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LOGGER'S SHEET
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LOGGER: Andrew Connors
REEL NUMBER: 8
STAGE: AFS Centennial
DATE: 7/3/88
PRESENTOR: Charles Camp
GROUP NAME: French American Folklore
REGION/STYLE:

PERFORMER(S)INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION 
Lionel Leleux, Fiddler, Kaplan, Louisiana
Eddie LeJeune, Accordionist, Morse, Louisiana
Dewey Balfa, Fiddler and Professor, Basile, Louisiana
Barry Ancelet, Folklorist, Lafayette, Louisiana

CONTENTS

1. C. Camp: Introduction & Description of Phil Donohue show at Ohio Folk Festival
2. B. Ancelet: French as a foreign language in Louisiana? French studies should be considered local studies; D. Balfa as professor and what that means; varieties of styles of French musicians within a relatively small area; individual styles of families
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4. D. Balfa: Plays a song he learned from [[?]] valse de samedi au soir [[strikethrough]] [[?]] DE [[?]] [[/strikethrough]]
5. L. Leleux: Plays "La Maleureuse" an old song. L.L. says that B. Ancelet puts him on the spot trying to remember them
6. E. LeJeune: His dad carried his accordion in a sack if he didn't have a box; plays an old song using both hands; one of few players to continue to play the left hand and not just the right which carries the melody
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8. D. Balfa & E. LeJeune play together, E. sings
9. L. LeLeux & E. LeJeune play together; L.L. greatly influenced by Laurence Walker; "Tous Les Soirs"; E. sings
10. B. Ancelet: Discusses L. LeLeux's fiddle making
11. D. Balfa: Discusses his derivation of vocation; R. Rinzler asking for old songs for Newport Folk Festival plays "Le Sauvage Sur le chicot (Indian on a stump)
"J' [[strikethrough]] la Fait [[/strikethrough]] ai été au bal" and "Lonesome Indian" both are anglo tune derivatives
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13. B. Ancelet: Can't be a purist as assimilation of traditions is an integral aspect of Cajun culture
L.LeLeux: "Ragtime Andy" played "like no one else plays it" "I didn't have no one to teach it to me"