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Welcome .................. . .. 3
Ten Years of Festival Life . . . . . . 9
Three VIPs ................... 15
MENU ....................... 17
ENTERTAINMENT
SCHEDULE ............. 21-27
MAP OF FESTIVAL
GROUNDS ..... . ..... . .. 24-25
Children Learn by
Living History .............. 29
Animals, Animals, Animals .... 33
Take Home a Skill ............. 35
The Making of a Festival ....... 39
Come Inside The Institute ... , .. 42
Ambassadors, continued from page 3.
Mrs. W. Ben Munson IV, Denison
Ben L. Parker, Pleasanton
Paul Patterson, Crane
Herb Petry, Carrizo Springs
Mrs. H. M. Phillips, San Angelo
Mrs. Jimmie Picquet, Kingsville
Cyril! Sid Pokladnik, Dallas
Tom Purdum, New Braunfels
Mrs. Ralph Randel, Panhandle
Mrs. Becky Rivers, Bastrop
Ms. Claudia Robinson, Dallas
R. E. "Scotty" Scott, Houston
Chris Victor Semos, Dallas
John Ben Shepperd, Odessa
Mrs. Ernest Speck, Alpine
Mrs. Jack Stovall, San Marcos
Mrs. Charles B. Suehs, Castroville
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sueltenfuss,
Boerne
Mrs. Harold Talbot, Big Spring
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Taylor, Seguin
Clifford Teinert, Albany
Robert H. Thonhoff, Fashing
Mrs. Jack Timon, Beeville
Dr. Robert T. Trotter II, Edinburg
Mrs. Ross Vick, Dallas
Mrs. H. H. Vollentine, Gonzales
W. Duke Walser, Montgomery
Mrs. James L. Ware, Galveston
Mrs. Peck Westmoreland, Lockhart
Josiah Wheat, Woodville
Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Wheelus Jr.,
Beaumont
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilkerson,
Pleasanton
Mrs. V. T. Williams, Navasota
Mrs. Jack Woods, Lubbock
Mike Zwan, Tyler
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GENERAL lKFDRMATlDK
HOURS of the Festival are
5-11 p.m. Thursday; noon-11 p.m.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Admission is for the entire day. If
you leave the grounds, ask to have
your hand stamped.
ENTERTAINMENT is free. Check
the schedule in this program for
times and performers.
INFORMATION and souvenirs
are available at the Kiosks located
throughout the grounds.
CRAFT DEMONSTRATION times
are posted on each booth, if they
are not continuous.
FOOD AND DRINK are sold by
coupon only. Coupon booths are
located throughout the grounds
and marked on your map. Most
food booths offer samples of their
goods for one or two coupons.
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FIRST AID is provided by Savers
and doctors from The UT Health
Science Center. First aid stations
TEXAS FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
10-Year Commemorative Poster
The Texas Folklife Festival is
proud to offer a commemorative
poster in honor of this important
10th anniversary.
The artist, native Texan Brad
Braune, has become famous
regionally for his transparent
water colors of cows and
cowboys, cactus and chickens.
Braune's masterful use of subtle
hues and washes of color are
exceptionally suited to this
rendering. The painting depicts a
lone longhorn in a high plains
setting. A moody, overcast sky
and gentle gradations of color in
the desert ground combine to
recreate a fleeting moment at
dusk, when shadows stretch to
form exaggerated abstractions.
As in many of Braune's pieces,
a note of whimsy is interjected
into the moment-in this case, a
bright yellow balloon tethered to
the steer's horn. Visitors to the
Festival grounds will appreciate
this image, as they see hundreds
of yellow balloons bobbing from
children's belt loops and clusters
floating into the sky opening day.
The 26" x 32" poster includes the
inscription "Texas Folklife
Festival 1981."
are located in The Institute and on
the back grounds.
LOST CHILDREN or parents will
be taken to the snack shop on the
lower floor of The Institute.
LOST AND FOUND articles may
be claimed or reported at the
security desk in the basement of
The Institute.
PARK AND RIDE services will be
available from major shopping
malls and a shuttle bus will serve
the downtown area. For specific
information, call VIA bus company
at 227-2020.
REST ROOMS are located
throughout the grounds and in the
basement of The Institute.
PARTICIPANTS are here to share
their knowledge with you. Feel
free to ask questions-you'll learn
more and meet some nice people
in the process.
The poster may be purchased at
The Institute Store, at kiosks on
the Festival grounds or by writing
to Texas Folklife Festival, P.O.
Box 1226, San Antonio, Texas
78294. Price is $10.00 plus 5112%
sales tax for state residents. For
mail orders, please include $2.50
each for postage/handling. Allow
four weeks for delivery.
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Texans and travelers passing through, as America
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in San Antonio, so it was quite natural for the
company destined to make America's favorite chili
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Stop by the Gebhardt Chili Booth,
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Chairman
Michael Dietert Joe Madison
Vice-President, General Manager Director, Convention Facilities
Real Estate Investments New Braunfels Smokehouse City of San Antonio
Laurence J. Raba,
Co-Chairman
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Architects
Michael Balint
Executive Director
Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
Neill Boldrick
Lang, Cross, Ladon,
Boldrick and Green
Attorneys at Law
Bradford R. Breuer
Vice-President
Alamo National Bank
James R. Dublin
Vice-President
Manning, Selvage & Lee
George H. Ensley
Vice-President
USAA
Mrs. Jay Folbre
Marketing Management
Consultant
Mrs. Winfield Hamlin
Civic Leader
Dr. Robert Hilliard
Physician
Col. Davis Burnett (Ret.)
Fiesta San Antonio Commission, Inc. Mrs. Tom Huebner
Civic Leader
Martin Casey
Executive Vice-President
Forest Oil Company
Donald Cormie
Partner
Alexander Grant and Company
Bob Kelso
Public Affairs Office
Fifth U.S. Army
Mrs. Blair Labatt
Civic Leader
Sam Maclin
President
Russ Securities Corp.
Lt. Gen. John R. McGiffert
Headquarters, Fifth U.S. Army
Carl Mertens
President
Alamo Ad Center, Inc.
John Mosty
Director
San Antonio Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Jack Newman
Promotions Director
San Antonio Light
Emilio Nicolas
President, General Manager
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Robert B. Price
Vice-President for
Business Affairs
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What would compel a person to
put in hours of work in
preparation, arrange for time off
from a job, travel hundreds of
miles and work hard for four days
and nights in the blistering heat, all
for compensation which barely
covers expenses?
This is just what some 6,000
Texans who participate in the
Texas Folklife Festival do each
year, and a number of them have
been doing this for 10 years!
Their answers to this and other
questions about Festival life are
enlightening. Interviews with many
of the 10-year veterans evoked fond
memories of Festivals past and
provided a unique insight into the
spirit and appeal of the event.
"Most of the folks come
here not because they need
the work, certainly, but
because they have a good time
and believe they are
contributing something."
Bill Brett
When asked why they have been
coming to the Festival for 10 years,
the answer was an almost
universal, "I enjoy it," because,
while the event requires hours of
hard work both before and during
those four days in August, the
participants do have a good time.
Bill Brett, who makes horsehair
ropes, commented, "Most of the
folks come here not because they
need the work, certainly, but
because they have a good time and
believe they are contributing
something. That has a lot to do
with the feeling among us."
The feeling that they have
something of significance they
wish to share with others was
often expressed.
Arnold Griffin has been coming
with his family of 12 and his band,
The Devine Music Makers, for 10
years. He was instrumental in
beginning the log cabin building
demonstration in 1972. "I wanted
to give young folks an idea of the
way this state and nation were
built, the way their granddaddies
lived. I like the idea of bringing
history to life, so people nowadays
can appreciate what pioneer life
was like. And so they can see how
it's changed."
"I like to teach young folks
about building things. I think
it's important that they learn to
depend on themselves."
Bruce Roark
Another member of The Devine
Music Makers, Bruce Roark,
makes his own musical
instruments and virtually anything
from wood. "I like to teach young
folks about building things. I think
it's important that they learn to
depend on themselves."
"I think the Festival gives us all
an appreciation of our forefathers,"
said Emma Wuensche of the Texas
Wen dish Heritage Society. "The
Wendish came here because of
religious persecution, and other
groups came for different reasons.
l think that's important for people
to know and bear in mind today."
Gloria Seitzman of the Jewish
Community Center booth sees the
Festival as an opportunity for
people to broaden their horizons.
"There are things here that people
would never get a chance to see
unless they traveled to remote
Bruce Roark (1) and Arnold Griffin with the Devine Music Makers
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towns or foreign countries. You
can learn things here that you can't
learn anywhere else."
And, of course, the 10-year
alumni all agreed that the Festival
was a time for meeting new people
and renewing old acquaintances. "I
look forward to getting around and
seeing all my friends I've made
through the years," commented
Jack Cunningham of the Alamo
City Highlanders Pipe Band.
Cliff Teinert, with the chuck
wagon for eight years and a
"I think the Festival gives us
all an appreciation of
our forefathers."
Emma Wuensche
storyteller for two, described it as a
reunion. "I like to get back together
with all those folks we've been
together with for 10 years. We
watched a lot of them grow up.
We've seen a few of them die.
We've been through a lot together."
Many participants come with
their entire families, and the
Festival has been part of their
children's upbringing. "My boy was
five years old when he first started
playing at the Festival,"
remembered Kenneth Herbst of the
Boerne Village Band. "He's going
on 15 now. I guess you could say
he's grown up with the Festival."
In fact, participants often refer
to themselves as "family." "I run
into people that have been coming
here a good while; we get together
and talk about Festival and all the
good times," recalled Bill Brett. "It's
like a homecoming for us."
