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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:
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> Oscar Brown Jr. died some years ago. Do you mean somebody else?
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> Cary 
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>> On Feb 25, 2014, at 7:00 PM, "Steve Ramm" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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:
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>> On Wednesday night Chuck Haddix at UMKC was awarded the Spirit of Folk  
>> Award for his radio show 
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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!
>> 
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>> 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. :
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>> http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/18/4832452/folk-alliance-conference-showca
>> ses.html
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>> http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/23/4844421/folk-alliance-festival-ends-wit
>> h.html
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>> I'll be happy to share photos when I get them sorted.
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>> Steve
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