Charlie Poole Music Festival

~~Piedmont Folk Legacies~~Who We AreThe Charlie Poole Music Festival, now in its 13th year, is a project of Piedmont Folk Legacies, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and preserve the musical and cultural legacy of the Piedmont region and to celebrate its influence on the development of American vernacular music, as exemplified by Charlie Poole. The festival is held each year on the second weekend of June in Eden, North Carolina, home and final resting place of Poole. Fans come from far and wide to celebrate the special contribution that Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers made to American music.Also a project of Piedmont Folk Legacies is the National Banjo Initiative, a new endeavor whose principal goal is the establishment of a National Banjo Museum and Learning Center. Proposed facets of this center would include permanent and changing exhibits, an archival repository for banjos and related materials and documents, classroom space for workshops and music instruction, a performance theater, and recording studio. A feasibility study grant was recently awarded PFL from the North Carolina Arts Council to begin work on this important project. ************************* Piedmont Folk Legacies, Inc. Board of Directors -- ***** Louise W. Price, Presiden** Hank Sapoznik, Vice-President** Marianne S. Aiken, Treasurer** Melissa Whitten, Secretary** Jennifer Griffin, Corresponding Secretary** Cindy Adams** Joe Mead** Christopher King** Dan Peck** Bill Kornrich** Jonathan Romeo** Shelly Balbir** ~~Bio's listed under Heros section (not that we're Heros)~~*******found this plain layout at HOT FreeLayouts.com :: MyHotComments