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June 29-July 4: July 6-9, 2017 Log Sheet #6 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Audio/ Video Log Sheet Logger/videographer: Lorena Ramirez- Lopez Recorder number (main): CFCH 5 File Name: CIRSTR_0059.wav Recorder Number (backup): CFCH 6 File Name: CIRST2_0061.wav Presenter: Date/time: 6/30 2:45 Program: Circus Arts Stage: Circus Stories Group Name: Session title: Circus Dreams: Running Away to the Circus [[2 columned table]] | Participants | Instrument/Occupation | | Janet Davis Osborne | | Prof. of Univ. of Texas in Austin | | Elena Panova | | Russian circus performer/teacher | | Lavahn Hoh | | Professor at Univ. of Virginia - history of circus | | Linda Simon | |College English professor author of "The greatest shows on earth" | Contents/notes (continue on back): 1. 01h 55m (CIRCSTR_0059) - session begins - 14:51 2. S. - circus college in Moscow - swinging trapeze act 3. Lavahn Hoh - taught only class of history of circus 4. Linda Simon - runaway to join the circus 5. Selena - must be [[strikethrough]] circus [[strikethrough]] privileged to become circus performer, ballet dancer, strong competition - must be selected - you can't runaway 6. in Russia - take test for physical ability 7. Distinctions between USA and Russia - in USA it was more fluid 8. Circus world museum in Baraboo, Wisconsin 9. Janet's anecdote how she "ran away" to the circus - intellectually → way to understand history, book about animals 10. Newspaper stories of people running away