FIFTY-SECOND NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL

PRODUCED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE TRADITIONAL ARTS, JOHNSTOWN AREA HERITAGE ASSOCIATION, CITY OF JOHNSTOWN, AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. 'f DEARFRIENDS: -1-----�¥e.te0me t:oti'l�REI -NawR-a-1-Fe-HrFest-iva-l. -J:ii· fes·H-va-1-i-s-ar>f>ea· r-+ftg-f-e>-· t-h fi-rs-t-Hme-rn1-:tcmn-stc)Wlr,-----t+---,,---1 A common theme running through the lyrics of a recent popular song proclaimed, "love in any language, Pennsylvania, but its heart has long been connected to the values and heritage reflected in this town. fluently spoken here." During the days and nights of the 1990 National Folk Festival in Johnstown, that's As the first multi-ethnicfestival, the first National and all its successors have been well acquainted exactly what you'll hear, because here in Johnstown and throughout Pennsylvania, we have retained a vi­ with the diversity of expressions of culture among the members of communities. Johnstown, with its brant love for the rich legacy of traditions we have inherited from hundreds of diverse national cultures. stunning array of ethnic groups, offers fertile ground for the harvesting of music and dance that have We are intensely proud of our multiethnic heritage and delight in this opportunity to showcase and been kept alive by succeeding generations. The men and women who came here to work brought share those unique gifts with visitors from across the country and, indeed, from around the world. with them the culture of lands from all over the world, and their children now have the opportunity to Founded by German settlers in the early 1800s, Johnstown soon became home to thousands of immi­ share their music, dance, crafts, and foodways with their neighbors and with neighbors from around grants from all parts of the globe. The city is a wonderful kaleidoscope of culture that remains an inte­ the country. gral part of the community today. To all of you who are enjoying the National Folk Festival for the first time, I offer this advice: keep It is, in fact, the strong faith, family values and sense of community first planted by our immigrant an­ your eyes and ears wide open, absorb the echoes of the past and the hope for the future, and, above cestors that have enabled this city to weather many economic and natural storms over the years. The all, be prepared to have fun. Great Johnstown Flood of 1889 and the two major ones that followedjn this century, and the decline of the coal and steel industries over the past three decades challenged the hearty people of Johnstown. Joe Wilson But, firmly rooted in their ethnic values, they did more than survive, they prevailed. Executive Director As Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth, as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Heritage Affairs National Council for the Traditional Arts Commission, and-especially-as a Johnstown native and the proud grandson of Slavic immigrants, I take special pleasure in welcoming you to our city and state and the 1990 National Folk Festival. I hope you will take full advantage of the many displays of outstanding folk arts and crafts and e joy the talents and enthusiasm of the numerous traditional arts performers who will be sharing their unique cultures with us. The 1990 National Folk Festival in Johnstown gives all of us a wonderful opportunity to learn from each other and to more fully appreciate the special multi-ethniclegacy that is incomparably American. ,1 In the end, I know you also will come to appreciate, as I do,the uncommon spirit of the uncommon people who first made Johnstown the community of family and friends we share with you today. Thank you for joining us in this special celebration, and know that you are always welcome.

