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Carter Family Fans
Southwest Virginia’s Carter Family made their first country music record in 1927. But favorites such as “Keep on the Sunnyside of Life” are still popular 81 years later, thanks mostly to the devotion of fans who preserve and adapt the Family’s tunes. But what is it about the Carter Family’s music that draws in such a loyal following? Reporter Beverly Amsler reports from this year’s Blue Ridge Folklife Festival in Ferrum, Virginia.
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Traveling Light
If you take a bus ride this holiday season, it’s probably just to get where you need to go. But when Kath Weston travels on buses, it’s usually part of her work as an Anthropology professor at the University of Virginia. Ten years ago, she started researching poverty in America – a topic many academics study. But Weston chose to set her book on cross country buses so she could write about poverty through a series of real life stories. The book is called “Traveling Light: On the Road with America’s Poor.” Reporter Jesse Dukes has more.
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Preserving 'The Maltese Falcon'
Downloadable movies on your IPod, Blu-Ray Discs and DVDs delivered to your door… In an age of new media, the Library of Congress recently opened a facility in Culpeper devoted to preserving and presenting the history of film. Martha Woodroof visited the Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation and filed this report.
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Precious Refreshment
With the growing interest in eating locally-produced and sustainable foods, some true believers think the timing is just about perfect for Virginia apple cider to make a come-back. Reporter Nancy King attended a cider-making workshop recently at Monticello.
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