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13. Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 9 of 11


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14. Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 10 of 11


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15. Oral history of Dee Cogar Bright and Jenny Smith, 11 of 11


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16. Oral History of Roger Bryant

["Roger Bryant (b. 1948), is a native of Logan, West Virginia. He is a county musician and songwriter, and is the grandson of West Virginia banjo player Aunt Jennie Wilson. He is the executive director of the Logan Emergency Ambulance Service Authority (LEASA) and is director of the Logan County Office of Emergency Management."]%

17. Transcript of oral history of Roger Bryant


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18. Oral history of Vernon Burky, 1 of 2


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19. Oral history of Vernon Burky, 2 of 2

["Dave Bing is a fiddler and fiddle maker from Melissa, West Virginia, outside of Huntington. He now lives in Harmony in Roane County, West Virginia with his wife. As a young man, he spent time learning from many elder fiddlers in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, including the Hammons Family of Pocahontas County. Dave Bing has been a member of numerous old-time bands such as The Bing Brothers with his brothers Tim Bing and Mike Bing, Gandydancer with Gerry Milnes, and The High Ridge Ramblers with Mark Payne and Andrew Dunlap."]%

20. Dave Bing plays the fiddle tune "Golden Star Hornpipe"


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21. Oral history of Ray Fought

["Ray Fought is a self-taught fiddler and fiddle maker living in Parkersburg, West Virginia."]%

22. Transcript of oral history of Ray Fought

["Frank George (October 6, 1928  November 15, 2017), a Bluefield native, was a banjo player, fiddler, and piper, who also played piano, organ, hammer and lap dulcimer, and was a walking compendium of West Virginia traditional music history and jokes. He was the recipient of the 1994 Vandalia Award, West Virginias highest folklife honor.  Jane George (November 11, 1922  February 19, 2018) helped launch the craft revival in the Mountain State through extensive fieldwork with traditional artists, educational programming, and by co-founding the Mountain State Art & Craft Fair at Cedar Lakes. She also hosted Mountain Heritage weekends and Kanawha County Parks Mountaineer Day Camps to teach young mountaineers about their cultural heritage, founded two Scottish dance troupes, and served as a 4-H agent in multiple counties. She was the 1993 Vandalia Award recipient. "]%

23. Transcript of oral history of Frank and Jane George


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24. Oral history of Bill Hairston, 1 of 2