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Article: The National Folk Festival
- Article from:
- Journal of American Folklore
- Article date:
- July 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright American Folklore Society, Inc. Summer 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The National Folk Festival. Produced by the National Council for Traditional Arts in partnership with the Michigan State University Museum and the City of East Lansing. East Lansing, MI, August 10-12,2001.
Founded in 1934 by Sarah Gertrude Knott, the National Folk Festival (NFF) is now the nation's oldest folk festival. The NFF pioneered both the multiethnic folk festival and the presentational format now associated with many folklorist-produced festivals. It was the first festival to use fieldworkers in developing the program, the first to include material culture demonstrations, the first to use a workshop format in addition to formal stage performances, and the first to use scholars as ...