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TEXAS FOLKLORE SOCIETY
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94th Annual Meeting of the Texas Folklore Society Abilene, Texas – April 1-3, 2010 All events at the Hilton Garden Inn Abilene |
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Thursday,
April 1 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. Registration, First floor lobby between the Aggie Boardroom and the Longhorn Ballroom 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Tour of Frontier Texas, with trolley service provided to and from the hotel 8:00 p.m. Hootenanny, Longhorn Ballroom |
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Friday,
April 10 8:00 to noon Registration, First floor lobby between the Aggie Boardroom and the Longhorn Ballroom 8:15 a.m. Welcome: TFS President Lucy Fischer West and a representative of the City of Abilene Session 1 (8:30-10:00 a.m.) Co-Chairs: Meredith Abarca, El Paso, & Acayla Haile, Tarpley “A Sampling of Ethnic Cultures in Early Texas” George Hubbard, Krum “Texan Knanaya Catholics and their Wedding Customs” Jenson Erapuram, Houston “Giant Rattlesnakes: Folklore and Reality” W. C. Jameson, Llano “Bump Gates” Lora B. Garrison, Utopia
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Session 2 (10:30 a.m.-noon) Chair: Lori Najvar, Austin “Dirty Secrets and Juicy Tales: The Oral History Program at the Institute of Texan Cultures” J. Rhett Rushing, San Antonio “The Hanging of Chipita Rodriguez” Donna Ingham, Spicewood “Legends and Ghost Stories of Old San Patricio” J. Michael Sullivan, George West & Sandia “Enchanted Rock: The Legend Starts with You” Vanessa D. Honeycutt, Houston
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| Noon: Board Luncheon, Longhorn Ballroom, Section C |
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Session 3 (1:30-3:00 p.m.) Chair: Jerry Ingham, Spicewood “Caney Creek Night Hunting: A Saga of Dire Situations and Scared Prayers” Wildwood Dean Price, Bonham “Every Thing but the Squeal--Hog Killing and Curing Meat in Texas” Kenneth W. Davis, Lubbock “Santeria--The Mysteries of La Regla de Ocha” Raquel Hernandez, Houston
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Session 4: (3:30-5:00 p.m.) Chair: Sylvia Mahoney, Vernon
“Back Then” Archie P. McDonald, Nacogdoches “Under the Influence” Robert J. (Jack) Duncan, McKinney “Sometimes I Get Lonesome for Lonesome: The Last Words of Paul Patterson” Joyce Gibson Roach, Keller Comments and Reminiscences from the Members
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| Cash Bar: 7:00 p.m. Longhorn Ballroom |
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Banquet: 8:00 p.m. Longhorn Ballroom (Induction Ceremony for new Fellow of the Texas Folklore Society) Entertainment by Growler, with Hootenanny following the banquet
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Saturday, April 11 Session 5 (8:45-11:30 a.m.) Chair: Lew Schnitz, Boerne “Secrets of the Legal Profession in North Texas, 1938-60” Jerry Lincecum, Sherman "Hard Times, Honest Music: An Eclectic Sampling of Depression-era Folk Songs" L. Patrick Hughes, Austin "The Blues Mothers" Jacklyn Cortiaus, Friendswood Business Meeting: President Lucy Fischer West presiding "The Wheels of Our Lives" Scott Bumgardner, Houston "Three Mythical Creatures of Hispanic Folklore" Connie Ochoa, Pearland Closing Ceremony: President Lucy Fischer West |
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Texas Folklore Society Board of Directors, 2009-2010 |
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Officers President..........................................Lucy Fischer West (El Paso) Vice-President......................................................Mary Margaret Campbell (George West) Secretary-Editor............................................Kenneth L. Untiedt (Nacogdoches) Treasurer....................................................Janet Simonds (Nacogdoches) Counselor..........................................................Tom Crum (Grandbury) |
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Directors David LaRo (San Antonio) 2010 Lori Najvar (Austin) 2010 Elizabeth Duncan (McKinney) 2011 Linda Wolff (Victoria) 2011 Peggy Redshaw (Sherman) 2012 |
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Councilors Meredith Abarca (El Paso) 2010 Carol Hanson (Cedar Hill) 2010 Charles Williams (Dallas) 2011 Greg Smith (Friendswood) 2011 Scott Bumgardner (Houston) 2012 |
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Ex-Officio Members L. Patrick Hughes (Austin) F. E. Abernethy (Nacogdoches) Fran Vick (Dallas) Ron Chrisman, Director of UNT Press (Denton) |
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Local Arrangers: Ken Untiedt and Janet Simonds |
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Out-Going Officers |
Officers Elected for 2010-11 |
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President: Lucy Fischer West (El Paso)
Councilors:
Ex Officio:
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President: Mary
Margaret Campbell (George West)
Councilors:
Ex Officio:
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