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["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

1. Folklife Apprenticeship participants Jen Iskow and John Morris discuss Clay County doctor and musician Doc White and play one of his fiddle tunes

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.002.1.16.19
Title:
Folklife Apprenticeship participants Jen Iskow and John Morris discuss Clay County doctor and musician Doc White and play one of his fiddle tunes
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folklore, Folk music--West Virginia, Clay County (W. Va.), Fiddle tunes, Concerts, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, and Fiddling
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.) and Clay County (W. Va.)
["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

2. Folklife Apprenticeship participants Jen Iskow and John Morris play a fiddle-guitar duet of "Jimmy Johnson"

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.003.1.16.19
Title:
Folklife Apprenticeship participants Jen Iskow and John Morris play a fiddle-guitar duet of "Jimmy Johnson"
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Concerts, Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, Old-time music, Apprenticeship programs, and Folk music--West Virginia
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

3. John Morris reads a Clay County poem about a "young girl from Booger Hole" at the West Virginia Humanities Council

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.004.1.16.19
Title:
John Morris reads a Clay County poem about a "young girl from Booger Hole" at the West Virginia Humanities Council
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Concerts, Old-time music, Fiddle tunes, Clay County (W. Va.), Folk music--West Virginia, Folk poetry, American, Fiddling, Folklore, and Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

4. John D. Morris talks about Wilson Douglas and plays "Soldier's Joy," which he learned from him

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.005.1.16.19
Title:
John D. Morris talks about Wilson Douglas and plays "Soldier's Joy," which he learned from him
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Fiddle tunes, Clay County (W. Va.), Folk music--West Virginia, Fiddling, Apprenticeship programs, Concerts, and Old-time music
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

5. Doris Fields aka Lady D and Xavier Oglesby sing "We Shall Overcome" as part of an Apprenticeship Showcase at the West Virginia Humanities Council

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.006.1.16.19
Title:
Doris Fields aka Lady D and Xavier Oglesby sing "We Shall Overcome" as part of an Apprenticeship Showcase at the West Virginia Humanities Council
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Concerts, Gospel music, Soul music, Rhythm and blues music, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and Apprenticeship programs
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

6. Doris Fields aka Lady D and Xavier Oglesby sing "Down By the Riverside" as part of an Apprenticeship Showcase at the West Virginia Humanities Council

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.007.1.16.19
Title:
Doris Fields aka Lady D and Xavier Oglesby sing "Down By the Riverside" as part of an Apprenticeship Showcase at the West Virginia Humanities Council
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rhythm and blues music, Gospel music, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Apprenticeship programs, and Concerts
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On the evening of Wednesday, January 16, 2019, The West Virginia Folklife Program hosted a showcase of their Folklife Apprenticeship Program, featuring master gospel and blues musician Doris Fields (aka Lady D) with apprentice Xavier Oglesby, and master old-time fiddler John D. Morris with apprentice Jen Iskow. The free event was held from 5:30-7:30pm at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard House, headquarters of the West Virginia Humanities Council (1310 Kanawha Blvd. E), in Charleston. The evening included musical performances by the two pairs and a question-answer session, followed by a reception.Doris Fields, who performs as Lady D, is known as West Virginias First Lady of Soul. A West Virginia native, she began singing in church choir as a child and has performed original and traditional blues, gospel, R&B, and soul across the state and country, including for the Obama for Change Inaugural Ball. Xavier Oglesby grew up singing in the black Pentecostal church and has performed in local a capella and theatre groups. He recently recorded voiceovers for the New River Gorge African American Heritage Auto Tour. Both Fields and Oglesby reside in Beckley.John D. Morris, of Ivydale, is an acclaimed West Virginia fiddler and tradition bearer who has been honored by the Augusta Heritage Center, the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame, the West Virginia Fiddler Award, and a National Heritage Fellowship for his role in sustaining the tradition. Jen Iskow, of Thomas, is a West Virginia University alumni, community organizer, artist, and designer at Beartown Design Studio. She has studied with numerous masters of Appalachian old-time fiddle.The West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program offers a stipend to West Virginia master traditional artists or tradition bearers working with qualified apprentices on a year-long in-depth apprenticeship in their cultural expression or traditional art form. These apprenticeships aim to facilitate the transmission of techniques and artistry of the forms, as well as their histories and traditions. 2018 was the first year of the biennial Folklife Apprenticeship Program.Read more about the apprenticeship pairs on the West Virginia Folklife blog:https://wvfolklife.org/2018/12/03/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-doris-fields-aka-lady-d-xavier-oglesby-blues-black-gospel/https://wvfolklife.org/2018/11/09/2018-master-artist-apprentice-feature-john-morris-jen-iskow-old-time-fiddling-and-stories-of-clay-county/"]

7. Doris Fields aka Lady D and Xavier Oglesby sing "When the Saints Go Marching In" as part of an Apprenticeship Showcase at the West Virginia Humanities Council

