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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET #8 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Mary Sinclair MEMORY CARD NUMBER- TASCAM: CFCH54 FILE NAME: Karibu_022.wav MEMORY CARD NUMBER- ZOOM H2: CFCH54 FILE NAME:STE_002.wav PRESENTER: Callistus Musiomi DATE/TIME: 4 July 2014 4:15pm PROGRAM: Kenya STAGE: Karibuni GROUP NAME: Dance from western Kenya REGION/STYLE: Western Kenya [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] Matende-Iskuti Dancers | Dance performance group| CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back}: 1. Introductory performance: song, dance, drum and horn accompanment Background of the dance, origins and popularity 2. Demonstrations of instruments used during the dance, description of instruments 3. and their importance to one another, particularly the drums 4. Walkthrough of the dance steps, volunteers from the audience requested (4) 5. to learn and demonstrate steps 6. Volunteers from audience seated at front w/ band, applause for volunteers 7. Audience question about costumes, response about construction & materials 8. Audience question about origin of troupe-use of word "tribe" v. use of word "community" in reference to people, "community" being preferable Audience question about origin of the horn Audience question about any spiritual significance to the dance, response about uses and purposes of the dancing, associated ceremonies Audience question about what group has been doing while in DC Audience question about how long group has been performing dance performance with some volunteers. To conclude, another performance, all audience asked to follow train out and around stage