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Honors,Commissions,Performances <br /> June,2013, 2012,&2011,Instructor/Coordinator of first ever`Bluegrass Camp <br /> for Kids" sponsored by Pine Cone and Cary Recreation and Parks Department., <br /> NC <br /> United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County's"Performer of the Year" <br /> 2008-09. NC Arts Council Touring Artist Roster, CAPS Teaching Artist 2009- <br /> 2013. <br /> Sept,2011, '10, '09, '08, '07, Charles Pettee, coordinator/instructor, "Bluegrass <br /> Camp for Kids"@ Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh,Northern Ireland. <br /> April,2007: "Bluegrass/Brown Earth"collaboration with African-American <br /> Dance Ensemble, Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Shady Grove Band premiers. <br /> Sept., 2004: Charles Pettee&FolkPsalm"Duke Chapel, Durham,NC, <br /> MerleFest, Wilkesboro,NC,2004&2005. <br /> Pettee juried into Southern Arts Federation's southernartistry.org 2005 <br /> Showcase artist for NC Presenter's Consortium "ArtsMarket"2004/07/08 <br /> June,2000,Shady Grove Band 13"' European Tour <br /> Recipient, 1995 Emerging Artist Grant, Durham Arts Council,NC <br /> Sep., 1993: The Shady Grove Band at The Lincoln Center,NY,NY("Roots of <br /> American Music"festival) <br /> Original compositions have received airplay in the US,and many foreign <br /> countries on radio, satellite, and television, according to BMI statements. <br /> Host, Mandolin Mania Workshop, 1995 MerleFest,Wilkesboro,NC. Host, <br /> mandolin seminar 1991 Owen Sound Folk Festival,Ontario.Panelist and judge <br /> at the National Guitar Flat-Picking Championship, KS, 1989. Host,mandolin <br /> workshop, Winnepeg Folk Festival,Manitoba, 1986. Winner,first place,Chapel <br /> Hill Guitar Flat-Picking Contest, 1984. <br /> Recipient "Meet the Composers"grant from the New York State Council on the <br /> Arts, May, 1991. <br /> Winner, 1990 North Carolina Composers Competition, sponsored by Duke <br /> University Cultural Services. <br /> Composer,music for the play "Seafood", first place winner in the full length <br /> category in the 1988 NC Playwright's Fund competition, and produced in 1989 <br /> by Man Bites Dog Repertory. <br /> Recordings Charles Pettee& FolkPsalm,"The Way of Manna"2010 <br /> Shady Grove Band,Back in Circulation, (BWR2008),2008 <br /> Charles Pettee&FolkPsalm, True Wealth, (Ears to Hear, eth1003)2005 <br /> Charles Pettee,Steady Love, A Collection of Psalms, 2003 <br /> Shady Grove Band, Cotton Patch Gospel, cast recording,2002 <br /> Wiffer Creek, (Charles Pettee and Doug Bremseth),2001 <br />