Hootenanny

[Peter A. McGraw]

--On Monday, March 7, 2005 6:12 PM -0500 Beverly Flanigan
<flanigan at OHIOU.EDU> wrote:

> But "hootenanny"-- that was indeed a Pete Seeger kind of term!

I agree.  In the early '70s one of the shopping malls in suburban
Chattanooga, TN, (where I lived) had periodic hootenannies, in which
banjo-and-fiddle ensembles from the area gathered to perform, judges
awarded prizes, and the crowds were large.  I assumed the use of the term
(though probably not the venue) for these events had long predated the
popular folk music fad of the 60s and migrated into popular usage along
with the music, though I can't prove it.

Peter

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Peter A. McGraw       Linfield College        McMinnville, Oregon
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