Saturday is the final day to enjoy the talents of dance troupes at International FolkFest. Free performances 8:30 Saturday morning until 12:30PM around the Historic Rutherford County Courthouse. The final performance is Saturday night at 6:00PM in the Bell Buckle Banquet Hall. Both Saturday performances are free.

The groups from Canada, Lithuania and Mexico head home on Sunday.

This is a milestone year. It is the 35th time our community has enjoyed International FolkFest.

State Senator Bill Ketron presented Tennessee flags to the visitors. He commented . . .

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And the major milestone goes back to the start of the Cripple Creek Cloggers. Steve Cates started the Appalachian style dance group in 1967 as a 4-H project with students at Kittrell Elementary School. Now, 50-years later--they still are spreading their goodwill, but around the world.

NewsRadio WGNS asked Cates to think back over the half-century and tell us what makes him the most proud . . .

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Again, the final performances for the 2017 International FolkFest are 8:30AM to 12:30PM on the Historic Murfreesboro town square, and Saturday evening at the Bell Buckle Banquet Hall starting at 6:00PM.