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Welcome
When the gates opened on the
fledgling Texas Folklife Festival spon­sored
by The Institute of Texan Cul­tures
in 1972, no one knew whether
it would turn out to be the first of
many or the one and only. The path
we've traveled since that time has pre­sented
us with a few bridges to cross,
but the support and hard work of
many people have kept us going. Today
we are pleased to welcome you to the
16th Annual Texas Folklife Festival.
Though much has changed over
the years, the Festival's purpose has
remained the same-to present the
customs, crafts and activities of the
state's ethnic and cultural groups in a
setting which blends both education
and entertainment. At the Festival you
will meet all kinds ofTexans-German,
Japanese, Filipino, Scottish, Vietnam­ese,
Hungarian, Mexican, Spanish,
Irish and Wendish, to name only a few.
As you tour the grounds you have
the opportunity to learn about the
history and culture of these various
groups. You can taste their foods, enjoy
their music and dances, see their crafts
and gain a better understanding of
their ways of life.
In addition, you can discover more
about the days of the Texas pioneers
through demonstrations of various
crafts and skills, such as spinning,
weaving, basketmaking, chair caning,
bobbin lacing, log construction and
lye-soap making. Other activities offer
you a chance to join the soldiers at the
fort, attend class in the one-room
schoolhouse, play frontier games and
try your luck at the fishin' hole.
When you've explored the events
and activities outside, then head in­doors
to The Institute's exhibit floor.
Here you can learn even more about
many of the groups you've met
through exhibits highlighting their
contributions to the growth and devel­opment
of Texas. And you won't want
to miss Faces and Places of Texas, a
colorful and lively audiovisual presen­tation
focusing on various aspects of
life in the state, shown hourly during
the Festival.
Whether this is your first Festival
or your sixteenth, we know you will
enjoy celebrating Texas's rich heritage.
We're glad you've come to join us, and
we hope you .have a great time. But
more importantly we hope you leave
here with an expanded idea of what
Texas and Texans are all about.
John McGiffert,
Interim Executive Director
The University of Texas
Institute of Texan Cultures
at San Antonio
]o Ann Andera,
Director, Texas Folklife Festival
In Fond Memory
The Folklife Festival is a time
of joyfulness and celebration. It
is, however, also a time when we
recall with sadness those mem­bers
of the Festival Family that
we have lost. This past year we
mourned the death of Carl W.
Sorenson of Dallas. Through his
work with the Norwegian Soci­ety
of Texas Carl contributed a
great deal to the Festival and to
The Institute. We would like to
take this opportunity to extend
our sympathy to his family and
friends. We, too, will miss him
very much.
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Contents
Welcome 1
General Information 2
HThe Language of Dance" by Jo Eckerman 4~7
Sponsors 8
Steering Committee 9
Ambassadors 10
Hlntroducing Bootmaker David White" by Charlene Blohm 12
Menu 16~21
Map, Legend, Games and Specials 22~23
Entertainment Schedule 24~31
HLet's Give Them a Big Hand" by Sande Carr 32~33
HMusic for Everyone" by Jo Eckerman 36~37
HKeep in Touch with Texas" 38~39
General Information
HOURS AND SCHEDULE: The Folklife Festival is open
Thursday, 5-11 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon-11 p.m.; and
Sunday, noon-10 p.m. Admission is for the entire day. If
you wish to leave the grounds and return later in the day,
please be sure to have your hand stamped at the gate.
Craft demonstration times are posted at each booth;
however, most are continuous. The Festival's ten stages are
located throughout the grounds and feature all types of eth­nic
and cultural entertainment. For a complete listing of
performance times, see the daily schedules on pages 24-31.
FOOD AND DRINKS: Food and drinks are sold by coupon
only. Most food booths offer samples for one or two cou­pons.
Visitors are prohibited from bringing ice chests or
alcoholic beverages onto the Festival grounds. Free water
is available at the Davis Mountain Spring Water booth
(check the map and legend for the exact location). Beer
sales will be discontinued 1/z hour before the Festival
grounds close.
COUPONS: Coupons can be purchased for 25~t each at booths
located throughout the grounds. A location for purchase
of coupons with Visa or MasterCard is available.
CHECKS/REFUNDS: No checks are cashed on the grounds
or accepted for the purchase of admission tickets or cou­pons.
The Festival does not provide refunds for admission
tickets or unused coupons.
RAIN: Festival festivities continue rain or shine, and no rain
dates are scheduled.
PARKING: Downtown parking is scarce, so VIA PARK-AND­RIDE
is the only way to go. Services are available from
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major shopping malls throughout the city, and a shuttle
bus serves the downtown area. For specific information, call
VIA Metropolitan Transit at 227-2020.
PETS: No pets are allowed on the Festival grounds.
SOUVENIRS AND INFORMATION: General information
and Festival souvenirs are available at kiosks located in each
color-coded area and inside The Institute at the Store. See
the map on pages 22 and 23 for details.
FIRST AID: First aid stations are located inside The Institute
and on the Festival grounds in the Back 40 area. See the
map for specific locations.
SECURITY: Both security guards and members of the San
Antonio Police Department are on the grounds throughout
the Festival. In the event of a problem or emergency, please
report it immediately to the guard or officer in your area
or at the Security Desk on the lower level of The Institute.
