Announcements
2023 Christmas Open House
Join us on Saturday, December 2 from 4pm to 7pm for our Christmas Open House. Unique and vintage decorations will fill the Heritage House along with the sounds of Christmas. We are extremely blessed to announce that Steve Free and Josh Stewart will be performing during Open House. And after their performances everyone will have the perfect view of the Lucasville Christmas parade because it will pass by the Heritage House. The parade starts at 6pm at the Valley Middle School and then Santa will be making his way to the historical area of downtown Lucasville. Join us for a FREE evening of fun and entertainment!
4pm to 5pm Steve Free
Mr. Free is an Internationally Acclaimed Award Winning singer/songwriter whose music is drawn from his Native American (Shawnee & Cherokee) and Appalachian roots. He has won numerous Music Industry Awards including 9 ASCAP Awards, a Platinum Record, a 2016 Grammy nomination, and 3 Americana Music Award nominations. He has charted over 60 songs on the National and International Charts including 21 #1 songs and is one of the most popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and international radio. He was named International Independent Recording Artist of the Year in 1996. In 2008 he won The Governors Award for the Arts as the #1 Artist in his home state of Ohio; he has received an Arts Award from the Kentucky State Senate in 2009 for his contributions to Appalachia. In 2009 he was named an official "Ohio Treasure" by the Ohio Arts Council. An accomplished Native American flute player, he is an Ohio Arts Council "Ohio Artist on Tour" with an award winning school program. His Christmas song, Just a Baby Boy, has become a worldwide Christmas classic performed around the world every holiday. His CD Ship of Dreams was named one fo the Top 50 Albums of 2015 by Roots Music Report and received a Grammy nomination. His CD There For You hit the Top 10 on the international charts in 2021. He was named by Lux Lufe International Magazine of London as Best American Folk Artist in 2019. He remains one of the Most Popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and Australian Radio".
5pm to 6pm Josh Stewart
Mr. Stewart is a singer and songwriter from Lucasville, Ohio. He developed a love for music at a very young age and was singing on stage at the age of five. Through the years he has performed as a solo artist, as well as with his band at various festivals, fairs, and fundraising events throughout the tri-state area of Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. While in high school, he placed in the top 20 in "Ohio Has Talent", was the "Portsmouth Idol" and had original music aired on the local radio station. Josh recorded his first EP in Nashville in 2014, and it was released to several digital media stores. Josh is a graduate of Marshall University with a B.A. in Music Education.
4pm to 5pm Steve Free
Mr. Free is an Internationally Acclaimed Award Winning singer/songwriter whose music is drawn from his Native American (Shawnee & Cherokee) and Appalachian roots. He has won numerous Music Industry Awards including 9 ASCAP Awards, a Platinum Record, a 2016 Grammy nomination, and 3 Americana Music Award nominations. He has charted over 60 songs on the National and International Charts including 21 #1 songs and is one of the most popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and international radio. He was named International Independent Recording Artist of the Year in 1996. In 2008 he won The Governors Award for the Arts as the #1 Artist in his home state of Ohio; he has received an Arts Award from the Kentucky State Senate in 2009 for his contributions to Appalachia. In 2009 he was named an official "Ohio Treasure" by the Ohio Arts Council. An accomplished Native American flute player, he is an Ohio Arts Council "Ohio Artist on Tour" with an award winning school program. His Christmas song, Just a Baby Boy, has become a worldwide Christmas classic performed around the world every holiday. His CD Ship of Dreams was named one fo the Top 50 Albums of 2015 by Roots Music Report and received a Grammy nomination. His CD There For You hit the Top 10 on the international charts in 2021. He was named by Lux Lufe International Magazine of London as Best American Folk Artist in 2019. He remains one of the Most Popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and Australian Radio".
5pm to 6pm Josh Stewart
Mr. Stewart is a singer and songwriter from Lucasville, Ohio. He developed a love for music at a very young age and was singing on stage at the age of five. Through the years he has performed as a solo artist, as well as with his band at various festivals, fairs, and fundraising events throughout the tri-state area of Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. While in high school, he placed in the top 20 in "Ohio Has Talent", was the "Portsmouth Idol" and had original music aired on the local radio station. Josh recorded his first EP in Nashville in 2014, and it was released to several digital media stores. Josh is a graduate of Marshall University with a B.A. in Music Education.
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Guest Speakers at Heritage House
April 1 at 10:30 am
Randy Rucker speaking about his Indigenous Native American artifacts
April 29 at 11:00 am
Elijah Crabtree speaking about the Tremper Mound Earthworks near Portsmouth, Ohio. The Arc of Appalachia website states that "Tremper Mound protects a world-significant 2000-year old Hopewell Earthwork near Portsmouth, Ohio. The unification of Tremper Mound under a single preservation organization, Arc of Appalachia, is a historic event. For the first time since the European immigrants set foot in the Ohio valley, this globally-signficant site is unified, enduringly protected and soon to be publicaly accessible."
