Dear Mason,
I will distribute this notice to interested parties.
Hope all is well with you.
Regards
Peter Steere
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> Subject: Hope you can run this notice for us.
> Date: Thursday, September 02, 1999 3:38 PM
>
> Wanted: Mining Poets, Singers & Storytellers
>
> The hard-learned lessons, humor, tragedies and issues of work in the
mining
> occupation have long been the subject of poetry, stories, songs and
visual
> art by mineworkers and their families.
>
> The Western Folklife Center, a non-profit arts organization headquartered
in
> Elko, Nevada, is seeking active writers and performers of traditional and
> contemporary work reflecting the mining experience for an event
highlighting
>
> Mining Traditions at the Millenium, (or whatever name we want to use)
> scheduled in Elko on November 13, 1999.
>
> Most known for its research and presentation of traditions of ranch
culture,
> including its Cowboy Poetry Gathering event in Elko in late January, the
> Western Folklife Center is dedicated to the documentation and
presentation of
> traditional arts in the western states. Little attention has been
devoted to
> the expressive culture of people working in the mining occupation and the
> Center, headquartered in one of the largest gold producing areas of the
> country, is looking forward to finding out what is being produced in
today’s
> western mining country.
>
> Reciters, poets, storytellers and others located through this initial
survey
> will be highlighted at a special event in Elko, Nevada, November 13th
that
> will include an evening performance and a Saturday afternoon program of
> poetry, music and stories, with open mike sessions for others wanting to
> participate. A small exhibit of traditional art and craft created by
miners
> that reflect a mining theme will also be a part of the program at the
Western
> Folklife Center.
>
> Interested individuals are asked to submit a biographical sketch
detailing
> their mining experience and examples of their work by September 22.
Poets
> should submit written as well as recorded examples of their poetry;
musicians
> and storytellers should submit a recorded example of their music and
> storytelling; and visual artists should submit slides or photographs of
their
> work. Artists will be notified by October 5 if they are invited to be a
> scheduled participant of the Elko program
>
> Send submissions to: Mining Traditions Program, Western Folklife Center,
501
> Railroad St., Elko, NV 89801. For more information contact Meg at
> 775-738-7508.
>
> E-mail address: westfolk.org
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