[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4340-4341]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE AS A NATIONAL AMERICAN MUSIC CENTER

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                            HON. BART GORDON

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 13, 2008

  Mr. GORDON of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize 
Murfreesboro, Tennessee as a national center for traditional American 
music.
  The objective for the national center is to educate, market and 
preserve traditional American music, including old-time music. A 
learning center will offer concert and performance venues for 
individual artists.
  The Uncle Dave Macon Day Festival has 30 years of experience 
promoting and developing the traditional music and cultural heritage of 
Middle Tennessee. Traditional American music includes folk music, 
blues, gospel, dance music and any kind of acoustic that is learned 
primarily from oral tradition.

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  With the aid of Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro can 
offer the community highly qualified graduates to manage and staff the 
national center for traditional American music.
  MTSU College of mass Communication offers young people the chance to 
become major players in recording industry, journalism, photography, 
television and radio-all media on which Uncle Dave Macon Day depends.

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