Boy performing

Boy performing

Boys

Events

Festivals

Musicians

Singers

This 1966 photograph taken by photographer Juanita Wilson shows a boy performing in the 18th Annual Mountain Youth Jamboree. The boy is possibly Rick Taylor from Harris High School or Mike Thompson from Lee Edwards School. 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.

Wilson, Juanita E., 1919-1976

Hubert Hayes Collection

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

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Buncombe County (N.C.)

Asheville (N.C.)

5" x 7"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia