Smoke on the Mountain at Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre

moke on the Mountain tells the story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolinas Smoky Mountains in 1938. The show features two dozen rousing bluegrass songs played and sung by the Sanders Family, a traveling group making its return to performing after a five-year hiatus. Pastor Oglethorpe, the young and enthusiastic minister of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, has enlisted the Sanders Family in his efforts to bring his tiny congregation into the modern world. Between songs, each family member witnesses telling a story about an important event in their life.Though they try to appear perfect in the eyes of a congregation who wants to be inspired by their songs, one thing after another goes awry and they reveal their true and hilariously imperfect natures. By the evenings end, the Sanders Family have endeared themselves to us by revealing their weaknesses and allowing us to share in their triumphs.Audiences will laugh, sing, and fall in love with the charming Sanders family in the show the New York Post called, "Totally beguiling... foot-stomping soul food."