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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
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