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Participants

Music, Dance & Entertainment

Brockwell Gospel Music School (AR)
Loyanna M. Everett, shape-note singer
Beverly A. Meinzer, shape-note singer
Natalie M. Stephens, shape-note singer
Justin Wilson, shape-note singer

The Creek Rocks (MO)
Mark Bilyeu, guitarist
Cindy Woolf, banjoist

Ozark Highballers (AR)
Clarke Buehling, banjoist
Aviva Pilgrim, guitarist, luthier
Roy Pilgrim, fiddler
Seth Shumate, harmonica player

Sylamore Special (AR)
Edward Turner Atwell, guitarist
LillyAnne McCool, banjoist
Mary Parker, fiddler
Gordon Parker, mandolinist, jig dancer

Williams Family (MO)
Annie Williams, vocalist
Dewayne Williams, vocalist/vocoder player, keyboardist
Latoya Williams, vocalist
Pastor Leroy Williams, vocalist, double-neck guitarist

David Cavins (MO), guitarist, luthier
Nathan McAlister (MO), banjoist
David Scrivner (MO), fiddler, banjoist, guitarist, mandolinist

Kalyn Fay Barnoski (AR), guitarist
Matt Magerkurth (AR), cellist

Pam Setser (AR), mountain dulcimer player, guitarist

Marideth Sisco (MO), storyteller, folklorist, musician

Terry Wayne Sanders (MO), comedian

Bob Zuellig (CO), dance caller

Foodways & Plant Knowledge

Nico Albert Williams (OK), cook

Susan Belsinger (AR/MD), herbalist, food writer

Harold D. Bo Brown (MO), forager

Robert E. Connoley (MO), cook

Sasha Daucus (MO), herbalist

Bradley Dry (OK), cook

Xue Lee-Vang (OK), cook, farmer
Shoua Vue (AR), cook, herbalist

Michael Freeman (AR), distiller
Nick Nichols (AR), distiller

Maile Middlemas (MO), community gardens organizer
Sharon Jones (MO), farmer
Mia Jones (MO), farmer

Maria Cristina Moroles (AR), curandera practitioner
Bonnie Ann Diaz (AR), curandera apprentice

Phyllis Speer (AR), cook, hunter

Rachael West (MO), forager, herbalist, cook

Tina Marie Wilcox (AR), herbalist, gardener

Crafts

Martha Alsup (MO), quilter
JoEtta Gleason (MO), quilter
Louise Sheridan (MO), quilter

Danielle Culp (OK), Cherokee traditional basket maker, weaver

Aaron Holsapple (MO), white oak basket maker
Billy Owens (MO), white oak basket maker

Anthony Martin (MO), gigmaker
Rebekah Martin (MO), gigmaker

Cory Perry (AR), textile installation artist
Jacob Archer (AR), textile installation artist assistant

Olivia Trimble (AR), sign painter, muralist


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