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June 27-July 1; July 4-8, 2018    
LOG SHEET # 3
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL  
AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET  
LOGGER NAME: Ricky Gomez
RECORDER 1 NAME: Hyurasenyak 1 
FILE NAME: 107.wav
RECORDER 2 NAME: [[strikethrough]] Hyu [[/strikethrough]] Hyurasenyak 2 
FILE NAME: 431.wav
PRESENTER: Jim Deutsch
DATE/TIME: 7-7 1PM
PROGRAM: Armenia
STAGE: Hyurasenyak
GROUP NAME:                        
SESSION TITLE: Carpet Cutting Ceremony

[[2 columned table]]
| PARTICIPANTS | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| [[strikethrough]] Hayk Demean [[/strikethrough]] Levon Avdoyan | Library of Congress  |
| Noubar Afeyan | Co founder Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Weaver/ [[strikethrough]] owner [[/strikethrough |
|[[strikethrough]] Stuart Mardirossian [[/strikethrough]] |   |

-Noubar immigrated from Beirut
-Levon Avdoyan second generation Armenian
-First record of Armenians in US is Martin de Armenia who was a tobacco farmer
-Armenians settled in Massachusetts, New York, Michigan
-Armenians brought to work on Virginia plantations teaching silk weaving in 1800s
-Children tend to keep Armenian language if they live in large Armenian communities
-Armenian settled in large numbers in years following in years following genocide at end of WW1
Attitudes in US to receiving Armenians following WWI
-Funds were raised to support Armenians in orphanages
-Noubar related how grandfather and other Armenians rescued by German troops even though Germany was allied with Ottoman Empire during WWI