill State Park. We had a revolutionary war reenactment and encampment displaying typical activities, such as spinning, cooking, blacksmithing, woodworking, stone carving, etc... I spent time with several close friends, and had some good campfire cooked food. There was much music played also. I played the gourd banjo David made, and Mark Simpson played his 400 year-old fiddle. Dad hammered out an assortment of ironworks on his brand new Colonial style portable forge that he made. After our visit to Williamsburg this year, he started making clothes and blacksmithing equipment nonstop until this event. Our outfits were made by many people, including Dad, Mom, Nanny, and Renee. All of them spent a lot of time sewing up some quality clothing (by hand!) On Sunday, we all got a big surprise when Brooke showed up! She has been teaching English in Japan for 9 months or so (too long!) We had a great visit and got to play some good Old-Time music.

Friday, April 15, 2005

bela


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is a snapshot of me with perhaps the World's premier banjoist, Bela Fleck. He attended the gathering as not to perform, but simply to learn from the others. Neat guy.

jamming


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This photo was taken at the Black Banjo Then & Now Gathering in Boone, NC last weekend. For 4 days, I attended seminars, discussions, concert, and jam sessions centered around the African-American origins of the banjo and related music. There were people literally from all over the world there. I made friends of many ages, cultures, and races. It was a great experience. I'm jamming with some other folks in this one. Hunter might say this is folkin steve at his best.

ToysRus


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is at Toys R Us during the midnight madness event, when the new Star Wars toys came out. 14 of us went after a Campus Crusade for Christ event in Charlotte. Here I am pulling my Yoda out of the box it was shipped in. Lots of fun.

Chilling out by the lake with friends


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.

Friday, February 25, 2005

Dr.Ellis & me


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is Dr. Rex Ellis, Vice President of the Historic Area at Williamsburg, VA. He is also with the Smithsonian. He's written on the history of the banjo, and much of the history I know I learned from his writing. I ran into him at Williamsburg this Feb. We got to talk and jam for a while.

Thursday, February 24, 2005

1800sStephen


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This photo was taken after a black history month event our group did at Winthrop. I'm in mid-19th century attire with the gourd banjo David made.

Thursday, February 03, 2005

Haulin'


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Originally uploaded by stevochicken86.
This is a photo of Hunter and me with Duke Devlin, who is on the first season of Town Haul, which airs Saturdays in January/February. The first season was filmed in Jeffersonville, NY - which is about 7 miles from Woodstock. Hunter and I had read about Duke on the internet, so we were very excited to meet him. He went to Woodstock in '69 and never left. On the show, Duke lead a group of people who fixed up an apartment for a disabled man who had to ride a wheelchair to the outskirts of town before. The man, Cowboy Bob, gave Duke a puppy in appreciation. That's the puppy in the picture. Cowboy Bob and Duke named their dogs after one another.