8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout continues the "Meet the Author" series with a warm welcome to local author James Brown.
Book Description
Sam and Ann, a story of two people, each with their own struggles. As Sam seeks relief, he stumbles into Ann. On the Mountain in West Virginia they find each other. There is only one problem ... Ann is the daughter of Kevin Earl, the CEO of Earl Electric. Ann has had everything she's always wanted. Now she wants Sam, but on her terms. Sam is new to the area. He takes a job at Smyth County High School and hopes his proximity helps Ann make her decision. Ann cannot commit. Sam's friend Jack, an elderly veteran, does his best to guide Sam around the pitfalls related to this mountain woman, a mountain woman with more privileges than most. Ann's friend Kimberly tries to help, but the decision is ultimately Ann's.
Author Bio
The author is the fifth of his parent's six children. His father, Junior Brown, was the eighth of ten and his mother, Virginia Manning, was the second of eight. At the completion of this material in 2017, the family had only recently lost their Mother. During his youth, James Ray Brown helped raise the grandchildren. Those experiences influenced him to become an educator. For 23 years, he taught science and coached in both public and private schools. During his employment he coached football and volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter, and mostly track in the spring—not all at the same institution. These experiences were drawn from during the writing of Sam and Ann, along with others not so pleasant.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Books will be available for purchase on site. Come out and meet this terrific local author and enjoy this fun event with us!!
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
This is a free event.
BW Craft Corner: Teresa Andrews
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout and "BW Craft Corner" welcomes local artisan Teresa Andrews.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
Mountain Top Music - October 2025
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
All Mountain Top Music concerts are free to the public. The performers donate their time and talent for our enjoyment, so all tips and donations are accepted and encouraged! CDs are available for purchase. Please show your appreciation for these musicians and their music.
Bring your lawn chairs (or use our picnic pavilion) and a picnic lunch and get ready for an afternoon of good music and fun! Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store. Don't miss this fun!!
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Mountain Top Music: Jim Crandall
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout welcomes back Jim Crandall to play on the front porch this Summer! Come up and listen to his Americana and Folk music!
All Mountain Top Music concerts are free to the public. The performers donate their time and talent for our enjoyment so all tips and donations are accepted and encouraged! CD's are available for purchase. Please show your appreciation for these musicians and their music.
Bring your lawn chairs (or use our picnic pavilion) and a picnic lunch, and get ready for an afternoon of good music and fun! Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store. Don't miss this fun!!
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
BW Craft Corner: Twisted Stitches
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout is pleased to have Nicole Bruce of Twisted Stitches, one of the local artisans, here to do an individual craft show. Come on up and browse her selection crocheted animals and crafts. Selections of her craft works are available for purchase.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction: Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store is celebrating over 75 years in business. It has been owned and operated by the same family and features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long.
Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
This is a free event.
Meet the Author: Bethany Jensen
Big Walker Lookout
Big Walker Lookout continues "Meet the Author" series with a warm welcome to local author Bethany Jensen.
Books will be available for purchase on site. Come out and meet this terrific local author and enjoy this fun event with us!!
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
This is a free event.
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout continues the "Meet the Author" series with a warm welcome to local author Ann Brown.
Be Home Before Dark: A Memoir is a charming book that depicts being raised in the 40's and 50's. The author reminisces about growing up in more innocent, simpler times. Fasten your seatbelt as the journey continues throughout Ann's life as she colorfully describes the numerous changes that occur within each decade.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Books will be available for purchase on site. Come out and meet this terrific local author, and enjoy this fun event with us!!
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
This is a free event.
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout is pleased to have Sandra Semro, one of the local artisans, here to do an individual craft show. Selections of her craft works are available for purchase.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction: Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store is celebrating over 75 years in business. It has been owned and operated by the same family and features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long.
Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
This is a free event.
Mountain Top Music: Georgia Randall
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout welcomes Georgia Randall to sing on the front porch this Summer!
