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How the Doo-Nanny Began
The founding story as the festival site told it: a turnip root with a face, a junk shop in Pittsview and a roadside folk art show that started in 1996.
Festival archive. This page keeps what the old Doo-Nanny festival website published on this domain. doo-nanny.com is now an independent magazine: it is not affiliated with the festival or its organisers and does not sell tickets, camping or vendor places. Prices, dates and contact details of the original page are not reproduced.
The festival pages
The Joomla-era website of the festival: events, practical info and the founding story.
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Festival Events
The weekend programme of the old festival: music, the Possum Trot auction, the movie festival, the art show and the Saturday-night burn.
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The Outsider Art Show
The Saturday folk art show at the heart of the festival, rooted in Southern self-taught art, with the artists the site listed.
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The Possum Trot Auction
The Friday-night art auction that opened the festival weekend, with costumes, bidding and donations.
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The Movie Festival
A lo-fi movie festival for five-minute films and a "4D live action" division, as the old site described it.
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The Sculptural Burn
The large sculptural burn on Saturday evening, modeled on the effigy burn tradition of Burning Man.
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Art at the Festival
The art page of the festival site: the outsider art show, its roots in Southern folk art and the artists it featured.
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Music at the Festival
The festival's music page. The line-ups it published are kept on the schedule page linked below.
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A Festival Music Schedule
A day of performers and set times from the festival stage, as the old site published it.
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Festival Info
Practical notes the festival published for visitors: shelters, camping, dogs, cuisine and directions.
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Basic Festival Info
The fact sheet of an earlier edition: the art show, the auction, camping, art booths and the lo-fi film programme.
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Camping and Accommodation
How the festival handled camping, showers and the woodland "spa", as described on its accommodation page.
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Artists and Vendors
The long vendor letter of the festival: wristbands, booth rules, set-up and the spirit of the vending field.
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Festival Cuisine
The outdoor kitchen, Friday-night low country boil and the food oddities of the festival weekend.
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Directions to the Festival
How the old site sent visitors to the farm near Seale, Alabama, a short drive from Columbus, Georgia.
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The Festival Krewes
How the festival invited guests to join volunteer krewes for the stage, kitchen, spa and movie theater.
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The 2011 Press Pack
The page that once offered the festival's 2011 press pack as a download.
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Festival Video
The video page of the festival site, where films from the weekend were embedded.
The first website
The earlier, hand-built version of the festival site.
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Doo-Nanny History, First Edition
The founding story as it appeared on the first version of the festival website.
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Art at the Doo-Nanny, First Edition
The art page of the first festival website, with the artists it expected to see.
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The Woods of Wonder Movie Festival
The first website's page about the WoW-FeSt movie festival and its rules for entries.
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Cuisine, First Edition
The first website's food page: fire-cooked meals at the festival kitchen.
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Lodging, First Edition
The first website's page on camping and lodging near the festival.
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Possum Trot, First Edition
The first website's page about the Possum Trot and its auction night.
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Links, First Edition
The first website's links page: artists, filmmakers and friends of the festival.
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Pictures, First Edition
The first website's picture page, which held a photo slideshow.
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Contact, First Edition
The first website's contact page. Contact details of private persons are not reproduced.
Notes and bulletin board
The ramblings column and the closed visitors' board.
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More From the Festival
The "More!" section of the old site: a bulletin board, a ramblings column and links.
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The Festival Bulletin Board
The visitors' bulletin board of the festival, with categories for rides, car pools and things to bring.
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Bob Ross R.I.P.
A short tribute to the television painter Bob Ross from the festival's ramblings column.
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Intertwangleism
A rambling essay from the festival site on the made-up word at the heart of its spirit.