Tennessee Folklore Society

2023 Annual Meeting 

Saturday, November 4, 2023

9:30 am - 3:30 pm

Gem Theater
700 Tennessee Ave
Etowah, Tennessee 37331


The Tennessee Folklore Society 2023 Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the historic Gem Theater in Etowah.


Schedule

9:30  a.m. Registration

10:00 a.m. Business meeting

10:45 a.m. Bradley Hanson and Evangeline Mee Principe – Update on TAC Folklife Activities

11:15
a.m. Caroline Mitchell Carrico, “Bocce & The Memphis Italian Festival, a Tennessee Folklife Institute Project”

11:45 a.m. Lunch at the Farmhouse Restaurant

1:15 p.m. Greg Brooks, "Allen Sisson: Copper Basin Fiddler" (musical performance)

2:00 p.m. Mark Jackson, "Poke Sallet: A Delicious and Dangerous Foodways"

2:30 p.m. break

2:45 p.m. Joseph Decosimo, "
Rare and Beautiful Fiddle and Banjo Repertoire from East Tennessee" (musical performance)

3:30 p.m. Adjournment




Public Health


All those attending the meeting who wish to wear a mask to prevent the spread of Covid-19 are encouraged to do so.


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This project is being supported in part by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.





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