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George Na’ope, 81, was a master of Hawaii’s sacred hula dance...each year. "I felt the hula was becoming too modern and that we have to preserve it,'' Mr. Na'ope said in 2006 when he received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the country's highest honor in the... In this article: Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, David Kalakaua, and Honolulu |
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Wikipedia | November 03, 2009
National Heritage Fellowship
The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Similar to Japan's Living National Treasure award, the Fellowship is the United States' highest...
In this article: Washington, National Endowment for the Arts, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Bessie Jones, United States, White House, and Japan
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | November 01, 2009
Services set for Na'ope
...draw for Hilo in the 1960s. It has grown into Hawaii's premier hula competition. In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts gave Na'ope the National Heritage Fellowship Award, its highest honor for the folk arts. He was also recognized by...
In this article: Hilo, Hawaii, Hawaii, and National Heritage Fellowship Award
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Honolulu Star Bulletin | October 27, 2009
Aloha oe to Hawaii's kumu hula scholar
...world. In 2006 the National Endowment for the Arts awarded its highest honor for the folk arts to Naope, among 11 recipients of the National Heritage Fellowship award, which included a $20,000 prize. Recognized by the state as a "living...
In this article: Hawaii, Oahu, World War II, National Endowment for the Arts, and Franklin D. Roosevelt
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InRich Entertainment | October 14, 2009
Tunes from the Crooked Road
...October 17. Wayne Henderson, a native Virginian, is renowned for his Appalachian style finger-picking techniques and is the recipient of the National Heritage Award and has also performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the "Masters of the...
In this article: Wayne Henderson, Eric Clapton, Appalachian, National Heritage Award, Wikipedia, and Rugby, Warwickshire
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San Francisco Chronicle | October 04, 2009
This Week
Arriving from Cuba in the 1950s, he's played with Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon and the Doors. A recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, he is featured in the documentary...
In this article: Oakland, Les Blank, National Endowment for the Arts, Nancy Wilson, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, and Peggy Lee
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boston.com - Latest New Hampshire news | September 23, 2009
NH barn dance caller wins arts award
...N.H., has received the nation's highest folk and traditional arts honor. Dudley Laufman is one of 11 winners of this year's National Heritage Fellowship, awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts. The 78-year-old Laufman has...
In this article: New Hampshire, All rights reserved, E mail, National Endowment for the Arts, Bethesda, Md., and Concord
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Library of Congress: Upcoming Events | August 12, 2009
Folklife Center Celebrates New Acquisition
...33 nations, and 131 LP and CD audio recordings of various forms of folk music. In 2001, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded a National Heritage Fellowship to Joe Wilson. "Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center...
In this article: Library of Congress, National Council for the Traditional Arts, John Cephas, and Librarian of Congress
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boston.com - Latest music news | July 23, 2009
Preserving the spirit of the dance
...farmer, and poet is perhaps the most important figure in launching the contra dance revival of the 1970s, and he received this year's National Heritage Fellowship, the country's most prestigious traditional arts award. He appears at the Lowell...
In this article: Contra dance, New England, Yankee, and The Boston Globe
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | June 28, 2009
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan: A musicians' musician
...the single most decorated musician of his generation. In India, he was decorated with the Padma Vibhushan. In the US, he received the National Heritage Award conferred by the National Endowment for the Arts at a White House ceremony.
In this article: Yehudi Menuhin, Ali Akbar Khan, All rights reserved, Economic Times, National Heritage Award, Kalidas Samman, Grammy, National Endowment for the Arts, and Allauddin Khan
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washingtonpost.com | June 19, 2009
Bengali Musician Ali Akbar Khan Dies at 87
I didn't like the lady at all." In 1991, Mr. Khan received a MacArthur Fellowship, widely known as the "genius" grant. He later received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He once wrote of the sarod,...
In this article: Ali Akbar Khan, Ravi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, New York, George Harrison, Madison Square Garden, India, and God
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The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Similar to Japan's "Living Treasure" award, the Fellowship is the United States' highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. It is a one-time only award and fellows must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States.
The program began in 1982. Each year, fellowships are presented to between ten and fifteen artists or groups at a White House ceremony in Washington, D.C. A biographical dictionary of the award winners from the first 20 years was published in 2001. A young readers book featuring five of the National Heritage Fellows entitled "Extraordinary Ordinary People: Five American Masters of Traditional Arts" was published in 2006. == Winners ==
Awardees have included Native American basket weavers, African American blues musicians, traditional fiddlers, Mexican American accordionists, and all manner of traditional artisans and performers of numerous ethnic backgrounds.
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