Tuesday, May 19, 2009


May 19, 2009
Country Music Pioneer Everett Lilly of Clear Creek to Receive 2009 Vandalia Award on May 23
Special to Huntingtonnews.net Charleston, WV (HNN) --
The Vandalia Award, West Virginia’s highest folklife honor, will be presented to state, national and international musical pioneer, talented performer and ambassador of traditional mountain culture, Everett Lilly of Clear Creek, Raleigh County, on Saturday, May 23, as part of the 33rd annual Vandalia Gathering. The award will be given to Lilly during a 6:30 p.m. ceremony and concert in the Norman L. Fagan West Virginia State Theater in the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex, Charleston. Lilly and his band Everett Lilly and the Lilly Mountaineers also will perform during the concert. The event is free, and the public is invited to attend. Read more...

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