Who We Are

The Charlie Poole Music Festival, now in its 12th year, is a project of Piedmont Folk Legacies, Inc., a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote and preserve the musical and cultural legacy of the Piedmont region and to celebrate its influence on the development of American vernacular music, as exemplified by Charlie Poole. The festival is held each year on the second weekend of June in Eden, North Carolina, home and final resting place of Poole. Fans come from far and wide to celebrate the special contribution that Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers made to American music.

Also a project of Piedmont Folk Legacies is the National Banjo Initiative, a new endeavor whose principal goal is the establishment of a National Banjo Museum and Learning Center. Proposed facets of this center would include permanent and changing exhibits, an archival repository for banjos and related materials and documents, classroom space for workshops and music instruction, a performance theater, and recording studio. A feasibility study grant was recently awarded PFL from the North Carolina Arts Council to begin work on this important project.

Piedmont Folk Legacies, Inc.
Board of Directors

Louise W. Price, President

Hank Sapoznik, Vice-President
Marianne S. Aiken, Treasurer
Melissa Whitten, Secretary
Jennifer Griffin, Corresponding Secretary
Cindy Adams
Joe Mead
Christopher King
Dan Peck
Bill Kornrich
Jonathan Romeo