Rabbit Foot Minstrels - Mississippi

Subject: Rabbit Foot Minstrels - Mississippi
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 12 May 06 - 08:11 AM

I noticed this announcement on H-Net, a history e-mail forum:

Rabbit Foot Minstrel Exhibit and Public Forum
Description: Exhibit on Rabbit Foot Minstrels to Open in Port
Gibson, Mississippi June 30, 2006. A new exhibit of pictures,
stories, costumes, music, and sound pays tribute to the
companies of African American musicians and actors who toured
the country by train and bus during the first half of the 20th
century ....

see http://www.msculturalcrossroads.org/CulturalConservation/CCRabbitFoot.htm
or http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=3D150741

Subject: RE: Rabbit Foot Minstrels - Mississippi
From: Big Tim
Date: 12 May 06 - 08:15 AM

Robbie Robertson of The Band referred to Wolcotts Rabbit's Foot Minstrels in the The Last Waltz.

Subject: RE: Rabbit Foot Minstrels - Mississippi
From: GUEST,Philippa
Date: 15 May 06 - 09:50 AM

also of interest in Mississippi:

"The Center for the Study of Southern Culture and the Division of Outreach and Continuing Education are sponsoring the second annual Music of the South conference on the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus, June 2 & 3, 2006.

"The program will explore the origins of Southern music, discover how each Southern region produced its own sound, and learn how Southern music influenced the rest of the nation. Guests will hear presentations by leading scholars, enjoy live music performances, and tour the Blues Archive at the J. D. Williams Library. Nick Spitzer, host and producer of NPR's American Routes radio program, will present the keynote address. We'll offer catfish and brass bands, good company and a good time. Won't you join us?"

See http://www.outreach.olemiss.edu/music_south/