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Clarksburg native Phyllis Curtin is best remembered for what style of music?
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Folklorist Pat Gainer founded this festival in 1950.
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WVU artist-in-residence Ellie Mannette is often considered the "father" of this instrument.
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This fiddler was named a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow, one of the highest national awards in the arts.
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This group had hits with "Build Your Treasures in Heaven" and "Moonlight on West Virginia."
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Monroe County's Henry Reed was most closely associated with this instrument.
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Who broke Connie Smith's 50-year run for most consecutive weeks with a country song at number one on the charts?
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Who had a hit with the 1947 country song "Beyond the Sunset?"
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What country music singer was born Lois LaVerne Williamson?
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This fiddler from Elizabeth won the 1998 Vandalia Award.
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