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LOGGER'S SHEET    135

LOGGER: Lori Taylor
REEL NUMBER:  5  STAGE: AFS
DATE: 7/1/1988  PRESENTOR:  Charlie Camp
GROUP NAME: French American Folklore
REGION/STYLE:

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|PERFORMER(S)|INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION|
|Barry Ancelet|(Folklorist-Lafayette, Louisiana)|
|Dewey Balfa|(Cajun Fiddler-Basile, Louisiana)|
|Gerry Robichand|(Acadian Fiddler-Massachusetts Program)Waltham, Mass|
|Louie Charpentier|Woodcarver-Leominsler, Mass.|

CONTENTS:
1. Intro - DB-has language always helped define who is Cajun? Yes-he explains
2. GR-French spoken in Mass? Spoken at home every day but the children don't speak it because all else is English.
3. Plays fiddle-("Saint Anne's Reel") "Sainte Anne's Reel" have a French American club-square dance, language, music 
4. DB-connection between preserving music & preserving language. 
5. Part of what encourages the young people to learn French is their desire to learn their musical tradition.
6. Music of the older musicians has recognizably French-Canadian bowing & fingering.
7. BA-how much of a link is language between French cultures.
8. Definately. Now-though, language is in danger-how much of the culture will love w/o the language?
9. GR-are there continuing links to New Brunswick? Yes, many visitors. Exchange of performers? Yes, a lot. Close musically, Maintain language.
10. Exchange of performers? Yes, a lot. Close musically. Maintain language.
11.BA-Cajuns were there before us./Northern&New England French went through the immigrant experience (and lost a lot of language)
12. Influences to change culture: Civil War, World Wars, radio (media)... Consciousness of their being American.
13. DB-been to France? The country people (Northern) speak of his grandparents but the dancing isn't like Cajun (which is waltz & 2-step).
GR-number of dances growing not shrinking (opposite of what DB says) Language as spoken--
GR intro in French. Fiddle tune "Buctouche"