Redneck Performing Arts Association
The Redneck Performing Arts Association, or RPAA for short, is a group of Clemson, South Carolina patrons of the ESSO Club, who sponsored a three-day music festival beginning in 1981 to raise money for charity.[1]
Spittoono featured local bands who performed for free for the exposure. No admission was charged to the family-friendly event, held since 1991 at the Clemson National Guard Armory in Pendleton, South Carolina. Charity dollars were raised through the sale of annual tee-shirts, and of cold beverages. As of 1982, the RPAA was chartered as a 501(c)(3) charity organization. From 1981 to 1990, the event was held in the parking lot of the ESSO Club, but it eventually outgrew the available space there. The name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Spoleto cultural arts festival held each year in Charleston, South Carolina. The event ended in 2017.[1][2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Grove, Jake (August 24, 2017). "Spittoono winds up a 37-year run with an epic event". Independent Mail.
- ^ Pietras, Emily (August 16, 2017). "Time to say goodbye to Spittoono". Greenville Journal.