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LOGGER'S SHEET    1/7

LOGGER: Lori Taylor
REEL NUMBER: 5    STAGE: AFS
DATE: 6/27/1988   PRESENTOR: Tim Lloyd
GROUP NAME: Conservation: Natural and Cultural
REGION/STYLE:
PERFORMER(S)            INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
John Vlach (folklorist, GWU - Washington, DC)
Larry Cole (cranberry grower, North Carver, MASS) b.1916
Raymond Sedotal (Cajun boat builder - Pierre Port, LOUISIANA)

CONTENTS
Intro
JV (2 roles - speak for Mary Jackson as well)
continuity of craft of grass basket-making.
development of new styles
inaccessibility of grasses.
movement to help them (basket-makers) gain access to institutions
(gov't influence or dialogue w/ land owners) to reach grasses.
LC - about cranberry growing,
important to conserve water (sprinkler system).
1 of 3 native fruits in North America maintaining acrage when highway takes 3-4-
the argument against conservation - forced to farm marginal land
10 generations of Coles on the same land.
Festival Stage As Political Arena.
RS - Cypress becoming more scarce, the best wood for pirogues.
find old, watery areas where logging was - fish for cypress.
smaller boat - dugout pirogue; larger plank pirogue
difference in materials, example of adaptation
Changes in occupations, adjustments of way of life to general change
LC - local changes (drugs, work, technology)
RS - speed of travel
JV - folklorist as activist: jump into the frontline, crisis center.
TL - pay attention to craftspeople, what comes before
think of issues of conservation.