I'll bet it was Josh White, Jr., Steve. Cary > On Feb 25, 2014, at 9:00 PM, "Cary Ginell" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Oscar Brown Jr. died some years ago. Do you mean somebody else? > > Cary > >> On Feb 25, 2014, at 7:00 PM, "Steve Ramm" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> I just returned from Kansas City where the huge Folk Alliance Conference >> was held from Wednesday through Sunday at the Westin and Sheraton Hotels a >> few miles from where we had the ARSC Conference in May. (BTw, one of the ARSC >> Conference Silent Auction items was a full Conference registration!) FAI >> had a table in our exhibit room. >> >> FAI gathers almost 2000 performers, booking agents, house concert hosts and >> journalists and it goes fro m9am till 3 am. Here are a few ARSC related >> highlights: >> >> On Wednesday night Chuck Haddix at UMKC was awarded the Spirit of Folk >> Award for his radio show >> >> The Same Night a Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Smithsonian >> Folkways and it was accepted by Jeff Place, Tony Seeger, John White, and Dan >> Sheehy. >> >> On Thursday and Friday Chuck Haddix was on panels about KC Radio and >> another on KC Jazz and Charlie Parker. >> >> There was a sufficient supply of ARSC Brochures there as well. >> >> I got to meet Graham Nash and Al Gore as well as folk legends like Oscar >> Brown Jr., Carolyn Hester and Jim Kweskin. And Dom Flemons (formerly of >> the Carolina Chocolate Drops) was there and plans to help with one of the >> sessions at the ARSC Chapel Hill Conference) and will be joining ARSC shortly! >> >> >> >> >> >> My friends in KC saved me both Friday's and Monday's articles on the >> conference and both are really great and do a great job in explaining it. >> >> You might want to read if if you have time. : >> >> http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/18/4832452/folk-alliance-conference-showca >> ses.html >> >> >> >> http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/23/4844421/folk-alliance-festival-ends-wit >> h.html >> >> I'll be happy to share photos when I get them sorted. >> >> >> Steve >> >> >> >> >> >>