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The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival is the nation's oldest folk festival. Founded in 1928 in Asheville by famed folklorist Bascom Lamar Lunsford, the festival is held the first weekend in August in Asheville and draws old-time and bluegrass musicians, balladeers, storytellers, and dancers.
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The Rhododendron Festival was held in Asheville every year from 1928 through 1942 until the start of the Second World War. The week-long festival consisted of five parades, three balls, a pageant, tours, exhibitions, an amateur tennis championship, and boxing matches. Although the festivals drew people from across the country and were wildly successful, no interest has been made in reviving them.
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11607
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Topping describes the Rhododendron Festival which is held in Asheville each June. The festival, a brilliant and colorful event, takes place when the rhododendrons, laurels, and azaleas have reached their peak in blooming.
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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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5.Asheville to Celebrate Rhododendron Season by Topping, John B. The State Vol. 8 Issue 1, June 1940
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17897
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Topping describes the upcoming Rhododendron Festival which is held in Asheville. Started in 1928, the festival now covers seven entertainment-filled days.
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In 1928, the city of Asheville invited Bascom Lamar Lunsford to bring a group of musicians and dancers to the town square for a Mountain Music and Folk Song Festival. Over 5,000 attended that first festival which is now in its 83rd year. In 1967, volunteers recreated that first festival which is now held each Saturday during the summer and is known as the Shindig on the Green. The Folk Heritage Committee received a 2010 Community Traditions Award for keeping these two events relevant.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Fall/Win 2010,
p34-40, il
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30097
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Folk music and dance in Appalachia is still strong. To keep the old songs, stories, and dances from being lost to new trends in music and dance, the Asheville annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival was developed. And the Festival has resulted in the growth of interest in the old forms of entertainment.
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