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Lea Berry, 89, Air.ong Few ,
Baskelnakers In North Carolina
Leon Berry, at age 89, is one of the few baiketmaken till
practicing hit trade in North Carolina. He weaves his baskets
with long thin strips of wood, called splits, worked from a young
white oak tree, and makes the large utilitarian baskets once
common In rural areas across the state. They were used for a
variety of purposes, from transporting newly picked cotton to
holding feed for livestock to catching fish. This diversity of uses
once made oak-split baskets standard items on the farm, and it
was not unusual for an agrarian community to have at least one
person skilled in the trade. With the mechanization of the farming
process, however, and the availability of cheap, mass-produced
baskets, basketmaking as a trade is rapidly disappearing, following
in the footsteps of hand-hewn furniture and the mule-drawn
plow.
Mr. Berry was about 14 years old when he first started
making baskets - a skill he learned from his father. A farmer
by vocation, he continues to supplement his farm income through
his basket sales.
Things you vftay want to know about the
N.C. Bicentenniqf'fdl
July 3, 4, 5 End River Park, Durham
Hours
I0o.m.-V p.m., July 3 & 5
I p.m. -9 p.m., July 4
(Crafts & Trades .demonstrations. Mountain ond
Piedmont Stage performances, food concessions
and Children's Area will operate until 5:30 p.m. and
Main Stage performances will continue until 8:30
p.m.)
Tokens
Wooden nickel tokens cover admission, parking
and shuttlebus for all three days. Children under 10
will be admitted free. The tokens will be available
for $1 at all parking lot bus stops and ot the Festival
entronce.
Shuttlebus
Shuttlebuses will run continually from the parking
lots to the site and back, along the routes indicated
on the mop. To return to your car. boord any bos
color-keyed to your lot's location.
RED-
Northgat Shopping Cantor
County Stadium
Foirf iid Street Meodow
WHITE
Fairfield Straet Maodow
BLUE
K-Mort
Ganarol TalapKona
Liggett Group Headquarters
Fairfield S tract Maodow
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Parking
There will he no parking at ihe Festival site itself
Off-site parking will be available at the kxratioos
indicated above.
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SATURDAY. JULY 3
Time
10:00
10:15
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:00
12:15
12:30
12:45
1:00
1:15
1:30
1:45
2:00
2:15
2:30
2:45
3:00
3:15
3:30
3:45
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
5.00
5:15
5:30
5:45
5:00
6:15
MAIN Stage
Fiald Hollaring
Old Time Country Music ft
Humor: The Hired Hands
Dulcimers-Strummed.
Picked & Hammered
Fiddlin' Around A Survey
of Fiddle Stylet: Earnest
East, Hash House Harvey
Ellington, Benton Flippen.
Tommy Jarrell, Al McCan
less. Pappy Sherrill
Hammered Dulcimer: Virgil
Craven & the Band
Keeping Time - Folk
Rhythms
Low & Lonesome -Singing
the Blues in N.C: James
Borders. Willie Brooks, Tom
Burke, Elizabeth Cotten,
Guitar Slim, others
Bluegrass Experience:
Green Grass Cloggers
Women in Folk Music: Orna
Ball, Elizabeth Cotten. Ola
Belle Reed. Lula Watson
Music From the Old
Country -Greek Bazouki
Corn Shuck ings, Barn
Raisings, Crop Workings ft
Other Occasions for Square
Dancing - Discussion &
Square Dance
MOUNTAIN Stage
Mountain Harmonica &
Jew's Harp
Mountain Gospel ft
Folksongs: E C & Orna Boll
Fa, So. La -The Shape
Note Hymn Tradition
Old Time ft Country Music:
Ola Belle Reed
Story Swap: Ray Hicks ft
Stanley Hicks
Old Time String Band
Music: Pine Ridge Boys
Old Time String Band
Music: Smokey Valley Boys
Mountain String Music:
8 yard Ray
Buck dancing. Clogging &
Square Dancing
Music From Old Country
Rappin' the Banjer - Banjo
Styles from Clawhammer to
3 Fingered Picking: Fred
Cockerham. Dink Roliens.
Gilrrer Woodruff, Frank
Pfoffitt, Jr., Tommy Jarrell
Elizabeth Cotten, others
MOUNTAIN
Demonstrations
Cherokee
Basket Weaving
Instrument
Making
Quilting
Wood carving
Moonshinmg
Stone Masonry
Apple Butter
Making
Cider Press
Carding &
Spinning
Weaving
Natural Dying
Hooked Rug
Making
Cornshuck Crafts
PIEDMONT Stage
Old Time String Band Musk
Pine Ridye Boys
Gospel Accordien
Carolina Swing: Hash House
Harvey Ellington
One-Man Band Blues
Old Time Gospel Quartette
Bull City Bluet-A Survey
of Black Secular Music in
Durham: Tom Burke. Olell
Johnson, Arthur Lyons.
