This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage is a special episode featuring songs that represent the four seasons of the year. You'll hear live performances by Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, Susan Werner, Molly Tuttle, Taj Mahal, Norah Jones and many more.
And The Winner Is…International Water Tasting Results Are In
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The 24th Annual International Water Tasting took place Saturday in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and a Canadian town walked away with the trophy for Best
Municipal Tap Water.
Among the judges for this year’s competition was West Virginia Public Broadcasting Executive Director Scott Finn, who documented the event including a popular activity after the winners are announced, the “water rush” where members of the audience get to grab as much free bottled water as they can carry.
Best Municipal Water 2014 Best in the World – Clearbrook, BC, Canada Best in USA – Santa Ana, Calif. 2nd – Hamilton, Oh. 3rd – Greenwood, BC, Canada 4th (tie)– Dickinson, ND & Montpelier, Oh. 5th – Emporia, Kan.
Best Bottled Water 2014 1st – Castle Rock Water, Dunsmuir, Calif. 2nd – Eldorado Natural Spring Water, Eldorado, Col. Samaria Natural Springs Water, Crete, Greece 3rd – Mountain Drop from Linthicum, Md. bottling Berkeley Springs water. 4th – Avita Premium Artesian Alkaline Water, Roscommon, Mich. Element , Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia
Best Sparkling – 2014 1st – Canadian Gold Sparkling Mineral Water, Marchand, MB, Canada 2nd. Jackson Springs Natural Premium Spring Water, MB, Canada 3rd – Antipodes, Whakatane, New Zealand 4th – Tesanjski Dijament, Tesanj, Bosnia Naked Luxury Artesian Water, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Tesanjski Kiseljak, Tesanj, Bosnia
Best Packaging — 2014 1st – Hallasu, Republic of Korea 2nd – Bama Tianshou Spring, Bama, China 3rd – Waiakea, Kea’au Aquifer, Hawaii 4th – Cerebellum H2O, Hoboken, N.J. 5th – Marvelus Sparkling Mineral Water, Ocala, Fla.
Best Purified Drinking Water – 2014 1st – Mountain Drop from Linthicum, Md. bottling Berkeley Springs water. 2nd – Indigo H2O, Elkhart, Ind. Bar H2O, Richmond, Mich. 3rd — Berkeley Springs Purified Water – Berkeley Springs, W.Va. January Sales, Barnston QE, Canada. 4th — Rain Fresh Oxygen-Rich Purified Water – Garland, Tex.
This week's broadcast of Mountain Stage is a special episode featuring songs that represent the four seasons of the year. You'll hear live performances by Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, Susan Werner, Molly Tuttle, Taj Mahal, Norah Jones and many more.
Across the nation, more than 390,000 children rely on foster care. However, a shortage of licensed foster homes is creating a national crisis. While official foster care cases are carefully tracked, many informal examples of kinship care aren’t part of the data. For this Us & Them episode, we hear the experiences of those who’ve been part of the foster care system.
Stock car racing’s roots run deep in Appalachia. Our twisty roads and dark hollers were home to moonshiners — and moonshine runners, who became known for their driving skills. And they became some of NASCAR’s first stars when it formed in 1948. But NASCAR’s oldest continuous racing team had nothing to do with moonshine.
WVPB's Matt Jackfert speaks with harper, composer and producer Maeve Gilchrist. They discuss her compositions, the Silkroad Ensemble and the group's upcoming performance.