North Carolina Folk Heritage Award
- North Carolina Folk Heritage Award
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The North Carolina Folk Heritage Award is an annual award given out by the North Carolina Arts Council in recognition of traditional artists from the U.S. state of North Carolina. The award was created in 1989. The program was suspended in 2008 due to budget problems. [1]
Recipients
1989
1990
- The Badget Sisters, gospel singers
- Walker Calhoun, Cherokee musician and dancer
- Benton Flippen (b. 1920), fiddler
1991
Quay Smathers
1992
- Algia Mae Hinton, blues guitarist and buck dancer
- A. C. Overton, old-time banjo player
1993
- Bea Hensley, blacksmith
- George Higgs, blues musician
- Mary Jane Queen, ballad singer
1994
1995
- Jim Shumate, bluegrass fiddler
1996
- Dock Rmah, Jarai traditional musician
1998
- Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith (b. 1921), country musician
2000
- Amanda Crowe (1928-2004), Cherokee wood carver
- Marvin Gaster, old-time banjo player
- Bobby McMillion, singer, musician, and storyteller
References
See also
Categories:
- North Carolina culture
- Awards established in 1989
- Arts awards
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