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5577
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Quay Smathers of Haywood County was awarded a 1991 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for playing, singing, and preserving western Carolina traditional music. He is a leader in preserving and popularizing the shape note style of singing.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p45-47
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5578
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Thomas Strickland of Johnston County was awarded a 1991 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for preserving the art of weaving baskets using traditional materials, such as split oak wood.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p48-50
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5579
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Joe and Odell Thompson of Alamance County received a 1991 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for continuing the African-American stringband tradition. The cousins play banjo and fiddle together, a combination that once provided much of the South's dance music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p51-52
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5580
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Bertie Dickens of Alleghany County received a 1992 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for preserving the traditional style of banjo playing. Mrs. Dickens performs in the old-time clawhammer style and the rarely heard two-finger up-picking technique.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p53-55
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5581
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Emma Dupree of Falkland, in Pitt County, received a 1992 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for continuing the old practice of herbal medicine. She possesses a wide knowledge of the healing properties of herbs and grows many of her supplies.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p56-58
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5583
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Rockingham native Dennis Yates is the architect of the largest public assembly site in the country's history - the Texas Motor Speedway. The racing facility can seat over 270,000 people.
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5584
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Lela Brooks used her skills as a tobacco stringer to learn the art of crochet needlework. Using available material - cotton tobacco twine - she creates intricate designs on bedspreads and other items. In 1991, she received a N.C. Folk Heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p37-38
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5585
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Nationally known Burlon Craig of Lincoln County learned pottery making through apprenticeship, and his methods and materials for making salt-glazed stoneware haven't changed in over fifty years. In 1991, he received a N.C. Folk Heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p39-41
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5586
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The Menhaden Chantymen of Beaufort and Carteret Counties sing chanteys that reflect the work, religion, and loves of the men and are also reminiscent of the old field-work songs. In 1991, the group received a N.C. Folk Heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p42-44
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5587
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The Five Royales of Winston-Salem were nationally famous rhythm and blues artists in the 1950s and 1960s. Their style influenced many others in the field, including James Brown. The group received a 1992 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for their work.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p59-60
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5588
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Kenneth Hobgood, AIA, of Raleigh, received the state's most prestigious architectural award for 1997, the Kamphoefner Prize. The award recognizes architects for their continuing contribution to the modern movement in architecture.
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5589
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Danie A. Johnson, an Asheville architect, received the 1997 William Henly Deitrick/AIA N.C. Medal for Service. The annual award is given for community and professional leadership and is the highest honor presented by the AIA/North Carolina.
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13.Ray Hicks - Storyteller by Sharpe, Bill North Carolina Folklore Journal Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997
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5590
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Ray Hicks of Watauga County is as impressive physically - standing almost seven feet tall - as he is as a master storyteller. A recipient of many awards, he received a 1992 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for keeping the mountain storytelling tradition alive.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p64-65
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5591
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The musicians are well known. Lesser known are craftsmen who make their instruments. Leonard Glenn of Watauga County received a 1992 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for building traditional mountain banjos and dulcimers.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p61-63
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5592
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Algia Mae Hinton learned music from her mother and dancing from older members of her family. She has appeared at the National Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall. She received a 1992 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for continuing the buck dancing style.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p66-67
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