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1.Aaron Buff - Chair Maker by Sharpe, Bill North Carolina Folklore Journal Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997
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5604
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Aaron Buff of Burke County was ten when he started to learn chair making in the 1920s. Later taught by master craftsman Simie Wortman, he would practice his art for seventy years. His high standing of craftsmanship won him a 1994 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p87-88
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5605
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Fiddler Luke Smathers and guitarist Harold Smathers, brothers from Haywood County, received a 1993 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for continuing the old-time stringband tradition. Combining mountain dance music with blues and swing has made their music popular since the 1920s.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p83-84
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5784
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Longtime friends John Dee Holeman and Quentin \"Fris\" Holloway are self-taught bluesmen. Their style, which updates the Durham blues tradition, makes them much in demand. In 1994, they received a N.C. Folk Heritage Award for their contributions to the blues tradition.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1-2, 1997,
p91-92, il
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5801
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The Watson Family of Watauga County has produced many outstanding traditional artists who are known internationally. Numbered among them are woodcarvers, quilters, storytellers, and singers. Arthel \"Doc\" Watson is one of the best known.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p99-102, por
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5803
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The North Carolina Folklore Society instituted a new award in 2001, the Thomas McGowan Award, given to a society member for outstanding service to the Society. Appropriately, the first recipient was Tom McGowan. Among his many contributions to the society are editing the North Carolina Folklore Journal for twenty-two years, founding and editing for twenty-two years the society's newsletter, and along with Karen Baldwin, instituting the Community Traditions Award.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 49 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 2002,
p66-68, il
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5804
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The Briarhoppers, a long-time performing group on Charlotte radio station WBT, received a 2002 North Carolina Folklore Society Brown-Hudson Award. The string band, organized in 1935, has performed for 67 years. The group is seen by musicologists as \"an important link between the music of the pre-industrial South and the full-blown commercial country sounds of the late twentieth century.\"
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 49 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 2002,
p116-118, il
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5807
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The banjo has been played in Carroll Best's family for generations. Best is a master of the melodic or \"fiddle\" style of playing, which is rooted in fiddle tunes. In 1994 he received a N.C. Folk Heritage Award for continuing the art of the banjo.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p85-86, por
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5822
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Born in 1919, Bea Hensley learned blacksmithing and the \"hammer language\" at the forge of Daniel Boone VI in Burnsville. Hensley's ornamental ironwork is known worldwide. He received a 1993 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for preserving blacksmithing traditional techniques.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p75-76, por
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5871
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Born and raised in Madison County, Doug Wallin received a 1989 North Carolina Folk Heritage Award for preserving in his singing the style and tradition of the old ballads, hymns, and love songs.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p15-16, por
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5933
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Tommy Thompson died January 24, 2003. He was an old-time music legend, founding member of the Chapel Hill string band, The Red Clay Ramblers, and beloved singer, songwriter, banjo player, playwright, and actor. Thompson received a 1995 Brown-Hudson Folklore Award for his music compositions and for preservation and performance of traditional songs.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 50 Issue 1-2, Fall-Winter 2003,
p1-8, il
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6128
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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.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997,
p27-28
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6837
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The North Carolina Folklore Society awarded blues singer Luther Mayer a 2003 Brown-Hudson Award for a lifetime of work as one of North Carolina's most versatile musical performers. A Winston-Salem resident, Mayer began developing his musical style on his grandparent's farm in Clinton. Mayer performs not only blues but also gospel and popular music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2004,
p36-38, por
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6838
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The North Carolina Folklore Society awarded guitarist Fred David Olson of Asheboro a 2003 Brown-Hudson Award. Olson grew up in a musical household and began playing the guitar in the 1940s. Over the years he has played in a musical group that has included some of North Carolina's best-known folk musicians, such as violinist Lauchlin Shaw and dulcimer player Virgil Craven. Olson received the award for his lifetime of work as a performer and collector of North Carolina music.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2004,
p38-40, por
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6839
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Dr. Mary Anne McDonald has worked for over twenty years to document and present North Carolina folklife. Her work covers a wide variety of traditional cultures, forms of presentation, and different professional settings. The North Carolina Folklore Society awarded McDonald a 2003 Brown-Hudson Award for preserving, researching, and disseminating North Carolina's folk culture.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2004,
p41-44, por, bibl
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6840
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The North Carolina Folklore Society's Community Traditions Award originated in 1992 and is given to organizations that make valuable contributions to the state's folk life. The 2003 award was presented to the Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc. for championing the wild horses during the 1990s against manmade and natural threats to their long-term survival. Their work resulted in federal legislation in 1998 that gave protection to the horses.
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North Carolina Folklore Journal
(NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2004,
p45-48, il
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