Georgia Randall was born in Norfolk, Virginia. She began singing Gospel in the church at a young age. She can barely remember the memories her grandmother shared of her being a featured vocalist in the church before even beginning elementary school. In addition to Gospel music, her early influences were in Soul and Blues, listening to the likes of Etta James, Big Mama Thornton, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday.
By the age of 15 Georgia had begun her professional career as a front singer and embraced the music of Motown, Rock & Roll, and the San Francisco sound, along with her continued love of the Blues. By age 17, Georgia left her Virginia home and hit the road fronting several rock & roll and show bands. Many years later she took a few guitar lessons so she could begin a solo career.
Within 3 years of mostly teaching herself to play guitar she was booked weekly in Florida as a solo act. At the suggestion of a friend, Georgia began to write her own music. Her voice has been compared to Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, and Melissa Etheridge but make no mistake, Georgia’s style is all her own.
All Mountain Top Music concerts are free to the public. The performers donate their time and talent for our enjoyment, so all tips and donations are accepted and encouraged! CD's are available for purchase. Please show your appreciation for these musicians and their music.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Bring your lawn chairs (or use our picnic pavilion) and a picnic lunch and get ready for an afternoon of good music and fun! Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store. Don't miss this fun!!
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
The Rotary Club of Wytheville and Big Walker Lookout are partnering for a Pints for Polio Fundraiser.
Ice Cream Pints - 2 scoops = 1 pint.
Come on up and get a couple of scoops of ice cream! A portion of each scoop will go toward End Polio Now.
Meet the Author: Linda Hoagland
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout continues "Meet the Author" series with a warm welcome to local author Linda Hudson Hoagland. Linda is a retired school employee from Tazewell, VA. She writes fiction, nonfiction, essay, short stories, and poetry. She is an award-winning novelist who writes mysteries and about her life and lives of others.
Books will be available for purchase on site. Come out and meet this terrific local author and enjoy this fun event with us!!
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
This is a free event.
BW Craft Corner: Angel Afghans
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846' Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout and "BW Craft Corner" welcomes local artisan Linda Hoagland and her Angel Afghans. Linda's Afghans have an angel design crocheted into each one. Choose from the different designs and colors she has created.
Afghans will be available for purchase on site. Come out and meet this terrific local artisan and enjoy this fun event with us!!
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store.
Mountain Top Music: Central Pickers
8711 Stoney Fork Rd N37º 2.7641', W081º 13.6846', Wytheville, VA, United States, Virginia 24382 Map
Big Walker Lookout welcomes back the Central Pickers to play on the front porch this Summer! They are from Bland County and are always a crowd favorite because they play a little bit of everything! Come up and listen to their wide range of music!
All Mountain Top Music concerts are free to the public. The performers donate their time and talent for our enjoyment, so all tips and donations are accepted and encouraged! CDs are available for purchase. Please show your appreciation for these musicians and their music.
Virginia's oldest privately owned scenic attraction, Big Walker Lookout & BW Country Store has been owned and operated by the same family for over 75 years. It features more than 25 local artisans, crafters, and musicians that demonstrate their talents each weekend from May through October. Local authors do book signings and have books for sale all summer long. Big Walker Lookout, a Crooked Road venue, will host this Summer's Mountain Top Music featuring local musicians, some returning favorites as well as fresh new groups & bands.
Bring your lawn chairs (or use our picnic pavilion) and a picnic lunch and get ready for an afternoon of good music and fun! Hot dogs, snacks, drinks, & delicious ice cream are available for purchase at Big Walker Lookout in the BW Country Store. Don't miss this fun!!
Check Out Highlights from Our Past Events!
Making Apple Butter
Davis Bradley Duo
Angel Afghans
Valley Grass
Jim Crandall
Barry Bowman
Central Pickers
Angel Afghans
Davis Bradley Duo
Enjoy The Ride
Enjoy The View
