American Legion Junior Cloggers

American Legion Junior Cloggers

Dance teams

Portraits, Group

This 1965 photograph shows the American Legion Junior Cloggers of Hendersonville, North Carolina. The children are listed from left to right: (first row) Susie Thompson, Jeanette Hudgins, Judy Kilpatrick, Sharon Edney, Gail Edney, Jonie Edney, Juanita Thompson, Donna Griffin ; (second row) Steve Corn, Eddie Hudgins, Terry Brock, Jimmy Stepp, Pat Lanning, Wayne Edney ; (third row) Jimmy Jones, Jimmy Sinclair, Pat Corn, and Ronnie Thompson. 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

1965

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2019-03-18

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8" x 10"(dimension)

Picturing Appalachia