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day night,January 18,1973 at
the home of Miss Lydia Deyton.
■ The outgoing president,
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CK I1 * Moliqtaiq Heritage
is Wortty Saving
Help Us Preserve it by Entering
I APPALACHIAN
1 ESPO
Mops tfyaq $1,500 iq Gas!} prises
Here’s Expo’s About
The Appalachian Consortium, along with groups in your
community, is sponsoring the first annual Appalachian Art
— Exposition, a competition which we hope will help people
AT preserve and appreciate the heritage of our mountain cul-
Yt ture. We want to preserve the best of our past before it's
lost forever.
Your Entry-
<0 A Vote to SaVe tbe Past
Enter the Appalachian Expo in any of the categories below.
Your entry can be anything that shows your feeling about
wT our Appalachian culture. Everyone can enter. There are am
ateur and professional divisions for children and adults.
Visaal
Crayon drawings Photography
Sketches (prints, slides, movies)
Paintings Wood Carving
»Sculpture Decoupage
Collages Handcrafts, etc.
Writteq Art Perforiqiqg Art
(from 1 to 1000 words) (live or recorded)
Personal prose, etc. Story telling
aVL Short stories Music
Y t, Poems Dancing
JJI Plays Mini-drama, etc.
jss L Mini-drama scripts
Here Are The Prizes
AMATEUR DIVISION
J* VISUAL ART WRITTEN ART PERFORMING ART
iN • Age 60 and over
WT let prize SIOO.OO *IOO.OO *IOO.OO
f* Agee 18-59
**f I*l prize *IOO.OO *IOO.OO *IOO.OO
rij 11 2nd priie 25.00 25.00 25.00
« Agee 10-17
let prize *50.00 *50.00 *50.00
»SL” I 2nd prize 25.00 25.00 25.00
3rd prize 15.00 15.00 15.00
4lh prize 1000 10.00 10.00
w _ sth prize 5.00 5.00 5.00
AT I 6th prize 3.00 3.00 3.00
vJ V Under age 10
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- We 2nd prize 5.00 5.00 5.00
» 3rd prize 3.00 3.00 3.00
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• W SUPPIXMENTARY AWAR.ps Supplementary caeh prise* and award*
* are currently being arranged by member institulion* and local organi
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these new officer, for 1973-74:
Miss Lydia Deyton, president;
Mrs. W.N. Gortney,vice presi
dent; Mn. Nelle Johnson,secre
tary-treasurer; and Mrs. JohnC.
Blair, re porter.
In Our Opinion:
Heritage Worth Preserving
The cause of preserving the folkways and traditions of
the Southern Appalachians,and those of Yancey County in
particular, is a worthwhile undertaking. We feel, as does
the Appalachian Consortium, that the culture of this area is
on the "endangered species" list.
The Appalachian Consortium, whose aim is to preserve
the culture of the Southern Appalachian region* is supported
in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The
Consortium has four major programs in the works for docu -
meriting and saving elements of folkways in this region.
One of these programs, the First Annual Appalachian
Art Exposition (appalachian Expo) is an attempt to involve
everyone from pre-schoolers through retirees, amateurs and
professionals in arts competition. The nature of the entries
and of the prizes to be given are explained in the Expo dis
play below.
To succeed, this phase of the program must have local
support. Contestants are needed, and more important, spon
sors are needed. Anyone can be a’sponsor--the newspaper,
the radio station, civic organizations,, women's the
library, chtrches, church groups, etc. Being a sponsor re
quires little effort. Simply obtain a poster and entry blanks
from the Yancey Journal office and let it be known that your
organization is sponsoring contestarts for the Expo. Those
contestants obtaining entry blanks from you as a sponsor will
return them to your group, winch in turn selects ten best en
tries. These winning entries must then be turned over to the
Consortium by February 20 for further judging by that group.
Yancey County has a rich and varied culture vhichstould
be preserved. Through the Consortium, and especially
through the Appalachian Expo Contest, we have an opportun
ity to do our part in gathering the folkways and traditions that
have made our county as well as the entire southern Appala
chian region the unique place that it is today. The roots
of our heritage still exist in the remaining fragments of the
mountain culture, hcxvever, these elements are in danger of
dying out unless we help.
Yancey Countians have proven support for such "cultural"
undertakings as Music In The Mountains and The Parkway
Playhouse. The tremendous sue jess of the Mt. M itchell
Crafts Festival and Youth Jamboree is evidence that interest
does exist in yfot another type of culture—the traditional
mountain culture.
We urge everyone—young and old alike—to take an in
terest in the Consortium Expo program. If you are interests!
in preserving the past—be a sponsor:, if you have a talent ~
that reflects the past—be a contestant, 1
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Expo’s Theiqes v v y.
Your entry in the Appalachian Exposition should reflect in Tw*
some way these interrelated subjects: in*
"The role of proud and independent mountain people in to- T/s
day's world" ' ’J'vJP
"The Impact of Urbanization on rural Southern Appalachia" 5
HoW We’ll Judge \bUr Entry
All, entnek Will be submitted to participating local organiza- S
tions (see the sponsor box belowl, and local judges will 1 T/a
choose the ten best local entries. Their decisions will be bas- j y
ed on pertinence of theme (60%) and quality of execution : *7
(40%). TTk
Each of the ten local winners will receive Certificates of Ty
Merit, and*their entries will be forwarded to the A p p a 1 a- **
chian Consortium for final judging (same criteria as above)- :
Winners in the final judging will receive cash awards. The
ten local entries selected will first be on local exhibition and W*
later may become part of a traveling exhibition for Appala
chian Fairs being scheduled throughout the mountain region. ►—
Goiqpetitioq f)iVisioqs
A. Amateur Division --to be further divided into tour age (Jw
groups: >i%*
1. Ages 60 and over 3. Ages 10-17
2. Ages 18-59 4. Under age 10 ""W
B. Professional Division--those who indicate, on the basis *4
of self-declaration, whether they have ever sold any art TA.
