David Holt and the Lightning Bolts
(Laura Boosinger, Josh Goforth, David Cohen, and Zeb Holt
Western North Carolina and East Tennessee string band PLUS!)

Gloria Belle and Mike Long
(Duet singing, mandolin and guitar, from Nashville, Tennessee)

Paul David Smith
(Old time fiddler from Hardy, Kentucky)

Greater Mount Sinai Volunteers
(A cappella gospel singers from Lynch, Kentucky)

Virgil Bowlin and Peerless Mountain
(Bowlin family band from Williamsburg, Kentucky, including Margaret Bowlin and her sons, Virgil and David)

Lou Maiuri
(West Virginia dance caller, clogger, and flatfoot dancer)

Cecelia Conway, Symposium speaker
“African Roots of the Mountain Banjo and Fiddle”

Dr. Conway is Professor of English and Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina; Resident Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; and author of the book, African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia

Note: Please note that the Celebration of Traditional Music is designed to showcase traditional, old-time Appalachian music. To remain true to its underlying ideal, the Festival does not feature modern Bluegrass music.