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The North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance is a non-profit organization that sponsors an annual conference that is an industry focal point for folk music and dance. As of 2006, the Alliance had a membership of approximately 2000, and a budget of $800,000 USD,[1], and is one of the five largest music conferences in North America.[citation needed]
Members include record companies, publishers, presenters, agents, managers, music support services, manufacturers and artists that work in the folk world.
[edit] History
In 1989, Clark and Elaine Weissman and the California Traditional Music Society invited presenters and business people to a retreat in Malibu, California to discuss formation of a coalition of folk organizers. In 1990, a steering committee approved a set of bylaws that officially formed the North American Folk Music and Dance Alliance.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "What the Folk? For the Sake of the Song: Folk Alliance 2006", Austin Chronicle, February 10, 2006
- ^ A Short History of the Folk Alliance, from their official site
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