Smoky Mountain Folk Festival Celebrates Fifty Years of Music and Dance
Down the Road on the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina08/30/19 • 2 min
Back in 1969, while still a college student, Joe Sam Queen, grandson of legendary dancer Sam Love Queen, was asked by the town of Waynesville to call a square dance on the streets of downtown. The square dance became the Smoky Mountain Folk Festival and this Labor Day weekend, in 2019, it celebrates 50 years.
08/30/19 • 2 min
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