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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.
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9. COMMENTS BY PRESENTOR 
10. DUST ON THE  BIBLE JEAN REID
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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