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Aug. 12, 2010

Tribute to Mitch Jayne

More sad news when we learned that Mitch Jayne passed away on August 2, 2010 in Columbia. Mitch was quite the community scholar and storyteller, though he was best known as a member of The Dillards (known to many as the Darling Family on “The Andy Griffith Show”).   Photo by Julie Youmans for Missouri Folk Arts Program As a member of the Missouri Folk Arts Program’s former project Missouri Performing Traditions, Mr. Jayne often toured the state to share stories based in his life in the Ozarks. In a program for the 1995 Old…

March 19, 2004

Tribute to Bob Holt

Old-time fiddler Bob Holt died in March 2004. Below is a PDF with a brief tribute and links to the obituary his family published and his NEA Heritage Fellow profile at the Masters of Traditional Arts website. That profile includes video and audio, and many will recognize also the friends Bob took along to Washington, DC in the video from the 1999 NEA Heritage Fellows Concert. Master Artist Bob Holt…

Aug. 6, 2003

Tribute to Edna Mae Davis

In 2003, we were saddened to learn of the passing of Edna Mae Davis, a master square/jig dancer and square dance caller in Missouri’s Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program in 1987, 1988, 1989, and 1990. You can read the tribute staff wrote at that time by clicking the link below. Master Artist Edna Mae Davis…