Meet 2025 North Carolina Heritage Award Honorees The Glorifying Vines Sisters

Since 1989, the North Carolina Heritage Awards have honored artists statewide for their contributions to the cultural lives of their communities. The Folklife program of the North Carolina Arts Council is pleased to spotlight the five artists/groups who will be presented with the 2025 awards on June 7, at a public ceremony in Raleigh. In this episode, we take a trip to Pitt County to spend time with Alice Vines, who reminisces about The Glorifying Vines Sisters, one of North Carolina’s longest-established quartet-style gospel groups. The four original Vines Sisters—Alice, Dorothy, Mattie, and Audrey—came from a large family with deep roots in Pitt County and sprawling artistic talent. Alice, the group’s manager, carries on her family’s legacy, often accompanied by Audrey and younger family members. Alice Vines’s influence reaches beyond the Vines Sisters, as she has become a major voice in eastern North Carolina’s gospel scene, a spiritual leader through her own church, and an active organizer of gospel programs. The honorees for 2025 are: Round Peak Guitarist, Chester McMillian; Lumbee traditional artisans, Herman and Loretta Oxendine; North Indian classical musician, Gaurang Doshi; Brasstown Woodcarver, Helen Gibson; and Gospel Quartet, The Glorifying Vines Sisters. For tickets and more information, visit pinecone.org. Introduction music performed by Etta Baker. Arts Across NC is a podcast by and about the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, a state agency.

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This episode was published on Jun 2, 2025.

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