On August 8, 1963, the traveling American Outdoor Hootenanny Festival came to Parade Stadium, produced locally by Ray Colihan.  Participants were encouraged to bring their guitars, banjos, and vocal chords (and $2), sit on the grass, and be discovered in the talent hunt.  Then it turns out that the first two hours featured “TV and Recording Folk Stars,” including:

• The Greenbriar Boys
• Bill Faier
• The Troubadours Three
• Bob Carey
• Joan Meyers
• Dimitri and Daniel

 

Only then it was time for the amateurs.  That made it 10:30 p.m. on a Thursday night so how many folkies were discovered that night is unknown…  The top prize for original material was a publishing contract with Davidson Country Music.