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Folk and music festivals.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Appalachian South Folklife Festival Recordings 1979

 Collection — 1
Identifier: BCA 0269
Abstract Musical performances recorded on audio cassettes at the Appalachian South Folklife Festival (Pipestem, West Virginia, July 20, 1979) by Don Wade and Steve Green. Listen To Recordings Performers include George Tucker; Ebb and Zeb Collins; Edward Mashburn; Elvie Johnson; Ira Mullins; John Morris; Wilson Douglas;...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1979 - 1979

Bluegrass Roots AC-VT-075-002, 1965

 Item
Identifier: Item 13
Scope and Contents

Bluegrass Roots - Originally titled, "Music Makers of the Blue Ridge" 1965. Documents the folk music collecting efforts of North Carolinian Bascom Lamar Lunsford.  Features footage of western North Carolina musicians and dancers, and includes footage from early folk festivals.

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Dates: 1965

Celebration of Traditional Music

 Collection — 6.12 Oversized Posters
Identifier: RG 06-6.12.5
Abstract

Records documenting the Celebration of Traditional Music, an annual event striving to represent homemade music passed on from person to person in the Appalachian Region and the musicians who play it.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1974 -

Recreation Extension Service

 Collection
Identifier: RG 05-5.45
Abstract The Recreation Extension Service was formally established in 1937 under the direction of Frank H. Smith with the aim of increasing the appreciation of Appalachian cultural heritage through participation in recreational activities based on traditional folk material. Recreation Extension services included folk arts programming, the Christmas Country Dance School, the Mountain Folk Festival, the Country Dancers and other recreational campus groups, itineranct recreation services to schools and...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1914-1995