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[ ENTRY DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 20, 1973 y,
traditions of Sodtljern Appalachians 2v»
iq Transition-The Need for ttys Project &
The Appalachian Consortium was formed with the goal of
involving the entire region of Southern Appalachia in the TVa
appreciation and preservation of its unique traditions and Ty
culture.. One ot the baaic means of accomplishing this goal jf?
is to encourage the people of the area tp become actively T
involved in local history projects, such as the taping of re- tv**
collections of older citizens about the past, or in such indiv
idual activities as obtaining copies of personal entries in fa- JV
mily Bibles, taking mbbings from early tombstones, making -
maps of local landmarks and isolated family graveyards. ■*■**
and locating artifacts, old log cabins, old millsj Indian fJS
mounds, and early trails.
As another means ot involving local residents of all ages in Z 3
the preservation oi their culture, the Appalachian Consor
tium, in conjui ction with local organizations, is sponsoring j y
this annual An Exposition. *
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Crack a feenie, finie, foe
Dominoocher, popatoocher
Ache, bake, bau do
O-U-T spells out
Out you go you dirty dishrag you!
Remember when you last heard this chant and waited with
bated breath to see who was going to be "it"? Was it weeks,
months, years ago? Maybe never if you are this side of fifty
unless this old "count out" formula has been passed onto you
by a grandparent or other representative from an older gen
eration.
You might have simply decided that these are lyrics from
some new rock song about to make it big. By the same token
"Anty-over" "King of the Mountain," and "Fox and Hounds"
could be country music titles for all you know.
You may not even be aware of the mysterious and provi
dental powers of the buckeye or know the proper charm to
get rid of a wart.' To you a blacksnake hung in a farmer's
field during a dry spell might be only an object of curosity
and a bothersome smell, especially toward the close of the
third day.
Sang might be nothing more than the past tense of sing
and "Black Jack Davie" the possible name of a local police
man —the one with the bulging right rear pocket. Leather
Britches? Undoubtedly just a type of mod pants or maybe
those protective things that cowboys wear.
If you plead guilty to ignorance of these things and terms,
don't be too downcast—you have lots of company. You are
, of a generation which has largely lost touch with the old w-ay
of life—its speech, its games, its songs, its charms, its
superstitions, its approach toTife in genprsri.
You are part of a standardized society whenein all member
are encouraged to talk alike, play alike, act alike, and
think alike. If you do occasionally wish for the good old
days when things were different, you my simply be caught
up in a nostalgia fad brought on through late-late shows or
the diabolical schemes of fashion designers.
This is not to say, of course, that all genuine interest in
the old ways has been cut off*. Actually throughout these
United States there are individuals, institutions, and associ
ations attempting to rediscover and preserve the American
heritage.
In recent months, for instance, in southern Appalachia
the search for the past has received new emphasis through
an association of colleges and universities called the Appa
lachian Consortium. Member institutions include Lees-
Mcß&e College, Mars Hill College, AVestem Carolina,
East Tennessee, and Appalachian State universities, plus
four service agencies: the Mountain Scenic Planning and
Economic Development District, the First Virginia- Tenn
essee Development District, the Blue Ridge Parkway and
the U.S. Forest Service,
Representatives of these schools are seeking through
various means to discover, record, and interpret the early
life and times of Appalachia.
This newspaper column is a part of that effort, for its
intention is to appeal to you, its readers, to look back to
your own early years and try to recall such things as the '
games you played, the songs you sang or heard, the home
remedies your elders tried on you, the candies you ate,
the expressions you used.
If you have old pictures, clippings, ghost stories or
other interesting momentos of the past which you might
share with the Consortium and readers of this newspaper,
please send them to the address above. They will be
carefully duplicated and returned to you with out thanks.
Your response to this column could render a valuable
service to your community and to the entire Appalachian
region since all items received will be filed in the libraries
of participating schools and made available for study. In
addition, of course, some of them will be used in future
columns of this paper.
A
Wes tall Will
Join Workshop
Mr. James W. Westall of
Price's Creek community will
attend the second annual Agri
cultural Opportunities Workshop
in Muscle Shoals, Alabama on
January 29, 30 and 31. This
workshop, sponsored jointly by
the Tennessee Valley Authori -
ty and . the Valley wide Associa
tion of Demonstration Farmers,
is intended to provide a look
into the total, Valley-wide ag
ricultural picture for a select
group of participating farmers
each year.
North Carolina, with three
delegates, will join with the
other six Tennessee Valley
states at TVA headquarters,
Muscle Shoals, for a series of
meetings and discussions de
signed to give the participants
an up-to-date picture of the
more important problems and
opportunities facing valley far
mers in the coming years.
Mr. Westall, who farms
in partnership with his father,
- Grover Westall, has just com -
pleted his first year on the Re
source Management Denxrnstra
tion Program, sponsored jointly
by the Tennessee Valley Auth -
ority and the Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
X
m.
JAMES W. WESTALL
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