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3177
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The Harkers Island work boat, twenty-two feet of low-cost materials, usually powered by a car motor, is a dependable craft able to handle the demands of man and nature. It is also representative of the culture that produced it.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996,
p120-127, il, bibl
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3178
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Charlie Boyd Craven's family was one of the oldest of the Seagrove pottery clans, and he was its last active member. His years of work, 1919-1942 and 1971-1991, were separated, yet when he began again, his pottery still reflected the traditional ways.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 43 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1996,
p142-159, il, por, bibl
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3484
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Fiddling is a musical tradition in the state. Earnest East of Surry County has continued the art since the 1920s, winning numerous awards and appearing at prestigious national festivals. In 1990, he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 and 2, Oct 1997,
p23-24, por
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4014
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The North Carolina Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on May 23, 1987, in Raleigh. Located on Union Square at the Capitol, it honors the 89,000 men and women in the state who served in the war. Over the years people have visited and left items, including units' insignias, medals, and dog tags. The items have formed a memorial collection of over 300 pieces.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p71-87, il
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4015
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Driving over 3,000 miles, folklorists surveyed the cultural qualities that are distinctive to Washington, Tyrrell, Hyde, Bertie, Beaufort, and Dare Counties. Topics in the survey included a Sense of Place, including homecomings and place names; Occupations; Community Life, including religion and visiting; and Domestic Life, including quilting and soapmaking.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 1, Wntr/Spr 1998,
p6-65, il, bibl
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4092
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Since 1947, the Alexander County First Sunday Singing Convention, featuring three choirs and a guest choir, has met the first Sunday each month to sing together. At one time eleven choirs would perform. The singing promoted unity, fellowship, and better singing in the home churches. The convention received the 1998 N.C. Folklore Society Community Traditions Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p122-123, il
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4093
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For the past fifty years most axe and other implement handles have been made commercially. Joe Willis, of Spruce Pine in Mitchell County, makes axe, wheelbarrow, hoe, hammer, go-devil, and many other handles using traditional materials. skills, and aesthetics.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p129-141, il, bibl
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4094
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Orville Hicks, of Deep Gap, Watauga County, received a 1997 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for continuing the tradition of mountain storytelling, especially the Beach Mountain Jack Tale.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p105-108, por, bibl
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4095
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Senora de Hernandez and Senora de Campo, both of Siler City, received a 1997 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for contributing to and maintaining the fiber arts tradition of embroidery and crocheting.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p109-112, por
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4096
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Leonard Glenn was one of the great builders of banjos and dulcimers. He was also an expert performer on them. In his Laurel Creek workshop, he created instruments that brought orders from all over the country. In 1992, he received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for continuing the traditional building of mountain instruments.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p93-94, por
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4097
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Lester Gay, who lived in Fountain in Pitt County, created windmills and whirligigs in very size and color that dotted the landscape. Most were assembled from discarded materials that he salvaged. From 1987 until his death, he created over 200 windmills and a number of whirligigs that delighted his community and passersby.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p95-102, il, por
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4098
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Trudier Harris received a 1997 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for her scholarship in African-American literature and folklore. She has published a number of volumes including Fiction and Folklore: The Novels of Toni Morrison and many other articles on folklore.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p113-114, il, por
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4099
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Sheila Adams grew up in Madison County in the small town of Sodom, a community famous for its ballad singers. She is a seventh-generation singer and is passing on the tradition to her daughter. She received a 1998 Brown- Hudson Folklore Award for continuing the state's ballad tradition.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p115-116, il, por
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4100
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Lula Belle and Glenn Bolick received a 1998 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for continuing regional pottery and local music traditions. Mrs. Bolick carries on the Seagrove pottery traditions of her father, M. L. Owens. Glenn Bolick continues to perform music learned from his family, neighbors, and in-laws.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p117-119, il
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4101
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Dwaine C. Coley received a 1998 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for strong support and promotion of folklorists and folk arts of Western Carolina. Since 1981, he has been executive director of the Hiddenite Center in Alexander County.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 45 Issue 2, Summer/Fall 1998,
p120-121, il
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