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1. Oral history of Joe Herrmann and Dakota Karper

Identifier:: 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.AudioInt.9.14.20
Title:: Oral history of Joe Herrmann and Dakota Karper
Date:: 2020-09-14
Creator:: Herrmann, Joe and Karper, Dakota
Contributor:: Hilliard, Emily
Subject:: Fiddling, Fiddle tunes, Apprenticeship programs, and Old-time music
Location:: Charleston (W. Va.), Capon Bridge (W. Va.), and Hampshire County (W. Va.)

["Joe Herrman (master artist, b. 1949) of Paw Paw in Hampshire County and Dakota Karper (apprentice, b. 1992) of Capon Bridge are participants in the 2020-2021 West Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Program, studying old-time fiddle. Herrmann is a founding member of the Critton Hollow String Band and has taught old-time fiddle to many private students and at the Augusta Heritage Center. Dakota Karper, a Hampshire County native, has been playing old-time fiddle for 20 years and runs The Cat and the Fiddle Music School. Herrmann and Karper apprenticed together previously in 2004 (when Karper was 11) through Augusta Heritage Centers former Apprenticeship Program.See the West Virginia Folklife Program feature on Herrmann and Karper: https://wvfolklife.org/2020/12/03/2020-folklife-apprenticeship-feature-joe-herrmann-dakota-karper-old-time-fiddle/"]

2. Transcript of oral history of Joe Herrmann and Dakota Karper

Identifier:: 4224.HerrmannJoeKarperDakota.IntTranscript.9.14.20
Title:: Transcript of oral history of Joe Herrmann and Dakota Karper
Date:: 2020-09-14
Creator:: Herrmann, Joe and Karper, Dakota
Contributor:: Hilliard, Emily
Subject:: Fiddle tunes, Apprenticeship programs, Fiddling, Old-time music, and Folk music--West Virginia
Location:: Hampshire County (W. Va.) and Capon Bridge (W. Va.)