LOST CHILDREN: Lost children will be taken to the Secu­rity
Desk. Identification tags for children are available at
each of the entry gates.
LOST AND FOUND: Visitors can claim or report their lost
articles at the Security Desk.
RESTROOMS: Facilities are located throughout the grounds;
see the map for details.
PARTICIPANTS: Festival participants are here to share their
skills and knowledge with you. Feel free to ask questions­you'll
learn much more and meet some interesting people
in the process.
A tip of our hats to the
Texas Fblklife Festivdl.
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celebration of ethnic, cultural and folk history of Texas sponsored by the Institute of
Texan Cultures.
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Dance
Dancing as an art, we may
be sure, cannot die out, but will
always be undergoing a rebirth.
Not merely as an art, but also as
a social custom, it perpetually
emerges afresh from the soul of
the people.
-Havelock Ellis
Dance, one of the oldest and
most widespread forms of human ex­pression,
originates from the emotional
and physical rhythms of people and
the world which surrounds them. It
serves as a powerful artistic and cul­tural
symbol, a physical language
through which people communicate
how they feel about themselves and
their lives.
Dancers, all those people who take
pleasure in expressing themselves
through the magic of movement, may
pursue dance as a career or enjoy it
simply for fun and relaxation. They
may bring to it many years of formal
training or just a few steps that they
picked up along the way.
Dances, choreographed patterns in
time and space, are as varied and
unique as the people who create and
perform them. Some represent person­al
statements crafted by individuals to
convey their thoughts, observations
and beliefs. Others embody the work
of thousands joined throughout time
into the voice of a nation presenting
its history and heritage.
At the Folklife Festival the lan­guage
of dance is spoken in many
dialects as groups from across the state
present their special styles and skills.
The nostalgic rendition of a Czecho­slovakiah
Czarda, the theatrical pag­eantry
of a Filipino Singkil and the fast­paced
enthusiasm of a contemporary
clog blend together to create a pano­rama
of dance in all its diversity. Per­formers
range from professionally
trained companies to amateur clubs, all
of whom enjoy sharing their love for
the art of dance.
Nearly 40 dance groups participate
in the Festival, so it is impossible to
highlight them all. The groups here,
however, offer a glimpse of the wide
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The Language of Dance
variety of dances and dancers that
visitors can see and enjoy at the Texas
Folklife Festival.
Philippine Performing Arts
Academy of San Antonio
The dances of the Philippines ex­hibit
influences from many different
cultures- Hindu, Arabic, Malayan,
Spanish and others. Some are colorful,
lively exhibitions of skill and daring;
others are theatrical portraits in mo­tion
filled with pageantry and cere­mony.
Each relates some aspect of
Filipino life and culture.
One of the more well-known
dances is the Tinikling, which has its
origins in a folktale about the long­legged
tikling bird. The story tells of
an attempt by two farmers to keep
hungry maya birds away from their rice
harvest by beating together two bam­boo
poles held close to the ground. In
the process they awaken the tikling
bird, which begins to prance and skip
between the poles. The dancers imitate
the bird's movements, briskly stepping
between the poles as they are moved
in an ever-faster rhythm.
Festival visitors can both see and
learn the Tinikling from the Philippine
Performing Arts Academy of San An­tonio,
one of two Filipino groups
which participate. Founded in 1978 by
the late Bien Lijauco and Alicia Bond,
the group was formerly known as the
by Jo Eckerman
Bien Lijauco Bayanihan Dance Ensem­ble.
After Lijauco's death the group
changed its name and began working
with a new director, Gil Padiernos,
who commutes weekly from Houston
to teach and rehearse the company.
Most of the group's members are
students who squeeze time for dance
practice between their studies and
numerous other activities. Lead dancer
Karen Jaceldo became involved with
the company when her family moved
to San Antonio and she saw the Baya­nihan
Ensemble perform. She was
familiar with some of the dances which
were taught in elementary school in
her native Luzon, but was fascinated
by a particular dance and wanted to
learn it. Since then she has become an
accomplished dancer and acquired a
greater understanding of Filipino his­tory
and culture.
Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas
From the 16th century Zaporo­ahets
the sabre dance of the Cossacks,
to the recently developed Nozechi, or
scissor dance, the Ukrainian Dancers
of Dallas incorporate the customs and
traditions of many generations in their
performances. Dressed in one of their
two regional costumes-one represent­ing
Poltava and the other Hutzul- the
group presents the beautiful music and
captivating dances of the Ukraine. In
addition to the two dances mentioned
above, the group performs the Hre­chanyky,
a fall harvest dance; the
Chumak, which reflects the life of an
ox-cart driver; and the Hopak, a free­flowing
flirtatious dance in which the
men try to outdo the women.
The idea for organizing a dance
troupe started in 1976 when members
of the Saint Seraphim Orthodox
Church wanted to make a contribu­tion
to the Texas Folklife Festival in
honor of the national bicentennial
celebration. Parish member Alex Bez­ney,
who had studied with noted
Ukrainian folk dance teacher Vasile
Avramenko, worked with several
young church members to prepare a
program. Alex's wife, Val, offered her
knowledge of Ukrainian folk costumes
to assist in creating the group's attire.
