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In 1963 the guild, in cooperation with local civic organizations and education advocate Bessie Moore, organized the first Arkansas Folk Festival which attracted approximately 15,000 people. The festival became an annual event and within a few years was attracting almost 100,000 people to Mountain View.
The Ozark Folk Center plays host to several events throughout the year, including live concerts by well-known artist such as the Old Crow Medicine Show and Del McCoury, the Arkansas State Fiddle Championships, and workshops teaching banjo, dulcimer, and other folk crafts.
Ozark Folk Center: Mountain View: Arkansas: Living: State park with traditional crafts and music Columbia State Historic Park: Columbia: California: Living: Mid-to-late 19th-century Gold Rush town Empire Mine State Historic Park: Grass Valley: California: Living: Late 19th-century living history tours, gold mine complex Heritage Square Museum ...
Ozark Folk Center: Stone: 637 acres (258 ha) 1973: None: Located near Mountain View, Arkansas, it preserves the music, culture, and traditions of the Ozark Mountains. Hosts special concerts and regular folk music performances. Parkin Mounds: Cross: 107 acres (43 ha) 1994: St. Francis River: Petit Jean: Conway: 3,471 acres (1405 ha) 1923: Lake ...
Ozark Depot Museum: Ozark: Franklin [19] Arkansas River Valley Region Local history Local history and railroad memorabilia Ozark Folk Center: Mountain View: Stone: The Ozarks Living history: Ozark cultural heritage and tradition, music, crafts Ozark Heritage Arts Center Leslie: Searcy: The Ozarks Multiple Art gallery, oral histories, music and ...
Stone County is located in the Ozark Mountains in the U.S. state of Arkansas.The county is named for the rugged, rocky area terrain of the Ozarks. Created as Arkansas's 74th county on April 21, 1873, Stone County has two incorporated cities: Mountain View, the county seat and most populous city, and Fifty-Six.
Levenson has taught music at John C. Campbell Folk School, Mars Hill University, Maryland Banjo Academy, Ozark Folk Center, Banjo Camp North and the Rolland Fiddle Camp. Out of a strong desire to introduce the banjo to absolute beginners, he traveled throughout the United States, England, Ireland, Israel and Brazil [ 8 ] leading training ...
Max Franklin Hunter [1] (July 2, 1921 – November 6, 1999) was an American folklorist who, while working as a travelling salesman, compiled an archive of nearly 1,600 folk songs from the Ozarks region of the southern United States between 1956 and 1976.