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14724
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The 18th annual Asheville Mountain Dance and Folk Festival helps preserve the great reservoir of folk music and dance in the Southern Appalachians.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 12 Issue 21, Oct 1944, p1-2, 18-19, f
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16343
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Kay Wilkins has done her neighbors, state, and region proud for her educational endeavors and the perpetuation of Appalachian cultural traditions. Wilkins served as a teacher in the Avery County public schools for thirty-five years, and in 1948 formed the Cranberry High School Folk Dance Team in order to revive a dying from of recreation. Her clogging and dance teams have won local, regional, and national folk dance awards.