The dancers received such an en­thusiastic
response that Alex contin-ued
to work with the group, and they
began performing at various festivals
and events in the Dallas/Fort Worth
area. Development of the dance group
generated renewed interest among
parishioners and community members
in their Ukrainian heritage, leading to
the eventual organization of the Ukrai­nian
Society of North Texas.
Czechoslovakian Folk Dancers of
West, Texas
Established 11 years ago by Made­leine
"Maggi" Grmela, the Czechoslo­vakian
Folk Dancers of West, Texas,
were organized as a beseda troupe to
be a part of Westfest, an annual cele-bration
of Czech culture and heritage.
The word beseda means "gathering" in
Czech, and beseda dancing is a form
which "gathers" a number of folk dance
patterns into one unit to create a per­formance.
Developed in Czechoslova­kia
in the mid-1800's, beseda dancing
took traditional Czech folk dances
from the countryside into the salons
and ballrooms of the cities.
After several years as the West
Czech Beseda Dancers, the group be­gan
incorporating the shorter, original
versions of dances into their program.
Today, with their new name and ap­proximately
21 members, the group is
one of the largest Czech dance troupes
in Texas. They are a nonprofit organi­zation
which travels widely throughout
the state promoting Czech heritage
and serving as ambassadors for the city
of West at such events as the Czechfest
in Rosenburg and the State Fair of
Texas. If finances permit, the group
hopes to accept an invitation that they
received recently to participate in a
festival in Czechoslovakia this summer.
Dressed in embroidered vests and
skirts reminiscent of Czech costumes
worn on festive occasions, the group
performs various czardas, couples
dances which the Czechs adopted from
the Hungarians and altered to suit
their own style; a series of special
polkas; and a Tex-Czech creation of
their own, a combination of dances set
to Texas music.
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Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio
Founded in 1965 as a nonprofit
organization, the Ballet Folklorico de
San Antonio has the two-fold mission
of preserving Mexican and Spanish
culture through dance and encourag­ing
the active participation of young
people in the art. The organization
offers classes in Mexican and Spanish
dance and sponsors a professional
company which holds a regular sched­ule
of performances at the Arneson
River Theater each summer as well as
making numerous appearances both in
and outside of Texas. In its 22 years of
existence Ballet Folklorico, currently
directed by Emma Ramos, has become
a widely recognized and integral part
of San Antonio culture.
The company's repertoire features
a combination of refined classical
dances from Spain and festive cele­bratory
dances from Mexico, each with
its own special music and strikingly
colorful costumes. Selections include
the elegant and aristocratic Nuevo Leon
from northern Mexico, the rhythmic
Huapango from Veracruz, the fiery
Cuadra Flamenco from Spain and the
comical El Torito from Yucatan.
Also performed by the company
is the ]arabe Tapatio, widely known as
the Mexican hat dance. Though many
people are familiar with the dance, few
know of its meaning or origin. The
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]arabe Tapatio is a shortened version
of a dance known as the ]arabe Largo
Ranchero set to the music of]alisco. Los
Tapatios are the people who live on the
outskirts of Guadalajara, the capital of
Jalisco. The courtship between a china
and her charro is the central theme of
the dance during which the charro
throws his sombrero on the ground.
When the china dances on it and then
puts it on her head, she indicates her
acceptance of him. The dance ends
with congratulations to the couple.
Anjali Academy of
Indian Performing Arts
In 1975 Rathna Kumar moved to
Houston with her husband, Amil, and
resumed a career in Indian dance
which she had begun at the age of
nine. When Rathna started performing
in and around Houston, she received
numerous requests from the Indian
community to open a school for dance.
The school quickly outgrew its first
location in Rathna's garage and was
moved to a larger building behind the
India Cultural Center. Currently the
school has four branches and 200
students, 10 to 12 of whom participate
in the Folklife Festival.
Rathna describes Indian dance as
a form of self-expression distinctive for
its deeply spiritual flavor, which is
conveyed through the use of facial
expressions, the limbs and the body,
the voice, and the costumes and orna­ments.
At the Festival Anjali students
present both classical forms and tradi­tional
folk dances. Rathna, whose
dancing career has spanned more than
25 years, is considered a master of
Kuchipudi, a dance-drama which
blends both folk and classical styles,
and Bharata Natyam, one of the oldest
classical dances which embodies the
three primary ingredients of expres­sion,
melody and rhythm.
In 1979 and 1981 Rathna was hon­ored
by the mayor of Houston for her
contributions to the Indian communi­ty.
Rathna sees Anjali as a "conduit
between an ancient art and the new
world" and regards her art and her
students as important ways of main­taining
Indian culture within the
Houston community.
Fire-on-the-Mountain Cloggers
Clog dancing, according to found­er
and leader of the Fire-on-the­Mountain
Cloggers Linda Carolan,
originated in the Appalachian Moun­tains
and filtered to Texas with the
Anglo migration to the west in the
early 1800's. In Texas a version of clog­ging
known as "jig" or "buck" dancing
was a popular part of many family and
community get-togethers.
In the last 15 years a clogging craze
has spread across many parts of Amer­ica,
including Texas, and sparked the
creation of numerous professional and
amateur groups who perform, offer
workshops and classes, and participate
in state and national competitions.
Linda received her introduction to
dance at the age of eight from her
great-grandmother Sarah Melvina
Lomax. At informal family gatherings
Sarah would perform the "flatfoot jig"
to music provided by Linda's grand­father
on the fiddle, her great uncle on
the guitar and her grandmother on the
harmonica. During appearances by the
group Linda demonstrates the jig steps
she learned by dancing to fiddle music
that her grandfather recorded before
his death.
