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Appearances
Special
Honors
Performances
Faculty
Positions
Print &
Media
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Georgia Sea Island Singers
Honored Guests at the
WHITE HOUSE
IN CONCERT
On the Capitol Grounds
By Special Invitation
Of the First Lady's
NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL
Sponsored by the
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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"Georgia's
Sea Island Singers were performing the leg-slapping
"Hambone" song when they spotted First Lady
Laura Bush slapping along to the beat
in the audience of book lovers."
"Frankie Quimby is matriarch of the group intent
on
preserving the Gullah heritage of slaves on the
coastal islands of Georgia and the Carolinas."
"The Singers performed in the Storytellers Tent
of the
National Book Festival."
Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Other Recent Appearances:
NATIONAL GEORGRAPHIC SOCIETY, D.C.
NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL, Rhode Island
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara
Selected Appearances
Queens Theatre in the Park, NY
Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY
Ohio Music Educators Conference
Norton Gallery, W. Palm Beach, FL
Kentuckiana Girl Scout Celebration
Riverbend Festival, Chattanooga, TN
Hoosier Storytelling Festival, Indiana
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC
Wolf Trap, Virginia
Old Town School of Music, Chicago
Science Museum, St. Paul, Minnesota
Folklore Society of Greater Washington
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
Carnegie Hall Town Hall, New York City
The White House, Smithsonian Institution
New Jersey Folk Festival, Rutgers University
Bay Area Folk Festival, Berkeley, California
Centennial Olympic Games, Hollywood Bowl
Arts Connection, NYC Old Songs Festival, NY
Johns Hopkins University, Henry Ford Museum, MI
National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Chicago Cultural Center
The Washington Revels, Gamble Roger Folk Festival, FL
"Keepers of the Word" Storytelling Festival,
Amherst College, MA
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Honors
Honorary Lifetime Membership - Society of American Music
Lifetime Achievement Award - Natl. Storytelling Network
Honorary Board Members - Institute of Musical Traditions
Represented US at Winter Olympics, Lillehammer, Norway
Zora Neale Hurston Award - National Black Storytelling
Festival
Represented GA - Smithsonian Festival of American Folklife,
DC
Represented US in West Africa - Guests of Pres. of Sierra
Leone
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Keynote
Performances
Indiana Music Educators Association
American Orff-Schulwerk Association, National Conference
Kodaly Educators Natl. Conf. New England Conservatory,
MA
"National Gathering" - Children's Music Network,
Freedom, NH
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Faculty
Positions
Pine Woods Music Camp, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Augusta Heritage Center, Davis & Elkins College,
WV
Southeast Institute for Education in Music, Chattanooga,
TN
"Swannanoa Gathering" - Warren Wilson College,
Asheville, NC
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Print
& Media
Time Magazine
People Magazine
Storytelling Magazine
Southern Living
"Between The Lines" CNN
"Say Brother" WGBH - Boston
"When Rice Was King" - SC-ETV
"Prairie Home Companion" - PBS
"Gullah Gullah Island" - Nickelodeon
"Tonight at Felinghetti's" - WBPA-TV
"Folk Heritage WGBH - Radio, Boston
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