Otha Lyons, others
Coastal Ballads & Stories:
Grayden & Mary Paul
Folksongs & Blues:
Elizabeth Cotien
Music From the Old
Country -Dutch
Old Time Fiddle & Banjo:
Tommy Jariell
Music From the Old
Country -Italian
Music From the Old
Country -Greek Bazouki
Step It Up & Go -Blues
Guitar & Piano
Bluegrats Experience
"Holy Blues"
The Wonders of Snake Oil
Adventures on the Medicine
Show Circuit . Hash House
Harvey Ellington, Guitar
Slim. The Hired Hands. Bill
Thompson
PIEDMONT
Demonstrations
Molasses Making
Pottery Making
Basket Weaving
Soap Making
Tobacco
Tying & Twisting
Sheap Shearing
Quilting
Horse Trading
Story Telling
Catawba Indian
Pottery Making
Corn Shuck
Chair Bottoming
Milking
COASTAL
Demonstrations
Ouilting
Fish Filet ing
Dug-out Canoe
Making
Boatbuilding
Net Making
Tatting
Shrimping
Oyster Tonging
CHILDREN'S AREA
Pavilion Outdoors
Tee Shirt Tie f
uying r-eiwY Z '
Phelps, brine) I s
your own shir t j S 6
or buy one lor
SI 00
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Hollering Contest , q
Dance & Things
Creative Move
mem lor Kids
Dante Asviciaies
Story Swap Ray
& Sianley Hicks
Sing Along
Junny Knoop
James Bnidei s
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Pappy
Sherrill.
Snuffy
Jenkins.
Greasy
Medlin
English
Country
Dancing
Pele Blake C
Children's
Clogging
Piedmont
Fool
SiomH.r,
Story
Telling
Nancy
Scon
IE
OM Times
Games &
Contests
Paul
Knmmel
FOOO
Oarwantl'alMM
Cooftmej
Greet Cooking
Oulch
Soup ft Pateiiet
Cannula,
Vietnamese
Cooking
Veatl Bread
Seuar Kraut
Italian Cooking
Vi
Cooking
Yeast Bread
Armenian Cook mm
Italian Cooking
Home mane Pies
Butter Making
Scottish
Snortbread
Clam Chowder
Biscuits, Zonkers,
Steamed Caboaae
Goat Cheese
Pickled Beats
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FOOD CONCESSIONS
FOOD FROM
Barbecu Pork & Chicken Chatham County
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Barbacue & Stew
FhjhFry
. . . . . . . . . . . .. . Friad Chicken &
Hush Puppiat
Ham Bitcuitt
Indian Dishes
Dutch Pattriet
Potato Latkat
Cidar & Paanuti
Taeos ft Empanadas
Souvlaki
Egg Rolls
Lenoir County
Wake County
.. Catwall County
Durham County
Durham County
Robeson &
Other Counties
Beaufort County
Durham County
Durham County
Durham, Wake &
Orange Counties
Wake County
Durham County
SPONSOR
Johnnie & Willie Mae Williams
Alex & Clara Berwick (B & S Cafe)
Mohammad's Mosque
Jim,Harrii Fatboy VBestaurant) .
Hubert Parker (Parker's Restaurant)
Eno River Association
Maxton Indian Community
Terra Ceia Christian Reformed Church
Hadassah
Durham Jaycettes
Associcion Cultural Hispano-Americana
"Mr.& Mrs." Club
Mrs. K.C. Hung (China Inn)
CONTESTS
Contests will be open for public participation on Saturday, July 3 from 1 -6 p.m. Entries
are limited. Register at the Information Booth early Saturday and Sunday for the
following contests:
Horseshoe Tournament Indian Leg Wrestling
Sack Race . Ar,m Wrestling
3 Legged Race Tug o! War (teams of ten people)
Watermelon Eating Human Rooster Fight
Separate children's contests (10 years and under) will be held in the Children's Area.
Winners of all contests will be credited in the Durham Herald newspaper.
Farm crops and plowing demonstrations are located to your right inside the main entrance.
Plowing will be every 2 hours beginning at 1 1 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m.
