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Record #:
5569
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Connie, Cleonia, and Celester Badgett learned to harmonize under their father's direction. They sing in the jubilee style, a form popular in the 1930s and 1940s. They received a 1990 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for continuing the gospel tradition.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p19-20 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Gospel Music; Badgett Sisters; Gospel musicians--Yanceyville
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Record #:
5570
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Walter Calhoun was awarded a 1990 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for preserving and teaching the ancient ceremonial arts and customs of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p21-22 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Cherokee Indians--North Carolina; Calhoun, Walter; Indians of North America--Social life and customs
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Record #:
5571
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Eva Wolfe is one of only ten people who practice the rare art of weaving traditional Cherokee rivercane baskets. She is also known for her doubleweave baskets, one of the most difficult weaving styles. In 1989, she received an N.C. Folk heritage Award.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p17-18 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Cherokee Indians--North Carolina; Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Basket makers; Indians of North America--Basket weaving; Wolfe, Eva, 1922-2004
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Record #:
5572
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Born in Madison County, Thomas Hunter is a master fiddler who preserves the traditional western Carolina fiddle tunes. Recognized by the Smithsonian Institution for his work, he has also received a 1989 N.C. Folk Heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p11-12 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Fiddlers--Madison County; Hunter, Thomas Hal (Tommy), 1919-1993
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Record #:
5573
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Sisters Effie Rhodes Bell and Hazel Rhodes Reece have made quilts for over fifty years, creating original designs or using traditional patterns. Featured in national publications and exhibits, they received an N.C. Folk Heritage Award in 1991.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p33-36 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Bell, Effie Rhodes; Quilting--Pender County; Quiltmakers--Pender County; Reece, Hazel Matilda Rhodes
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Record #:
5574
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
At age 103, Sally Parnell of Davidson County has been a rag rug weaver for almost 95 years. When her husband died, she needed to make a living. Rug sales gave her skills greater prominence. In 1990, she received an N.C. Folk Heritage Award.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p31-32 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Weaving--Davidson County; Parnell, Sally Ferebee; Rag rugs--Davidson County; Weavers--Davidson County
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Record #:
5575
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Wilma McNabb of Cherokee County received a 1990 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for preserving the art of overshot pattern weaving. Almost lost at the start of the 20th century, it is done on a large wooden loom and demands great technical knowledge and skill.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p27-28 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
McNabb, Wilma Hatchett; Weavers--Cherokee County; Weaving--Cherokee County
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Record #:
5576
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
Dellie Norton of Madison County received a 1990 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for preserving the old Scottish and English ballads brought by the first settlers to the Southern Appalachians. She performs in the traditional, unaccompanied way.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p29-30 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Folk singers--Madison County; Norton, Dellie, 1898-1993
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Record #:
5577
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p45-47 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Shape Note Singing--North Carolina, Western; Singers--Haywood County--Biography; Smathers, Quay Devere, 1913-
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Record #:
5578
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p48-50 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Basket makers--Johnston County; Strickland, Thomas
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Record #:
5579
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p51-52 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
African American musicians; Thompson, Joe, 1918-2012; Thompson, Odell, 1911-1994
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Record #:
5580
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p53-55 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Dickens, Bertie Caudill, 1902-1994; Banjo--Method
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Record #:
5581
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p56-58 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Dupree, Emma, 1897-1995; Herbalists--Pitt County; Herbs--Therapeutic use; Medicine--Herbal
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Record #:
5584
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p37-38 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Brooks, Lela Hammond, 1891-1971; Crocheting--Robeson County
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Record #:
5585
Author(s):
Sharpe, Bill
Abstract:
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.
Source:
North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p39-41 Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Craig, Burlon; Potters--Lincoln County
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