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LOGGER'S SHEET 122 LOGGER: Lori Taylor REEL NUMBER: 1 STAGE: AF5 DATE: 6/30/1988 PRESENTOR: Nick Spritzer GROUP NAME: Folklore and Media: Access, Use and Control REGION/STYLE: PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Richard March (folklorist-Madison, Wisconsin) State Folklorist, accordianist. Louis Bashell (Slovenia accordianist-Milwaukee, Wisconsin) Nat'l Heritage Fellowship Winner Joe WIlson (folklorist-Washington, DC) Nick Spitzer (folklorist-Washington, DC) Sign Language Interpreter- CONTENTS 1. Testing Accordians, drawing a crowd. "Silk Umbrella Polka" Intros- 2. Getting your own culture into the media 3. JW -mountaineers. most of his encounters w/TV and movies frustrating, dwell on stereotypes. 4. LB- records&radio a long time ago. From 13-14 stations w/polka to 1 today RM - attempt to gain mass audience for polka post WWII. 5. Wisconsin accordianists discovering other polka traditions (Tex-Mex) Charlie Camp 6. Dewey Balfa - experience in The Big[[?]] and other Cajun films. 7. JW - on Deliverance 8. RM - people want representation in media, but tend to be disappointed at gap between media portrayal and their reality 9. Barry Ancelet - in using Lomax recordings (1930s/40s) to make modern record 10. When the folk gain access to the media, they once again assume role of storyteller in their own culture revalidate regional cultures 11. 12. RM- 13. LB accordian tune Slovenian waltz. "Little Shepherd"