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June 29-July 4; July 6-9, 2017
Log Sheet # 3

Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Audio/Video Log Sheet
Logger/Videographer: Janine Winfree / Karlene Masters
Recorder Number (Main): CFCH 4
File Name: COOKH/-[[?]].wav
Recorder Number (Backup): CFCH |...|
File Name: STE-001.wav
Presenter: Maia Daniel
Date/Time: 7/1 - 1 pm
Program: Circus Arts/Foodways
Stage: Cookhouse
Group Name: Big Apple Circus
Session Title: After the show: Backyard Meals (Peachy Pork Chops & Vichysoisse)
[[2 Columned Table]]
|Participants||Instrument/Occupation|
|Ray Slizewski| |Big Apple Circus cook|
|Maia Daniel| |Assistant|
|Calliope music 1:50-2.00 pm in background|

Contents/Notes (continue on back):
1. Cookhouse dramatic reading (Ringling)
2. Vichysoisse made as a joke! One guy kept asking for it
3. Vichysoisse Cold Soup common in Europe
4. Peachy pork chops
5. Circus is family! Community of togetherness
6. Ray's story → walked out of interview to see Circus hiring cooks! got the job (Friday afternoon), had to be ready to leave Sunday w/ his stuff!
7.Ordered food weekly via internet thru U.S. Foods, delivered on Mondays (dark day for Big Apple Circus)
Special diets for some performers/crew. One person w/ long list of alergies and hard to accomodate. Chicken Day and Taco Day most popular w/ crew/performers.
Life on the road - enjoyed small towns w/ local restaurants
Stories about serving Yak (once for Mongolian troupe) and alligator (once)
Ray's heritage: 50% Polish, 50% Samoan
(OVER)