The New Jersey Folk Festival is an annual festival presented under the auspices of the Department of American Studies; it attracts more than 10,000 people to the campus. The festival is planned as a celebration of regional folk culture--folk arts, farm arts, folk music, and contemporary crafts. The goal is to stimulate awareness and appreciation for folklore and folklife, past and present. The folk festival is under the direction of Professor Angus K. Gillespie and a committee made up of students enrolled in 01:050:450:01 every spring semester. Each student is responsible for coordinating a single aspect of the festival.
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