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2009 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Celebration

Concert Award Ceremony Concert Banquet Award Ceremony
Alexia Smith, wife of the late Mike Seeger, and emcee Nick Spitzer watch footage of a young Mike Seeger. Amma D. McKen and her group Omi Yesa The Birmingham Sunlights.
Chitresh Das performs with tap dancer Jason Samuels Smith. Dudley Laufman performs with family and friends. Edwin Colón Zayas performs with his group Edwin Colón y su Taller Campesino.
Joel Nelson. LeRoy Graber describes his willow baskets to emcee Nick Spitzer. “Queen” Ida Guillory and the Bon Temps Zydeco Band.
Sophiline Cheam Shapiro and dancers from the Khmer Arts Academy. Teri Rofkar shows off her traditional Tlingit weaving. The 2009 NEA National Heritage Fellows celebrate during the concert’s finale.

NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert at the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland, on September 24, 2009
 

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Photos by Michael G. Stewart
 

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