A neighborly atmosphere
permeates the Festival grounds, as
Gloria Seitzman described. "We
exchange ideas with our
neighboring booths, try each
other's food, help one another with
setting up. Getting to know
everyone has been a very
heartwarming experience."
When the participants talk about
their 10 years with the Festival,
many recall "the rainy season." The
first two years the Festival was
held in September and hurricanes
hit Texas, dropping a deluge on the
festivities.
Although the rainy years saw
their share of hardships, they also
prompted a feeling of unity and
camaraderie among those early
participants. Ab Abernethy, of the
East Texas String Ensemble,
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remembered, "The rain brought us
all a lot closer because we had to
pull together. And there was some
apprehension, too, because we
didn't know if this Festival was
going to be the last, so we made
the best of the moment."
"I remember only too well the
years we worked up to our knees
in mud," said Gloria Seitzman. "In
fact, I still have the boots I wore
then, my 'mud boots,' which I
show to people to prove it. I never
have cleaned them!"
As people often do in the face of
calamity, they improvised. "That
rain was pretty bad," recalled
Bruce Roark. "Water was ankle­deep
in places. We took garbage
bags, cut holes in them, and made
raingear and just kept right on."
Alamo City Highlanders
"I looked up and saw all
those people coming through
the gate, and I could feel
the exhilaration."
Luke Postolos
Those formative years of the
Festival saw the beginnings of
friendly rivalry and a sense of
community among the
participants. While playing with
his German oompah band, Ed
Kadlacek noticed an approaching
storm, and the band scurried to the
safety of the porch surrounding
The Institute. In doing so, they had
invaded "Cajun country."
"When we cranked up, people
started dancing there on the
porch," he said. "Well, the Cajuns
"You can learn things here that
you can't learn anywhere else."
Gloria Seitzman
weren't about to let us get away
with that, so they started playing.
We played a battle of the bands,
both of us taking turns. The crowd
loved it."
All was forgiven next year,
though, when the Cajuns made Ed
an Honorary Cajun. "And we still
talk about that time we all danced
on the porch,'' he said.
Other memories of Festivals past
emerged as participants reminisced
about the last ten years.
"The first year there was all this
brou-ha-ha in the papers about us
bringing yam pie and possums to
serve at the Festival,'' chuckled
Daisy Potter of the Gilmer
Yamboree. "Well, the Health
Department folks didn't cotton to
that idea much -letting folks eat
possum."
"We tried to convince them that
i that part was a put-on," she
explained, "but they were like a
duck on a june bug that first year,
watching us real close to make
sure we didn't let anyone eat any
"My boy was five years
old when he first started
playing at the Festival. I guess
you could say he's grown up
with the Festival."
Kenneth Herbst
possum. But they believed us after
a while, and now they stop by
every year and we joke about it."
"One thing I know for sure,"
Daisy added with a grin, "anything
you eat here is absolutely safe!"
In their effort to present
authentic pioneer life situations,
the log cabin crew once drew
some less-than-complimentary
attention. "Last year we brought a
live chicken, killed it, and 0. T.
Baker cooked it in the
smokehouse," said Arnold Griffin.
"Boy, lots of folks thought that was
pretty cruel, but you know,
somebody's got to kill these things.
They don't come in pretty packages
like in the store."
Arnold remembered another
incident when he was asked by a
spectator if the young boy at his
side was his grandson. "I was
teaching the young'un- I guess he
was about five at the time-to
handle a saw. I told the guy 'Yep,
he's my grandson, and I'm trying
to teach him a living before he
starts school.' "
"The rain brought us all a
lot closer because we had to
pull together."
Ab Abernethy
The fondest memories revolve
around those magical moments
when everything went just right,
when the Festival seemed to take
on a spirit of its own.
"The times that stand out for me
were the truly great shows we put
on," Ab Abernethy reminisced.
"There were those certain times
when we had a great audience,
where we were sounding our best
and brought them to their feet.
Everything just clicked into place.
Those are the highlights for me."
Luke Postolos remembered that
while working in the Greek booth
the third year, "I looked up and
saw all those people coming
through the gate, and I could feel
the exhilaration. All of a sudden
the Festival came to life, just sort
of exploded with success, and I Rain was an unwelcome visitor in early days Storyteller Cliff Teinert
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knew it was going to be a very
good thing."
Participants are particularly
heartened to find that their efforts
are making an impact on visitors.
"The children that you show how
to do things-like make a little old
horsehair switch-some of them
come back all grown up and tell
you that you did this for them and
you said that to them," commented
Bill Brett. "That's one of the things
that keeps bringing me back."
Alvin Sueltenfuss, who
demonstrates the arts of making
sauerkraut and wine each year, has
seen a revival of interest in early
Texas life-styles. "Young people are
interested in going back to the old-
"And we still talk about
that time we all danced on
the porch."
Ed Kadlecek
time, do-it-yourself things. More
and more people come up and ask
questions. Maybe it's because of
the economy. People are preparing __
to be self-supporting."
Arnold Griffin has noticed this
interest too. "Lots of young folks
who are building their own homes
come through the cabin, asking
questions about how it's all done."
As well as teaching, participants
find themselves being taught, as
Sydney Sako of the Japanese
demonstration noted. "I enjoy the
variety of people who come and
"Young people are interested in
going back to the old-time, do­it-
yourself things."
Alvin Sueltenfuss
are genuinely interested in learning
all they can. And it's also a
learning experience for me as I
visit other booths and talk with
people from around the state."
Alvin Sueltenfuss' wine-making process
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When asked their personal
interpretation of the Festival's goal,
they responded with ideas closely
related, yet unique:
"I think each person who comes
takes a little bit from each booth,"
Marcella Karam of the Lebanese
group remarked. "The Festival
sends a piece of each culture home
with them."
Ab Abernethy embroidered on
this theme. "This is one time of the
year that we celebrate all the
glorious differences that are part of
this state, showing how all these
differences intertwine to create a
united, multicolored tapestry."
"I see the goal as exposing the
different cultures to everyone for a
better understanding of our present
population and our unique
backgrounds," Sydney Sako said.
"It gives us a sense of unity as well
as pride in our own heritage."
''I'm proud of my Belgian
heritage," stated George DeWinne,
"and when we were asked to
participate that first year, we didn't
· even have a club, but we wanted to
be part of it."
"I tell people, 'If you
haven't been, you've got to
come. You don't want to leave
this earth without going to at
least one Festival.' "
Jack Cunningham
The early years of the Festival
were a struggle. There were
obstacles to overcome, and
doomsday prophets ready to cite
all the reasons it would not work.
"The first few years were kind of
shaky, especially with the rain,"
remembered Marcella Karam.
"There was a problem finding
people with enough confidence
in the idea to back it at first,"
Arnold Griffin reminisced. "But it's
Lebanese belly dance troupe
healthy now, on i}s own two feet
and well established."
When the participants were
initially contacted about becoming
part of the first Festival in 1972,
many were puzzled. "We didn't
know what to expect that first
year," remarked Mike Dietert of the
Wurstfest Association. "We just
went with the attitude that we'd do
our best."
"And it sure has changed," noted
Ab Abernethy. "The first year we
set up on an old trailer out in the
Back Forty. The sound system was
bad; I think we had all of two
mikes. It was really primitive, but
it was a start."
"I think each person who
comes takes a little bit from
each booth. The Festival sends
a piece of each culture home
with them."
Marcella Karam
As the years have passed, the
Festival has swelled to proportions
unimagined by most. "I never
expected it to grow this large,"
admitted Sydney Sako. "It started
small and we just needed a few
people to help, but now it takes a
lot of teamwork. It has gotten
bigger, but it's also gotten better."
Although some of the 10-year
veterans expressed nostalgia for
the smaller, informal festivals, most
conceded that along with growth
comes the need for more structure.
"It's gotten more organized now,"
said Mike Dietert, "and the quality
of performers has improved also."
When asked if they thought the
Festival was worth the tremendous
effort, all agreed that it was. "Oh
sure, it's very worthwhile," said
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Ed Kadlecek
The log cabin construction began in 1972 Daisy Potter with mefT!bers of Gilmer Yamboree
Sidney Sako and Japanese participants prepare fried wanton Ab Abernathy
Next one's a ringer Completed years ago, the log cabin is refurbished each Festival
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THI\BBVlPs
Falling under the category of
VIPs (very important participants)
are two people who have not
technically been participants for 10
years, but who have certainly been
driving forces behind the Festival
for the past decade.
O.T. Baker was a member of The
Institute staff when the Festival
-was still merely an idea in the
minds of a few people. He was
part of the delegation which
traveled to Washington, D.C., to
attend the Festival of American
Folklife in 1968 and returned to
Texas to begin planning a similar
event for Texans.
As Festival manager for the first
four years, O.T. saw the Festival
blossom into a thriving, immensely
popular celebration.
"It didn't surprise me a bit," he
said in his easy east Texas drawl.
"I knew Texas was full of talented
folks eager to share their
knowledge. And Texans have
always been known for their pride
in their state's heritage. It (the
Festival) was a natural."
O.T. Baker, 1972-75 Festival manager
After four years as manager,
O.T. relinquished control and
turned over the reins to his
assistant, Claudia Ball.
Affectionately known as "The
Dragon Lady" because of her
tenacity and straightforwardness,
Claudia managed the Festival from
1976 to 1980.
"Those four years as manager
were rewarding to me," Claudia
said. "All the people involved in
Festival have become like family to
me. I can travel anywhere in Texas
and know someone."
Both O.T. and Claudia have
elected to become Festival
participants since "retirement."
0. T. regularly spins yarns and
demonstrates pioneer methods of
preserving meat at the
smokehouse. Claudia will show
how ranchers made cattle feed of
cactus by burning off the thorns
and will also spin her share of
whoppers at the footbath in the
Back Forty.
Claudia Ball and Bill Brett
Now that the two former
managers are on the other side of
the fence as participants, they can
relax and enjoy the event. "It's like
the saying goes," observed Claudia.
"We can sit back and leave the
worrying to them."
After working as Claudia Ball's
understudy for the past four years,
J o Ann Ander a is now responsible
for coordinating and organizing
many aspects of the Festival,
including some 6,000 participants.
Jo Ann's first direct involvement
with the Festival was as a member
of the Lebanese belly dance troupe.
Although she claims to remember
the movements, JoAnn hasn't had
time for much dancing since
joining The Institute staff in 1970.
Beginning as a part-time guide,
Jo Ann worked in several Institute
departments before becoming
Claudia's assistant in the Festival
office. Jo Ann was responsible for
a wide variety of tasks, from the
distribution of 300,000 Festival
brochures statewide to the
registration of participants upon
their arrival, and a bit of
everything in between.
Jo Ann Andero, Festival Coordinator
"That is the only way to learn
the Festival," noted Jo Ann. "You
have to be aware of the thousand­and-
one little steps involved as well
as the general concept and
ultimate goal."
"You know, I think it says a lot
for the Festival that the former
managers, 0. T. and Claudia,
choose to remain involved and
come back each year as
participants," JoAnn commented.
When asked if her plans for the
future included joining the ranks of
former managers as participants,
JoAnn laughed. "Well, hopefully,
that day is still a long way off.
But," she conceded, "I am holding
on to my belly-dancing costume."
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(Belgian stew) . . ............. 6
Belgian Waffle ................ 5 CHINESE
Belgian Raspberry Sherbet . ..... 2 Egg Roll ................ ......
Fortune Cookies ...............
BRITISH
Cornish Pastie (meat pie) ...... . 6 CHUCK WAGON
Sausage Roll .................. Ranch Beans covered 3 Shandy Gaff (beer cooler) ....... 6 with Barbecue . .... . ........
Ranch Beans . .... ... . .........
CACTUS CAFE CZECH
Chicken Fried Steak Fingers Sausage and Bread .............
with a Puff and Gravy ........ 8 Sausage Roll .. .......... .... ..
Chicken Fried Steak Finger ..... 2 Kolache ......................
Puffs and Honey ............. .. 1 Bread (loaf) ...................
CAJUN DUTCH
Gumbo . .. .. ....... ....... ... 11 Dutch Cookies (8) ..............
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FILIPINO
Inihaw (pork shish kebab) . . . . . . . 7
Lumpia (egg roll) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
FRIO COUNTY PEANUTS
Homemade Peanut Butter . . . . . . 7
Peanut Brittle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chili Nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Candied Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Salted Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Boiled Nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Roasted Peanuts in Shell . . . . . . . 3
GERMAN
Puterbein (turkey leg) .......... 10
Sausage on a Stick ............. 10
BeefJerky ... ....... ........... 5
Dried Sausage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Pickles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Apple Strudel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GREEK
Souvlaki ...................... 8
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20¢ coupons
Shrimp on a Stick . .. ... ...... .. 8
Baklava .. . ... .. ........ ...... . 3
HUNGARIAN
Kolbasz [sausage). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Gulyas [goulash) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Langos [fried, nonsweet
pastry.. . . ......... .... . .... 4
Palacsinta [crepes). . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Piskota Tekercs [sweet pastry) .... 3
ICE CREAM
Cone [per dip). . ... . . .... . .... . 2
INDIA-ASIA
Tandoori Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Pakoras [fried dough
with chutney) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Gulabjamun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Curry, Beef and Rice . . . .. .... . _. 6
Samosa ....... .. ........ .. .... 3
Combination Plate .. . ..... . . ... 10
IRISH
Irish Stew. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Irish Soda Bread. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Boxty (potato pancake) . . . . . . . . . 2
ITALIAN
Pizza ....... . ......... . ...... . 4
Cheesecake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
JAPANESE
Yakitori [marinated chicken or
beef on skewers). . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Teriyaki [marinated
chicken) ... .. . ... . . . .. .. . .. . 3
Fried Won ton ........ ... :. . . . . 1
Steamed Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
JEWISH
Falafel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Machshi [ground beef &
eggplant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bagel with Lox and
Cream Cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bagel and Cream Cheese ..... .. 4
Bagel .. . .. . .... .. . .. ....... .. . 2
Mandelbroit (cookie). . . . . . . . . . . 1
Ma 'Amoul [date-filled
pastry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Honey Cake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Select from a variety of Greek dishes
18
LEBANESE
Kibbee with Bread
[Lebanese meat loaf) . . . . . . . . . 5
Mihshee Malfoof (cabbage rolls). 4
Lahem Mishwee [shish kebab) ... 10
Tabooli [garden wheat salad). . . . 3
Sambuski (pecan-filled pastry) . . 1
Macaroon (pastry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rolled Baklava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hrestilous [almond cookie) . . . . . 2
Namoora [date bar) . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Mint Tea .. ... ... .. ... ...... .. 2
Enjoy a slice of hot, homemade bread
MEXICAN MARKET
Taco de Carne Asada . . . . . . . . . . 6
Fajitas . .... ... . . .. . .. : . . . . . . . . 6
Flautas... . ....... . . . .... .. ... 4
Taco de Carne Guisada . . . . . . . . . 5
Taco de Costilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tamale ....................... 2
Burrito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Watermelon [slice)... . .. . . . .... 2
Cantaloupe [slice) ... . . ...... .. . 2
Frijoles Borrachos . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Gordita de Picadillo . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Gordita de Queso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Bunuelo . .... ... . ............ . 3
Taco de Polio Guisado . . . . . . . . . 4
Taco de Chorizo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Taco de Picadillo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Carambolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Taco de Brisket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Enchiladas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Chalupa ......... . .. ... ... . .. . 3
Nachos ... .. ...... ............ 3
Raspa ..... .. ..... ............ 2
PANCAKES
Pancakes . . .. . .............. .. 4
Syrup (8 oz.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
POLISH
Kielbasa Sausage Sandwich . . . . 8
Pierogi (dough pockets
with stuffing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Placki [potato pancakes) . . . . . . . 4
Makowiec [poppy seed pastry). . 3
Kabanosy [dried Polish sausage) 7
POTEET STRA WHERRY
FESTIVAL
Strawberry shortcake . . . . . . . . . . 6
Strawberry wine cooler . . . . . . . . 4
POULTRY
Boiled eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Pickled eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
RUMANIAN
Rumanian Meatball Sandwich. . 6
Rumanian Chicken . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Rumanian Pilaf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SCOTTISH
Fish and Chips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chips ... .. ....... .. .......... . 3
Fish........ .. ... .. .. . ........ 3
Shortbread .... ... ... . . .. . ..... 1
Haggis Balls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Scotch Eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Onion Rings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
SPANISH
Paella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Empanadas . .... . ............ . 3
Tortilla Espanola [Spanish
omelet).... . .. .. .... .. . . .... 2
Sangria ...... . .. . . . ... ... . ... . 3
SOUL FOOD
Barbecue Brisket Plate ... . ... . . 15
Barbecue Sausage Plate ...... . . 15
Fried Fish Plate .. .. .. .. ...... . 15
20¢ coupons
Fried Fish, Sausage or
Brisket Sandwich .... . . . ... . . 10
Pinto Beans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Mustard/Collard Greens. . ... . .. 3
Potato Salad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Cornbread Squares . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Old-Fashioned Peach Cobbler ... 4
Sweet Potato Pie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Black-Eyed Peas..... . ........ . 3
SWISS
Quiche Lorraine. . . . . . . . . ... . . . . 4
Bratwurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Wurstwegge (meat turnover). . .. 6
Swiss Chocolate Cake. . . . . . . . . . 3
Apple Streussel Cake . . . . . . . . . . 2
VIETNAMESE
Cha Gio (egg rolls) ............. 4
Thit Nuong (shish kebab) . . . . . . . 5
WENDISH
Noodles . .............. . .. . .. . 4
Koch Kase on Kiimmelbrot (black
bread and cheese) . . ..... . . 2 & 4
Pickle on a Stick .... . ..... . . . 1 & 2
YAMBOREE
Yam Pie . .. . ... . ............ . . 3
Taste of Yam Pie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
YUGOSLAV
Raznjici (skewered pork cooked
over open fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Try delicious German sausage
Sample traditional Czech recipes
This varied menu reflects the different ways people around the world
and throughout the history of Texas have learned to prepare and appreciate
food. Festival visitors are encouraged to try exciting new specialities
and ask the food vendors about their dishes. Many vendors offer samples
and recipes.
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in The Institute's publication, The Melting Pot: Ethnic Cuisine in Texas,
which is available in The Institute Store (see page 46) or by mail.
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20
If you think you could pick your beer
witli your eyes closed, here's your chance.
Up for some real sport?
Probably only one in three
beer drinkers can pass this
test.
Still game? Then grab
a Schlitz and two other
premium beers. (Make sure
one is your favorite.)
Close your eyes, and
have a friend pour each
beer into separate cups.
Now taste each one and tell
your friend which premium
drinkers do.
Two years ago a master
brewer named Frank Sellinger
beer is yours.
If you picked
Schlitz instead of your
regular, don't be sur­prised.
A lot of beer {JJf_. came to Schlitz. He
came to be president
and to make the
smoothest beer yet.
One taste will tell you,
this is it!
