PHOTOS: Outtakes from W.Va. Music Hall of Fame Event

 

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Photograph by Douglas Imbrogno. Click photos to enlarge

Eventgoers headed into the Nov. 16, 2007 West Virginia Music Hall of Fame debut induction ceremony at the state Cultural Theater first had to pass through a gauntlet of protesters. They were lined up to express their objections to the recent unceremonious ousting of long-times state Archives and History director Fred Armstrong by Division of Culture and History head Randall Reid-Smith.
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One Response to “PHOTOS: Outtakes from W.Va. Music Hall of Fame Event”

  1. DowntownWV » Blog Archive » BuildingScape: A Few Capitol Ideas Says:

    […] What secrets lurk in the hearts of men — and West Virginia Capitol Domes? And will Culture and History czar Randall Reid-Smith and successive layers of authority above him succeed in their ousting of archivist Fred Armstrong without any repercussions at all — except for134 letters to the editor and a picket line gauntlet or three? And what about the Mystery of the Missing State Museum (and the remarkable commentary it generated over at sister blog, Art Attack)? Just asking on a Monday, […]

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