Hello Stephanie, This is our maiden voyage with Museum on Main Street and having now moved to having the exhibition in place at its second site I can say we are having a grand time! The state scholar that we went with is Dr. Beverly Patterson. She is a folklorist and director of the North Carolina Folklife Institute. Her background includes documenting shapenote traditions in mountain communities of North Carolina and Virginia. She has given presentations at our board meetings and the programming meeting. She has also advised our MoMS initiative on various other levels. A folklorist with musical interests is a good bet! Darrell D. Stover Program Officer and Statewide Coordinator Museum on Main Street North Carolina Humanities Council 122 N. Elm St., Suite 601 Greensboro, N.C. 27401 (336) 334-5723 www.nchumanities.org<http://www.nchumanities.org/> [cid:image001.jpg@01CAFCD3.959E50C0] MANY STORIES, ONE PEOPLE ________________________________ From: Museum on Main Street [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Horsley, Stephanie Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:37 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: New Harmonies Scholar Hello all, Our state is hosting New Harmonies in 2012, so I'm in the process of searching for scholars and host sites. For those states who have already had the exhibit, is it best to look for scholars with Music Ed. backgrounds or is there another discipline I should be focusing on? Thanks for your help! Stephanie Stephanie Horsley Program Director South Dakota Humanities Council 1215 Trail Ridge Road, Ste. A Brookings, SD 57006-4107 P 605-688-6113 F 605-688-4531 www.sdhumanities.org