We are grateful! As we head toward the holiday season here at Alternate ROOTS, this year we want to focus on the many things we are grateful for. And as we began to list the many things, and people, we are grateful for, the list runneth over! (That’s what happens when one begins to think about good things.)
So we decided to begin a ROOTS 2014 Gratitude List, beginning with our Friends of Alternate ROOTS (FOAR) — all 112 of them! Although they may top our list, we decided we need to create a space to chronicle all of the other great things, and people, we are grateful for.
Join the fray by commenting below! Tell us the many things you’re grateful for this year, ROOTS related or not.
Now, here in alphabetical order is our list of FOAR. If you haven’t joined yet, it’s not too late! Head on over to our new FOAR page and join right this minute. Thank you in advance for your support of Southern artists!
- Al Bentz
- Alchemy
- Alison Kibbe
- Ann Elizabeth Armstrong
- Ariston Jacks
- Artspot Productions, Inc (On Behalf of Phillip Gilbert)
- Ashley Minner
- Atumpan-The Talking Drums – Corey & LaQuita Marie
- Bailey Barash
- Barbara Schaffer Bacon
- Beverly Botsford
- Birdie James
- Bob Leonard & Debbie McClintock
- Bonnie Garneau
- Bruce Allardice
- Carlton Turner
- Caron Atlas
- Celeste Miller
- Chip Epsten
- Chloe Smith
- D. Patton White
- Dan Brawley
- Dana Lupton
- Daniel Johnson
- Dawn Dreyer
- Deborah Tatar
- Don Harrell
- Eleanor Brownfield
- Elise Witt
- Elizabeth T Holmes
- Ennis Carter
- Guy Osborne
- Gwylene Gallimard and Jean-Marie Mauclet
- Holly Bass
- Jann Ramsey
- Jennifer Pickering
- Jenson Titus Lavallee
- Jerita Wright
- Joan M Kerrigan
- Joanna Russo
- Jose Torres-Tama
- Joseph Thomas
- Kaamila Mohamed
- Karen Peterson and Dancers, Inc. – Karen Peterson
- Kathie deNobriga
- Kathy Randels
- Kerry Lee
- Keryl McCord
- Kesha McKey
- Kira Cummings
- Kiyoko McCrae
- Kristin Kelly
- Laura Marie Thompson
- Leah Smith (Song)
- Lisa Mount
- Lisa Cremin & Bruce Harlan
- Lise Kloeppel
- Loreen Booker Brown
- Lucinda Flodin
- Lynn Jeffries
- Magda Spasiano
- Margo Miller
- Maurice Martinez
- Mayaba Liebenthal
- Meg Whalen
- Mirra Shapiro
- MK Wegmann
- Mollie Quinlan-Hayes
- Nancy White
- Naphtali Fields
- Nia Wilson
- Nick Slie
- Nicole Gurgel
- Nicole Brown
- Nicole Garneau
- Omari Fox
- Peggy Quinn
- Peter Eversoll
- Phil Cramer
- Phylis Free
- Phyllis Utley
- Polly Medlicott
- Polly Riddims
- Project South – Stephanie Guilloud
- Quita Sullivan
- Rajni & Theron
- Rebecca Mwase
- Robert Rorrer
- Rodrigo Dorfman
- Ron Ragin
- Sage Crump
- Samuel Valdez
- Samuel Thompson
- Sara Zatz
- Sarah Massey
- Sarah Grenzeback
- Sharon Newton-Denson
- Sheila Kerrigan
- Sheila Gaskins
- Sophie Becker
- Stephanie McKee
- Sue Schroeder
- Suzanne Callahan
- Tamiko Ambrose Murray
- Tara Foster
- Terry Thirion
- The Bosch Institute
- Tracy Broyles
- Trey Hartt
- Trina Fischer
- Val Lyle
- Will MacAdams
More from Our Runneth-Over-With Gratitude List
- highest record attendance for this year’s ROOTS Week: Annual Meeting and Artists’ Retreat (259 people)
- successfully adopting a new membership structure
- having our founders still active in the field and in ROOTS