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SUMMARY:Black Banjo Gathering
DESCRIPTION:From March 23 to March 28, banjoists, scholars, old time, 
 traditional jazz, and blues musicians will hold a Black Banjo Gatherin
 g Reunion at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Co
 ncerts, workshops, jams, panel discussions, dancing, lectures and frol
 ics will commemorate the historic 2005 Black Banjo Gathering that gath
 ered hundreds at the same site in April 2005.\nThe Reunion will featur
 e lectures, workshops, concerts panels, films, outreach sessions to Ap
 palachian State students and to the surrounding communities. Participa
 nts already secured include Tony Thomas, Cece Conway, Mark Freed, Rhia
 nnon Giddens, Don Vappie, the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Cheick Hamala 
 Diabate, Corey Harris, the Ebony Hillbillies, Otis Taylor, Jerron Paxt
 on, Joan Dickerson, Hubby Jenkins, John Cohen, Alice Gerard, Clarke Bu
 ehling, James Leva, Riley Baugus, Pete Ross, Andy Cohen, Art Rosenbaum
 , Greg Adams, Rick Ward, Gail Gillespie, the Dust Busters, Mebanairs, 
 George Gibson, Rich Kirby, Doug Dorschug, Rusty Blanton, Tom Hansell, 
 Dr. Laurent Dubois, Dr. Afi-Odelia Scruggs, Paul Sedgwick, Jim Lloyd, 
 Trevor McKenzie, and Steve Kruger. Also planning to come on Friday is 
 the last family tradition Black fiddler, Mebane, North Carolina's Joe 
 Thompson a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow who provide
 d so much inspiration, wisdom, and good singing and music at the 2005 
 Gathering.\n\nFor more information visit https://minstrelbanjo.ning.co
 m/events/black-banjo-gathering
DTSTART;TZID=America/Atikokan:20100323T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Atikokan:20100328T190000
CATEGORIES:gathering
LOCATION:Various locations at Appalachian State University
WEBSITE:http://english.appstate.edu/index.php?module=pagesmith&uop=vie
 w_page&id=154
URL:http://english.appstate.edu/index.php?module=pagesmith&uop=view_pa
 ge&id=154
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Cece Conway
ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Greg Ada
 ms":https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/GregAdams
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Lucas Bo
 wman":https://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/LucasBowman
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