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"Human beings are movers and wan derers. Spanning oceans, crossing continents, they search always for that better place to be. And as they go, they carry with them not just clothing, not just furniture, but memories, habits, songs, customs, ways of doing things all the storehouse of shared knowledge that will help make their new homes familiar and comfortable. These, then, are the Old Ways in the New World: the hand, heart and mind skills that people from a hundred parts of the globe have brought with them as their gift to a new homeland." More than 90 percent of all Americans recognize themselves as heirs to cultural traditions brought to this country from other -parts of the world. This year the Festival features six of the many ethnic and nationality groups that have en riched the American mosaic of culture. In the Bicentennial celebration, more than 30 will participate. The central theme of these presenta tions is celebration. Individuals and groups who serve their communities In Langenschiltach, Germany, the brett, Zither and guitar. 81askapelle upon the more traditional parts of their through singing, dancing, providing village of 81askapelle plays for wed (brass band) musicians and dancers repertories to demonstrate ties with instrumental music, telling stories, or dings and other special events. Several from Baden-Wurtemburg will perform other styles of Lebanese music on the preparing food for these gatherings dancers, pictured here wearing the wedding music from their region and program. are brought to the Festival from ethnic traditional wedding crown, will be will display a traditional wedding crown Each day's activities will resemble a communities in the United States and accompanying the band members to worn by their village brides. haflah, or Lebanese party with music, from their parent nations overseas. the Festival. Wedding foods will be demonstrated; song, food and dance. Dancers from The 1975 presentations feature Ger bratwurst and other traditional German Marjayoun and Mtein, Lebanon, and man and Lebanese traditions June 25- bluff, Nebraska, play traditional wedding foods wi II be prepared for sale. Springfield, Massachusetts will teach 29, and Japanese, Mexican and Italian music on a combination of instruments: Festival visitors the dabke and other traditions July 2-6. a hammered dulcimer or Hackbrett, Lebanon- Haflah village group dances that are a basic accordian, trombone, and bass guitar. Lebanese "Old Ways in the New part of haflahs in both the Old and New Germany-Weddings Other music will be performed by a World" will reflect the diversity of tradi Worlds. The German presentation focuses on German-American brass band from tional music and dance, urban and vil The sacred dimension of Lebanese the music, dance and foodways as Freistadt, Wisconsin, and an eight-piece lage, sacred and secular. Two urban music will be shown by vocalists sing sociated with weddings-a celebration band from Fredericksburg, Texas. cabaret orchestras, one from Lebanon, ing choral songs sacred to Lebanese that involves whole communities in From Schleswig-Holstein in northern one from the United States, will play Christians. customs that have been practiced for Germany a six-piece band will perform nay, 'ud, rebab, qanun, and darbukkah Festive foods including kibbe, taboo hundreds of years. wedding dance music. Bavarian wed to accompany singing and solo dancing leh, and ma'moul will be cooked and German-American musicians from ding music will be played by three that have made the nightlife of Beirut available for sale, along with a cook a German-Russian community in Scotts- musicians from Munich who use Hack- famous. Cabaret performers will draw book of traditional recipes.

