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A 19-member Board of Directors guides
policy and financial operations. A full-time, professional Executive
Director is responsible for programming and operations, with full-time
Event Directors managing specific activities; i.e., the Festival
Director.
In 1989, the California Traditional Music Society (CTMS) organized
a meeting of 130 leaders of North American Folk Music societies
to form the North
American Folk Music and Dance Alliance (Folk Alliance). Folk
Alliance's goal is to address common concerns and increase public
awareness and support for Folk Music and dance. The Folk
Alliance has completed its 15th successful year for its over 2,200 leader-members.
In 1999, CTMS won a competitive award from the Los
Angeles Cultural Affairs Department of a five-year lease
of an 1100 square foot building in Encino Park California, for
our administrative home. We chose to share the small "performance" space
at the facility with the Folk Music, dance, and storytelling
community for meetings, workshops, rehearsals, and other small
gatherings. Use of the space is available to all interested nonprofit
folk arts organizations. See our calendar
of events for more information.
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