With best wishes,

Mark S. Singe! Lieutenant Governor Commonwealth of Pennsylvania •·----JJ1J.e}e(:)ffle...... "i' �, Message from the Lieutenant Governor ...... 5 AUGUST 31 SEPTEMBER 1 PARADES, CRAFTS, Schedule: Friday, August 31 ...... 7 Schedule: Saturday, September 1 ...... : ...... 7 �- DANCESTAGE DANCESTAGE MAINSTAGE TEN ACRE STAGE RIYERSTAGE AND FOODWAYS Schedule: Sunday, September 2 ...... 8 12:30 PM 12:30 PM 12:30PM 12:30 PM 11:00 AM SlovenianPolka Pals Afro-CubanMusic Cherokee Baptist Lithuanian Folk Song NATIONAL Performers Otonowa Choir Quartet HERITAGEPARADE on Broad Street Liz Carroll, Billy McComiskey, Daithi Sproule ...... 9 1:15PM John Cephas and Phil Wiggins ...... 9 Missouri Ozark Music 12:00 TO 5:00 PM The Cherokee Indian Baptist Choir ...... 10 1:30PM 1:30PM 1:30PM Graves Family CRAFT Workshop Polish Heritage Choir DEMONSTRATIONS Continental Gypsy Strings ...... 10 Music Holmes Brothers; on Chestnut Street Preston Frank and the Zydeco Family Band ...... 11 Preston Frank & the "Bowling Green" John Zydeco Family Band Cephas & "Harmonica"; 2:00 PM 1 :00, 2:00, 3;00, The Graves Family ...... 11 Phil Wiggins; and Missouri Stringband 4:00 PM The Holmes Brothers ...... 12 Mqses Rascoe Music FOODWAYS Bud Hundenski and the Corsairs ...... 12 Missouri Fiddlers DEMONSTRATIONS 2:30 PM 2:30 PM 2:30 PM beside St. Emerich's Flory Jagoda ...... 12 Country Blues Voices of the Soviet TamburitzaMusic Church on Chestnut The Lithuanian Folksong Quartet ...... 13 Moses Rascoe Union Radost Orchestra Street 2:45PM The Missouri Fiddlers ...... 13 LadinoMusic Otonawa ...... 14 3:00 PM Flory Jagoda Classic Tap Dancing The Polish Heritage Choir ...... 15 taVaughn Robinson The Radost Orchestra ...... 15 Moses Rascoe ...... : ...... 15 3:30 PM 3:30 PM 3:30 PM Traditional IrishMusic Rhythm & Blues Music Missouri OzarkMusic LaVaughn Robinson ...... 16 Liz Carroll, Billy Holmes Brothers Graves Family The Slovenian Pals ...... 16 McComiskey & Daithi Sproule 4:15PM Voices of the Soviet Union ...... 17 Continental Gypsy Mtiebi Choir ...... 17 4:30 PM 4:30 PM 4:30PM Strings Muzhiteno Choir ...... 1 7 CountryBlues Piedmont Blues Polish PolkaMusic Moses Rascoe "Bowling Green" John Bud Hundenski & the Nerekhski Horn Ensemble ...... 1 7 Cephas & "Harmonica" Corsairs Oleg Ochurovich Kuular ...... 1 7 5:00 PM Phil Wiggins 5:00 PM Classic Tap Dancing Workshop LaVaughn Robinson Liz Carroll, Carlton Crafts Demonstrators Frank, Lyman Enloe, Myer Adler ...... 18 5:30 PM 5:30 PM and Charlie Walden DANCE PARTY DANCE PARTY Bun Em ...... 18 SlovenianPolka Pals Louisiana Zydeco ' Anna Rose Fullerton ...... 18 Music I' Preston Frank and the Maryann Golden ...... 19 Zydeco Family Band Pete Holubz Jr...... 19 Pedro Lara ...... 19 6:45PM 6:45 PM PARADE PARADE Paul Pipta ...... 20 Afro-CubanMusic Otonowa Sigrid Piroch ...... 20 Otonawa Gino Russo ...... 20 7:00 PM 7:00 PM Norma Thomas ...... 20 EVENING CONCERT EVENING CONCERT Frank Valentich ...... 21 AT THE MAIN ST AGE Voices of the The Missouri Fiddlers, Soviet Union; La Vaughn Robinson, Liz Carroll, Billy The Organizers ...... 21 Moses Rascoe, McComiskey & Holmes Brothers, Daithi Sproule; Acknowledgements ...... 22 Radost Orchestra, and "Bowling Green" John the Cherokee Baptist Cephas & "Harmonica" Choir Phil Wiggins; and Preston Frank & the Zydeco Family Band