41 Japan-Summer Festival from Italy in activities traditionally as Visitors will hear the cries of street A Natsu Matsuri, or summer festival, sociated with saint's day celebrations, vendors and the sounds of tambourines, provides the frame within which Japa scampagnate, carnivale and other bagpipes, scrapers and accordions, nese music, dance, crafts and foods are special occasions. instruments native to many regions of presented. Japanese-Americans from Music is of special importance in Italy. communities in Seabrook, New Jersey, these presentations, as it has been in A Sicilian family from Brooklyn will New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and the immigration experience. An Italian operate marionettes in dramas based Washington, D. C., together with folk ballata, "Mother, mother give me my on the Song of Roland (Orlando Furioso) artists from Tokyo and Mihara, a small dowry/For to America I want to go," was epic. A Neapolitan burattinaio will pre seacoast city in Hiroshima Prefecture, a refrain heard from one end of the sent simpler hand puppet dramas. will create festive and colorful celebra Italian Peninsula to the other. It speaks Visitors are invited to play and watch tions daily, culminating in a major of the dreams of social and economic Italian games including bocce and Obon Odori in the Plaza on July 5. fulfillment that motivated emigration morra; to exchange jokes, riddles, stor Folk dancing including Minzoku and together with its hundreds of varia ies and proverbs in the special discus Buyo (folkloric dance) and regional tions is known as "the emigration song." sion center; and to sample pasta, Bon-odori (dances for the Lantern Performers from Northern and South polenta, pastries, breads, sausages and Festival) from Japan will be demon ern Italy will sing Calabrian ballads and the other traditional Italian foods which strated daily. serenades in harmony; robust osteria will be demonstrated and sold. Of special interest are the traditional songs of Trento; tralaleri from Luguria; The Mexican Plaza, traditional center Japanese instruments, taiko, flute, canzonette Napolitane from Naples, of social activity moves to the Festival. small brass gong and samisen, that will be used to accompany the singers and dancers. Japanese-American musicians will perform on the koto, a traditional stringed instrument. Crafts related to festivities, Ikebana (flower arranging) and origami (paper folding) will be demonstrated, as will calligraphy, kimono-making, zabuton making and kite-making. Judo, the art of self-defense, will be demonstrated by men and women. At Japanese festivities food is not only delicious but attractive as well. Artistic food arrangement, sushi-mak ing and mochi-tsuki (the traditional preparation of mochi) are part of the presentation. Japanese foods are for sale as well as a traditional Japanese cookbook, which will enable visitors to practice at home what they learn here.

Italian puppeteer Michael Manteo will Italy- Festa perform the medieval epic, Orlando Italian-Americans from neighbor Furioso daily at 2 and 4 p.m. in the Old hoods in the New York metropolitan Ways in the New World area, July 2-6. area will join counterpart participants

