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March 15-16, 2007, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
PROGRAM
MARCH 15, 2007 -- THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 pm --
THE PETE
AND TOSHI SEEGER FILM COLLECTION
Screening of film clips from the documentary film footage collection
of world musical traditions recorded by Pete and
Toshi Seeger and their children during their travels around
the world in the 1960's. The screening will be followed by a discussion
period.
MARCH 16, 2007 -- FRIDAY
9:00-10:00 am --
WELCOME
& INTRODUCTION: Library Officials and
Peggy Bulger (Director, American Folklife Center)
KEYNOTE
ADDRESS: Neil Rosenberg (Professor Emeritus,
Memorial University of Newfoundland) -- Family Values
Seeger Style [read
abstract & bio]
View
the webcast of the Introduction and Keynote Address [Running time 0:46:10]
10:00-11:15 am --
CHARLES
SEEGER & RUTH CRAWFORD SEEGER
View
the webcast of the panel [Running time 1:10:58 ]
Moderator: Peggy Seeger [read
bio]
Betty Auman (Music Division) -- Seeger
Materials In The Library Of Congress Music Division. [read
abstract & bio]
Judith Tick (Northeastern University) -- Ruth
Crawford Seeger's Legacy. [read
abstract & bio]
Taylor Aitken Greer (Pennsylvania State University)
-- The Legacy Of Charles Seeger: Defying
And Defining Tradition. [read
abstract & bio]
11:30-1:00 pm --
ANOTHER
GENERATION OF SEEGERS: PETE, MIKE & PEGGY SEEGER
View
the webcast of this and the following panel [Running time 2:31:50]
Moderator: Michael Taft (American Folklife Center)
Todd Harvey (American Folklife Center) --Seeger Collections
At The American Folklife Center Archive. [read
abstract & bio]
Jeff Place (Smithsonian Folkways Records)-- Seeger
Materials In The Smithsonian Folkways Collection. [read
abstract & bio]
David Dunaway (University of New Mexico) -- Documenting
The Seegers. [read
abstract & bio]
1:00-2:30 pm -- LUNCH
2:30-4:00 pm --
PERFORMING
THE SEEGERS
View
the webcast of this and the previous panel [Running time 2:31:50. This panel
begins at 0:59:30.]
Moderator: Ray Allen (Brooklyn College, CUNY) [read
abstract & bio]
Anthony Seeger (UCLA) -- “Something’s
Coming That Stinks” (An Old American Folk Song?): Changing
And Exchanging Songs With The Suyá Indians In Mato Grosso,
Brazil. [read
abstract & bio]
James Durst (Work O' the Weavers) -- Performing
Pete In Work O’ The Weavers. [read
abstract & bio]
Mike
Seeger (Musician And Scholar) w/ Ray
Allen (Brooklyn College, CUNY) -- Integrating
Documentation, Presentation and Performance.
[read
abstract & bio]
4:00-5:30 pm --
POLITICS,
THEORY & THE FOLK REVIVAL
View
the webcast of this panel and the following event [Running time 1:41:32]
Moderator: Joe Hickerson (Folklorist, Performer) [read
abstract & bio]
Bill Ivey (Vanderbilt University) -- Theorizing
Folk and Country Music. [read
abstract & bio]
Robert Cantwell (University of North Carolina)
-- The Politics of Pete. [read
abstract & bio]
Millie Rahn (Independent Folklorist) -- The "It
Changed My Life" Syndrome: The Folk Revival. [September 23, 2008p>5:30-5:45 pm --
CLOSING
REMARKS & SING ALONG WITH PETE SEEGER*
View
the webcast of the conclusion of the symposium program and the previous panel. [Running time 1:41:32. The summary remarks
begin at 1:11.]
8:00-9:30 pm --
CONCERT
(COOLIDGE AUDITORIUM, JEFFERSON BUILDING)
Go
to the concert web page to view the webcast with a log of the concert or
View the concert webcast here [Running time 2:13:15]
Pete, Mike and Peggy Seeger with family and special friends
The Seeger Family concert will begin at 8
pm on March
16 in the Coolidge Auditorium, located
on the ground floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building,
10 First Street, S.E.
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