@j •:• • l'l:, • e •• Jiff o I ''
THURSDAY. AUCUST B. 1181
TIME STAGE 1
5:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
6 p.m. Red River
Dave McEnery
6:30 Joe Bowman
Precision Shooting
7 p.m. Gregg Cheser
7:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
8 p.m. Lee McCullough
8:30 Jim Lovelace
9 p.m. Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
9:30 J. Leslie
10 p.m. Allen Damron
10:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
STAGE 6
Czech Music
STAGE 7
STAGE 2 STAGE 3
E-Heart Land Star Entertainers
and Cattle Co. of Denison
E-Heart Land Devine Music Makers
and Cattle Co.
Alamo City El Campo
Highlanders German Dancers
Hickory Nederland Dochters
En Maeder Molly
Hickory- Devine Music Makers
Bones Nobles
East Texas Star Entertainers
String Ensemble of Denison
East Texas Polish Folk Dancers
String Ensemble of San Antonio
E-Heart Land Norwegian
and Cattle Co. Leikar-Ringen
E-Heart Land Die Froeliche
and Cattle Co. Volktanzer
Hickory El Campo
German Dancers
Hickory Norwegian-
Leikar-Ringen
8 p.m. Willy and The Starlets
8:30 Willy and The Starlets
9 p.m. Conjunto de Bene Medina
9:30 Conjunto de Bene Medina
STAGE 4
Voices of the
Mainland
Singing Harris Family
Gospel Singers
Duckens Family
Gospel Singers
Gospel Echoes
Spiritual Singers
The Woodromes
Gospel Singers
Duckens Family
Gospel Singers
Voices of the
Mainland
Bayou City
Attic Singers
Singing Harris Family
Gospel Singers
The Woodromes
Gospel Singers
Voices of the
Mainland
7:30
8:30
10 p.m.
10:30
STAGE 5
Alabama-Coushatta
Indian Dancers
St. Seraphim's
Ukrainian Dances
Lijauco Bayanihan
Dance Ensemble
Wurstfest
Opa Band
Hermann Sons
Polkateers
T*A*N*Y*A
United Fiddlers
Association
Dance A Round
Exhibition Dancers
T*A*N*Y*A
Lijauco Bayanihan
Dance Ensemble
Lijauco Bayanihan
Dance Ensemble
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Dance Orientale
Dance Orientale
Lebanese Folk Dancers
5:30
6p.m.
6:30
7 p.m.
7:30
Mariachi Infantil Guadalupano
Ballet Folklorico de Navarro
Mariachi Infantil de San Antonio
Zamora-The Dance Company
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
10 p.m. Zamora-The Dance Company
10:30 Zamora-The Dance Company
STAGE 8
6 p.m. Lebanese Folk Dancers
6:30 T*A*N*Y*A
STAGE 9
Cajun Music
CAMBS a SPECIALS
THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 1981 4 p.m. Bruce Montague, Trick 4 p.m. Sokol Zizka Czech 2:30
Roping, Games Field Gym Team, Games Field
5:30 Alamo City Highlanders, 5:30 Alamo City Highlanders, 4 p.m. Ben King at the Fort 3 p.m.
Flagpole Street Flagpole Street 4:30 Jean Schnitz, Dulcimer
5:30 Flag Raising at the Fort 7 p.m. Sheep Shearing, Player at the Fort 3 p.m.
6:30 Bruce Montague, Durango Street Fence 5 p.m. State Tobacco Spitting
Trick Roping, Games Field 7:30 Goose Plucking, Contest, Games Field 3:30
7 p.m. Sheep Shearing, Durango Street Fence 5 p.m. King's English String Band
Durango Street Fence 8 p.m. Alamo City Highlanders, at the Fort 3:30
7 p.m. Changing of the Guard Porch 6p.m. Ben King at the Fort
at the Fort 8 p.m. Bruck Montague, Trick 6:30 Sokol Zizka Czech 4 p.m.
7:30 Goose Plucking, Roping, Games Field Gym Team, Games Field
Durango Street Fence 9 p.m. The Devine Music 6:30 Jean Schnitz, Dulcimer 5 p.m.
8 p.m. Bruce Montague, Makers, LoJ Cabin Player at the Fort
Trick Roping, Games Field 9 p.m. United Fid lers 7:30 Ben King at the Fort 6 p.m.
8:30 Alamo City Highlanders, Association at the Fort 8 p.m. Sokol Zizka Czech
Flagpole Street 10 p.m. King's English String Band Gym Team, Games Field 7 p.m.
9p.m. The Devine Music at the Fort 9p.m. King's English String Band
Makers, Log Cabin
SATURDAY, AUG. 8, 1981 at the Fort 7:30
9 p.m. Changing of the Guard
at the Fort
12:30 Watermelon Seed Spitting SUNDAY, AUG. 9, 1981 8 p.m.
9:30 United Fiddlers
Association at the Fort Contest, Games Field
10:30 Flag Lowering at the Fort 1:30 Jean Schnitz, Dulcimer 1 p.m. King's English String
Player at the Fort Band, Log Cabin
FRIDAY, AUG. 7, 1981 2 p.m. Sokol Zizka Czech 1:30 Jean Schnitz, Dulcimer
Gym Team, Games Field Player at the Fort
3 p.m. Sheep Shearing, 2:30 King's English String 2 p.m. Sokol Zizka Czech
Durango Street Fence Band, Log Cabin Gym Team, Games Field
3:30 Goose Plucking, 3:30 United Fiddler's 2:30 Bruce Montague, Trick
Durango Street Fence Association at the Fort Roping, Games Field
Jean Schnitz, Dulcimer
Player at the Fort
King's English String Band
at the Fort
Sheep Shearing,
Durango Street Fence
Sokol Zizka Czech
Gym Team, Games Field
Goose Plucking,
Durango Street Fence
King's English String Band
at the Fort
Bruce Montague, Trick
Roping, Games Field
Sheep Shearing,
Durango Street Fence
Bruce Montague, Trick
Roping, Games Field
Goose Plucking,
Durango Street Fence
The Devine Music
Makers, Log Cabin
This schedule is subject
to last minute changes.
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FRIDAY. AUGUST B. 1881
TIME STAGE 1
12 noon
12:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
1 p.m. Bill Smallwood
Band
1:30 Tim Henderson
2 p.m. Allen Damron
2:30 Lee McCullough
3 p.m. Joe Bowman
Precision Shooting
3:30 Red River
Dave McEnery
4 p.m. Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
4:30 Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
5 p.m. Allen Damron
5:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
6 p.m. Bill Smallwood
Band
6:30 Joe Bowman
Precision Shooting
7 p.m. Hill Country
Ramblers
7:30 Jim Lovelace
8 p.m. Lee McCullough
8:30 Tim Henderson
9 p.m. J. Leslie
9:30 Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
10 p.m. Allen Damron
10:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
STAGE 6
Czech Music
STAGE 7
12:30
1 p.m.
1:30
2p.m.
2:30
3 p.m.
3:30
4 p.m.
4:30
5 p.m.
5:30
6p.m.
22
Mariachi Infantil de San Antonio
Mariachi Infantil Guadalupano
Ballet Folklorico de Navarro
Intillihuara
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
Mariachi Infantil de San Antonio
Mariachi Juvenil Guadalupano
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
Intillihuara
Ballet Folklorico de Navarro
Mariachi Infantil Guadalupano
STAGE 2 STAGE 3
E-Heart Land Sweet Song
and Cattle Co. String Band
E-Heart Land Nederland Dochters
and Cattle Co. en Maeder Molly
Clearfork Express Kadlecek Family
Bluegrass Band
Clearfork Express Norwegian
Bluegrass Band
E-Heart Land
and Cattle Co.
E-Heart Land
and Cattle Co.
Hickory
Hickory-
Bones Nobles
East Texas
String Ensemble
East Texas
String Ensemble
Ben King
The Bluegrass
Kinfolks
The Bluegrass
Kinfolks
The American
Tradition
The American
Tradition
The Bluegrass
Kinfolks
The Bluegrass
Kinfolks
East Texas
String Ensemble
East Texas
String Ensemble
Hickory
Hickory
6:30
7 p.m.
7:30
8p.m.
8:30
9 p.m.
9:30
10 p.m.
10:30
Leikar-Ringen
St. Seraphim's
Ukrainian Dances
Tony Ullrich
Banjo
Star Entertainers
of Denison
El Campo
German Dancers
Sweet Song
String Band
Die Froehliche
Volktanzer
Polish Folk Dancers
of San Antonio
Kadlecek Family
St. Seraphim's
Ukrainian Dances
Devine Music Makers
Tony Ullrich
Banjo
Kali Parea
Greek Dancers
Polish Folk Dancers
of San Antonio
Die Froehliche
Volktanzer
Alsatian Dancers
of Texas
Ben King
King's English
String Band
Mariachi Juvenil Guadalupano
Ballet Maravilloso de Taft
Zamora-The Dance Company
Zamora-The Dance Company
El Duende de Sevilla
Intillihuara
Ballet Maravilloso de Taft
Willy and The Starlets
Willy and The Starlets
STAGE 8
1 p.m.
2:30
3:30
4 p.m.
5:30
6p.m.
