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Music:
The Swappin' Meetin' Committee attempts
to arrange a musical program that both entertains and reflects
the variety of musical styles and instruments of Appalachia,
past and present. This includes but is not limited to blues,
gospel, bluegrass, folk music, country music, and traditional
mountain music.
Crafts and Folklife Demonstrations:
Swappin' Meetin' recruits craftsmen and
demonstrators with various crafts and folk skills in an attempt
1) to preserve the Appalachian heritage of making and doing
things by hand,
2) to teach others of the value of this heritage, and
3) to promote these skills in the hope that others will take an
interest and continue the tradition.
It is preferred that artisans be able to
demonstrate how their work is created. In addition, the use of
hand or foot-powered tools during the creation of a craft item
or the performance of a demonstration adds to the uniqueness of
these craft items, demonstrations and the overall Swappin'
Meetin' festival experience.
Demonstrations have included the making of
lye soap,hominy, furniture,cider/apple butter, sorghum molasses,
butter, candles, leather tooling, wooden toys, bowls, pottery,
wood carvings, whittling and demonstrating washboard use,
blacksmithing, basket weaving, cornshuck dolls and flowers, hand
carved musical instruments and so forth.
Craft items for display or sale at Swappin'
Meetin' are to be handmade and representative of the Appalachian
culture and heritage.
Visual Arts:
Visual arts exhibitions at Swappin' Meetin'
include displays of: quilts, crafts, photography, painting,
videos, drawings and folk art by and/or about the Appalachian
people their culture and environment.
Theatre Arts:
Swappin' Meetin' regularly presents
storytelling, focusing on traditional mountain story genres and
ghost stories.
Folk Competitions and Activities:
Activities
include,children's games,horseshoe pitching, hog calling, egg
toss, hay ride, pony rides and hay rides. Also included in this
category are judging of pumpkins, pickles, jams and jellies;
baked goods contest; and the student art competition. The
Swappin' Meetin' Travelin' Trophy and Travelin' Art Trophy are
given to the winning schools.
The Swappin' Meetin' Committee is charged
with maintaining the essentially Appalachian character of the
festival and reserves the right to refuse participation by any
vendor, crafts person, or demonstrator, or the sale of any item
that the committee or its designate(s) decide is not appropriate
to the festival's mission.
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