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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: [[2 column table]] |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"