Identifier:
4224.ApprenticeshipShowcase.Video.008.1.16.19
Title:
Doris Fields aka Lady D and Xavier Oglesby sing "When the Saints Go Marching In" as part of an Apprenticeship Showcase at the West Virginia Humanities Council
Date:
2019-01-16
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Apprenticeship programs, Gospel music, Concerts, African Americans--Appalachian Region, and Rhythm and blues music
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["Phyllis Marks (June 5, 1927-June 22, 2019) was born Phyllis Mariam Frashure on June 5, 1927, in Sand Fork, Gilmer County, WV. According to folklorist Gerry Milnes, Marks was the last active ballad singer in the state who, as she says, learned by heart, via oral transmission, mainly from her mother and grandmother, both of Irish ancestry. Since 1954, Phyllis performed annually at the West Virginia State Folk Festival at Glenville. A fixture at the festival and in her community, the 2005 festival was dedicated to her.Marks was recorded in 1978 for the Library of Congress and has been featured in various books and radio programs. In 1997, she worked with Gerry Milnes to release the Augusta Heritage album Phyllis Marks: Old-Time Songs of West Virginia.In 2016, the West Virginia Folklife Program received a Henry Reed Fund Award from the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to host and record a concert with Marks at the West Virginia Humanities Council. Read more about that September 8, 2016 concert here: https://wvfolklife.org/2016/10/03/i-think-that-the-women-made-the-folk-songs-phyllis-marks-in-concert/Materials from that concert are available via the Library of Congress/American Folklife Center in the Emily Hilliard collection on West Virginia ballad singer Phyllis Marks: https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchCode=LCCN&searchArg=2017655418&searchType=1&permalink=yRead our tribute to Phyllis Marks on the West Virginia Folklife blog: https://wvfolklife.org/2019/07/02/a-tribute-to-ballad-singer-phyllis-marks-june-51927-june-22-2019/"]

8. Phyllis Marks performs "Bow and Balance To Me" at a concert at the West Virginia Humanities Council

Identifier:
4224.MarksPhyllis.Video.01.9.8.16
Title:
Phyllis Marks performs "Bow and Balance To Me" at a concert at the West Virginia Humanities Council
Date:
2016-09-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Concerts, Folk music--West Virginia, Storytelling, Old-time music, and Ballads
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On March 8, 2018 the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charleston, West Virginia held their annual River Music Concert Fundraiser with West Virginia artists Lady D (Doris Fields), Kai Haynes, Crystal Good, Jasmine Gray, and Marshall Petty and The Groove. Tickets were $20 and proceeds benefited the UU Church."]

9. Charleston musician Kai Haynes performs at the Charleston Unitarian Universalist Church's annual River Music Concert, 4 of 4

Identifier:
4224.RiverMusicConcert.Photo.007.3.8.17
Title:
Charleston musician Kai Haynes performs at the Charleston Unitarian Universalist Church's annual River Music Concert, 4 of 4
Date:
2017-03-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--Appalachian Region, Jazz vocals, Soul music, Concerts, and Unitarian church buildings
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On March 8, 2018 the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charleston, West Virginia held their annual River Music Concert Fundraiser with West Virginia artists Lady D (Doris Fields), Kai Haynes, Crystal Good, Jasmine Gray, and Marshall Petty and The Groove. Tickets were $20 and proceeds benefited the UU Church."]

10. Lady D performs her one-woman Bessie Smith show as part of the River Music Concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, 1 of 5

Identifier:
4224.RiverMusicConcert.Photo.008.3.8.17
Title:
Lady D performs her one-woman Bessie Smith show as part of the River Music Concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, 1 of 5
Date:
2017-03-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Rhythm and blues music, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Jazz vocals, Concerts, and Unitarian church buildings
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On March 8, 2018 the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charleston, West Virginia held their annual River Music Concert Fundraiser with West Virginia artists Lady D (Doris Fields), Kai Haynes, Crystal Good, Jasmine Gray, and Marshall Petty and The Groove. Tickets were $20 and proceeds benefited the UU Church."]

11. Lady D performs her one-woman Bessie Smith show as part of the River Music Concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, 2 of 5

Identifier:
4224.RiverMusicConcert.Photo.009.3.8.17
Title:
Lady D performs her one-woman Bessie Smith show as part of the River Music Concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, 2 of 5
Date:
2017-03-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Unitarian church buildings, Rhythm and blues music, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Jazz vocals, and Concerts
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)
["On March 8, 2018 the Unitarian Universalist Church of Charleston, West Virginia held their annual River Music Concert Fundraiser with West Virginia artists Lady D (Doris Fields), Kai Haynes, Crystal Good, Jasmine Gray, and Marshall Petty and The Groove. Tickets were $20 and proceeds benefited the UU Church."]

12. Lady D performs her one-woman Bessie Smith show as part of the River Music Concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, 3 of 5

Identifier:
4224.RiverMusicConcert.Photo.010.3.8.17
Title:
Lady D performs her one-woman Bessie Smith show as part of the River Music Concert at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Charleston, 3 of 5
Date:
2017-03-08
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Unitarian church buildings, African Americans--Appalachian Region, Rhythm and blues music, Jazz vocals, and Concerts
Location:
Charleston (W. Va.)