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JUNE 27-JULY 1; JULY 4-8, 2018                                LOG SHEET # 3                                                   
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET
LOGGER NAME: Mary Aldacushion
RECORDER 1 NAME: HYURA 1          
FILE NAME: 0095/6.wav
RECORDER 2 NAME: HYURA 2          
FILE NAME: 0418/9.wav
PRESENTER: Hamazasp Danielyan     
DATE/TIME: 1PM / 4 July 18
PROGRAM: Armenia                  
STAGE: Hyurasenyak
GROUP NAME: Nur Qaxon Ensemble
SESSION TITLE: Traditional Armenian Folk

[[2 columned table]]
| Participants | Instrument/Occupation |
| --- | --- |
| Eteri Hovhannisyan | musician/siger 20 yrs old |
| Tsovinar Hovhannisyan | - teacher - founder of ensemble |
| Mery Musinyan | musician/singer 12 yrs |
| Kristine Yengoyan | musician/singer 10 yrs. Qanon - name of instrument looks like a hammer dulcimer |

Introduction by Namazaya
First musical selection - all 3 girls play together
Sounds like piano background
Composer was their teacher
They use key to play 74 strings
2nd selection (no titles given)
Nur = pomegranite
Komitas - Armenian composer, collected many forms of music
3rd selection - Keli Keli 
w/ girls singing
4th instrumental
They are playing everyday
Full concert tomorrow at Annedy Center
Stories from their travels
Mery - started when she was six, smaller than instrument
5th & Namayat - sad story
Some audience participation
Quotations for teacher & how she started the ensemble
She has 30 students all from Armenia
Culturally - close to Greece, Mediterranean