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==Culture== [[File:Roan Rhodies.jpg|right|210px|thumb|The [[Roan Mountain (Roan Highlands)|Roan Mountain Rhododendron Gardens]] are located above the community of Roan Mountain]] The Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival is held each summer at the lower elevation of [[Roan Mountain State Park]], offering visitors opportunities to sample traditional foods, purchase locally handmade crafts, and listen to a variety of traditional Southern Appalachian musicians, as well as to view the alpine catawba [[rhododendron]] gardens whose blooming season usually peaks during the third or fourth weekend in June. The festival began in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.johnsoncitypress.com/news/roan-mountain-has-drawn-nature-lovers-long-before-71-year-old-festival/article_beac4e38-5418-53bc-bc5d-dae3e738d70d.html|title = Roan Mountain has drawn nature lovers long before 71 year-old festival}}</ref> The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, a well-known [[Old-time music|old-time]] string band performing traditional Appalachian music, hail from the Roan Mountain area. This family band has been featured at venues including the [[Smithsonian Folklife Festival|Smithsonian Museum's American Folklife Festival]], the [[1982 World's Fair]] in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], and the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]] in [[Nashville]]. The band has received numerous awards and recognitions, and acquired an unexpected audience after [[Malcolm McLaren]] sampled some of its music in his 1982 hit song, "Buffalo Gals." Later the Hilltoppers' home was visited by the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Boy George]].<ref>[http://www.clinchfest.net/performers.php?id=9 Roan Mountain Hilltoppers], Clinch Mountain Music Fest website, accessed May 25, 2010</ref><ref>Marsha Barber, [http://www.mountainx.com/ae/2004/0609hilltoppers.php God save the Hilltoppers], ''Mountain XPress'', Vol. 10 / Iss. 44, September 6, 2004</ref>
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