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| Preface: Entering the Circle | |
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| About This Guidebook | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| History of Blue Ridge Music | |
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| Music in the Heart of Southern Appalachia | |
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| Surry County | |
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| WPAQ Merry-Go-Round | |
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| Downtown Cinema Theatre Jam Session | |
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| Blue Ridge Jamboree | |
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| Thursday Evenings at the Andy Griffith Playhouse | |
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| Annual Music Events at the Andy Griffith Playhouse | |
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| Mount Airy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Autumn Leaves Festival | |
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| Sonker Festival at the Edwards-Franklin House | |
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| Alleghany County | |
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| Alleghany Jubilee | |
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| Alleghany County Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Ashe County | |
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| Hog Stomp | |
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| Mountain Music Jamboree | |
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| Christmas in July | |
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| Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddlers' Convention at Ashe County Park | |
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| Ashe County Arts Council Coffee House Talent Night | |
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| Greenfield Restaurant Bluegrass and Old-Time Music | |
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| Albert Hash Memorial Festival | |
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| Todd New River Festival | |
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| Yadkin County | |
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| O'Henry's Restaurant | |
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| Hall's Barbecue | |
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| Yadkinville Bluegrass Contest and Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Friday Night Music at Windsor's Crossroads | |
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| Wilkes County | |
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| Whippoorwill Academy and the Tom Dooley Museum | |
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| Merlefest | |
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| A Fiddlers' Convention in Virginia | |
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| Galax | |
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| Old Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Barr's Fiddle Shop | |
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| Blue Ridge Backroads | |
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| Downtown Street Festival | |
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| Grayson County | |
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| Fairview Ruritan Club Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Festival by the New River | |
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| Old-Time Fiddlers' and Bluegrass Convention in Fries | |
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| Grayson County Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Grayson Highlands Fall Festival | |
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| Jam Sessions at Grayson Highlands State Park | |
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| Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival and Guitar Competition | |
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| Independence Fourth of July Celebration | |
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| Mountain Foliage Festival | |
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| Troutdale Fire Hall Monthly Bluegrass Show | |
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| Troutdale Old-Time and Bluegrass Music Festival | |
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| White Top Mountain Maple Festival | |
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| White Top Mountain Molasses Festival | |
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| White Top Mountain Ramp Festival | |
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| Baywood Fall Festival | |
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| Bridle Creek Fall Festival | |
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| Carroll County | |
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| Community Dance in Hillsville | |
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| Heritage Shoppe and Heritage Records | |
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| Wythe County | |
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| Chautauqua Festival in Wytheville | |
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| They Feed Me on Cornbread and Beans | |
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| Caldwell County | |
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| Sims Country Bar-B-Que Inc. | |
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| Sunday Afternoons at the Bolick Pottery | |
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| Heritage Day and Kiln Opening at the Bolick Pottery | |
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| Jam Session at Lenoir Mall | |
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| Hudson Railroad Depot Museum and Picking in the Park | |
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| Alexander County | |
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| First Sunday Singing Convention | |
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| Hiddenite Celebration of the Arts | |
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| Burke County | |
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| Drexel Barber Shop Jam Session | |
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| Smoky Creek Barbecue and Music Barn | |
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| Bluegrass at the Old Rock School in Valdese | |
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| Watauga County | |
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| Woodlands Barbecue and Pickin' Parlor | |
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| Mountainhome Music | |
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| Gospel Singing at the High Country Fairgrounds | |
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| Clogging at Tweetsie | |
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| Appalachian Cultural Museum | |
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| Doc Watson MusicFest | |
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| Avery County | |
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| Jim and Jennie's High Country Music Barn | |
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| Singing on the Mountain at MacRae Meadows | |
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| Folk Festivals, Gospel Singings, and a Flea Market | |
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| Franklin County | |
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| Blue Ridge Folklife Festival | |
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| Dairy Queen in Rocky Mount | |
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| Henry County | |
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| Billy's Flea Market | |
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| Patrick County | |
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| Easter Brothers' Homecoming Gospel Sing | |
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| Singings at Dominion Valley Park | |
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| Poor Farmer's Farm | |
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| It Strikes with Terror in My Heart | |
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| Mitchell County | |
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| Kona | |
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| Saturday Night Jams at Five Oaks Campground | |
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| Yancey County | |
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| Music in the Mountains Festival | |
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| Young's Mountain Music | |
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| McDowell County | |
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| Old Fort Mountain Music | |
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| Orchard at Altapass | |
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| Mountain Gateway Museum | |
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| Rutherford County | |
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| Ellenboro Fiddlers' and Bluegrass Convention | |
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| Bluegrass at the Golden Valley Music Park | |
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| Fiddles, Banjos, and Black Coffee | |
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| Roanoke | |
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| Roanoke Fiddle and Banjo Club | |
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| Mill Mountain Coffee Shop Jam | |
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| Roanoke Mountain Music Series | |
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| Vinton Old-Time Bluegrass Festival and Competition | |
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| Salem | |
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| Olde Salem Days | |
