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R&B Program Line-Up
The R&B program will present a fantastic line-up of artists. A special evening with Gamble and Huff is scheduled for July 10th; Miss Martha Reeves will be performing on July 1st; and a Soul Train dance party will be taking place on June 30th.
- Artists performing June 30 through July 4:
- The Funk Brothers
- Nat Dove
- The National Hand Dance Association
- Shirley Jones of The Jones Girls
- Sonny Til’s Orioles
- Stax Music Academy
- Jerry “Swamp Dogg” Williams
Artists performing July 7 through 11
- The Dixie Cups®
- Fernando Jones
- Fred Wesley and The New JBs
- The Jewels
- The Monitors
- Smooth and Easy Hand Dance Institute
- The Swallows
Van Luong is the festival blogger for the 2011 Folklife Festival.
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