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Bill and Ric Vann discuss how their peach farm started.
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Digital Traditions
Home to a wealth of folk traditions, South Carolina is culturally and geographically diverse.
General - Traditional Arts
Home to a wealth of folk traditions, South Carolina is culturally and geographically diverse. From the Appalachian Mountains to the Sea Islands and from rural crossroads to urban centers, the state boasts rich sources of traditional culture and folklore. Rooted in family and community activities, folklife involves expressive forms of many kinds that are communicated verbally and by observation or imitation. Folk artists can learn through apprenticeships, but most often are taught informally by family members or close friends. This sharing of information can occur in many different group settings - familial, occupational, religious, social, and educational. Folklife is dynamic by nature, a part of a community's history that continues to develop every day, with every generation.
Digital Traditions was developed to provide access to the Folklife Resource Center (FRC) at McKissick Museum. For thirty years, deeply rooted traditions like quilting, pottery, basketry, communal foodways, and folk music have been documented through audio, video, and photography. For further information about any of the artists featured on Digital Traditions, send your questions and comments to hallagan@mailbox.sc.edu.
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Photos of Bill and Ric Vann.
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Carrie Stewart and Gerald Stewart, Louisville, Winston County. Interview recorded June 1981. Gerald Stewart came from a deeply rooted family potting tradition. By 1888, his father Homer Wade Stewart...
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Carrie Stewart and Gerald Stewart, Louisville, Winston County. Interview recorded June 1981. Gerald Stewart came from a deeply rooted family potting tradition. By 1888, his father Homer Wade Stewart...
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Stephen Ferrell has been an advocate for the alkaline-glazed stoneware pottery tradition for almost forty years. Ferrell and his father, Terry, began collecting and studying alkaline-glazed stoneware...
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Richard “Chip” Chipman is no stranger to folks in the world of bluegrass music. Since 1987, Chipman has owned and operated Low Country Music in Moncks Corner. The store has become a place for...
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Recorded in 2003 in Columbia, South Carolina. Ahrens discusses the influence a Flatt & Scruggs concert had on her interest in bluegrass music.
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Recorded in 2003 in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Pat Ahrens has dedicated over 40 years of her life to supporting South Carolina’s rich folk heritage by promoting bluegrass, old time country and gospel music. A multi-instrumentalist and skilled...
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Homer Lee "Pappy" Sherrill played his first radio show in 1928. In the 1930s, long before multi-million dollar contracts and lucrative endorsement deals, Sherrill traveled the “Kerosene Circuit.”...
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Eugene Pottery, Cowpens, Cherokee County. Interview recorded June 2007 as the Folklife Resource Center continues to document pottery traditions in South Carolina. Winton Eugene is a self-taught potter...
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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A song from the Ouzts Family Gathering.
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Eugene Pottery, Cowpens, Cherokee County. Interview recorded June 2007 as the Folklife Resource Center continues to document pottery traditions in South Carolina. Winton Eugene is a self-taught potter...
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Eugene Pottery, Cowpens, Cherokee County. Interview recorded June 2007 as the Folklife Resource Center continues to document pottery traditions in South Carolina. Winton Eugene is a self-taught potter...
