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The Lunsford Festival is Here Again
The 36th Annual Bascom Lamar Lunsford Minstrel of Appalachia Festival enlivened the Mars Hill College campus with music and dance on Saturday evening, October 4.
The festival, beginning at 7 p.m. in Moore Auditorium, featured many local musicians and bands. It also featured several clogging groups from around Western North Carolina, including the college's own Bailey Mountain Cloggers, who performed three 10-minute routines throughout the festival.
In addition to the evening festival, the Madison County Heritage Festival took place Friday evening and Saturday during the day on the college's main quad. It featured the wares of local crafters. Several booths also featured artisans creating works right in front of onlookers. Many student organizations sponsored booths to help raise funds for various activities.
Venders were on hand to sell food and drinks, dancers and singers took main stage on the quad, and the Bailey Mountain Cloggers performed at 11:30 a.m. in Anderson Amphitheater between Marshbanks and McConnell Halls.
Tickets for the evening event were available during the day at the Madison County Heritage Festival and also at the door. Cost was $8 for adults, $4 for students, and $25 for a family pass. Mars Hill students were given free admission.
The Lunsford Award, given each year to individuals who embody the ideals of Bascom Lamar Lunsford, went this year to Marilyn McMinn McCredie and Nelia Hyatt. McCredie is known for her storytelling and ballad singing and is daughter of a previous Lunsford Award winner, Ray Hutchinson. Hyatt is known for hosting a Thursday night jam session in her garage that was started 50 years ago by her late husband, Wayne Hyatt.
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