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Festival Coordinator Bio <br /> Gerry Williams returns in 2012 for his eleventh year as the Coordinator of The Carrboro <br /> Music Festival. He was an initial member of the Carrboro Music Festival committee in <br /> 1997 and was then responsible for assembling the participating musicians. In 2002 he <br /> was asked by Mayor Mike Nelson to take over full responsibility for the event and with <br /> the able assistance of a volunteer committee and Carrboro's Recreation and Parks <br /> Department, has steered the festival in an invigorating direction. Officials estimate that <br /> 10,000 attendees strolled throughout Carrboro's downtown in 2011 and enjoyed the <br /> sights and sounds of 185 diverse performers at 25 venues. As always, diversity was of <br /> paramount importance with widely different musical styles represented by a mosaic of <br /> racial, ethnic and age groups. <br /> Mr. Williams has forty years of professional music experience since finishing the <br /> American Studies Program at The University of Maryland. He was a researcher at The <br /> Library of Congress' Folksong Archive and for The Labor Union Song Project. He has <br /> owned and operated independent CD and record stores in Washington,DC and Carrboro, <br /> NC, and has done booking for a well-known international musician as well as local and <br /> regional artists. He was the Music Program Director at The ArtsCenter for two years. He <br /> also has done special event planning for Carrboro and non-profits in Orange and <br /> Chatham Counties as well as benefits for local musicians without Health Insurance,two <br /> area schools, Asian Tsunami relief, and various community non-profits. <br />