Louisburg College - Oak Yearbook (Louisburg, NC)

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1 7th Annual Franklin County Folk Festival Heritage Weekend On November 7-8, 1987, Louisburg College and the Franklin County Arts Council sponsored the 17th Annual Folk Festival and Heritage Weekend at the Louisburg High School Auditorium. This year the program opened with the Folk Festival music and dance contest, which began at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. The contest was followed by the featured guest performers. The audience highly enjoyed the singing and storytelling of such celeb- rities as David Holt. Mr. Holt is no stranger to festivals or fiddler ' s conventions. He has traveled to many of the country ' s music playing centers. He would go fiddle at conventions, or simply stop in hidden mountian towns and ask who could play music. Also on the evening program were the famous members of Riders In The Sky. Riders in the Sky is composed of Doug Green, founder of the Riders and a prolific author, historian, and a former director of the Oral History Project at the Country Music Foundation in Nashville. Paul Chrisman, who was pre- sented with a fiddle by Roy Acuff, upon high school graduation, played professionally at the Grand Ole Opry and graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. Fred LaBour, a graduate from the University of Michigan is a song writer, humorist, and earlier performed in the Dicky Lee Band and wrote songs for Tammy Wynette. Another great performing group at the Folk Festival was the Apple Chi Cloggers. The Apple Chill Cloggers were formed in 1975 as an outgrowth of the University of North Carolina Clog- ging Club. The team ' s unusual name was taken from the Apple Chill Fair, a traditional Chapel Hill street fair, where the spirited folk dance troupe made its first appear- ance. Many Louisburg and Franklin County individuals and groups displayed their talents during the evening session at the Folk Festival One of the attractions of the evening was the famous Riders in the Sky. Entertaining the audience with his creative humor and storytelling is Gatesville, Texas native. David Holt. 20

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In November the community enjoyed the 1 7th Annual Folk Festival and Heritage Weekend. The festival featured such celebrities as David Holt, The Apple Chill Cloggers and the famous Riders in the Sky. Also, the 15th Annual National Whistlers ' Convention came to town The Christmas season alu ays bring many events on and off campus, the Annual Loulsburg Christmas Parade brought many out on a cold night to watch The Grand Marshall for the parade was Louisburg College ' s own President, Dr J Allen Norris, Jr The students also were entertained at the Snowflake Concert by the rock band. Top Secret. The Louisburg College students and the Louisburg Community enjoyed the two productions by the Louisburg College Players The College and the Community also were entertained by the Showchoir. under the direction of Charles Johnson, The Louisburg College Concert Series was again filled with lots of talented stars and bands Featured this year was the Big Band Galaxy of Stars The singing talents of Jimmy Rodgers and Maxene Andrews were entertaining to all those who came and heard the famous singers The i7th Annual Folk Festival and Hertiage Weekend was held in the Louisburg High School for the second year. Community; 19

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Fashioning his own creative and unusual musical instru men! is Franklin County ' s Elmer C Mullen Defending Folk Festival Champion is Freddie Clifton. The Epson Bluegrass Band was one of the featured groups in the 17th Annual Franklin County Folk Festival. 21