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Yonder Mountain String Band
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- Roger Gupta
Yonder Mountain String Band
Yonder Mountain String Band performs at the twelfth annual FloydFest music festival, held July 25-28, 2013. The festival was presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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Yonder Mountain String Band
- Creator
- Roger Gupta
Yonder Mountain String Band
Yonder Mountain String Band performs at the twelfth annual FloydFest music festival, held July 25-28, 2013. The festival was presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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Visiting Nelson County: Deb McKenna's Childhood Summers
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- Kinsey, Ashley
- McKenna, Deb
Visiting Nelson County: Deb McKenna's Childhood Summers
In this project, Ashley Kinsey interviewed her co-worker Deb McKenna in Blacksburg, Virginia. Ms. McKenna talked about her life on a sheepfarm, about growing up in Appalachia, and described her grandparent’s life in Appalachia in the early 1900s. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.- Creator
- Kinsey, Ashley
- McKenna, Deb
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The New River Valley: A Local History
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- LaPrade, Taylor
- Bobbitt, Gary
- Cox, Ricky
The New River Valley: A Local History
In this project, Taylor LaPrade interviewed Gary Bobbitt, a retired high school science teacher from Riner, Virginia. The interview was conducted in Mr. Bobbitt’s home in Riner and covered, among other topics, snakes and local history. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.- Creator
- LaPrade, Taylor
- Bobbitt, Gary
- Cox, Ricky
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Swimming in the Branch: The Memoirs of Christine Wheeling Akers
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- Akers, Christine
- Akers, Danielle
Swimming in the Branch: The Memoirs of Christine Wheeling Akers
In this project, Danielle Akers interviewed her grandmother Christine Akers, who was born February 2, 1941 in Fagg, Virginia. The interview was conducted in Shawsville, Virginia and covered, among other topics, music, religion, musical instruments, local history, family, and food.
Among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.- Creator
- Akers, Christine
- Akers, Danielle
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Spirit Family Reunion
- Creator
- Roger Gupta
Spirit Family Reunion
Dylan Block-Harley, drummer for the band Spirit Family Reunion perfroming at the twelfth annual FloydFest music festival, held July 25-28, 2013. The festival was presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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Spirit Family Reunion
- Creator
- Roger Gupta
Spirit Family Reunion
Maggie Carson (banjo and vocals), Nick Panken (guitar and vocals), and Noah Block-Harley (fiddle and vocals) of the band Spirit Family Reunion perform at the twelfth annual FloydFest music festival, held July 25-28, 2013. The festival was presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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Spirit Family Reunion
- Creator
- Roger Gupta
Spirit Family Reunion
Maggie Carson (banjo and vocals), Nick Panken (guitar and vocals), and Noah Block-Harley (fiddle and vocals) of the band Spirit Family Reunion perform at the twelfth annual FloydFest music festival, held July 25-28, 2013. The festival was presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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Silent Disco
- Creator
- Roger Gupta
Silent Disco
FloydFest provides many activities in addition to music on various stages. One such activity is the Silent Disco, where participants wear headphones and hear various music while they perform dance moves. Onlookers do not hear the music and can only see the danc moves so this provides fun for participants and onlookers alike. FloydFest is a music festival presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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Rising Appalachia
- Creator
- Roger Gupta
Rising Appalachia
Rising Appalachia perfroming at the twelfth annual FloydFest music festival, held July 25-28, 2013. Rising Appalachia plays a variety of world music and often feature banjo and fiddle as well as other folk instruments from cultures around the world. The festival was presented by Across The Way Productions, a management company based in Floyd, Virginia specializing in creating and producing live music events. Among other things, they produce FloydFest, Floyd Fandango and various area concerts.- Creator
- Roger Gupta
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