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Logger's Sheet 153 

LOGGER: Andrew Connors 
REEL NUMBER: 5  
STAGE: AFS Centennial 
DATE: 7         
PRESENTOR: Charles Camp
GROUP NAME: What Folklore Is ... And Isn't 
REGION/STYLE: 

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| DEWEY BALFA | CAJUN FIDDLE PLAYER, BASILE, LOUISIANA |
| BARRY ANCELET | FOLKLORIST, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA |
| ALAN LOMAX | FOLKLORIST, NEW YORK, NEW YORK |

CONTENTS 
1. D. BALFA: FOLK FESTIVALS AS OPPORTUNITIES TO DISTINGUISH FOLKLORE AND NOT; HE DIDN'T CONSIDER CAJUN MUSIC FOLK MUSIC 
2. B. ANCELET: CAJUN MUSIC WAS JUST THE PEOPLE'S MUSIC; MERCHANDISERS TEND TO SEE MUSICAL TRADITIONS AS THEY WERE, NOT AS THEY ARE
→ BREAK IN PRESENTATION FOR PROCESSION OF SAINTS 
3. A. LOMAX: DESCRIPTION OF RELIGIOUS PROCESSIONS THROUGH HISTORY; BRINGS 4. IN B. ANCELET TO DISCUSS MARDI GRAS PARADE AND CHICKEN CHASE OR PRIZE; FOLKLORE HELPS ESTABLISH/MAINTAIN COMMUNAL IDENTITY 
5. PUBLIC QUESTION TO D. BALFA ABOUT HOW HE CONSIDERED HIS CULTURE
D BALFA: DIDN'T CALL IT CULTURE, CALLED IT A WAY OF LIE; CULTURE HAS TO CHANGE OTHERWISE IT DIES 
6. B. ANCELET → A. LOMAX: DESCRIBE "DISCOVERY" OF DEWEY AND HOW HE 
7. REPRESENTS THE BEST OF CAJUN LIFE AND THUS HE NEEDS TO BE FEATURED 
8. D. BALFA: PLAYS "ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS [HE] YOU PLAYED FOR RALPH RINZLER La valse de Bamboche
B. ANCELET: DIGGING AROUND TO FIND GREAT OLD SONGS
9. A. LOMAX: IN 1934 FIRST TRIP W/ HIS FATHER TO FIND CAJUN SONGS; INCLUSION OF CAJUN MUSIC IN NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 
10. INTRODUCTION OF D. BALFA AS "FIRST PROFESSOR OF FOLK MUSIC WHO IS ACTUALLY A FOLK MUSICIAN"; A. LOMAX STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF THIS FACT
11. D. BALFA: PLAYS [[strikethrough]] "J.DENT" [[/strikethrough]] [I CRY] J'ai pleuré
12.B. ANCELET: STRESSES THAT BOTH THESE SONGS ARE EQUALLY "FOLK" AND EQUALLY VALID, ONE IS JUST OLDER THAN THE OTHER
13.

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