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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2004

Contact: John Holum, Chairman of the Board
Phone: 410-991-7848

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The National Council for the Traditional Arts=92 (NCTA) Board of Directors=
=20
announced
today that it=92s long-time Executive Director, Joe Wilson, has been named=
=20
Chairman
of NTCA.

The position is new.  As NCTA Chairman, Wilson will lead NCTA=92s external=
=20
activities,
including overall policy, governmental relations, and fundraising, as well=
=20
as writing
and special projects.  He will also become a member of the organization=92s=
=20
Board of
Directors.

Wilson has been NCTA=92s Executive Director since 1976.  Under his=
 leadership
NCTA has grown from a staff of two to its current size of eleven, and has=20
sharply
expanded its activities in enriching communities by finding and presenting=
 the
highest-quality traditional artists at its National Folk Festival, tours=20
throughout the
United States and other countries, and other venues.  In 2001 Wilson was=20
honored
with a National Endowment for the Arts=92 National Heritage Fellowship, the=
=20
highest
honor in the field, for his immense contribution to the preservation and=20
presentation
of folk arts. Please visit=20
http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/Heritage01/Wilson.html
for a complete biography.

Wilson assumed his new post on November 15, 2004. Julia Olin, NCTA=92s=
 Associate
Director for the past fourteen years, has been named Executive Director.=20
She will be
assisted by a new Executive Committee of the NCTA Board.

In approving the promotions, the NCTA Board expressed its =93deep=20
appreciation for
Joe=92s exceptional leadership in building NCTA into the nation=92s finest=
=20
organization
dedicated to the folk arts,=94 and pledged to =93work even more closely with=
=20
Joe and with
Julia to ensure that NCTA will continue to thrive long into the future.=94

Founded in 1933, NCTA is the nation=92s oldest folk arts organization. It=20
honors and
celebrates arts that are deeply rooted cultural expressions =AD music,=20
crafts, stories
and dance passed down through time by families, communities, tribal, ethnic=
 and
occupational groups. The 70-year-old National Folk Festival, the premier=20
event of its
kind, helps revitalize host communities through a three-year cycle of annual
festivals, most recently in Bangor, Maine, drawing audiences in excess of=20
140,000
people. The NCTA stresses quality and authenticity in presenting=20
traditional artists to
the public in festivals, national and international tours, concerts, radio=
=20
and television
programs, films, recordings and other activities.

Release also availabe on the NCTA website (www.ncta.net/news.html)


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