Cranberry Folk Dancers

Cranberry Folk Dancers

Awards

Dance teams

Events

Festivals

Portraits, Group

This undated photograph shows the Cranberry Folk Dancers and their instructor winning an award at the Mountain Youth Jamboree. Dance team members from left to right: (first row) David Vance, Ella Richardson, Bob Tate, Judy Pittman, Mrs. W. B. Wilkins (“Miss Kay”, instructor), Darlene Hodges, James Shoemaker, Debbie McGee, Mikey Hobson; (second row) David Tate, Frieda Julian, Baxter Gwyn, Janice Watson, Melinda Buchanan, Johnny Tate (Caller), Rebecca Street, and Tim Brinkley. 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

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2019-03-18

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Asheville (N.C.)

5" x 7"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia