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June 29-July 4; July 6-9, 2017 
Log Sheet #6
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 
Audio/Video Log Sheet
Logger/Videographer: Ingeboij/Ben
Recorder Number (Main): CHCH 1
File Name: 0072.wav
Recorder Number (Backup) CFCH 18
File name: 0361.wav
Presenter: Camilla Brycola Po
Date/Time: 2:40
Program: On the Move
Stage: Story Circle
Group Name: Rhythm of a People
Session Title: History of Caribbean Music in DC

[[2 column table]]
| Participants | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | 
| --- | --- |
| Senge Bellegarde |   |
| Syndey Manch |   |
| Hollis "Flash" Lashey | From Trinidad |

CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): 

1. Caribbean people have been coming to DC since 1630s
2. Caribbean people come here & blend in
3. In 1900s/early 2000s new migration [[?]] of black power movement   
4. Coming from countries w/ new independence [[?]]
5. poem by Leshly - "I am Caribbean spirit" 
6. In the US, Caribbean people find they are more similar than different
7.  that each locchc in Caribbean has many similarities (beliefs, languages)
8.Poem by March about missing home
Caribbeans that came to DC were usually pursuing education, many worked full time while pursuing their education. 
Cricket playing brought many Caribbean people together in school 

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