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1984-RR-380 CONT.

LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: Sue Goodwin
REEL NUMBER: #6 of 7
STAGE: Aging Workshop
DATE: 7-6-84
PRESENTOR: Nick Spitzer
GROUP NAME: Afro American Elder Moving Style Hall Singers Tidewater South US
REGION/STYLE: Stories of Wit and Wisdom

[[2 Columned Table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT / OCCUPATION|
| --- | --- |
| Y. Hunter | (gospel singer ~  [[strikethrough]] [[Roanoke, VA]] [[/strikethrough]] Tidewater|
| B. Bligen | gospel singer - South Carolina |
| C. Blake | gospel singer - Louisiana |
| Rev. Womack | (singer, storyteller from Roanoke, Va.

CONTENTS
1. Rev. Womack: talks about the way things were a long time ago, how they ate raw cattle, log splitting, raising food themselves, storage of food for winter,
2. song -"Thank the Lord" Rev. Womack
3. Benjamin Bligen - ways of life in island, S. Carolina
4. the language - resembles creole of Indies "gulla" Bligen
5. bringing up family - manners, respect, & love - with use of stories & religion
6. her family -- [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] Hunter
7. gospel rituals " watch night" singing all night - Hunter & Bligen
8. cotton press caller - [[strikethrough]] trusting [[/strikethrough]] C. Blake leaving home as a boy to get work
9. song "I'm so glad trouble don't last always" C. Blake "sun goin' shine" "It'll be all right"
10. pressing cotton C. Blake having the blues, sings the blues
11. the future prospects - making it thru hard times with work & honesty C. Blake
12. song "Done got over" C. Blake
13. song "Bye & bye" J. Hunter