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Southern Culture at the Crossroads: Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games

Southern Culture at the Crossroads: Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games Southern Culture at the Crossroads: Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games George Holt Southern Cultures, Volume 3, Number 3, 1997, pp. 68-82 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1997.0039 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424347/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:09 GMT from JHU Libraries ESSAY Southern Culture at the Crossroads Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games by George Holt The American South was well represented .. . /at/ the Southern Crossroads celebration offolk, gospel andpopular music and dance by nj groups and soloistsfrom 12 states at Centenennial Olympic Park, the spiritual heart of OlympicAtlanta. Mardi Gras and American Indian dancers wound through thepark. Shows spanned the early days ofcountry music to today's urban recording artists. Hot-footed double-dutch ropejumpers andAfrican drummersperformed along with big names like Percy Sledge and Isaac Hayes and smaller ones like the Squirrel Nut Zippers, aja^ bandfrom Chapel Hill, N.C. Here it waspossible to slip awayfrom the crowds that surged along like a huge, encompassingfamily and sitfor afew moments listening toprayerful,jubilant, protesting voices raised in song and to the softer sounds ofconversations among strangers. Somewhere ehe in the city, men and women were competingfor the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southern Cultures University of North Carolina Press

Southern Culture at the Crossroads: Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games

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Southern Cultures , Volume 3 (3) – Jan 4, 2012
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Southern Culture at the Crossroads: Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games George Holt Southern Cultures, Volume 3, Number 3, 1997, pp. 68-82 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/scu.1997.0039 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/424347/summary Access provided at 18 Feb 2020 17:09 GMT from JHU Libraries ESSAY Southern Culture at the Crossroads Presenting the South at the Centennial Olympic Games by George Holt The American South was well represented .. . /at/ the Southern Crossroads celebration offolk, gospel andpopular music and dance by nj groups and soloistsfrom 12 states at Centenennial Olympic Park, the spiritual heart of OlympicAtlanta. Mardi Gras and American Indian dancers wound through thepark. Shows spanned the early days ofcountry music to today's urban recording artists. Hot-footed double-dutch ropejumpers andAfrican drummersperformed along with big names like Percy Sledge and Isaac Hayes and smaller ones like the Squirrel Nut Zippers, aja^ bandfrom Chapel Hill, N.C. Here it waspossible to slip awayfrom the crowds that surged along like a huge, encompassingfamily and sitfor afew moments listening toprayerful,jubilant, protesting voices raised in song and to the softer sounds ofconversations among strangers. Somewhere ehe in the city, men and women were competingfor the

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