Biography
The Conception Bay Folk Arts Association
Members: Esther Squires, Gerry Strong, Jamie Snider, D'Arcy Broderick, Don Walsh (2), Gerard Broderick, Barry Martin (11), Bill Bowman Jr., Bill Bowman Sr., Elaine Bowman, Kevin Broderick (2), Robert Jones (48), Ann Martin (2)
Group formed in November of 1978 in Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.It's aims were to preserve the folk arts heritage of the people of Newfoundland and to encourage creative expression of those arts.
One of the ways this is done is through the annual Conception Bay Folk Festival, the first of which was held July 1979.