Linda and her husband, Rusty, are
both avid daggers who established the
group in 1979 to help preserve the
traditional aspects of the dance. In­cluded
in the group's presentation,
which features a fast-paced Appala­chian
style performed mostly to blue­grass
music, is an overview of the differ­ent
influences exhibited in American
clogging, including Irish step dancing
and the English Lancaster clog.
The Fire-on-the-Mountain Clog­gers
have become an extremely popu­lar
group, which performs its "foot­stompin',
sand-raisin', feather-dustin'
and downright lively" exhibitions at
more than 130 events throughout the
year. In 1986, 16 members of the group
toured Venezuela and put on a perfor­mance
for the national television pro­gram
"Sabado Sensacional:'
To dance is to live
-Snoopy
Festival Dance
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Dancers,
Livingston
Alsatian Dancers of Texas, Castroville
Anjali Academy of Indian Performing
Arts, Houston
Arathi School of Indian Dancing,
San Antonio
Ballet Artes de Mexico, San Antonio
Ballet Folklorico de San Antonio,
San Antonio
Cadence Cloggers, San Antonio
Cambodian Association of Houston, Houston
Chilean Folklorico Group of Houston,
Houston
Clanfolk (Scottish), Bellaire
Compania de Arte Espanol, San Antonio
Czech Folk Dancers of West, Texas, West
Dance-A-Round, San Antonio
Dansul Tejas (Balkan), Houston
Expresiones Argentinas, Spring
Filipino FAISA Dancers, San Antonio
Fire-on-the-Mountain Cloggers, San Antonio
Flemish Folk Dancers of BACT,
San Antonio
Grupo Folklorico "Mi Peru," Houston
The Gulf Coast Scandinavian Dancers,
Dickinson
Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas (Irish),
San Antonio
Hawaii Club of San Antonio, San Antonio
Jim and Mary Hebert (Cajun), Port Arthur
Hermann Sons Polkateers (German),
San Antonio
Houston Hungarian Dancers, Houston
Italian Tarantella Dancers of Dallas, Dallas
Lebanese Folk Dancers, San Antonio
McAllen Parks and Recreation Mexican
Folklorico Dancers, McAllen
McMillan & Company, San Antonio
"Monja Blanca" Guatemalan Folkloric
Group, Houston
The New Braunfels German Folk Dancers,
New Braunfels
Norwegian Society-Leikarringen, Cedar Hill
Panamanian Folklore Society Dancers,
Copperas Cove
Philippine Performing Arts Academy of
San Antonio, San Antonio
Polish Folk Dancers of San Antonio,
San Antonio
Polonia Folk Dancers (Polish), El Paso
Sakura Folkdance Group of Houston
Qapanese), Houston
Victoria Salazar Flamenco Troupe, El Paso
Texas Czech Beseda Dancers, Dallas
Texas Indian Heritage Society, Mesquite
Texas Klompendancers (Dutch), Houston
Texas Southern University Pan-Hellenic
Step Team (Stepping: not dance, but a
lively form of stylized body movement
based in the Afro-American dance
tradition), Houston
Ukrainian Dancers of Dallas, Dallas
Tanya Zwan (Lebanese), Tyler
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1987 Sponsors and Contributors
Brooks Air Force Base
H.E. Butt Grocery Company
City Public Service Company
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Commonwealth Savings Association
Crain Distributing Company
Crockett Hotel
Dean Lumber Company, Gilmer
Eastman Kodak Company
Federal Building Administration
Foley's
Fort Sam Houston
Frost Brothers
Frost National Bank
Golden Beverage Company
Halo Distributing Company
HemisFair Plaza Administration
Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel
Hobbs Trailers
Imperial Sugar Company, Sugarland
Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum
Kallison's Farm & Ranch Store
Kelly Air Force Base
Kelly Field National Bank
KLRN Channel 9
Kroger Company
Labatt Food Service
Lackland Air Force Base
La Mansion del Rio Hotel
La Quinta Motor Inns
L.C. Vending Co.
Lynwood Building Materials
Marriott Hotel Riverwalk
Menger Hotel
Metro Media Paging, Inc.
Mission City Beverage
Mission Pharmacal Company
National Bank of Commerce
National Bank of Fort Sam Houston
New Braunfels Smokehouse
O'Krent Floor Covering Company
Pioneer Flour Mills
PruCare
Randolph Air Force Base
Roegelein Provision Company
A.l. Root Candle Company
Royal Street Crossing Restaurant
St. Anthony Inter-Continental Hotel
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Convention Center
San Antonio Convention
& Visitors Bureau
San Antonio Fire Department
San Antonio Independent
School District
San Antonio Metropolitan
Health Department
San Antonio Park Rangers
San Antonio Parks and
Recreation Department
San Antonio Police Department
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sea World of Texas
Southwest Research Institute
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Texas Highway Department
The University of Texas Health
Science Center
The University of Texas at San Antonio
USAA (United Services
Automobile Association)
UTSA Copy Center
Van de Walle Farms
VIA Metropolitan Transit Company
Walker Advertising Company
WestFest, Inc.