42 Participants German R. L. Frantzen: Trumpet player Anthony Hartmann: Drummer Gretel Gross Trio: Sidney Henke: Saxophone player Hans Ei bl: Zither player Hugo Klaerner: Alto horn player Margarete Gross: Hackbrett player Arthur Klein: Accordion player Gottfried Keck: Guitar player Albert Meier: Bass horn player Die Holsteiner: Felix Pehl: Trumpet player Gregor Otto: Leader Bob Schmer's Polka Play Boys: Karl-Heinz Kler, Musician Albert Fahlbusch: Hammered dulcimer Hans-Joachim Knoof, Musician player Rudiger Konig, Musician Roger Fahlbusch: Bass guitar player Walter Siwek, Musician Andrew M. Gentry: Trombone player Paul Gottfried Zulauf, Musician Robert H. Schmer, Accordion player Langenschiltach Blaskapelle: G. F. Weber-Benzing: Band leader Gudrun Epting: Dancer Lebanese American Hans Epting: Dancer Antoinette Arida: Dancer Margot Epting: Dancer Radie Bonemery: Dancer Walter Epting: Dancer Edward Denny: Dancer Mathias Hildbrandt: Bass tuba player Ali Elhage: Dancer Mathias Kieninger: Horn player Ethyl Anna Habib: Dancer Andreas Muller: Dancer Joseph George Habib: Dancer Bernd Muller: Dancer Baha lssa: Dancer Doris Muller: Dancer Hugo Klaerner: Alfred Weisser: Tenorhorn player Edmond Lahage: Dancer Gerd Weisser: Clarinet player S. Kweilin Nassar (Ms.): Dancer Walter Weisser: Trumpet player Laurice Peters: Singer Mrs. Waltraud Weisser: Dancer Jihad Racy: Oud, Buzuk, Nay & Rebab Konrad Kostin: Folklorist player Ulrich Tolksdorf: Folklorist Ray Rashid: Darbukkah player Mexico-The "Plaza" Mariachi musicians from Mexico join Louis Shelby: Violinist cultural cousins from the U.S. to Mexicans and Mexican-Americans German American James Soffan: Dancer celebrate shared musical heritage July will share the Hispanic-American stage Alte Kameraden Band, Freistadt, Wise: Khazma Soffan: Dancer 2-6 in the Old Ways area. the second week of the Festival in a David Baumann: Baritone, trumpet player Mr. & Mrs. Mohammed Soffan: Dancers Donald Boehlke: Drummer Samira Hadad Tamer: Dancer program that attempts to seek out the through parts of the Southwest, will Norman Boehlke: Trombone player Ahmad Zebian: Dancer be performed by Mexican-American roots of those music traditions most Roland Braun: Clarinet, zither player Samir Zebian: Dancer popular among Mexican-Americans in musicians and dancers from that area Mervin Browne: Clarinet player Nazih Zebian: Dancer the United States. of the United States. Heavily influenced Ka~ Ebenhoch: Dancer Visitors to the Festival of American by the polkas, mazurkas and schot Elroy Ernst: Trombone player Japanese American Folklife will be able to compare the tisches of the German/Bohemian set Franklin Evens: Drummer Minyo Dance Group: styles of the mariachi music that now tlers in Texas, the music is performed Earl Hilgendorf: Baritone, trumpet, fliegel Susan Matsumoto Brown: Minyo dancer thrives in Mexico and in the United by accordion, guitar and occasionally horn player Donna Endo: Minyo dancer States. Of the mariachi styles performed, by cow bells, cow horns and block FrankliQ Klug: Bass tuba player Doris Endo: Minyo dancer David Balsiger: Trumpet player two groups, one from California and from the percussion section. Toshiko Hieshima: Minyo dancer Harold Pipkorn: Baritone horn another from Jalisco, Mexico, will play A musical tradition gaining in pop Elaine Ichikawa: Minyo dancer Louis Rittschof: Clarinet player Michi Ichikawa: Minyo dancer the contemporary styles enjoyed on ularity among Mexican-Americans is Harold Schoessow: Trombone player Grace Kono: Minyo dancer both sides of the border. A third group, the jarocho of Southern Vera Cruz. An Elmer Schreiber: Trombone player, singer Kiyo Kunisada: Minyo dancer Huichol Indians, will present an in ensemble of five performers from Mexico Donald Silldorff: Trumpet player Sharon Miyata: Minyo dancer digenous version. will play the harp-dominated music Wilmer Wetzel: Trumpet player Violet Mizuki: Minyo dancer The norteno style, a lively, rustic sound and execute the complex footwork of Pehl's Oompah Band, Fredericksburg Texas: Shizuko Ogawa: Minyo dancer that flourished in Texas and spread the dances. Henry Frantzen: Saxophone player Phyllis Taketa: Minyo dancer