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| Radford City | |
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| Appalachian Folk Arts Festival | |
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| Pulaski County | |
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| Hillbilly Opry | |
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| Bluegrass and Old-Time Music at New River Community College | |
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| Floyd County | |
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| Floyd Country Store Jam Sessions and Concerts | |
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| County Sales | |
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| Mabry Mill | |
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| WGFC Radio Bluegrass Programs | |
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| Montgomery County | |
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| Tuesday Night Jam in Blacksburg | |
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| Traditional Mountain Square Dance in Blacksburg | |
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| WKEX Bluegrass and Gospel Programs | |
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| Wilderness Trail Festival | |
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| The Orange Blossom Special | |
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| Madison County | |
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| Marshall Railroad Depot Friday Night Music and Dance | |
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| Bluff Mountain Music Festival | |
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| Madison County Heritage Festival and the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Minstrel of the Appalachians Concert | |
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| Rural Life Museum at Mars Hill College | |
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| Buncombe County | |
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| Shindig on the Green | |
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| Bluegrass First Class | |
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| Mountain Dance and Folk Festival | |
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| Goombay Festival | |
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| Old-Time Music and Dance Week at the Swannanoa Gathering | |
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| Henderson County | |
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| Monday Night Street Dance in Downtown Hendersonville | |
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| Bluegrass Music at the Old Home Place | |
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| Polk County | |
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| Open House at Little Mountain Pottery | |
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| Traditional Music in the Central Virginia Hillcountry | |
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| Rockbridge County | |
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| Clark's Lumber Company | |
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| Concert Series at Lime Kiln Theater | |
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| Maury River Fiddlers' Convention | |
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| Rockbridge Mountain Music and Dance Festival | |
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| Amherst County | |
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| James River Bluegrass Association Jam Session | |
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| Sorghum Molasses Festival | |
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| WAMV 1420 AM Bluegrass Program | |
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| Botetourt County | |
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| Town of Buchanan Fourth of July Carnival | |
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| Fincastle Festival | |
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| Mountain Magic | |
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| Bedford City and Bedford County | |
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| Main Street Mania and Bedford Centerfest | |
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| Music Events at the Sedalia Center in Big Island | |
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| Charlottesville | |
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| Jam Sessions at the Prism Coffeehouse | |
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| Augusta County | |
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| Crawford Brothers' Quartet Anniversary Sing | |
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| East Coast Country Music Championship | |
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| Grand Caverns Bluegrass Festival | |
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| Oak Grove Folk Music Festival | |
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| Gospel Keys Anniversary Sing | |
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| Nelson County | |
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| Annual Apple Harvest Festivals | |
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| Stelling Banjo Works | |
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| Nelson County Summer Festival | |
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| Walking the King's Highway | |
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| Haywood County | |
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| Mountain Street Dance | |
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| Maggie Valley Opry House | |
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| Music and Dance at the Stompin' Ground | |
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| Smoky Mountain Folk Festival | |
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| Singing on the Mountain | |
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| Swain County | |
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| Smoky Mountain Jamboree | |
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| Bluegrass Festivals at the Happy Holiday RV Park and Campground | |
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| Bryson City Depot | |
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| Jackson County | |
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| Mountain Heritage Day | |
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| Shape-Note Singing at the Cullowhee Baptist Church | |
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| Christian Harmony Sing at the Webster United Methodist Church | |
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| Transylvania County | |
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| Thursday Night Jams at the Silvermont Mansion | |
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| Tuesday Night Jam at Celestial Mountain Music | |
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| Bluegrass Concert at the Ecusta Union Hall in Brevard | |
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| Photographer's Note | |
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| Index | |
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| Featured Articles | |
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| Religious Folksong Traditions in the Blue Ridge | |
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| Blue Ridge Music on the Air | |
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| Radio Stations along the Trails | |
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| Gary Poe and the Old-Time and Bluegrass Music Show | |
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| The Legend of Tom Dooley | |
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| "The Fiddlers'" | |
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| Blue Ridge Music Center | |
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| Will the Circle Be Unbroken? | |
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| A Legendary Shootout at the Carroll County Courthouse | |
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| That Good Old Mountain Dew: Facts and Fiction | |
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| Old-Time Fiddlers' and Bluegrass Festival at Fiddler's Grove | |
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| The Ballad of Frankie Silver | |
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| Jam Session Protocol | |
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| John C. Campbell Folk School | |
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| Profiles | |
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| Larry Dean Pennington: I Had the Sound in My Head | |
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| Dorothy Hess: I'm Really a Fighter | |
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| Tom Barr: A Way of Life | |
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| Steve Barr: You Got to Have Someone to Follow | |
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| Wayne Henderson: I Make Guitars | |
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| Jim Marshall: The Ballad of Fancy Gap | |
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| Glenn Bolick: Sawmill Man | |
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| Etta Baker: A Wonderful Life | |
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| Bobby McMillon: In an Unbroken Tradition | |
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| Jay Griffin: Come See for Yourself | |
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| Jerry Adams: A Good Place to Be | |
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| Josh Goforth: That's My Goal, to Keep It Going | |
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| Sheila Kay Adams: It Was the Singing | |
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| Joe Sam Queen: Walking the King's Highway | |