Williams Distributing Company
H.B. Zachry Company
Special thanks to The
Institute of Texan Cultures staff
and Alliance members
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Festival Steering Committee
Mrs. Louis H. Stumberg
Chairperson
Civic Leader
Manuel A. Anaya
Vice President
National Bank of Commerce
Dr. Adriana Arzac
Associate
The Research Center
Allen Bassuk
Vice President-Risk Management
La Quinta Motor Inns, Inc.
Maria Berriozabal
City Council Member
Janie Dillard
Events Coordinator
San Fernando Cathedral
James R. Dublin
President
Dublin, McCarter & Associates
Lt. Col. George H . Ensley (ret.)
Senior Vice President, Assistant to the Chairman
United Services Automobile Association
Katherine Netting Folbre
Executive Director
San Antonio Area Foundation
Howard Freeman
Assistant General Manager-Finance
City Public Service Board
Bob Gardner
Senior Vice President-Production Manager
San Antonio Savings Association
Ron Gossen
Sharp-Gossen and Associates
William F. Grinnan Jr.
President
Royal Street Crossing Restaurant
Barbara Jane Henk
Executive Assistant
H.B. Zachry Company
Michael A. Hogan
President
Hogan Property Company
Christopher Hosmer
Director of Marketing, The San Antonio
Marriott Riverwalk
John K. Hoyle Ill
CHUBB LifeAmerica
Teeta Johnston
Commercial Real Estate Broker
Kuper Realty Corporation
Gerald Karam
Managing Partner
Steak and Ale Restaurant
Mrs. Blair Labatt Sr.
Civic Leader
Elizabeth Lange
President
Scottish Society of San Antonio
Ronald Mallet, D.D.S.
C. Wayne Moore
Pathway Financial Group
John Mosty
Director
San Antonio Convention and
Visitors Bureau
J .T. Neal Jr.
Rancher
Jack Newman
Dr. Marion Oettinger
Curator of Folk Art
San Antonio Museum Association
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Robert B. Price
Executive Vice President for Administration
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Health Science Center
Laurence J. Raba
President
Cerna, Raba and Partners
Janice Ricks
President
Janice Ricks & Associates
A.W. "Tex" Schofield
Manufacturers' Representative,
Contractor and Announcer
Leonard R. Scotty
Coldwell Banker
Residential Real Estate Services
Tom Sineni
President
Henry S. Miller Co., Realtors
Robert L. Smith Jr.
Director
The Prudential Insurance Company
Mrs. Marshall T. Steves
Civic Leader
M. Lynn Taylor
Attorney at Law
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J. Marvin Walker
Brokerage Agency Manager
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Ambassadors
In a state as large as Texas, it takes a truly statewide network of concerned and interested volunteers to help Texans
learn about their proud heritage. Ambassadors bring to their communities the culture, history and folklore of Texas by
sharing information about The Institute of Texan Cultures with the people in their area. From acquainting schools, libraries,
museums and businesses with Institute programs and products to spreading the word about the annual Texas Folklife
Festival, Ambassadors are eager to keep the state's exciting past alive in their home towns.
Mary Lou Abat (Houston)
Stanley Addington (Raymondville)
Susan Allen (Luling)
Mike Andrews (Pampa)
Sydna Arbuckle (Elgin)
Brick Autry (Dimmitt)
Vera Barnhart (Pearsall)
Elizabeth Battle (Houston)
Doug Beich (Arlington)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Billings
(Corpus Christi)
Elwana Brewster (Andrews)
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Brinkerhoff
(Houston)
Mr. and Mrs. Jean William Brown
(Houston)
Randy Brown (Greenville)
Mattie Duckens Browne (Temple)
Elaine Bruhl (Llano)
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bryant
(Texas City)
Dr. Rita S. Bryant (Tyler)
Mary Lou Campbell
(South Padre Island)
Ann Chambless (Beeville)
Carlos Chavez (El Paso)
Atlan M. Citzler (La Grange)
Bill Clark (Nacogdoches)
Mrs. Glenn Coates (Floresville)
Mrs. Jim Copeland (Ballinger)
Rose M. Crowell (Bandera)
John De La Garza (Dallas)
Mattie Dellinger (Center)
Barbara Dent (El Paso)
Linda and Mike Dietert
(New Braunfels)
Gerry Doyle (Beaumont)
Robert J. Duncan (McKinney)
Ivanne Farr-Alsup (Corpus Christi)
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Felsted (Wimberley)
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fleming (Nederland)
Mary Lou Ford (Iredell)
Drew Franklin (Palestine)
Sam Gerald (Harlingen)
Alice K. Gerfers (Boerne)
Dorothea Gingrich (Seguin)
H.L. "Bud" Gober Jr. (Brady)
Molly and Harry Gray (Alvin)
Sarah L. Greene (Gilmer)
Arnold Griffin (Devine)
Peggy and Bill Gunn (Austin)
Margaret A. Haag (Llano)
Betty Hanna (Breckenridge)
Jo Hedge (Lake Dallas)
Clovis Heimsath (Fayetteville)
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Herron Jr.
(Grand Prairie)
Jean Hoard (Wichita Falls)
Jane Hoerster (Mason)
Eddie Holland (Kerrville)
Michael Jentsch (Arlington)
Kaye Jones (Odessa)
Edward J. Kadlecek (New Braunfels)
Mr. and Mrs. Don Kaspar (Shiner)
Rod Kennedy (Kerrville)
Ronda and Carl Kirk (Hewitt)
Guich Koock (Austin)
Dr. James B. Kracht (College Station)
Mr. and Mrs. Ted LaCaff Jr. (Midland)
Burnis Lawrence (Crosbyton)
Linda Lea (Austin)
Mildred Lester (Port Lavaca)
Charles Loving (Round Rock)
Sam A. Maglitto (Bay City)
Jack R. Maguire (Fredericksburg)
Judy Meador (San Angelo)
Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Milstein
(Longview)
Dr. Kenneth Muckelroy (Tyler)
Suzy Munson (Denison)
Rebecca Narramore (Sherman)
Mrs. Mayan Nee! (Menard)
Kit Neumann (Austin)
Nancy E. Olson (Conroe)
Ben L. Parker (Pleasanton)
Helga and Frank Parks (Weimar)
Paul Patterson (Crane)
Dorothy Patton (Crockett)
Herb Petry (Carrizo Springs)
Mary Ann Philmon (Lufkin)
Jimmie R. Picquet (Kingsville)
Jack L. Pirtle (Nacogdoches)
Tom Purdum (New Braunfels)
Jo Randel (Panhandle)
William J. Ratterman (Houston)
Rosemary Richey (San Antonio)
Cynthia Adams Rising (Alice)
Becky Rivers (Bastrop)
Claudia Robinson (Dallas)
Dr. Beverly Rodgers (Carrollton)
Toni Rossignol (Blanco)
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sallee
(Grand Prairie)
Christine Moor Sanders (Woodville)
Ruben M. Santos (Waco)
Mrs. Walter Sargeant (Schertz)
Herbert C. Schmidt (Midland)
Jane M. Sebesta (Caldwell)
Chris Victor Semos (Dallas)
Cindy Sherrell-Leo (Austin)
Hal A. Siros (El Paso)
Calvin B. Smith (Waco)
Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Smith
(Arlington)
H. Martin Soward III (Corpus Christi)
Dr. Ernest B. Speck (Alpine)
Jenny Stanfield (The Woodlands)
James B. Stephen (Sonora)
Terri Stewart (Austin)
Frances Stovall (San Marcos)
Ann Miller Strom (Kyle)
Mrs. Charles B. Suehs (Castroville)
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sueltenfuss
(Boerne)
Fred Switzer (Taylor)
Mary M. Taylor (Beeville)
Bob Thaxton (Seguin)
Norma June Thompson (Elgin)
Richard A. Thompson (San Antonio)
Vicie and Robert Thonhoff (Fashing)
Katherine Uhlhorn (Harlingen)
Mrs. Ross Vick (Dallas)
Judge Henry H. Vollentine (Gonzales)
Dr. Patricia Wallace (Waco)
Dr. and Mrs. James L. Ware
(Galveston)
Lorraine and Frank Watkins (Comfort)
Nancy Lou Webster (Elgin)
Erich Wend! (Corpus Christi)
Josiah Wheat (Woodville)
Betty Wheeler (Lubbock)
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wilkerson
(Pleasanton)
Beth Williams (Navasota)
Jane Wilmer (San Antonio and Salado)
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wofford (Houston)
Mary Wofford (Houston)
G. Preston Woodrome (Freeport)
Fay and Jack Yarbro (Alpine)
Mike Zwan (Tyler)
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OUR HAT'S OFF TO YOU, SAN ANTONIO!
Celebrating the city we're proud to be so much a part of FROST BROS.
FOR SEVENTY BEAUTIFUL YEARS
DOWNTOWN · NORTH STAR MALL · WONDERLAND · THE HILTON ON THE RIVERWALK
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Crafts Introducing Bootmaker David White
David White has a hard-to-fit
foot, and shoes, much less boots, are
difficult to find. For David and others
like him the only way to get perfectly
fitted cowboy boots is to have them
custom-made. As a third-generation
bootmaker, David has an advantage.
"I've been around bootmaking all
my life. I learned from my father, who
in turn learned from my grandfather;'
David says. His father, Jim White, a
bootmaker in the Houston area, joins
David at the Texas Folklife Festival to
show visitors the many steps in mak­ing
cowboy boots and to answer ques­tions
about the fit, care and advantages
of custom-made boots.
"People buy the finished product.
They never think about what goes into
making a pair of cowboy boots. They
don't think about how it got there;'
David says.
He estimates that it takes about 16
hours to construct a pair of boots,
starting with the preparation of the
last, a model of the customer's foot
made from exact measurements. The
length of the foot from the ball to the
heel is most important for correct fit.
Bootmaking techniques haven't
changed much since his grandfather,
Charlie McDonald, first learned the
craft from German-Texan immigrants.
"I use the same machines, lasts and
tools that my grandfather used;' David
says. The uses and styles of boots have
changed, however.
Cowboy boots were designed for
a ranch hand who spent the majority
of his day on horseback. The narrow
toe made it easier for him to slide his
foot into the stirrup when mounting,
and the reinforced steel arch served as
a brace when he was riding and roping
while standing up. Tall leather tops
protected his legs from chafing, and the
high, underslung heel kept his foot
from slipping when the horse stopped
or turned sharply. Extensive stitching
was more than decorative as it rein­forced
the leather and kept the top of
the boot from sagging.
Because of its durability and or­nate,
yet practical design, the cowboy
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boot quickly became popular. The
romantic image of the cowboy por­trayed
in Hollywood westerns in­creased
its appeal with the general
public. Over the years new styles have
developed, such as the lower, less­slanted
heel adapted for those who
walk more than they ride. Straight­topped
boots have given way to the
deeply notched version, and special
designs and sizes for women are more
readily available.
Calfskin, which is soft, finely
grained and durable, is easy to work
with and remains the most commonly
used material. Exotic leathers are gain­ing
in popularity, however. Of the ten
pairs of boots that David has made for
himself, his favorite is of a tough ele­phant
hide. Expensive and rare ostrich
skin is chosen by many because it is
strong, yet soft and flexible. Easy to
work with and comfortable to wear,
ostrich has a grainy texture marked by
the bumps caused when the quills are
plucked. These bumps become slightly
darker when the Ieather is dyed, giving
it a distinctive appearance.
David says the type of materials
used determines the price of a pair of
cowboy boots. It takes him just as long
to make a $325 pair of calfskin boots
by Charlene Blohm
as it does a $2,500 pair of ostrich boots,
he explains. He makes about 75 pairs
each year, primarily for the ranchers,
oil men and others who live in the
Iowa Park area of north Texas.
One of his more famous clients is
Tommy Tune, the 6-foot, 7-inch Broad­way
musical star who once modeled a
pair of cowboy boots by walking on his
hands because he couldn't get the
ready-made boots on his size 13 feet.
"I don't know what they're wearing
in New )'ork," David adds with a laugh,
"but he (Tune) prefers yellows, purples,
reds and pastels!'
David's Family Boot Company is,
as the name implies, a family operation
with his wife, Terri, and daughter,
Amy, helping out occasionally. All
travel more than 3 50 miles to San
Antonio each year to demonstrate
bootmaking techniques for Folklife
Festival visitors.
Will there be a fourth generation
of bootmakers in his family? It's a little
too early to tell, David replies. His
11-year-old daughter is proving to be
mechanically inclined, having mas­tered
the stitching machinery and
other tools, but she's not yet declared
bootmaking as her chosen profession.
Adobe Bricks
David McDonald and Raymond Gonza es,
San Antonio
American Indian Horse Registry
Nanci Falley, Lockhart
Antique Tools
Arnold Griffin, Devine
Axe Man
Bill Clark, Nacogdoches
Basketmaking
Alice Carrier, Willis
Virginia Munroe, San Antonio
Beekeeping
Dave and Patti Tuttle, San Antonio
Blacksmiths
Norma Clark, Spring Branch
John Roby, San Antonio
Aldan G. Morgan, Stockdale
Bobbin Lace
Alamo Bobbin Lacers, San Antonio
Bocce
Robert H. Fenoglio, Nocona
Bootmaking
David White, Iowa Park
Bowmaking
Ron Hardcastle, Austin
Bread baking
San Antonio-Houston Loafers
Chair Caning
Claudia Deborah, Beaumont
Louis Herrick , San Antonio
Chimney Making
Neal Wright, Kountze
Chuck Wagon
· Claudia Ball, Comstock
Bill Brett, Hull
Rowdy Pate and Johnny Neal, Pearsall
Institute of Texan Cultures Alliance Members
Compadres
John Collins Oudge Roy Bean), Ft. Stockton
Texas Professional Gunfighters, Spring Branch
Corn Shucking
4-H Clubs of Medina County
Cow and Hog Dogs
Virge T. "Cowboy" Williams, Navasota
Cowhide Chairs
Ronnie Fiedler, Ingram
Crochet
Suzann Thompson, Austin
Flores
Carmen Ortiz, San Antonio
Folk Games
Elizabeth L. Ellis, Goliad
Fortune Telling
Dee Gilliland, San Antonio
Frontier Fort
Riley Flynn/U.S. Cavalry, San Antonio
Cross Roads of Texas Living History, Victoria
Fort Concho Infantry, San Angelo
Frontier Playland
San Antonio Association for the Education of
Young Children
Fur Bearers
Richard Rast, Paris
Festival Crafts and Special Groups
Furniture Making
Michael Moss, Fredericksburg
Geological Demonstration
Geological Society of South Texas, San Antonio
Goats
Alamo Area Dairy Goat Association, San Antonio
Goose Plucking
Verlie Wegner and Madeline Goldberg, Burton
Gristmill
Baker Denman and Ross Pantalion, Nacogdoches
Gunsmith
James Stephen, Sonora
Herbs
Alta Niebuhr, Austin
Horsehair Rope
Bill and Anna Lou Brett, Hull
Horseshoe Pitching and Tobacco Spitting
W.R. Tucker, Montague
Japanese Brush Writing
Sakae Ogawa and Hiromi Beck, San Antonio
Kite Making
Suzette Whitehead, San Antonio
Knifesmith
Tommy McKissack, Sonora
Log Construction
Steve Whiston, Buda
Lye-Soap Making
Doris Riedel, Mesquite
Net Tying
Raymond Frederick, Beaumont
Old Time String Shop
