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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET # SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Pat McGee MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: 02 FILE NAME: TEHAUS 188 MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: 03 FILE NAME: PRESENTER: Joanna Lee DATE / TIME: 6 JULY 2014 5:00 pm PROGRAM: China STAGE: Teahouse Commons GROUP NAME: 3 generations of Papercutting REGION / STYLE: [[2 COLUMNED TABLE]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT / OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Fenglian Gao | | | Jieqiong Liu | | | Rongrong Fan | | 1. Shangshi Province, NW China. 2. They're cutting while talking. Sign of a folk art. Like knitting. 3. Q: Who learns from whom? A. my mother refused to teach me. 4. As you grow up, you have the opportunity to learn for yourself. 5. 6. "Woman is like a flower, so [[cross-out]] w [[/cross-out]] we cut the flower." Paper & 7. scissors are there for you. ( Lee) The three have very different 8. styles. Born 2nd moon 18th day 1936. 79 years old. Mrs. Gao never went to school, but loved cutting paper since 8 yr old. Paper was expensive so she cut leaves. Window flowers - paper cut on windows, for New Year. Also decorations asking for prosperity (over)