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LOGGER'S SHEET
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REEL NUMBER: 7  STAGE: AFS
DATE: 6/24/88 PRESENTOR: John H Vlach 
GROUP NAME: "The Material World: Persevering, Presenting, Pretending" 
REGION/STYLE: 
PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
Henry Glassie: (folklorist, Philadelphia PA) 
Ray Brassieur: (folklorist - St. Martinville, Louisiana)
Janice Godaire: (folklorist, Gristan, Mass.)  
Timothy Lloyd: (folklorist, Colombus, Ohio) [[crossed out]]
John Vlach: (presenter)(folklorist, Washington D.C.)
CONTENTS: 
1. JV: Introductions: Asking the audience 
2. RB: Range of objects: BOATS to TEXTILES
Example of louisana sailboat: "the Lugger"
3. HG: 18th century/19th century + 20th Century: Nature + Will
4. JG: Artist on the schools presentor and old Starbridge Village as experiences.
5. JV: The imagination as part of this
6. HG: The ability to pretend like 18th person.
7. JG: Caution that historic accuracy and the altered story.
JV: what is it like to be on display-
8. asked of Raymond Sedotcel boat builder from Louisana 
9. Nick Spitzer: imaginative talking about pretending 
10. living traditions -> reenactments (who is pretending for what purposes).
11. JV: opens to the audience
12. Audience: will there be folklore 100 yrs from now. Will there be folklore without folklorists?
13. JG: Support to maintenance of tradition
AG: Governed Folklore from personal point of view
the increasing privitization of folklore
Audience: Asks what is difference between cajuns/creole/
RB: Answers question/ presents the debate.
JV: Conclusion