Around 30,000 people are expected to make their way through Newport News Park for the Fall Festival of Folklife according to Shelly Ezanno, an organizer with the city's parks, recreation and tourism department. One hundred fifty exhibitors showed off their wares and their skills in everything from carpentry and blacksmithing to ceramics and tanning.The festival is an expression of Virginia's cultural heritage, Ezanno said, dedicated to old arts and crafts and the people who practiced them.Many exhibitors were eager to share their trades and allow others to try their hand at these centuries-old pursuits, lest the old folk crafts and culture fade away.Eustace Conway, the North Carolina man who stars on the History Channel's "Mountain Men," demonstrated pioneer skills, working wood next to...
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