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Tomlin recounts the history of the June German, which was held in a large tobacco warehouse in Rocky Mount. It was a yearly dance that began in 1880 to celebrate the harvest of the tobacco crop and attracted thousands of dancers along with many spectators. By the 1950s they had disappeared from the Eastern North Carolina social scene. Although African Americans and whites held separate dances, it was a highlight of both their social seasons and it brought in big bands like the Dorseys and Count Basie, the national press, and prominent people nationwide, like movie stars.
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At seventeen, most people are students in high school. On February 20, 1945, Plymouth native Jack Lucas was seventeen years old and in combat against the Japanese on Iwo Jima during World War II. Lucas was severely wounded when he threw himself on a grenade to protect his buddies. For his heroism President Harry S. Truman presented him the Medal of Honor, the highest award bestowed for valor in action against an enemy. Later in life he received North Carolina's prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine, and he was recognized during President William Jefferson Clinton's 1995 State of the Union address.
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Dr. John Shelton Reed has made a career of studying, observing, and sharing with the world what it means to be a Southerner. He had written ten books about the South, edited three others, and written numerous magazine essays to help others understand the region. Reed founded and directed the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of the American South at Chapel Hill.
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Tomlin takes the reader on a photographic tour of some of North Carolina's historic churches, ranging from a grandiose cathedral to a humble meetinghouse. A brief sketch of each church's history accompanies each photograph. Churches include St. Philips Anglican Church (Brunswick); Machpelah Presbyterian Church (Lincoln County); and West Grove Friends Meeting House (Alamance County).
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22089
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Old-time music played on fiddles, banjos, mandolins, and dulcimers has for decades attracted North Carolinians to festivals. Tomlin describes perhaps the oldest festival that was held in the Iredell County township of Union Grove in 1924. It now hosts two a year. A younger festival is the Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers Convention held in Mt. Airy since 1972.
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22090
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Tomlin seeks an answer to the question--\"Is there a difference between the fiddle and the violin?\" He consults Jamie Laval, of Tryon, the 2002 US National Scottish Fiddle Champion for an answer.
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Shirley Caesar is the first lady of gospel music, having won 11 Grammy, 19 Dove, and 13 Stellar Awards, as well as being inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame 20 years ago. A former Durham city councilwoman, Cesar is minister of a Raleigh Pentecostal Church and also finds time to perform two or three concerts around the country 45 weekends out of the year. At age 63 she shows no sign of slowing down.
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The pictured paintings on the sides of barns are more than just a decoration. They are works of art and reflection of Appalachia culture valued by natives and visitors alike, courtesy of Quilt Tours hosted by counties across North Carolina.
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James Emory Gibson of High Point is one of North Carolina's greatest success stories. In 1931, in debt $75,000 during the Depression and with a family of six to provide for, Gibson parleyed a 10-cent paddleball game into a company that would sell in 1972 for $1.6 million. He repaid the debt. The game was Fli-Back, a game that challenged players to continuously bounce a sponge-ball that was attached to a small wooden paddle with an elastic string.
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In 2010, the town of Cooleemee, N.C. started the Great Bullhole Duck Race and Festival to help fund upkeep of RiverPark at Cooleemee Falls on the South Yadkin River.
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Tomlin profiles three North Carolina women who have brought laughter to their audiences for a number of years. They are Jeanne Swanner Robertson, who was Miss North Carolina of 1963 and is now a professional humorist; Kelly Swanson, who created the town of Cedar Grove and its resident cast of colorful characters; and Celia Rivenbark, a syndicated newspaper columnist and author of several books of humor.
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Volunteer efforts are restoring the long-forgotten Jackson County Cemetery with gravesites dating back to 1870. The work began 20 years ago when the county proposed clearing the land for a recreation center. The volunteers invoked an early 20th-century law passed in the General Assembly that makes it illegal to desecrate a cemetery, no matter how old. Originally a pauper cemetery, the site is believed to be the final resting place of Native Americans, slaves, and one Confederate soldier. The volunteers have organized the Jackson County Cemetery Society to continue restoration work at other historic cemeteries in Sylva and Whittier.
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"Thanks to a mug-obsessed man in Caldwell County, a cabin in the woods gives an entirely new meaning to "happiness in a cup." Collettesville's House of Mugs got its start in the summer of 2000, when Avery Sisk purchased a collection of 750 coffee mugs for $15 at a flea market.
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One of the most popular horse shows in the Southeastern United States has been held since 1945 in the rural community of Oak Ridge in Guilford County. Tomlin describes the two-day event which has grown from an entry list of 17 classes to 200.
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Curtis Ingram of Thomasville has a dream - to create a North Carolina Music Hall of Fame to honor the music and memory of the state's musicians. Although the hall incorporated in 1994 and received a $50,000 legislative grant in 1997, there is still no building in which to put the hall. Organizers hope fund-raisers and more publicity will generate funds to build the hall in 2001. The first seven inductees of the hall were inducted on September 25, 1999. They are Kay Kyser, Charlie Daniels, Billy Scott, Victoria Livengood, Loonis McGlohon, Bill Griffin, and the Chairmen of the Board beach band.
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