As a compliment to Dahlonega’s “Bear on the Square” mountain music festival, the Dahlonega Gold Museum will host a presentation on the history of traditional Appalachian folk music on Wednesday, April 18. Local musicians John Grimm and Beverly Smith will provide a lecture at 5:30 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session immediately following the lecture. Patrons are welcome to tour the Gold Museum exhibits after the presentation until 7 p.m. Prior to radios and recordings, people in the Appalachian Mountains made their own music, with each region’s distinctive styles and melodies passed along by oral tradition.