Howard Forehans of Santa Ana, Calif., had to be barefoot from the time they left their home until they returned. "They had a young couple that was getting a free vacation in the Ozarks, but they had to do the entire vacation without their shoes on," Paddock explains. Shortly after the festival's genesis, a radio show called "Truth or Consequences" got cheeky with the idea of the barefoot hillbilly.
"There were so many little towns in the Ozark region that were German and Irish and Italian, and so there were square dancing teams that would come and compete at the auditorium back then." "They had outdoor exhibits of arts and crafts in the Basin Park celebrating Ozark heritage," she says, adding that events also included a parade and plenty of square dancing. Nancy Paddock - a Eurekan who has been involved with organizing the festival for many years - explains that folklorist Vance Randolph, writer Cora Pinkley Call and Otto Rayburn, who published a monthly guide to the Ozarks, started working on a festival that celebrated rural Ozark life while also appealing to travelers. The yearly festival started during the Great Depression when Eureka Springs, nestled in the quaint rolling hills of the Ozarks, offered a reprieve from those "Dust Bowl blues."
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The septuagenarian tradition includes a Folk Faire full of local art and music plus the traditionally beloved performance of the Hedgehoppers and the annual shoes-optional Barefoot Ball. The Original Ozark Folk Festival returns to Eureka Springs Nov.
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