AC 1444
Artist: Christine Balfa, Dirk Powell, Kevin Wimmer, Mike Chapman; Balfa Toujours
Album/Event: “The Balfa Legacy” Program
Tracks: La Valse de Balfa, J’ai perdu mes lunettes, Les Fleurs du Printemps, Mardi Gras Song
Collected/Recorded by: N. Levine
Date: 7/12/1995
Location: Elkins, WV
Notes: Christine Balfa, Dirk Powell, Kevin Wimmer, Mike Chapman on the influence of the late Dewey Balfa. Talk of how the band was formed, Christine’s earliest memories of learning to play for her father Dewey, Dewey Balfa’s contribution to Augusta Heritage Center as first teacher and organizer of the Cajun focus. Songs played by the band Balfa Toujours
The Milnes Collection contains audio-visual recordings made and collected by the Augusta Heritage Center’s former Folk Arts Coordinator, Gerald Milnes. Throughout his career with Augusta, Milnes conducted field work to amass a large collection of oral histories, music, and event recordings. He recorded the bulk of the collection from the early 1970s to 2013, but the collection also includes tapes with earlier dates that others sent to him.