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The above plan will serve several ends. It will make possible the presentation of certain aspects of American popular culture which are not germane to a "folklife" festival [[underlined]] per se. [[/underlined]] It will continue our practice of offering local residents and midsummer tourists an event both entertaining and educational over the July 4 period. It will further develop our competence in the presentation of folklife by involving museum curators in the planning and execution of the Folklife Festival to an extent not achieved in previous years. And it will move this event, scaled down to its pre-Bicentennial size, to a period of the year with better weather and more manageable crowds.

Although fund raising for both events will be required, we anticipate a positive response from the private sector, building upon the good relationships established over the ten-year history of Smithsonian festivals.