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| The Texas Folklore Society encourages participation in the events of
various other organizations to share our enthusiasm for the folklore of
Texas and the Southwest and to make contact with others who might want
to join the Society. (Click on the
organization's name
to visit their website)
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George West Storyfest
2011 |
| TFS participated in
the George West
Storyfest
on November 5 in George West, Texas. Kay Arnold,
Jerry Young, and
Donna Ingham were there, along with the Storyfest's
Executive Director (and TFS President) Mary Margaret Campbell. ...more |
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Texas Book Festival
2011 |
| Eleven TFS members staffed the TFS booth at the
2011 Texas Book Festival in Austin on Oct. 22-23, 2011.
...more |
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National Cowboy Symposium
2011 |
| The TFS booth attracted a lot of attention at the
2011 National Cowboy Symposium and
Celebration in Lubbock on September 8-11. ....more |
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Texas Book Festival
2010 |
| A team of 12 TFS members staffed the TFS booth at the
2010 Texas Book Festival in Austin on Oct. 16-17, 2010.
...more |
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Texas
Heritage
Music Foundation |
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The Texas Folklore Society participated
again this year in the annual Texas Heritage Music Day
(formerly the Texas Heritage Living History Day) of the Texas
Heritage Music Foundation
on September 24 on the Schreiner campus in Kerrville, Texas!
TFS folks
Herb Arbuckle, Jean Schnitz, Lee Haile, Acayla
Haile, and Ken Baake entertained the participants all day
and took part in an afternoon panel with the theme of "Songs of
Texas."
...more |
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East Texas
Historical Association |
| Janet Simonds, TFS Treasurer and Office Secretary, chaired a joint session with the
East Texas
Historical Association at their fall meeting in Nacogdoches on
September 16-18, 2010. The session was entitled "Folklore: A Catalog
of our Culture." TFS members Jack
Duncan (McKinney), Sue Friday (Charlotte, NC),
and Peggy Redshaw (Sherman), presented
papers....more |
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National Cowboy Symposium |
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Texas Folklore Society made an appearance at the National Cowboy Symposium on
September 9-12, 2010, in Lubbock. Elmer
Kelton was honored there....more |
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Texas Book Festival |
| A team of 15 TFS members made a success of the Texas
Folklore Society's participation in the
2009 Texas Book Festival in Austin on Oct. 31- Nov.1.
See the report. |
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Texas
Heritage
Music Foundation |
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The Texas Folklore Society joined with
the Texas Heritage Music Foundation
at the annual Living History Day
on September 25 on the Schreiner campus in Kerrville,
Texas! The afternoon panel (4:00-6:00 p.m.), with the theme of
"Songs of Texas," included papers and music presentations by
our own Herb Arbuckle and Jean Schnitz. |
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Texas
Folklore Society Day |
| Texas Senate Resolution 400 designates April 10, 2009, Texas
Folklore Society Day. Governor Perry sends letter of
congratulation.
...more |
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Dallas Folk Music Society |
| The Dallas Folk Music Society celebrates its 50th
anniversary on March 14, 2009. It was founded under the
inspiration and leadership of TFS members Hermes Nye and Lu
Mitchell.
...more |
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Texas
Independence Day Celebration |
| TFS members are encouraged to attend and participate in the
Texas Independence Day Celebration event at the
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site on February 28 and
March 1, 2009
... more |
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Texas State Historical Association |
| TFS will participate in a joint session with the Texas State
Historical Association on March 26th, 2009. TFS members Linda
Wolff and Kenneth Davis and Secretary-Editor Ken Untiedt will
present papers.
...more |
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Texas Book Festival |
| Kay Arnold coordinated the Society's participation in the
Texas Book Festival in Austin on November 1-2, 2008. For the report
click here. |
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Texas Heritage
Music Foundation |
| Jean Schnitz coordinated the Society's participation
in the Texas Heritage Living History Day in Kerrville on
September 26-27, 2008. To see the report and pictures
from our participation in 2008,
click here. To see the report and pictures
from our participation in 2007,
click here. |
| F. E. (Ab) Abernethy named
Nacogdoches County Citizen of the Year |
| TFS' own F. E. "Ab" Abernethy
(Secretary-Editor 1971-2004) was honored Tuesday night (9-30-08), by
the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce, as
2008 Citizen of the Year. Six hundred people came to
witness the award ceremony and hear
...more |
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