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June 29-July 4; July 6-9, 2017   
Log Sheet #6 
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Audio/Video Log Sheet
Logger/videographer: Maya Thompson
Recorder number (Main): CFCH 5    
File name: CIRSTR_0070.wav
Recorder number (Backup): CFCH 6   
File name: CIRST2_0073.wav
Presenter: La Vahn Hoh 
Date/Time: 2017/07/03 - 2:45 pm
Program: Circus Arts 
Stage: Circus Stories
Group Name: N/A
Session title: Circus Dreams: Running Away with the Circus

[[2 columned table]]
| PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| La Vahn Hoh | Professor/Drama Teacher |
| Janet Davis | Professor/Writer- (writes about) Narratives in American History, Circus |
| Paul Binder | Former Juggler/Founder of the Big Apple Circus |
| Elena Panovd | Aerialist |
| Pedro Reis | Founder of The Circus Arts & Conservatory |

CONTENTS / NOTES (continue on back):
1. Introductions
2. What drew speakers to the circus-Circus performers are brave.
Movement and adventure.
The circus people doing virtuoso moments with grace and humility.
Feeling of connection with audience.
3.
4.
5.
6. Mary Anne Haney-Big Cat Trainor
7. Her body looked like "[[A?]] network of scars". She trained her big cats with positive reinforcement.
8.