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"Festival Quotes" |
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"Those
of us who attended the Mountain Dance and Music Festival held at
McCormick Field last night were very much impressed with the charm,
simplicity, and naturalness of the program.
We think that the Chamber of Commerce is to be congratulated upon
the vision they had seven years ago before people in general recognized
and understood the worth of the fine old traditional ballads and
mountain music...As a nation, we are just old enough to recognize the
beauty and worth of our pioneer ways...The spontaneous response of the
audiences to the folk festival here this week indicates in the strongest
terms that the people of Asheville and Western North Carolina are
tremendously interested in the arts which are a genuine part of their
heritage. We should take
pride in these folk arts and they should be developed and presented in
public programs each year as something distinctive and unique, something
that will doubtless serve to attract to the region thousands and
thousands of people who are interested in this valuable heritage form
our pioneer ancestors."
-- from a 1934 radio address on Asheville station WWNC by Miss Sarah Gertrude Knott, director of the National Folk Festival, St. Louis Missouri. |
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"The
Festival has provided a stage to honor our heritage through the older
musicians and has provided a venue to the younger ones coming up.
It has given musicians like myself a place to find our
voices."
-- Laura Boosinger, 2002. Has been attending and performing in the Festival since 1979. |
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