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• F.O.T.m., NEWPORT FESTIVALS, FOLK REVIVAL ALL ROOTS OF FOLK FEST. RINZLER "A GENIUS AT PRESENTING FOLK CULTURE + TRADITION" • DIFFICULTY GETTING PEOPLE TO "TRUST FEDERAL GOV." AND COME TO FESTIVAL • "OLD ways in the new world" AS PROGRAM FOCUS (SERBS + CROATIANS) • CREATING CONTEXT FOR PRESENTATION (PART OF NON FOLKLORISTICS) SONG/STORY ACCOMPANIED BY FOOD/DANCE/ART • GROCE: DIFFICULTY MOVING ALL CONTEXT, only some "props" ARE DOABLE, TRANSPORTABLE, FERNEKES: How to represent "URBAN" CULTURE ON THE DC MALL SMALL OR REPRESENTATIVE PARTS CAN BE ENOUGH w/ CREATIVITY TO [[MAKE?]] CONTEXT (NEW YORK) DEUTSCH: WORKING WITH FOREST SERVICE FOR FESTIVAL CREATING PARTNERSHIPS W/ FEDERAL AGENCY to DO RESEARCH FOR THEMSELVES • WHAT ARE PARTICIPANTS SURPRISED ABOUT EXPERIENCE OF FESTIVAL (HOW CHANGE FESTIVAL IN RESPONSE) CULTURAL LIASONS KEY BEFORE & DURING FESTIVAL FESTIVAL BRINGS PARTICIPANTS INTO CONNECTION OF CULTURES TOO • ENCOURAGED TO NOT BE STEREOTYPICAL, DEFY [?] By DOING w/ DO AT HOME (NO FEAR OF "MIXING" UP VIA CULTURAL CONTACTS • SMALL HONORARIUMS FOR PARTICIPANTS • RELATIONSHIP OF ACADEMICS, PRESENTERS , AND PARTICIPANTS