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Traditional Music at Berea College
 
A Celebration of Traditional Music
Annual Fall Festival Moves to Spring
- story by Ed Ford

Fans of Berea College's Celebration of Traditional Music can double their pleasure this year.

A fall event since it began in 1974, the popular music festival will take place in the spring from now on, coinciding with the May Crafts Fair sponsored by the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen. This year's dates will be May 14-16.
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Traditional Music Performances Saved
Berea's Sound Archives Preserves Heritage

Great performances from the Celebration of Traditional Music don't just live on in memory, they're preserved in the College's Hutchins Library Special Collections Sound Archive.

Sound archivist Harry Rice says continuous audio records beginning in 1974, and videotapes of Celebration performances from 1974-79 and 1987-94 are stored in the archive.
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