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LOGGER'S SHEET      124
LOGGER: Lori Taylor
REEL NUMBER: 3       STAGE: AFS
DATE: 6/30/88        PRESENTER: Charlie Camp
GROUP NAME: Occupational Folklore
REGION/STYLE:
PERFORMER(S)         INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION
Bob Mc Carl (folklorist-Boise, Idaho)
Phil Pestone (firefighter-Washington,
Geraldine Johnston (folklorist-Washington, DC)
Cecelia Ojoe (participant, cook- Wash. Metropolitan Area Program) Trindadian
Sign Language Interpreter- 
CONTENTS
Intro-
1. BMcC - intro of subject, what he works on - firefighters. 
complex issues- people often lose interest.
2. PP- change in firefighting profession. 
stories of DC firefighting. 
infamous element of rescue: "I think there's a baby, too."
3. CC - occupational in the widest sense - those things which occupy us
CO- learning cooking. call food by the way they do it. 
5. GJ - innovation in local rugmaking. a practical woman would never put white in a rug (comparison to IKEA)
6. BmcC - folklorist role as seen by occupation communities - 
help educate public away from stereotypes.