White Top Folk Festival

White Top Folk Festival (HM18Q8)

Location: Whitetop, VA 24292 Grayson County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 37.745', W 81° 35.237'

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The White Top Folk Festival was held annuallyfrom 1931 to 1939, (except 1937) on WhitetopMountain—the second highest peak in Virginia.Annabel Morris Buchanan, John Powell, andJohn A. Blakemore organized the event that featured banjo players, fiddlers, string bands,and ballad singers, as well as storytelling, clogdancing, morris and sword dancing, and theatrical presentations. Thousands of people attended the festival each year, including nationally known academic folklorists, art critics, composers, and in 1933 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The festival was cancelled in 1940 because of heavy rains and floods and never resumed.
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HM NumberHM18Q8
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Marker NumberUE-9
Year Placed2001
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 4:17am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 447492 N 4053887
Decimal Degrees36.62908333, -81.58728333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 37.745', W 81° 35.237'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 37' 44.70" N, 81° 35' 14.22" W
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Area Code(s)276
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 23438-23450 Mud Creek Ln, Whitetop VA 24292, US
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