43 Tachibana Dance Group: Yasuko Sudo: Koto player Calabrese Instruments featured in Old Ways Sahomi Tachibana: Minzoku-Buyo dancer Kimi Sugiyama: Cha No Yu performer Angelo Azzinari: Singer in the New World Toyo Kikuchi: Minzoku-Buyo dancer Chizu Takaoka: Narrator Annunziata Chimenti (Ms.) : Tamborine Ellen Kubo: Minzoku-Buyo dancer Karen Takata: Origami & Ribbon player and singer German: Hackbrett; zither; guitar; dou Taeko Okada: Minzoku-Buyo dancer folding demonstrator Annunziato Chimenti: Castanet player and ble bass; bass, baritone, tenor, and alto Fusako Akahoshi (Ms.): Zabuton maker James Takemori: Judo demonstrator singer horns; clarinet; trumpet; trombone; Shingetsu Akahoshi : Calligraphy Harumi Taniguchi: Zabuton demonstrator Mr. Giuseppe DeFranco: Accordion player saxophone; accordion; snare and bass demonstrator Hisano Tazumi: Zabuton demonstrator Francesca Feraco : Tamborine player and drums. lddy Asada: Mochi-tsuki demonstrator Mrs. Sus Uyeda: Ikebana demonstrator singer and organizer Angelo Gabriele: Accordion player and Japanese: samisen; koto; flute; taiko Kimie Bond: Koto player Japanese singer drum; small brass gong. Tamae Brockman: Koto player Yasuto Adachi : Dancer Angelo Gencarelli: Singer Italian: guitar; accordion; zambouna; Takeno Dodohara: Zabuton maker Shiro Chiba: Dancer Vincenzo Deluca: Bagpipe player tamborello; friction drum; scrapers; Sarah Setsuko Hecht: Koto player Molisani Tsukasa Ezaki: Dancer castanets. Katsuko Lee: Ikebana demonstrator Katsutoshi Hibi: Dancer Antonio David : Drum, castanet player and Kyomi Nakamura: Mochi-tsuki Tadao Kagami: Dancer singer Lebanese: qanun; 'ud; nay; rebab; demonstrator & organizer Takaki Kagawa: Flute, drum player Vincenzo David: Friction drum player darbukkah. Noriko Nakamura: Cha No Yu performer Setsuko Konishi : Dancer Trentini Mexican: Huichol drum; violin; harp; Mitsuko Nakashita: Clothing customs Sachio Kuramoto: Shamisen player Mario Dellao: Singer demonstrator Eiko Kurata: Dancer Guido Endrizzi: Singer guitar, jarana; guitarr6n; guitarra de Midori Nataka: Zabuton maker Hideko Mamiya: Dancer Cornelio Facinelli: Singer golpe; vihuela; trumpet. Kyoko Okamoto: Koto player Kenjiro Maru: Flutist Simone Fellin: Singer Ghana: gonje. Shigeo Mase: Dancer Louis Flaim: Singer Makiko Nakanishi: Dancer Umberto Flaim: Singer Miyoko Nozawa: Dancer Takae Ohmoto: Dancer Mexican Mitsuto Ohshita: Dancer Hermanos Fierro: Kinuko Sakakibara: Dancer Alejandro Fierro Samuyo: Harpist Kimio Sugawara: Singer, shamisen player Daniel Ramos Palacio: Jarana player Akio Takahashi: Dancer Hermo Solis Portela: Jarana player Kozo Yamaji: Stage director La Danza Aztec a: Hisae Yamamoto: Dancer Juan Narranjo Gonzalez: Dancer Italian American Julio Narranjo Gonzales: Violinist Mariachi Udabe: Siciliani Ezekiel Hernandez: Violinist Sisto Cominotto: Puppeteer Rafael Hernandez: Violinist Angelo Grillo: Puppeteer Antonio Macias: Trumpet player Ida Grillo: Puppeteer Felix Macias: Trumpet player Joanna Lauria: Puppeteer Jose Maria Morales: Violinist Vincent Lauria: Puppeteer Ramiro Morales: Guitarist Ann Manteo: Puppeteer Adana Udave: Violinist Denise Manteo: Puppeteer Filamon Udave: Guitarron player Michael Manteo: Puppeteer Huicholes: Miguel Manteo: Puppeteer Mariano Rios Diaz: Guitarist Napolitana Rufino Rios Diaz: Violinist Giuseppina D'Andrea: Percussionist, Santos Gonzalez Rios: Dancer, singer craftsperson Crescencio Perez Robles: Dancer A German wedding crown will be worn Carlos Rios Rosas: Violinist, during workshops on traditional Encarnacion Martinez Leguizamo: Dancer wedding dress June 25-29 in the Angelica Castillo Martinez: Dancer "Old Ways" area. Jesus Reyes Vargas: Harpist

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