Morganton Girls Ensemble

Morganton Girls Ensemble

Girls

Portraits, Group

Vocal groups

This 1962 photograph shows the Morganton Girls Ensemble practicing for the Mountain Youth Jamboree. Girls shown from left to right: Tina [W]hisnant, Patty Gabble, Susan Shard, Carolyn Sakowski, Kate Avery, Mary Beth McCombs, Jane Avery, Denise Beark, Maragaret Sakowski, and Mrs. Max G. Ward as director (center). Founder and director of the Mountain Youth Jamboree, Hubert H. Hayes (1901-1964) auditioned and directed youth to perform in folk dance, music, and folk and ballad singing. The jamboree was held in the Asheville City Auditorium (now known as Thomas Wolfe Auditorium) from 1948 to 1973, and Hayes’ wife, Leona Trantham Hayes (1913-1989) continued to direct the program after his death in 1964. Hubert Hayes was an author, playwright, and alumni of Duke University.

Hubert Hayes Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1962-04

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portraits

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38984

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2019-01-11

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5" x 8.25"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia