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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)