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Amaya's Dance Company
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Lebanese Folk Dancers
T*A*N*Y*A
STAGE 4 STAGE 5
The Woodromes St. Seraphim's
Gospel Singers Ukrainian Dances
Voices of the El Campo
Mainland German Dancers
Duckens Family F AISA Dancers
Gospel Singers
Singing Harris Family Lijauco Bayanihan
Gospel Singers Dance Ensemble
Bayou City Sweet Song
Attic Singers String Band
The Woodromes Alabama-Coushatta
Gospel Singers Indian Dancers
Gospel Echoes Lijauco Bayanihan
Spiritual Singers Dance Ensemble
Voices of the Kadlecek Family
Mainland
Duckens Family Amaya's Dance
Gospel Singers Company
Voices of the Norwegian
Mainland Leikar-Ringen
Singing Harris Family Alabama-Coushatta
Gospel Singers Indian Dancers
Singing School Swinging Singles
Square Dancers
The Woodromes Swinging Singles
Gospel Singers Square Dancers
Duckens Family Lijauco Bayanihan
Gospel Singers Dance Ensemble
The Bill Morris T*A*N*Y*A
Singers
Voices of the Star Entertainers
Mainland of Denison
Gospel Echoes United Fiddlers
Spiritual Singers Association
Singing Harris Family T*A*N*Y*A
Gospel Singers
The Woodromes
Gospel Singers
The Bill Morris
Singers
Duckens Family
Gospel Singers
6:30
7 p.m.
8:30
9:30
10:30
Alamo Cloggers
The American
Tradition
The American
Tradition
Amaya's Dance Company
Dance Orientale
Amaya's Dance Company
Dance Orientale
Amaya's Dance Company
STAGE ·9
Cajun Music
This schedule is subject
to last minute changes.
ALPHABETICAL LBGBXD
33 Adobe 4 Gebhardt Chili
94 Alabama-Coushatta 17 Geese
125 Alamo Tole Painters 119 German
63 Alsatian 109 Glass Crafting
20 American Indian Horse Registry 16 Goats
19 Arm Wrasslin' 14 Goose Plucking
92 Axe Men 123 Greek
72 Bakers 69 Gristmill
55 Balloons 47 Gunsmith
80 Baskets 81 Handwriting as a Craft
13 Beekeepers 54 Herbs
95 Belgian 88 Hoe Cakes
95 Bien 20 Horses
25 Blacksmiths 30 Horsehair Rope Spinner
27 Bocce 11 Horseshoe Pitching
95 Bolls 99 Hungarian
53 Bonnets 58 Ice Cream
5 Bookbinder 8 India-Asia
62 Brazoria County Militia 122 Irish
72 Bread Baking School 98 Italian
116 British Pub 117 Japanese
112 Bunuelo Demonstration 70 Jelly
66 Butter Churning School 67 Jewish
65 Cactus Cafe 82 Kite Making School
126 Cajun Country 49 Knifesmith
87 Candlemaking 111 Lebanese
39 Cane Mill 90 Log House & Kitchen
114 Cascarones 10 Longhorn Steer
45 Chair Caners 89 Lye Soap
3 Chili 112 Mexican Market
91 Chimney Builder 62 Muzzleloaders
103 Chinese 84 Net Tying
34 Chuck Wagon 110 Noodle Making
95 Climbing Pole 31 Old Time String Shop
1 Cobbler 120 Out-of-State Visitors
120 Compadres 35 Pancakes
42 'Coon Oil Cookies 121 Passports
12 Corn Shuckin' 41 Peanuts
51 Cowhide Seats 29 Pear Cactus Burning
28 Cow & Hog Dogs 70 Pickles
110 Crochet School 18 Pigs
115 Czech 114 Pinatas
46 Decoys 97 Polish
28 Dogs 105 Polish Needlework
52 Dolls 57 Possumology
115 Dominoes 75 Poteet Strawberry Festival
31 Dulcimers 76 Pottery
66 Dutch 15 Poultry
15 Eggs 124 Quilling
79 Elm Whistles & Whips 73 Quilting
58 Elsie 40 Rawhide Quirts
6 Etcher 50 Rocking Chairs
81 Expression 100 Romanian
7 Filipino 38 Rope Makers
68 First Aid 22 Saddler
43 Fishin' 26 Sandcasting
114 Flores 86 Sauerkraut Making School
56 Fort 118 Sausage Stuffing School
41 Frio County Peanuts 81 Schoolhouse
60 Frontier Playland 64 Scottish
57 Games Field 48 Scrimshaw
16 Sheep
14 Sheepshearing
93 Shingle Splitter
107 Silhouettes
61 Silk Screen
46 Sitton Ducks
71 Smokehouse
102 Soul Food
113 Spanish
74 Spinning School
106 Stained Glass School
108 Stitchery
37 Storytellers
84 String Quilts
101 Swiss
36 Syrup Cooker
32 Thatcher
7 Tinikling Dance School
44 Treadle Lathe
83 Treenware
96 Ukrainian Egg Painting
24 Uvalde Pack Mules
9 Vietnamese
21 Wagon Rides
74 Weaving School
110 Wendish
23 Wheelwright
77 Whittlin' School
85 Wine Making
78 Wooden Toys
104 Wycinanki School
59 Yamboree
2 Yugoslavs
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3 Chili
4 Gebhardt Chili
5 Bookbinder
6 Etcher
7 Filipino
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8 India-Asia
9 Vietnamese
10 Longhorn Steer
11 Horseshoe Pitching
12 Corn Shuckin'
13 Beekeepers
14 Sheepshearing & Goose Plucking
15 Poultry
16 Goats & Sheep
17 Geese
18 Pigs
19 Arm Wrasslin'
20 American Indian Horse Registry
21 Wagon Rides
22 Saddler
23 Wheelwright
24 Uvalde Pack Mules
25 Bla cksmiths
26 Sandcasting
27 Bocce
28 Cow & Hog Dogs
29 Pear Cactus Burning
30 Horsehair Rope Spinner
31 Old Time String Shop
Dulcimers
32 Thatcher
33 Adobe
34 Chuck Wagon
35 Pancakes
36 Syrup Cooker
3 7 Storytellers
38 Rope Makers
39 Cane Mill
40 Rawhide Quirts
41 Frio County Peanuts
42 'Coon Oil Cookies
43 Fishin'
44 Treadle Lathe
45 Chair Caners
46 Sitton Ducks
47 Gunsmith
48 Scrimshaw
49 Knifesmith
50 Rocking Chairs
51 Cowhide Seats
52 Dolls
53 Bonnets
54 Herbs
55 Balloons
56 Fort
57 Games Field
58 Ice Cream
59 Yamboree
60 Frontier Playland
6'1 Silk Screen
62 Muzzleloaders
Brazoria County Militia
63 Alsatian
64 Scottish
65 Cactus Cafe
66 Dutch
67 jewish
68 First Aid
69 Gristmill
70 Pickles,
jelly & Preserves
71 Smokehouse
72 Bakers
73 Quilting
74 Spinning & Weaving
75 Poteet Strawberry Festival
76 Pottery
77 Whittlin'
78 Wooden Toys
79 Elm Whistles & Whips
80 Baskets
81 Schoolhouse-
Handwriting & Elocution
82 Kites
83 Treenware
84 Net Tying & String Quilts
85 Wine Making
86 Sauerkraut
87 Candlemaking
88 Hoe Cakes
89 Lye Soap
90 Log House & Kitchen
91 Chimney Builder
92 Axe Men
93 Shingle Splitter
94 Alabama-Coushatta
95 Belgian
96 Ukrainian Egg Painting
97 Polish
98 Italian
99 Hungarian
100 Romanian
101 Swiss
102 Soul Food
103 Chinese
104 Wycinanki
105 Polish Needlework
106 Stained Glass
107 Silhouettes
108 Stitchery
109 Glass Crafting
110 Wendish
111 Lebanese
112 Mexican Market
113 Spanish
114 Pinatas, Cascarones & Flores
115 Czech
116 British Pub
117 japanese
118 Sausage Stuffing
119 German
120 Compadres
121 Passports
122 Irish
123 Greek
124 Quilling
125 Alamo Tole Painters
126 Cajun Country
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SATURDAY. AUGUSTS, 1881
TIME STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5
12 nOO)l joe Bowman E-Heart Land Cameron German The Woodromes Flemish Folk
Precision Shooting and Cattle Co. Folk Dancers Gospel Singers Dancers
12:30 Clearfork Express E-Heart Land Kali Parea The Woodromes Alabama-Coushatta
Bluegrass Band and Cattle Co. Greek Dancers Gospel Singers Indian Dancers
1 p.m. Hill Country Tennessee Valley Die Rathkamp Tanzer Singing Harris Family Texas Czechs
Ramblers Authority Gospel Singers in Review
1:30 Bill Smallwood Tennessee Valley Houston Irish Voices of the Cameron German
Band Authority Dancers Mainland Folk Dancers
2 p.m. Poverty Playboys Hickory Kadlecek Family Duckens Family 49th Armored
Gospel Singers Division Band
2:30 Red River Hickory- United Fiddlers Gospel Echoes 49th Armored
Dave McEnery Bones Nobles Association Spiritual Singers Division Band
3 p.m. Allen Damron East Texas Star Entertainers Bayou City Polish Eagle
String Ensemble of Denison Attic Singers Dancers
3:30 Marcia Ball East Texas Hofbraugarten The Woodromes Die Rathkamp Tanzer
String Ensemble German Band Gospel Singers
4 p.m. Gregg Cheser and The Bluegrass St. Seraphim's Singing Harris Family Lijauco Bayanihan
The Pronto Brothers Kinfolks Ukrainian Dances Gospel Singers Dance Ensemble
4:30 Poverty Playboys The Bluegrass Alsatian Dancers Gospel Echoes Cameron German
Kinfolks of Texas Spiritual Singers Folk Dancers
5 p.m. Hill Country Tennessee Valley Pau's Keolaomaui The Bill Morris Houston Irish
Ramblers Authority Polynesian Show Singers Dancers
5:30 Nacogdoches Tennessee Valley Polish Folk Dancers Voices of the Houston Folk
fazz Band Authority of San Antonio Mainland Orchestra
6 p.m. Bill Smallwood Hickory Flemish Folk Duckens Family Polish Eagle
Band Dancers Gospel Singers Dancers
6:30 joe Bowman Hickory- Hofbraugarten Gospel Echoes Amaya's Dance