A stump has been set up for speeches, ranting, raving, monologues, diatribes, sermons,
spontaneous story telling, etc. across the creek from the Children's Area. The public is
encouraged to participate.
There will be horse trading and log-pulling in this area. Logging times: 10:30 a.m.. Noon.
1:30 p.m., J p.m., i:jup.m.
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SUNDAY, JULY 4
Time MAIN Stage MOUNTAIN Stage
1 .00 Mountain Gospel & Fa, So, La - The Shape
Folksongs: E C. & Orna Ball Note Hymn Tradition
1 : 15
1 30 Piedmont Gospel Music Mountain String Music:
. ., Byant Ray
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2:00 Old Time String Band Old Time Country Music:
T7T Music: Pine Ridge Boys Scotly 8r Lula Belle Wiseman
2:15
2:30 Coastal Ballads & Stories: 0 Id Timey to Bluegrass -
Tr Grayden & Mary Paul String Band Music in
:5 Transition: Ola Belle Reed.
3:00 Folksongs & Bluet: Red Clay Ramblers. Pine
Tl Elizabeth Cotten Ridiie Buys, others
3:15
3:30 Boogie Piano: Guitai Slim Old Timey String Band
Music: Smokey Valley Boys
3:45
4:00 Old-Time ft Country Down in the Willow
- Music: Ola Belle Reed Garden - Ballads and Old
4-15 , Timey Songs trom Madison
4:30 Old-Time Music Revival: County
4.45 Red Clay Ramblers String Music with Swing:
rr ZT. Z Smatheis Family Band
S 00 The Medicine Show: Hash '
House Harvey Ellington, MuJC F,om ow CouIrtry
-' Guitar Slim. The Hired
5:30 Hands. Guitar Bill, others Dulcimers -Strummed,
Picked & Hammered
5:45 .
g 00 Mountain Harmonica ft
Jew's Harp
6:15
6:30 Festival Concert to 8:30
MOUNTAIN
Demonstrations
Cherokee
Basket Weaving
Instrument
Making
Quilting
Wood carving
Moonshinmg
Stone Masonry
Apple Butter
Making
Cider Press
Carding ft
Spinning
Weaving
Natural Dying
Hooked Rug
Making
Cornshuck Crafts
PIEDMONT Stage
Rappin' the Banjer -Banjo
Stylet from Clawhammer to
3 Fingered Picking: Fred
Cockerham. Dink Roberts.
Snuffy Jenkins, oihers
Music From the Old
Country - Italian
Hammered Dulcimer: Vnil
Ciaven & the Baivl
Modern Gospel Quartette:
The Gulden Echoes
Music From the Old
Country - Greek Bazouki
Band: Kombo Ellas
Careless Love - Piedmont
Blues: Willie Brooks, others
Hollering from Sampson Co
Coastal Ballads ft Stories:
Frank W.nnci
Blues and Pre Blues on the
Banjo: Dink Robeits
Gospel Accordian
PIEDMONT
Demonstrations
COASTAL
Demonstrations
Molasses Making Quilting
Pottery Making Fish Fileting
Basket Weaving Dug out Canoe
Mak ing
Soap Making
Boatbuilding
Tobacco
Tying ft Twisting Net Making
Sheap Shearing Tatting
Quilting Shrimping
Horse Trading Oyster Tonging
Story Telling
Catawba Indian
Pottery Making
Corn Shuck
Chair Bottoming
Milking
CHILDREN'S AREA
Pavilion Outdoors
Singlong
Creative Move
mentDrama
Jane Welfuid
Ola Belle Reed
"Free To Be . . .
You and Me"
play ilnecieil by
J.imtr & Ch.i' li-nr
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Old Time
Games ft
Contests
P.,ui
Ktimnu-I
Sing Along
Ji'nny
K rump
FOOO
Demonslrtions
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Biscuits
Armenian Cook indl
C nning ;
Clam ChowrtM
Greek Cooking
Butter M-king
Cannaig '
Italian Cooking
Greek Cooking
Goal Cheat
Veatl Breae)
Italian Cooking
Sauer Kraal
Goat Cheat
Yeatt Bread
PUTTING IT TOGETHER - The above group of photographs
illustrates the stages In basketweaving. Leon Berry, at age 89,
is one of the few remaining basketmakers in North Carolina.