May 20 at Noon
Steve Free performing and speaking about his Indigenous Native American roots. Mr. Free "is an Internationally Acclaimed Award Winning singer/songwriter whose music is drawn from his Native American (Shawnee & Cherokee) and Appalachian roots. He has won numerous Music Industry Awards including 9 ASCAP Awards, a Platinum Record, a 2016 Grammy nomination, and 3 Americana Music Award nominations. He has charted over 60 songs on the National and International Charts including 21 #1 songs and is one of the most popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and international radio. He was named International Independent Recording Artist of the Year in 1996. In 2008 he won The Governors Award for the Arts as the #1 Artist in his home state of Ohio; he has received an Arts Award from the Kentucky State Senate in 2009 for his contributions to Appalachia. In 2009 he was named an official "Ohio Treasure" by the Ohio Arts Council. An accomplished Native American flute player, he is an Ohio Arts Council "Ohio Artist on Tour" with an award winning school program. His Christmas song, Just a Baby Boy, has become a worldwide Christmas classic performed around the world every holiday. His CD Ship of Dreams was named one fo the Top 50 Albums of 2015 by Roots Music Report and received a Grammy nomination. His CD There For You hit the Top 10 on the international charts in 2021. He was named by Lux Lufe International Magazine of London as Best American Folk Artist in 2019. He remains one of the Most Popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and Australian Radio".
Randy Rucker speaking about his Indigenous Native American artifacts
April 29 at 11:00 am
Elijah Crabtree speaking about the Tremper Mound Earthworks near Portsmouth, Ohio. The Arc of Appalachia website states that "Tremper Mound protects a world-significant 2000-year old Hopewell Earthwork near Portsmouth, Ohio. The unification of Tremper Mound under a single preservation organization, Arc of Appalachia, is a historic event. For the first time since the European immigrants set foot in the Ohio valley, this globally-signficant site is unified, enduringly protected and soon to be publicaly accessible."
May 20 at Noon
Steve Free performing and speaking about his Indigenous Native American roots. Mr. Free "is an Internationally Acclaimed Award Winning singer/songwriter whose music is drawn from his Native American (Shawnee & Cherokee) and Appalachian roots. He has won numerous Music Industry Awards including 9 ASCAP Awards, a Platinum Record, a 2016 Grammy nomination, and 3 Americana Music Award nominations. He has charted over 60 songs on the National and International Charts including 21 #1 songs and is one of the most popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and international radio. He was named International Independent Recording Artist of the Year in 1996. In 2008 he won The Governors Award for the Arts as the #1 Artist in his home state of Ohio; he has received an Arts Award from the Kentucky State Senate in 2009 for his contributions to Appalachia. In 2009 he was named an official "Ohio Treasure" by the Ohio Arts Council. An accomplished Native American flute player, he is an Ohio Arts Council "Ohio Artist on Tour" with an award winning school program. His Christmas song, Just a Baby Boy, has become a worldwide Christmas classic performed around the world every holiday. His CD Ship of Dreams was named one fo the Top 50 Albums of 2015 by Roots Music Report and received a Grammy nomination. His CD There For You hit the Top 10 on the international charts in 2021. He was named by Lux Lufe International Magazine of London as Best American Folk Artist in 2019. He remains one of the Most Popular Folk/Americana Artists on European and Australian Radio".
2023 Calendar of Upcoming Events
MARCH
11 Open House 10am-2pm
16 Monthly meeting 6pm
APRIL
1 Randy Rucker-Indigenous Native American artifacts at 10:30 am
20 Monthly meeting 6pm
29 Elijah Crabtree-Tremper Mound at 11:00 am
MAY
18 Monthly meeting 6pm
20 Steve Free-World Famous Musician, Poet & Native American at Noon
29 Memorial Day
JUNE
15 Monthly meeting 6pm
JULY
20 Monthly meeting 6pm
AUGUST
7 Lucasville Founder's Day
SEPTEMBER
21 Monthly meeting 6pm
OCTOBER
19 Monthly meeting 6pm
NOVEMBER
16 Election & meeting 6pm
TBA Christmastime at HH
TBA Lucasville parade and tree lighting
11 Open House 10am-2pm
16 Monthly meeting 6pm
APRIL
1 Randy Rucker-Indigenous Native American artifacts at 10:30 am
20 Monthly meeting 6pm
29 Elijah Crabtree-Tremper Mound at 11:00 am
MAY
18 Monthly meeting 6pm
20 Steve Free-World Famous Musician, Poet & Native American at Noon
29 Memorial Day
JUNE
15 Monthly meeting 6pm
JULY
20 Monthly meeting 6pm
AUGUST
7 Lucasville Founder's Day
SEPTEMBER
21 Monthly meeting 6pm
OCTOBER
19 Monthly meeting 6pm
NOVEMBER
16 Election & meeting 6pm
TBA Christmastime at HH
TBA Lucasville parade and tree lighting