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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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