(Photos courtesy of North Carolina Bicentennial Folklife
Festival)
' ' '
James Earl Jones has been signed to star with Marty
Feldman, Ann Margaret and Michael York in "The Last
Remake of Beau Geste," which will be filmed on location .
in Ireland and Spain. . ; v
B00KN0TES: James Bladwin is out on Dial with
"The Devil Finds Work," a tough compilation of film
criticism. . . John A. , Williams' latest is "The Junior
Bachelor Society," from Doubleday, focusing on the
reunion of a small group of black men, now in their late
40-in the Midwestern city where they grew up.
Time MAIN Stage
10 00 Mountain String Mutic:
lT Bvar"Rilv
10:30 Old Time String Mutic
, From Surry Co.
10:45
1 1 :00 Carolina Folksongs ft
Bluet: Eluabeth Cotten
1 1 : 15
11:30 Hammered Dulcimer: Viiiil
Tir c,av8n
12:00 "Holy Bluet"
12:15 Field Hollering
12:30
12:46 ,
1:00 Step It Up ft Go-Blues
7Z Guitar ft Piano: Guit.u Slim
1 : 15 t
1:30 Old Time Fiddle ft Banio:
, Tommy Jarrell
1 :4o - , .
2:00 Music From the Old
r7" Country -Greek Bazouki
Z:1S Band: Kombu Ellas
2:30
2:45
3:00 Old Time Fiddlers Contest
3:15
3:30 41
3 45
4:00
4:15
4:30
4:45
5 00
615
6:30 .
6:30 Festival Concert to 8:30
MONDAY. JULY 5
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MOUNTAIN Stage
String Music With Swing:
Sm.iihiMs Family Baml
Mountain Gospel ft
Folksongs: E C & Una Hall
Fiddlin' Around - A Survey
of Fiddle Styles:, E.mwsi
East. H.iivey EllimiH'ii. Al
McC.inless. lummy J HI.
By.iril Ray. iilitis
Mountain Folksongs: Fi.mk
Pi of fill . Ji
Making A Joyful Noise -Sacred
Songs: E C ft Oina
Ball. Frank Piiillill. Ji .. Ola
Bolle Rntil. iitheis
Mountain String Music:
Hyairl R.iy
Legend of Tom Dooltty
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W.iirin
Harmonica ft Jew's Harp
Spirituals ft Gospel Mai hn
I .unity
Story Swap Kay Hit k s ft
St.mll'V links
Down in the Willow
Garden - Appalachian
Ballads
Dulcimers - Hammered ft
Strummed V'i;il Ci.ivih
Music From Old Country
MOUNTAIN
Demonstrations
Cherokee
Basket Weaving
Instrument
Making
Ouilting
Woodcaiving
Moonshinmg
Stone Masonry
Apple Butler
Mak ing
Cider Press
Carding ft
Stunning
Weaving
Natural Dying
Hooked Rug
Mak ing
Cornshuck C'atls
PIEDMONT Stage
Bluegrass Enerieiice
Music From the Old
Countiy Italian
Coastal Ballads ft Stories
(iiayili-n (4 M.i'V Paul
Mama Let Me Lay It On
Ya Elecluc Carolina Blues
Carolina Swing I l.i-.li H.'usc
H.avrv ( llinlnn
New Hope Singing Con
Old Time Gospel OuaitiM
Field Holleimg
Blueyiass EkM)imiici!
Old TimnMusw Revival
Hiil Clay Hi'mv.iI'.
Tickling tin Ivoims ttmi.ii
Slim I i ii lt.au..,v . : li.'i -
Hamnieted Diilcnmi Va
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Low ft LoiiHMinM! SiiN'ny
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Ballads ft Folksongs liom
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Keeping Tune Folk
Rhythms Smi't v J "
Baii0 Blues Dink ItoU'iis
Stuae Dance
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PIEDMONT
Demonstrations
Molasses M.ikiinj
Pottery M.iking
Baski-t Weaving
Soai Making
Totiacco
T ying ft Twist him
Sheap Shraiinq
Ouiltini.
Hoise Ti.kIiiim
Stin v Tr-Uiiii-
Calawli.i IimImii
PoiIihv Makiixi
Coin Shuck
Chan Boltomuiii
Chan Making
COASTAL
Oemonstiations
Oinltiny
Fish Fiteting
Dug out Canoe
Mak rng
Bualbiiildinij
Nnt M.lkiiH
T at 1 1 ni
Shr inipiriii
Oystei Tonging
CHILDREN'S AREA
Pavilion Outflows
Doll Making
Woiksliop
Clothespin ft
R.) Dolls in-1 -I
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One Man Band
Dance ft Thimis
Creativi' Movi"
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Vietnamese
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Veatl B'ad
Canning
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Goal Cheat
Scottish
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