The American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress presents Traditional Ethnic and Regional Music and Dance that’s “Homegrown” in Communities across the U.S. AN ACQUISITIONS & PRESENTATION PROJECT Flatpick Guitar and Fiddle Music from Kanawha County, West Virginia Thursday August 16, 2012 FREE AND OPEN 12 NOON -1 PM Coolidge Auditorium TO THE PUBLIC Ground Floor, Thomas Jefferson Building Metro Stop: Library of Congress Capitol South, located one block 10 First Street, SE, south of the Washington, DC Jefferson Building Cosponsored with the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage Request ADA accommodations five days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or
[email protected] For more information contact Thea Austen 202-707-1743 Flatpick Guitar and Fiddle Music from Kanawha County, West Virginia Kanawha Tradition dances. Clark’s music was highly desired by square dancers, and his Great traditional musicians leave a legacy of music attributed to early recordings included square dance calls by Ernest Legg. Bobby them, stories about them, and most important, a group of active Taylor, a state champion fiddler, carries on the square dance tradition younger musicians who carry their music forward. Historically, and regularly plays for three dances a month. After Clark had a traditional music was only passed from one person to another; the stroke that crippled his left side, Bobby would visit Clark and note only proven way of maintaining the tradition. However the music the fiddle while Clark operated the bow. In the process, Bobby does change in minor ways from one generation to the next rather experienced his “down-bow” style.