2006 National Heritage Fellowship Awards

Subject: 2006 National Heritage Fellowship Awards
From: GUEST,Mary Katherine
Date: 15 Jun 06 - 01:34 PM

The 2006 NEA National Heritage Fellowship awardees are:

Charles M. Carrillo
Santero
Santa Fe, NM

Delores E. Churchill
Haida (Native Alaskan) weaver
Ketchikan, AK

Henry Gray
Blues piano player, singer
Baton Rouge, LA

Doyle Lawson
Gospel and bluegrass singer, arranger, Bandleader
Bristol, TN

Esther Martinez
Native American storyteller
San Juan Pueblo, NM

Diomedes Matos
Cuatro maker
Deltona, FL

George Na'ope
Kumu Hula (hula master)
Hilo, HI

Wilho Saari
Finnish kantele (lap-harp) player
Naselle, WA

Mavis Staples
Gospel, rhythm and blues singer Chicago, IL

Nancy Sweezy
Advocate, scholar, presenter, and preservationist
Westwood, MA

Treme Brass Band
New Orleans brass band
New Orleans, LA

Subject: RE: 2006 National Heritage Fellowship Awards
From: KathWestra
Date: 15 Jun 06 - 11:51 PM

I miss very little about living in Washington, DC (now that I've moved to midcoast Maine), but one thing I REALLY miss is the wonderful FREE annual concert/presentation of the year's National Heritage Fellowship awardees. It is one event that makes me proud of my country and happy with how these particular tax dollars are being spent--recognizing the bearers and teachers of such a wide variety of folk traditions in music, dance, craft, and storytelling. Anyone planning to be in Washington, DC in late September should make it their business to get tickets to this inspiring evening at Lisner Auditorium (tickets usually available through the National Council for the Traditional Arts). Kathy

p.s. This is an award for which ANY American citizen can nominate a traditional singer, dancer, storyteller, craftsperson, or instrumentalist to the National Endowment for the Arts (the agency that makes the awards). The prize is $20,000 for each of the artists selected, plus a week in the limelight of official Washington.

Subject: RE: 2006 National Heritage Fellowship Awards
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 16 Jun 06 - 01:51 AM

The listing and links to individual profiles, including sound samples, are here.

General info and nomination form:
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~ Becky in Tucson