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[underlined] Logger's Sheet [circled] 133

Logger: András Goldinger 
Reel Number: 3/9.    Stage: AFS Centennial 
Date: 7/1/88.        Presentor: Barry Ancelet
Group Name: "Folklore and Media: Access, Control, and Use" 
Region/Style: 
[underlined] Performer(s)       Instrument/Occupation

Barry Ancelet- folklorist, Lafayette, Louisiana
Dewey Balfa- Cajun fiddle player- Basile, Louisiana
Dan Shedry- ethnomusicologist- Wash. D.C. 
Horace Boyer- ethnomusicologist- Amhurst. Mass.

[underlined] contents
1. B.A. - general intros
2. D.S.- media as a tool-trad. arts on periphery-allowing peripheral sides to get inside-media as strategy-exposure + outreach-"inreach" reflect back on the community 
3. audience question- how did cajun boom start
4. D.B. - fear- too much misht get watered down
5. H.B.- same process for gospel- wed for pop music- genuine gospel vs pop gospel
6. B.A.- popularity of cajun culture- hope it will pass- watered down- almost [underlined] parody example black redfish
7. D.B. - good that media exposes trad. culture-most people will not let exposure change them-
8. B.A. - before- regional media-more in tune w/ regional styles- radio-records
9. woreheard
10. D.B.- might not be best musicians 
11. D.S.- 1930- Mexico City- reached Texas, El Salvador- call for musicians- radio station 
12.[underlined] lost, [underlined] some won- now less varied traditions- two
13. B.A.- "Jambalaya"- based on cajun song, [underlined]original not heard. rather cajun version of Hank Williams original. 
D.B.- origin of "Jambalaya" 
B.A.- regional become national, harder to break into "national" media- more
D.B.- festivals as media- dissemination, real impact- approval for musicians who play in festivals
(Cover) C.C. closing