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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