Festivals
Prominent old-time music festivals (some of which also include bluegrass, dance, and other related arts) include the Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia (established 1935), the West Virginia State Folk Festival in Glenville, West Virginia (established 1950), the National Oldtime Fiddlers' Contest in Weiser, Idaho (established 1953), the Mount Airy Fiddlers Convention in Mount Airy, North Carolina (established 1972), Uncle Dave Macon Days in Murfreesboro, Tennessee the Vandalia Gathering in Charleston, West Virginia (established 1977), and the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia (established 1990), and Breakin' Up Winter in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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—Doris Lessing (b. 1919)
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—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)