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Logger's Sheet Logger: Lori Taylor Reel Number: 9/9 Stage: AFS Date: 6/30/1988 Presentor: Charlie Camp Group Name: Crossing the Line: Folk Artist - Folklorist. Region/Style: [[2 column table]] | Performer(s) | Instrument/Occupation | | Barrylee Pearson | (folklorist, UMD - College Park, MD) | | Joe Hickerson | (archivist, Archive of folk culture - Wash, DC) | | Pualani Kanahele | (Native Hawaiian Performance - Hilo, Hawaii [[song?]] Tomorrow is 60th Birthday of Folk Archive - Library of Congress Contents) 1. Intro- each to show an example 2.JH - Robert Winslow Gordon; recording of "Pretty Polly" Child Ballad #4, brought song to attention of Carl Sandburg...evolution of the song. Song on one of his lips-"lady Isabell and the Elf Knight" 3.PK- performing traditions she grew up with- chant,dance("old things")close to ground, related to movement of lava. *first line of chant chant while slapping gourd and hitting it on ground. 4.BP - 25 yrs collecting-self-definition as "revivalist" growing up in Chicago "I did more for you baby than your mama & papa ever done" [[image]] 5.CC - natural or acquired affection. does studying something you love reduce your love for the thing? 6.JH - a lot of people got into this business because of the revival. an archive copy of a letter he wrote in 1956 to Rae Korson. had forgotten he had written the letter until he came to work at the AFCulture encourages people to do both-active pamphleteer. 7.PK - dancing is at the same level of enthusiasm as food(that is HIGH level) many people hate their jobs-"I am my job" (she teaches) 8.BP - wandering in 60s lost, ran into Stith[?] Thompson-went to IU. ST discouraged doing both-now a turn around. Performing is a wonderful fieldwork tool - establishes rapport. 9.PK - standing chant. ** first line * He Kau no Hiciaka **Kunihi Ka Mauna 10. 11. 12. 13.