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LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: L. RAMSDELL / L. BUTERA / T. MURPHY REEL NUMBER: 1B STAGE: CC PlAZA DATE: 6/27/87 PRESENTOR: GLEN HANSON GROUP NAME: BALLAD WORkshop REGION/STYLE: N. CAROLINA Ballads PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Bessie Eldreth Housewife & Mother JEAN REID Hemo DIALYSIS NURSE CONTENTS 1. Omie WISE / NAOMI Wise Both singers history of song follows perf. How Ballad spread. 2. Mrs Eldreth discusses her learning ballads in general, from grandmothers. Grandmother who broke horses. 3. Pretty Polly - Mrs. Eldreth Discussion of 18th/19th century ballad characteristics Details, moral of stories 4. Ms. REID's history as a singer. 5. The Roving Cowboy Ms REID. Church as seminal factor in Ballad Singing 6. Mrs Eldreth - what singing in church means to her. Discussion of the writing of someones LAst DAY 7. Someone's LAST DAY Mrs. Eldreth. Discussion of sacred songs. 8. 9. COMMENTS BY PRESENTOR 10. DUST ON THE BIBLE JEAN REID 11. ------ 12. [[strikethrough]] comments: PRENTOR[[/strikethrough]] INTERVIEW: PRESENTOR & PARTICIPANTS 13. "Ticklish Reuben" - sung by Bessie Eldreth "Lolly Tood" - sung by Jean Reid "Pretty Polly" - sung by Reid and Eldreth