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Precision Shooting Bones Nobles German Band Spiritual Singers Company
7 p.m. jim Lovelace Clearfork Express Hermann Sons Bayou City Czech Folk Dancers
Bluegrass Band Polkateers Attic Singers of West
7:30 Red River Clearfork Express Polish Eagle The Soprocos T*A*N*Y*A
Dave McEnery Bluegrass Band Dancers Gospel Singers
8 p.m. j. Leslie East Texas Tony Ullrich Voices of the Houston Folk
String Ensemble Banjo Mainland Orchestra
8:30 Lee McCullough East Texas Norwegian The Bill Morris· Ukrainian Dancers
String Ensemble Leikar-Ringen Singers of Houston
9 p.m. Nacogdoches The Bluegrass Czech Folk·Dancers Walker-Ford Polish Folk Dancers
jazz Band Kinfolks of West Gospel Singers of San Antonio
9:30 Allen Damron The Bluegrass St. Seraphim's The Woodromes T*A*N*Y*A
Kinfolks Ukrainian Dances Gospel Singers
10 p.m. Bill Smallwood Hickory Texas Czechs The Soprocos Lijauco Bayanihan
Band in Review Gospel Singers Dance Ensemble
10:30 Marcia Ball Hickory Pau's Keolaomaui The Bill Morris Ukrainian Dancers
Polynesian Show Singers of Houston
STAGE 6 7 p.m. Ballet Maravilloso de Taft 4:30 Cadence Cloggers
Czech Music 7:30 Zamora-The Dance Company 5 p.m. Dance Orientale
8 p.m. Ballet del Mar 5:30 Lebanese Folk Dancers
STAGE 7 8:30 Intillihuara 6p.m. T*A*N*Y*A
Mariachi Infantil Guadalupano
9 p.m. Ballet Folklorico de Navarro 6:30 Amaya's Dance Company
12:30 9:30 Willy and The Starlets 7 p.m. Lebanese Folk Dancers
1 p.m. Ballet del Mar 10 p.m. Willy and The Starlets 7:30 Dance Orientale
1:30 Ballet Maravilloso de Taft 10:30 Zamora-The Dance Company 8 p.m. Lebanese Folk Dancers
2 p.m. Teatro del Pueblo 8:30 Stefania's Dance Troupe
2:30 Intillihuara 9 p.m. Lebanese Folk Dancers
3 p.m. Ballet Folklorico de Navarro STAGE 8 9:30 Amaya's Dance Company
3:30 Ballet Maravilloso de Taft 10 p.m. Stefania's Dance Troupe
4p.m. Ballet del Mar 1 p.m. Lebanese Folk Dancers 10:30 Lebanese Folk Dancers
4:30 El Duende de Sevilla 1:30 Amaya's Dance Company
5 p.m. Teatro del Pueblo 2:30 Lebanese Folk Dancers 5:30 Intillihuara 3 p.m. Dance Orientale STAGE 9
6p.m. Mariachi Infantil Guadalupano 3:30 Cadence Cloggers Cajun Music
6:30 El Duende de Sevilla 4 p.m. Amaya's Dance Company
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SUM DAY. AUGUST 10, 1881
TIME STAGE 1
12 noon Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
12:30 Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
1 p.m. Clearfork Express
Bluegrass Band
1:30 Hill Country
Ramblers
2 p.m. Nacogdoches
Jazz Band
2:30 Joe Bowman
Precision Shooting
3 p.m. Lee McCullough
3:30 Hill Country
Ramblers
4 p.m. Red River
Dave McEnery
4:30 Allen Damron
5 p.m. Gregg Cheser and
The Pronto Brothers
5:30 Gregg Cheser and
The Pronto Brothers
6 p.m. Allen Damron
6:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
7 p .m. J. Leslie
7:30 Jim Lovelace
8 p.m. Bill Smallwood
Band
8:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
9 p.m. Allen Damron
9:30 J. Leslie
10 p.m. Jim Lovelace
10:30 Bill Smallwood
Band
STAGE 6
Czech Music
STAGE 7
12:30
1 p.m.
1:30
2 p.m.
2:30
3 p.m.
3:30
4p.m,
4:30
5p.m.
5:30
6p.m.
Ballet del Mar
Ballet Maravilloso de Taft
El Duende de Sevilla
Teatro del Pueblo
Intillihuara
Ballet del Mar
Ballet Maravilloso de Taft
El Duende de Sevilla
Teatro del Pueblo
Ballet del Mar
Intillihuara
Ballet Maravilloso de Taft
STAGE 2
The Bluegrass
Kinfolks
The Bluegrass
Kinfolks
East Texas
String Ensemble
East Texas
String Ensemble
Hickory
Hickory-
Bones Nobles
E-Heart Land
and Cattle Co.
E-Heart Land
and Cattle Co.
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Hickory
Hickory
The American
Tradition
The American
Tradition
E-Heart Land
and Cattle Co.
E-Heart Land
and Cattle Co.
Hickory
Hickory
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Tennessee Valley
Authority
Hickory
Hickory
6:30
7p.m.
7:30
8 p.m.
8:30
9p.m.
9:30
10 p.m.
10:30
STAGE 3
Czech Folk Dancers
of West
St. Seraphim's
Ukrainian Dances
Die Rathkamp Tanzer
Hofbraugarten
German Band
Cameron German
Folk Dancers
Ukrainian Dancers
of Houston
Polish Eagle
Dancers
Houston Folk
Orchestra
Nederland Dochters
En Maeder Molly
Boerne Village Band
Pau's Keolaomaui
Polynesian Show
Polish Folk Dancers
of San Antonio
Boerne Village Band
Flemish Folk Dancers
United Fiddlers
Association
Star Entertainers
of Denison
Kali Parea
Greek Dancers
United Fiddlers
Association
Norwegian
Leikar-Ringen
Star Entertainers
of Denison
Tony Ullrich
Banjo
Star Entertainers
of Denison
Zamora-The Dance Company
Willy and The Starlets
Willy and The Starlets
Mariachi Infantil 'de San Antonio
Mariachi Infantil Guadalupano
Zamora-The Dance Company
Intillihuara
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
STAGE 8
1 p.m.
2p.m.
2:30
4p.m.
5p.m.
5:30
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Amaya's Dance Company
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Amaya's Dance Company
Lebanese Folk Dancers
T*A*N*Y*A
STAGE 4 STAGE 5
Gospel Echoes Cameron German
Spiritual Singers Folk Dancers
Duckens Family Ukrainian Dancers
Gospel Singers of Houston
Bayou City Polish Eagle
Attic Singers Dancers
Voices of the Houston Folk
Mainland Orchestra
Singing Harris Family Czech Folk Dancers
Gospel Singers of West
The Woodromes Houston Irish
Gospel Singers Dancers
Contemporaries of Texas Czechs
2nd Baptist Church in Review
Bayou City Seaton Brass Band
Attic Singers of Bell County
Voices of the Alabama-Coushatta
Mainland Indian Dancers
The Soprocos Norwegian
Gospel Singers Leikar-Ringen
Bayou City Die Rathkamp Tanzer
Gospel Singers
Contemporaries of Seaton Brass Band
2nd Baptist Church of Bell County
Singing Harris Family Austin International
Gospel Singers Folk Dancers
The Woodromes Lijauco Bayanihan
Gospel Singers Dance Ensemble
Duckens Family T*A*N*Y*A
Gospel Singers
The Soprocos Polish Folk Dancers
Gospel Singers of San Antonio
Voices of the Austin International
Mainland Folk Dancers
Gospel Echoes Flemish Folk Dancers
Spiritual Singers
Singing Harris Family T*A*N*Y*A
Gospel Singers
Duckens Family
Gospel Singers
The Woodromes
Gospel Singers
Gospel Finale
Beethoven Maennerchor
Society· Band
Beethoven Maennerchor
Society Band
Lijauco Bayanihan
Dance Ensemble
6:30
8p.m,
9p.m.
10 p.m.
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Lebanese Folk Dancers
STAGE 9
Cajun Music
This schedule is subject
to last minute changes.
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HAS A NEW STAR/
THE TEXAS STORE
WITH MORE.
OPEN JULY 23 IN NORTH STAR MALL
CHILDREN LEARN
BY LIVING HISTORY
The Texas Folklife Festival can
be fun for young and old alike. But
for the young it holds particular
fascination. It is their chance,
maybe their only chance ever, to
do things they've read about.
On the Back Forty, that area
located on the east side at the back
of The Institute near the
intersection of Bowie Street and
Durango Boulevard, children can
hear stories of how their
grandparents or great-grandparents
lived. They can operate a gristmill.
Or feed sugarcane into a mule­powered
cane mill. Or spin a
lariat. It's all in fun, but after
stirring a steaming, reeking pot of
lye soap or sawing a three-foot­wide
log with a double-handle saw,
children realize that pioneer life
was not easy.
They will also see that what is
now a folk craft performed as a
hobby was once a necessity. Goose
plucking wasn't done to get a
handful of the soft fuzz but rather
to get stuffing for pillows and
quilts. Spinning and weaving were
essential because often store­bought
clothes were either
unavailable or unaffordable. After
they watch the sheep-shearing
demonstration, children can take a
turn at the antique spinning wheel
to gain an appreciation for all the
work that goes into the making of
a single thread.
Young visitors can watch
pioneer toy making in the same
area, and they might be invited to
challenge an old-timer to a game of
horseshoes or washer pitching.
Those with sharp eyes and steady
hands can learn how to whittle.
Others can sit at the feet of a
storyteller and listen to folktales or
tall Texas tales of days gone by.
Elsewhere on the grounds,
children will discover a whole new
world of more than 30 different
cultural groups, of foreign accents,
brilliant costumes, delicious smells
and unusual music. Most will be
surprised to realize that almost
every Texan's ancestors came from
another country.
In addition to learning about
their own heritage, children will
see and take part in some of the
cultural traditions of other peoples.
They can learn pysanky, Ukrainian
egg painting, or wycinanki, Polish ·
paper cutting. The athletically
inclined can try the Belgian Mast,
a game that requires climbing a
Participants explain muzzJeJoading to young visitor~
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tall, smooth tree trunk to ring a
bell at the top. They can watch the
American Indians demonstrate
their beading and weaving crafts
or perform their dramatic dances.
And there's the thrill of clapping
hands and stomping feet to new
rhythms and sounds-kinds of
music the youngsters may never
have heard before. Older children
can join in dancing the Filipino
tinikling in which participants
dance in and out of moving
bamboo poles.
A class in the one-room
schoolhouse offers elocution and
calligraphy, while just outside a
singing school might be in
progress. To add some action,
there's arm wrestling and trick
roping to watch.
Adults, too, are invited to
participate in the Festival's
learning-it-by-living-it approach.
Both children and adults agree that
the Festival is the best possible
way to have a history lesson.
Nighttime at the Festival
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At a Down-home Price
Run away from home
without leaving town.
You don't have to travel far to get a weekend away.
There is a Marriott Hotel right here in town.
Enjoy our indoor swimming pool and sauna.
candlelight dinner in our Cabrillo restaurant and
afterwards, dance in Gambits on the Riverwalk.
Watch the late movie in color in your
plush guest room. And wake up to breakfast or our
spectacular Sunday Brunch.
The whole Escape Weekend costs just
$99.95 (including tax and gratuities) per couple.
Which means you can get resort relaxation·
at a lot less than resort prices and without
leaving town. We have both one night and
two night Escape Packages available.
Wizen Marriott does it, they do it right.
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7 11 East Riverwalk , San Antonio , Texas 7820? , (51 2) 224-4555
AtflMALS,
AtflMALS,
AtflMALS
During the lOth annual Texas
Folklife Festival, the grounds of
The Institute of Texan Cultures
may be the closest some city
dwellers ever come to a barnyard.
The 15 acres teem with mules,
cows, goats, sheep, geese,
chickens, pigs, bees and even a
longhorn steer.
Visitors may see mules turning
an old-fashioned mill, one of the
first steps in making homemade
syrup, or a team of horses pulling
a pioneer wagon around the
Festival grounds, giving people a
free ride. In addition, a mule
skinner demonstrates how
frontiersmen packed and unpacked
a mule before setting out on a
cross-country trip.
While there will be milking
demonstrations, sheep shearing
and goose plucking for those who
wish to learn, some animals are at
the Festival just to look at, such as
Black Bart. He is a prize longhorn
steer from the YO Ranch, for
watching only-no petting. There
are beehives tended by Roy
Wishard who will tell you about
Frontier Play/and includes pettable barnyard animals
beekeeping and let you sample his different farm animals, as well as
delicious honey. play games and make kites and
For animals which may be other craft items. Most Festival
petted, there is Frontier Playland, animals are penned along the
located in the back grassy area of south fence, and demonstration
The Institute grounds. This times are shown in the center-supervised
area gives children the spread Festival schedule.~
opportunity to touch many ~
Children learn how to pluck a goose Tour the Festival in a wagon
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WELCOMES FOLKLIFE VISITORS
AND INVITES THEM BACK TO
THE FUN - FOOD - AND FROLIC OF
FIESTA '82
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Phone: 227-5191
TAKE HOME
A SKILL
At the Texas Folklife Festival
you can take home a lot more than
just souvenirs-you can take home
a skill.
The Festival is replete with free,
informal schools teaching the
"how-to's" of pioneer living, from
making your own soap to building
your own house. The 15 acres
covered by the Festival become a
giant, open-air schoolhouse as
craftsmen become teachers and
visitors become students.
Even when "school" is not in
session, participants are eager to
demonstrate their talents and
answer your questions.
Many of these skills can even
save you money.
You can cut down on grocery
bills, for example, by preparing
more of your food at home. The
San Antonio-Houston Loafers will
show you how to bake bread in a
coffee can, a method some of the
members learned during the
Depression and have been
practicing ever since. You also can
learn how to make your own
peanut butter and even the jelly to
put on that bread.
O.T. Baker, former Folklife
Festival manager, will show you
how to smoke meats and sausage
at his smokehouse located on the
Back Forty, and Barbara Stall, a
German descendent from Cuero,
will show you how to pickle and
preserve vegetables. You can also
learn sauerkraut and wine making
from the Kendall County
Community, a group of German
craftsmen and cooks, noodle
making from the Wends and
tortilla making in the Mexican
Market. Most of the participants
have been making their specialties
as long as they can remember,
using methods and recipes that
have been handed down from
generation to generation.
In these days of belt tightening,
you can also save money by
making your own clothes and your
own fabric. At the Festival you can
observe the process from start to
finish: Step one-watch the sheep­shearing
demonstrations held
throughout the day near the
Durango Boulevard fence. Step
two-learn how to spin the wool
into yarn on a spinning wheel and
Visitor learns about quilting techniques
color it with dyes made from roots,
berries, bark or bugs. Step three­weave
the yarn into fabric on a
loom. It may take a while to do,
but it won't cost you a cent to
learn how.
Has the cost of buying or renting
a house gotten you down? At the
Festival you can learn how to build
your own. Both the dog-run cabin
and one-room schoolhouse on the
Back Forty were built, with the
help of visitors, at previous
Festivals. This year craftsmen will
complete the cabin's kitchen and,
in the process, can show you the
art of sawing a log or making a
Working the Norwegian loom
mud mortar. Or you can learn to
build a house of adobe, nature's
best insulation, by mixing clay,
straw, manure, sand and gravel,
then forming the mixture into
bricks and allowing them to dry in
the sun. Juan Martinez of Laredo
can show you how to make a
thatched roof for your house, a
craft he has been practicing since
he was a little boy.
You can even furnish your house
with objects you learned to make
at the Festival. You can learn, for
example, how to make a chair, and
how to cane or to refinish a chair.
You can learn how to weave a
basket, throw a pot, make a quilt
or dip a candle. The craftsmen
who teach you take pride in their
work, and that pride shows
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could duplicate.
Our pioneer forefathers were, by
necessity, do-it-yourselfers. Store­bought
goods were not always
readily accessible or affordable, so
settlers made them or made do.
Today we have the luxury of going
back to basics, not because we
have to, but because it is more
economical and more satisfying.
"I think we'd all be happier," said
Barbara Stall, who demonstrates
canning and pickling, "if we were
more self-sufficient."
So this Folklife Festival, help
keep a tradition alive, and take
home a skill.
Youngsters try mof thatching
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The arts are business.
Everyone's business.
And the Bank of San Antonio
is pleased to be making it
our business to share the work
of San Antonio's finest with
the entire community.
Through regularly scheduled
Bank
of
exhibits held at Banco.
This, because Banco believes
its obligation goes beyond helping
the city with its material growth.
Our obligation is to help also with
its spiritual growth.
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San
Antonio ............
San
Antonio
One Roman a Plaza Where Main meets San Pedro. Member F. D.I.C.
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Average analysis of 12 oz. serving:
Calories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Carbohydrates .. .. . . . .. ... .. 2.6 grams
Protein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 grams
Fat . . .. .. ... . ... . .......... 0.0 grams
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The Menger Hotel and
Motor Inn. Easy wall~ing
distance from the Institu-te
of Texan Cultures.
You will enjoy the hos­pitality
and history of the
well-known Menger
serving the public since
18S9.
Visit the Patio Room
serving good foed at
reasonable prices. Cock­tails
two-for-one 5 : 00 to
7:00p.m. Monday through.
Friday.
204 Alamo Plaza.
By the Alamo
San Antonio
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01' A FESTIVAL
If you've ever wondered how
much it costs to put on an event of
the magnitude of the Texas Folklife
Festival, the answer is almost half
a million dollars.
And this figure does not take
into account the tremendous
volume of unpaid volunteer hours
necessary to make the Festival a
reality. Two full-time Institute staff
members work all year to locate
and recruit the best possible
participants. Many others assist in
planning and early preparations. In
July some 25 Festival helpers are
added to the staff.
What do they do? There are final
arrangements which must be made
for the more than 6,000
participants-entertainers, food
and drink vendors, and artisans.
Prior to the four-day event,
Institute staff members are busy
arranging, building and shading
booths and pens; building extra
bridges; putting up area fences;
counting, distributing, selling, and
accounting for advance tickets and
coupons; painting and silk­screening
signs of all sizes;
running extra plumbing and
electrical lines; preparing news
stories; handling telephone queries;
constructing stages with shade;
writing and producing Festival
brochures, posters and programs;
signing up and training the
thousands of volunteers who man
ticket booths and information
kiosks, sell programs, assist in The
Institute Store, weigh tickets and
perform hundreds of other
absolutely essential jobs.
After 10 years, the Festival is
self-supporting, able to pay its own
way this year with proceeds from
past years. But it hasn't always
been that way. It began in 1972
with $35,000 in grants from the
Ewing Halsell Foundation, Moody
Foundation and Houston
Endowment, Inc. Various
companies donated materials and
supplies, and the H.B. Zachry
Company loaned workmen. The
More than 100,000 visitors will attend the 10th annual Texas Folklife Festival
San Antonio Hotel and Motel
Association donated rooms for out­of-
town participants that year. The
Festival was truly a community
effort, and it was a success.
More than 3,000 participants
took part, and some 60,000 persons
came to see them. The Institute
staff decided then that it should be
an annual event; it was like taking
The Institute's exhibits outdoors
and bringing them to life.
The following year, however, an
uninvited guest showed up and put
a damper on things. She was
Hurricane Delia, and she wrecked
many of the booths and forced the
Festival to close two days. That
year the Festival lost $20,000.
Early Festival organizers became
concerned not·with how much
money they might make, but how
little they would lose. In 1974 bad
weather again resulted in a loss,
this time $5,000. In an attempt to
save the Festival, dates were
moved up from rainy September to
sunny August. The make-it-or­break-
it year was 1975. And, for
the first time, the Festival came
close to breaking even.
To make subsequent Festivals
more successful, each year since
then proceeds have gone into
improving facilities, equipment and
programming. The first year four
flatbed trailers were used as
improvised stages. Now nine
stages with lighting and electrical
facilities are available for the many
entertainment groups. Drainage
systems have been installed on the
grounds, asphalt walkways
constructed and approximately
75,000 square feet of shade
covering added. This policy of
improving the Festival continues.
In 1980, for the first time, the
Festival generated enough profit to
return some proceeds to The
Institute of Texan Cultures to be
used toward publication of two
forthcoming books, The German
Texans and The Swedish Texans.
In an indirect way the Festival
also contributes to the City of San
Antonio. Officials estimate that the
city's economy benefits by more
than $4 million as a result of this
event, since the majority of visitors
to the Festival are out-of-towners.
Though the cost of just about
everything has risen, the Festival
has not increased its admission
ticket price this year. The lOth
Texas Folklife Festival is the most
ambitious undertaking to date for
The Institute and hopefully will be
enjoyed by all who attend.
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Jack Cunningham. "I tell people, 'If
you haven't been, you've got to
come. You don't want to leave
this earth without going to at least
one Festival.' "
And finally, when asked how
long they intended to participate in
the Texas Folklife Festival, their
replies were to the point-
George DeWinne: "As long as
I'm able."
Mike Dietert: "As long as it
keeps going."
Cliff Teinert: "As long as they'll
have me."
Alvin Sueltenfuss: "As long as
God is willing."
Marcella Karam: "As long as it's
going on and I'm around."
Ed Kadlacek: "As long as I'm
invited. If I'm incapacitated,
I'll still find a way to be here."
Daisy Potter: "Forever, or as
long as possible, at least."
Emma Wuensche: "I'm 74 and
I'll be here as long as I can
make it."
Arnold Griffin: "Oh, 10 more,
at least!"
Bruce Roark: "We'll start
planning next year's visit as
soon as this one's over."~
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During the Folklife Festival the
grounds of The Institute of Texan
Cultures are a constant swirl of
activity, and most visitors will be
hard pressed to sample everything
offered. But while you're here, you
will want to take the opportunity
to step inside The Institute
building and experience another
world of exciting exhibits.
The Institute's exhibit floor,
roughly the size of a football field,
shares the adventures of
immigrants from 32 ethnic groups
who came to Texas to make their
home. These fascinating stories are
told through historic artifacts,
ranging in size from shamrocks
carried by Irish immigrants as
reminders of the "Auld Sod" to an
actual sharecropper's cabin
transplanted onto the exhibit floor
from a cotton field in east Texas.
Texts, illustrations and period
photographs reconstruct the past in
human terms, so that visitors gain
an understanding of both their
unique ethnic heritage and their
common bond as Texans.
Like the Texas Folklife Festival,
the exhibit floor of The Institute of
Texan Cultures is dedicated to the
proposition that learning can be,
and should be, fun. Rather than
presenting information in static,
formal displays, the exhibit floor
encourages an attitude of
participation and involvement.
Texas history comes to life for
children as they see and touch
things they have read about in
textbooks. Children delight in
trying on an Indian Thunderbird
mask for size, crawling through a
tepee and petting a stuffed buffalo.
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The romance of the Old West, as
presented in popular movies, is
brought into perspective with fact
as children learn the realities of
life for an early Texas cowboy. The
cowboy's kinship with the Mexican
vaquero is illustrated for children
as they climb up into a vaquero
saddle and study cowboy terms,
such as rodeo, lariat and bronco,
with decidedly Spanish roots.
First-time visitors to The
Institute, particularly out-of-staters,
are invariably surprised by the
ethnic diversity represented on the
exhibit floor, which reflects the
rich heritage of Texas.
Misconceptions about Anglo
cowboys and marauding Indians as
the only inhabitants of early Texas
are altered dramatically as visitors
walk through the exhibits and
learn that immigrants from all over
the world came here to carve a
place for themselves.
The Institute's exhibit floor is
constantly changing, since all
artifacts are on loan from
individuals around the state, so
return visitors enjoy touring the
floor as much as first-timers do.
The newly installed Texas Music
Room features a variety of
instruments, many of which can be
played by visitors, and a 1948
Rock-Ola jukebox with vintage
78 rpm records. The universal
language of music is demonstrated
as visitors select an old gospel
standby, "Standin' in the Safety
Zone," by Voices of the Mainland
or a traditional Chinese song,
"Candles of Dragon and Phoenix,"
and other ethnic songs.
The Hall of Mirrors and the
Lower Gallery display new exhibits
throughout the year. During August
the Hall of Mirrors features Saints
Preserve Us, an extensive
collection of retablos, an ancient
religious art form of painting on
metal and wood. Retablos are often
found in churches in Mexico and
depict miracles wrought by saints
in everyday life. This collection
bears names which have been
bestowed on Texas towns; the
exhibit explains the significance of
each retablo and why the saint's
name was given to that town.
Downstairs in the Lower Gallery
visitors will gain a whole new
perspective on Texas history
through Texas Women-A
Celebration of History. Filling the
entire gallery, this ambitious
exhibit is the first to examine fully
the important role played by
women in shaping the state. Texas
women saved the Alamo, built
bridges, invented products and ran
multimillion-dollar businesses.
They were labor organizers, office
holders, political activists and
community leaders. The lives of
some 125 famous women are
highlighted in this exhibit, with
rare photographs, costumes,
paintings, documents and
countless relics of the past.
While you are inside The
Institute, enjoying a cool respite,
relax in the Dome Theatre and
enjoy the multimedia presentation,
"Faces and Places of Texas." This
colorful feature about the lives of
Texans illuminates 36 screens
within the unique dome-shaped
theatre. Six screens of panoramic
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film and supporting slides fill the
theatre with the sights and sounds
of Texas.
The Institute of Texan Cultures
is much more than an exhibit floor
and a stage for the Festival,
however. Throughout the year
more than half a million visitors of
all ages take advantage of the floor
demonstrations, special events,
classes and educational programs
offered by The Institute.
Schoolchildren from all over the
state travel to San Antonio in order
to augment their classroom studies
with a tour of The Institute. As
many as 2,000 students each day
listen to and participate in the
demonstrations offered at different
areas of the exhibit floor. They
hear an Institute demonstrator
describe the history of tortilla
making and try their own hands at
grinding corn on a metate. A "trail
boss" talks about the life of a
cowboy on an early Texas cattle
drive at the chuck wagon, as the
children sample hardtack. The
students hear about the life-style of
Indians at the tepee, then try on a
papoose board, pass around a
tomahawk and pet a stuffed
buffalo. A demonstrator weaves on
a loom in the Norwegian area,
while the students learn about the
process of making cloth and the
common needs of early settlers. A
lively Irish jig strummed on a
banjo and folk tunes played on a
dulcimer entertain the children as
they learn the origins of musical
instruments and ethnic songs.
They watch a quilting bee in
progress and ask questions at the
sharecropper's cabin.
The Institute also offers
concentrated study in areas of
special interest. A German class,
for example, may study styles of
German architecture and learn
about the many communities in
Texas with a strong German
influence. Special accommodations
are afforded handicapped children,
so that they may derive the full
benefits of a visit to The Institute.
As a communications and
learning center for the
interpretation of Texas history,
culture and folklore, The Institute
offers an extensive outreach
program. It publishes pamphlets
and books on the approximately 30
ethnic groups which have settled
the state, and produces educational
audiovisuals which are valuable to
the students and other individuals
learning about Texas history.
Traveling exhibits produced by
The Institute tour the state,
appearing in museums, schools,
libraries, banks and malls.
Costumed volunteers visit schools
and senior citizens' centers with
trunks of artifacts, telling stories
related to the heritage of Texas.
These are but a few of The
Institute's varied products,
programs and projects produced
for the people of Texas.
Community members and citizens
throughout the state are
encouraged to participate in
Institute activities by lending their
time and talent or by direct
financial sponsorship.
More than 250 volunteers
participate regularly in The .
Institute Alliance program, acting
as exhibit interpreters, tour guides,
curatorial assistants, news writers,
library aids, store buyers, sales
personnel, office assistants and in
other advisory capacities. Special
events are made possible by the
many volunteers who assist with
planning and executing the various
duties required to make such
events successful. Interested
persons are invited to make
application at The Institute.
Ambassadors throughout the
state inform their communities of
The Institute's program, and
Texans everywhere support The
Institute with donations and as
Associate members.
The Institute of Texan Cultures
is open Tuesdays through Sundays
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except
Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
Admission is free. For more
information on programs and
special events, call The Institute at
(512) 226-7651.
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Institute of Texan Cultures
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Supplies and Services and be
added to The Institute mailing list
in order to receive a quarterly
calender of events. Just call The
Institute at (512) 226-7651, or
address your request to:
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P.O. Box 1226, Dept. N&I
San Antonio, Texas 78294
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