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LOGGER'S SHEET

LOGGER: Lori Taylor
REEL NUMBER: 9/9  
STAGE: AFS
DATE: 7/3/1988  
PRESENTOR: John Vlach
GROUP NAME: Festivals: Their Folklore and Their Influence
REGION/STYLE:

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| John Vlach | (Folklorist - GWLL Wash, DC) |
| Bob McCarl | (State Folklorist - Boise, ID) |
| Joe Wilson | (Folklorist - NCTA - Wash, DC) |
| Charlie Camp | (Folklorist - umd. -College Park, MD) |

Sign Language Interpretation - Hank Young.

CONTENTS
Intros-
1. JW - Festivals as a way of letting emotions
most traditional festivals based in some long standing local 
2. tradition
3. BMcC - "Irregularities" of festivals CC - Influence of hootenany era - 
4. Generation of folklorists introduced to the subject through festivals, hootenanies
5. BMcC - Credit a mentor - Archie Green
The labor sections of festivals - the bomb scare (zealous volunteer)
6. CC - Sheep shearing - watered by another zealous volunteer
7. Bob Cameron (writing history of the festival) questions
JW - Changing direction, evolution of festival, 
8. his "special protector" - great coincidences in his planning/organizing festivals
9. JV - Archie Green... More connections (his 1st job was CCC)
10. Mice Licht - Question: CCC Camps, music
11. CC - 2 different audiences for "folk festivals" - synthetic events, and traditional festivals - what is needed survives
12. -changing ideas of what is presentable
13. JW - Those things which go over best are used within the community as entertainment or performing arts.

Ends.