Volume 34, Number 1

On the cover: Dancer Lou Maiuri and apprentice Judy Van Gundy demonstrate some steps at a recent Vandalia Gathering in Charleston. Author Doug Van Gundy fiddles in the background. Photograph by Michael Keller. Our story about Lou Maiuri begins on page 8.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA

Joe Manchin III, Governor

Kay Goodwin, Secretary
Department of Arts, Culture and History

Randall Reid-Smith, Commissioner
Department of Arts, Culture and History

John Lilly, Editor

Gordon Simmons
Editorial Assistant

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

BlaineTurner Advertising, Inc.
Publication Design

Spring 2008

2 From the Editor

3 Letters from Readers

6 Current Programs*Events*Publications

7 GOLDENSEAL Good-Bye

8 “I Dearly Love to Dance”

Mountain Dancer Lou Maiuri
By Doug Van Gundy

16 Bear Fork Trading Post

Live Music in Calhoun County
By Kim Johnson

22 Richard Ruddle and the Reed Organs

of Pendleton County
By Lawson W. Posey

28 Leading Creek Baptist Church

Up From the Ashes in Gilmer County
By Katrina Minney

34 Fire on Fairfax Street!

By Clifford Hackett

40 “It Feels Like Coming Home”

Old-Time Hospitality at the Park View Inn
By Jeanne Mozier

47 Betty Lou Harmison

Muse of the Park View Inn
By Jeanne Mozier

48 89 Years in the Coalfields

A Satisfying Life in Wyoming County
By Virginia Cook

54 Water Witching in Preston County

A Visit with Keith Wotring
By Donetta Sisler

60 First Lady and the Ramp Egg

By George Garton

62 West Virginia Back Roads

A Shop for Sore Eyes in St. Marys
By Carl E. Feather

64 2007 Liars Contest

68 Vandalia Time!

Photoessay by Michael Keller

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