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JUNE 29-JULY 4; JULY 7-10, 2016 LOG SHEET #5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: DAVID DISHNEAU / DELMA WEBB MEMORY CARD NUMBER TASCAM: CFCH FILE NAME: SOCIAL1.0010.wav MEMORY CARD NUMBER ZOOM H2: CFCH FILE NAME: .WAV PRESENTER: DEB WONG DATE/TIME: 7/1/16 2pm PROGRAM: JAPANESE AMERICAN BUDDHIST FESTIVAL STAGE: SOUNDS OF CALIF GROUP NAME: REGION/STYLE: JAPAN / CALIF. [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | ♂ George Abe | gong, shakuhachi, conch shell, (bamboo flute) | | ♀ Nancy SEKIZAWA (bright clothes) | singer, bell | | ♀ Nobuko Miyamoto | Vocalist | | ♀ Elaine Fukumoto | | | ♂ Mark H. Rooney | Big Japanese drum (Taiko) | CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): 1. Deb Wong - Introduces sounds - conch shell, drumbeats, bell, vocal chants 2. All performers from a radically egalitarian Temple in L.A. 3. George Abe - Temple name - Sen Chi (?) - means to wash your spirit 4. Abe - Buddhist chants are the origin of much Japanese music 5. Abe - Most men who played shakuhachi were Samurai in times of peace 6. Abe - says he epoxied a homemade mouthpiece on conch 7. Nancy says she started going to Temple because of Nobuko, and was invited to learn taiko drumming. She's now mainly a vocalist. 8. Nancy was the first singer for the band "Hiroshima", then ran the Atomic Cage, now sings w/ AME choir. 9. Nobuko - talks about importance of remembering ancestors. Obon incorporates circle dances. 10. Nobuko - the dances are regional & simple