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36893
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Crawford is a folklore researcher of all the old families between Waynesville and Bryson City, North Carolina. His work deepens and expands the appreciation, continuation, and study of the cemetery decoration traditions the figure in the lives of the people of Western North Carolina.
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36955
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Howell is a fiddler who teaches, has contributed over 500 fiddle tunes to university archives, and has immersed himself in the music of Western North Carolina since his childhood.
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39438
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Becoming a musician at a young age, one of McMillian’s greatest contributions has been his teaching career. He began teaching music in a shack behind his house in 1975, and stopped charging them money, instead doing it for free or charging a canned food donation to the community.
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39439
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Barbara Garrity-Blake is the co-leader of the Down East Cajun and acoustic-roots band the Unknown Tongues and founder of the annual folk-feast at the Gloucester Mardi Gras.
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39443
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Brewer is a youth leader for the Lumbee tribe, teaching traditional cultural aspects such as song, dance, music, crafts, games, and more.
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39444
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Fazio and Hutchens are both professors at the University of North Carolina Pembroke; they made a documentary film, Voices of the Lumbee, which captured the culture, religious and economic life, and work history of the Lumbee tribe in North Carolina.
Record #:
39644
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Mr. Parnell learned the art of rug weaving from his mother and continues to keep her legacy alive by making rugs and teaching others to do the same.
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39650
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The chairs Max Woody makes are works of art, but ones that are not meant for a museum or gallery. Each piece is carefully handcrafted for the user; style, size, wood species, and more are all taken into account before Woody begins to craft. He comes from a long heritage of chair makers, and also spreads his knowledge to others who wish to learn.
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39656
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Known as a master craftsman for his woodworking abilities, Eddie Hamrick has created works of art for presidents and children alike. He follows the utilitarianism of the craft from the work of his father and grandfather, but still branches out artistically as an artist.
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39661
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Leroy Smith began making a name for himself in the bluegrass music scene in the mid-1960s and has continued to perform and compose music since then.