At the annual meeting, members read papers, play music, give demonstrations, and display items on a variety of folklore subjects. (For a glimpse at titles of papers presented at meetings over the years, see the List of Meeting Papers.)

The Vice-President/Program Chair plans the program for the next year's meeting, and accepts proposals from members.

To be considered, a paper should meet the following criteria:

• It must be on a folklore-related topic (e.g., customs, beliefs, traditions, skills, music, art, legends, superstitions) You can see a list of the papers presented at meetings  for an idea of the type of paper we are looking for.

• It must be presented orally at the meeting in a 15-20 minute presentation.

• Audio-visuals (PowerPoint, videos on DVD, demonstrations, artifacts) may be used. TFS provides a laptop and projector.

• A manuscript of the presentation must be submitted to the Program Director who will select the papers to be presented at the meeting.

Send paper ideas for the 2012 meeting in Odessa (April 5-7, 2012) to Program Chair Linda Wolff as soon as possible, and no later than November 15th.

Linda wants to receive completed papers, not abstracts.

Her contact information is: