Pennsylvania Bluegrass: DEL MCCOURY NAMED RECIPIENT OF NEA NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP

Friday 25 June 2010

DEL MCCOURY NAMED RECIPIENT OF NEA NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP

(Nashville, TN)...Yesterday, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman, Rocco Landesman, announced this year's NEA National Heritage Fellowships, and we are proud to announce that Pennsylvania's Del McCoury is one of nine recipients this year.

This award is the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts and each of the nine recipients will receive a one-time award of $25,000. The NEA National Heritage Fellowships public programs are made possible through the support of the Darden Restaurants, Inc. Foundation and Darden's family of Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 restaurants.

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