Saturday's Folkmoot 5K race included 244 registered runners, a 40% increase in participation since 2007!  Great weather was on our side, along with plenty of volunteers, participants & Japanese drummers at the finish line.

         The top 10 finishers of the race were as follows

Ben Crenshaw, Linville Falls, NC            Time: 17.16

Hector Sanchez, Canton, NC                   Time: 17.22

Adam Pinkston, Asheville, NC                 Time: 17.37

In 2003, award winning Bonesteel Films, based in Asheville, spent two weeks filming Folkmoot to produce this interesting documentary about the festival.  The hour-long documentary is an exceptional in depth look at Folkmoot from behind the scenes to the stage. 

                 Showings are scheduled on UNC-TV as follows

July 12               6:00 pm

July 13               1:00 am, 5:00 am, 5:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 11:00 pm

                                2008 Festival Sponsors

                          Thank you to all of our sponsors.       

                    Without you, the show would not go on!

After two extraordinarily successful years, our Swingin' Barn Dance, held at Laurel Ridge Country Club in April, proved to be another resounding success.  The food, music, dancing & auction were phenomenal, raising over $10,000 to support Folkmoot programs. Many thanks to co-chairpersons, Shirley Gaddis and Joan Enloe along with all of the contributors listed below.

Folkmoot's 3rd annual photography contest winner is Tommy Hutto of Bethlehem, Georgia.  Tommy's photograph of a beautiful Mexican dancer was taken at Folkmoot's 2007 Parade of Nations.  This winning entry will be Folkmoot's 2008 festival poster and program cover.

The competition attracted participants from several states with a total of more than 50 individual entries submitted.  The 2008 contest was part of a series of events planned to celebrate the 25th year of Folkmoot.

Folkmoot, North Carolina's International Festival, has again been named a top 20 event in the southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.  This is the 18th time that Folkmoot has earned the award.  A previous recipient of the Governor's Business Award for the Arts and Humanities among other recognitions, Folkmoot is known throughout the world as a strong presenter of quality international cultural heritage programs.