Actually I was there funny enough, but because I was already at the conference for the work that I do. The paper was presented by a young woman named Brandy Renee (cant remember last name) from VA Tech in Blacksburg and it was basically about the implications of bellydance on Appalachian culture. Most of the people she interviewed for her paper did not identify as Appalachians and most of them were not born and raised in Appalachia but had lived here for awhile. It was interesting to hear but I found myself wishing that she had expanded her research to include a variety of dancers from all area of Appalachia rather than just people she knew..I think maybe most were from the Blacksburg area. I took more notes, just do not have them in front of me. I wish I would have grabbed a copy of the paper but I had to leave quickly.