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The New Southern Ramblers
(with Ralph Bhzard)
Ralph Bhzard, fiddle, BlcuntviUc, Tennessee
John Herrnmnn, boss, .Isheinlle, Svrth Carolina
Goni)> Hiiinm, banjo, Wmmnllc, North Cawlhia
Phil fainiion, 'guitar, Ashei'ille, North Carolina
John Lilly, mandolin, Charleston, Hist I'irginia
One of the great Southern string bands
today is Ralph Bhzard and the New
Southern Ramblers. Bhzard (b. 1918),
from Blounrville, Tennessee, is an
acknowledged master and one of the
great fiddlers playmg m the longbow
style. He received a National Heritage
Fellowship from the National
Endowment for the Arts m 2002.
STORYTELLING
Lloyd Arneach, Ashei'ille, North Carolina
Arneach is a member of the Eastern
Band of the Cherokee Tribe. His tales
include old stories of the Cherokee
and contemporary tales fk)m other
Indian tribes.
Botinie Collins, Fairmont, HesI l^irginia
CoUins, from Doddridge County, West
Virginia, is one of the states most
beloved storytellers. Recognized for her
humor, CoUins has been involved and
acted as a judge in the state's liar's
contest. She was awarded the lyyi
VandaUa Award, West Virginia's top
folkhfe award.
Orville Hicks, Boone, North Carolina
A member of the well-known Hicks
storyteUing family, Orville Hicks is one
of the fine tellers of "Jack Tales" and
carries on the tradition of such great
storytellers as Ray and Stanley Hicks.
Bil Lepp, South Charleston, H'est Virginia
Lepp is a side-splittingly fianny man. He
was the winner of the West Virginia
liar's contest so often that he was made
the emcee. Hear Bil's stories of his
adventures with his pal. Buck Dog.
Frank Proffitt
,
Jr .Todd ,
North Carolina
ProfEtt is a member of the storytelling
Hicks family and is known for his "Jack
Tales." His father Frank Proffitt was also
a well-known mountain musician and
the person from whom the song "Tom
Dooley" was first collected.
DANCE
Carcassonne Community Dancers
Jon Henrikson, Blackey, Kentucky
James Boggs, Big Laurel, Kentucky
Rachel Bogies, Big Laurel. Kentucky
Lorelta Henrikson, Blackey, Kentucky
Beverley Johnson, Amsterdam, New York
Dale Johnson, Amsterdam, New York
Ray Slone, fiddle, guitar, Hindman, Kentucky
Bobbie J.
HTiitaker, Cromona, Kentucky
Charles intitaker, Cromona, Kentucky
Charhe Whitaker, Blackey, Kentucky, caller
Joyce Wliitaker, Blackey, Kentucky
From Blackey, Kentucky, this group
includes members of the Carcassonne
Community Dance, one of the nation's
oldest community square dances. It
occurs twice a month in Letcher
County, Kentucky, at the old
schoolhouse in Carcassonne, and
residents still gather to dance a
traditional form of square dancing they
have preserved since settlement days.
The Green Grass doggers
Phil Jamison, Ashcville, North Carohna
Karen Bartlett, Asheville, North Carolina
Wanda Daindson, Suminanoa, North Carohna
Gordy Hinners, Weaverville, North Carolina
Carol Mallett, Asheville, North Carohna
Hunt Mallett, Asheville, North Carohna
Trhia Royar, Asheville, North Carolina
Rodney Sutton, Marshall, North Carohna
The Green Grass Cloggers were
formed in 1971 by North Carohna
college students. Based in AsheviUe,
North Carohna, they are known for
their high-stepping clogging style.
FOODWAYS TRADITIONS
Susan Bridges, Meadows of Dan, Virguiia
Bridges learned from older family and
friends which greens and other natural
sources of food to pick, mix, and eat.
She has practiced namral foraging and
has begun developing a business around
dried and camied food products, such as
wild strawberry jam and blue violet jelly.
Kim Carroll, Clintwood. Virginia
Carroll is a food product entrepreneur
who cans and sells vegetables such as
pickled beans, corn, and mixed pickles.
Her grandmother's recipe that she uses
for mixed pickles is said to be one of
the best in the country.
Linda Childress, Clintwood, Virginia
Childress is a food product
entrepreneur who is developing dry
mixes for biscuits and varieties of gravy.
She is also known for making anything
out of apples, including pies,
dumphngs, and apple butter.
Harvey Christie, Roimiey, West Virginia
Christie is a chef and owner/ operator
of Gourmet Central, a business that
markets fine jams and jeUies.
Lacey Griffey, Benham, Kentucky
Griffey prepares a big Sunday dinner
that includes fried chicken, cabbage,
greens, fruit cobblers, and pies.
She is
part of the African-American coal
mining community of the Benham-
Lynch area of Kentucky.
Gerald Hawkins, Knoxville, Tennessee
Greg Golden, Treadway, Tennessee
Hawkins prepares Mexican-style dishes,
inspired by his Mexican-American sonin-law.
He specializes in salsa that he
cans and sells. He will be assisted by
Greg Golden, chef and manager of
Clinch-Powell Community Kitchens.
Marie Junaluska, Cherokee, North Carolina
Junaluska is a member of the Eastern
Band of the Cherokee Tribe who
specializes in traditional cooking of that
commumry: chicken, greens (cabbage,
mustard, and turnip), breads (lye
dumplings, bean and corn bread), and
potatoes (fried, boiled, and stewed).
Bennie Massey, Lynch. Kentucky
A retired coal miner from the Benham-
Lynch-Cumberland region of
Kentucky, Massey is well known in his
community as an expert barbeque chef.
Fred McClellan, Abingdon, Virginia
McCleUan was a tobacco farmerturned-shiitake
mushroom-grower for
chefs around Abingdon restaurants.
He also has 20 years of food service
background operating his HiUbiUy
Food Store business, specializing in
mountain staples such as chicken,
catfish, taters, breakfast biscuits, potato
salad, beans, and hotdog chiL.