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Dance 382
Southern Appalachain
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Dance
Undergraduate 4
12/13/2011

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Term
Dance tradition
Definition
Anglo-American Folk Dance
Term
Class of People
Definition
three classes
-privileged, wealthy class
-poor, working families
-african slaves
Term
Geography, terrain, and climate
Definition
Eastern and Southern eastern
Appalachian mountain region-from georgia to maine in the north
the Southern Appalachian States are- Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama
Term
Language and Alphabet
Definition
English: roman alphabet
Term
Economy
Definition
NR: timber
Agriculture: poor, rural mountain
Term
Customs and more
Definition
Many home crafts were cultivated due to poor economy of the mountain people.
-whittling,sewing clothes, making cane chairs, making brooms, making soap, playing stringed instruments
Term
Religion
Definition
Christian
Term
Dress/ Costume
Definition
Leather shoes, wooden floors, lumber was plentiful.
Term
neighboring people and immigrant
Definition
African-american; Cherokees and other tribes
Term
Music
Definition
String band:Fiddle, mandolin, guitar, string bass
Later: inclusion of the banjo, which was an African instrument
Mountain Dulcimer used primarily to accompany singing
Odd instruments: Spoons, jugs etc

Musical rhythms/meter; almost exclusively 2/4 and 4/4
Term
Festivals
Definition
Asheville Mountain Music and Clog dance in july each year
Term
Dance
Definition
Couple dance: Smooth and clog
Buck (solo) dance: always clog
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