Steve Hartz, Nacogdoches
Organic Gardening and Texas Plants
San Antonio Men's Garden Club
Origin of Family Names
Fred Tarpley, Campbell
Pack Mules
Travis Kuykendall, Uvalde
Pickles
Barbara and Willie Stall, Cuero
Pinatas
Guadalupe de Pet\a, San Antonio
Polish Needlework
Polish Folk Dancers of San Antonio
Pottery
Frank "Pete" Payne, Marshall
Poultry
Alamo Poultry Club, Bandera
Preserves
Bob and Gladys Zeinert, Macdona
Bill and Judy Jones, Houston
Primitive Wood Craft
C.P. "Pat" Barton, Nacogdoches
Pysanky
Dorothy Williams, Houston
Quilting
Greater San Antonio Quilt Guild
Annie Fuller, Pittsburg
Voca Quilters, Brady
YMCA-Kashmere Senior Center Quilters, Houston
Rawhide Ropes and Quirts
Rowdy Pate, Pearsall
Rope Making
Johnny Neal, Pearsall
Rug Hooking
Alamo Bluebonnet Rug Hookers, San Antonio
Rush Candles and Hoecakes
Cisco Civic League
Schoolhouse
Gerry Doyle and David Hartman, Beaumont
Jack Hinge! and the Alamo Chapter of
Phi Delta Kappa, San Antonio
Scottish Rifles
San Antonio Scottish Rifle Association
Scrimshaw
Delbert Brewster, Andrews
Sheep
Robert Swift, Kingsbury
Sheep Shearing
Perfecto M. Cervantes, San Antonio
Claudia Ball, Comstock
Silhouettes
Lonita Straus, San Antonio
Silk Screening
Charlie and Jeannie Loving, Round Rock
Silversmith
Bill Bell, Fredericksburg
Smokehouse
O.T. Baker, Austin
Spinning and Weaving
Ruffin Hill, Kyle
Stenciling
Joseph and Margaret Rasnick, Beaumont
Storytellers
Linda Copeland, San Antonio
Guich Koock, Austin
Paul Patterson, Crane
John H. Pfeil, Karnes City
Syrup Making
Eddie Bramhall, Devine
Texas Rockers
Hugh Vaughn, Woodville
Toy Maker
Lee Haile, Hondo
Treen ware
Nancy Lou Webster, Elgin
Trick Roping
Bruce Montague, Bandera
Kevin Fitzpatrick, Bandera
Trinidadian Carnival Costumes
Trevor Hackett, Houston
Ventriloquist
Nacho Estrada, San Antonio
Watermelon-Seed Spitting
Karen McCrary, Luling
Wheelwright
Virgil and Elizabeth Culpepper, Falls City
Winemaking and Tatting
Kendall County Community
Whittling
Allen Graham, San Antonio
Sid Owens, Woodville
Jack Pirtle, Nacogdoches
Debbie Feagin, Nacogdoches
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MISSION CITY BEVERAGE
4300 WEST AVENUE - P.O. BOX 13300
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78213
(512) 344-0111
Lone Star Brewing Company. San Antonio. Texas
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L. C. Vending
Company
BUSINESS
COFFEE
SERVICE
310 R Mitchell
San Antonio, Texas
78210
(512)
532-3151
Locally Owned . . .
Service to the Particular
Five gl'eal l'easons you'll
enjoy The Hillon ...
THE STETSON
STEAKHOUSE
San Antonio's finest in
Steaks and Seafoodl With
a beautiful view of the
Riverwalk .
5:30 p.m.· 11 p.m.
Reservations:
(512)222-1400 ext. 345
ELCOMEDOR
RIVERSIDE CAFE
Serving Mexican Specialties!
Sal & Sun: Mariachi
Champagne Brunch
10:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
Open daily
6:30 a.m.-10:30 p .m. Serving
breakfast, lunch and dinner
on the patio or inside this
unique restaurant.
R ' I '' ' C 1 0'"
3-~w _ THt LOI.II.IY PIANO BAR I , . I
Casually elegant piano bar!
Complimentary hot
hors d' oeurves, crudites
mirror, imported and
domestic cheeses Monday
through Friday .
Open daily noon-11 p.m.
HILTON
On The Riverwalk
222-1400
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DURTY NELLY'S
IRISH PUB
This Pub is world famousl
Guests from around the
world make it a point to
patronize Durty Nelly's
when in San Antonio!
Entertainment nightly.
Light sandwich menu.
11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
s.
CANTINA DEL RIO
Specializing in spicey peel
and eat shrimp, nachos,
hot dogs "Texas Style" and
chicken or tuna salad
sandwiches.
Entertainment nightly.
Dance band every Thur.,
Fri. & Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
11:30 a.m.-2 a.m.
CELEBRATE SAN ANTONIO
tonight at Lela B's. Bring your friends and
experience a totally unique restaurant.
We offer the bounty of the American
harvest. American Cuisine. It's seasonably
fresh, home-grown and expertly prepared.
We select only the finest products from the
Bayous of Louisiana to the shores of
New England, from across the heartland
to the Padfic Coast. Long standing
redpes are utilized to create American
Culinary Masterpieces.
We even season these masterpieces with
song. Lela B's singing servers entertain you
with American songs from Broadway and
beyond. It's an exdting presentation of
talent, both singing and culinary.
Celebrate San Antonio, come to Lela B's.
In The Crockett Hotel
320 Bonham • By The Alamo
San Antonio, Texas 78205
For Reservations: (512) 225-6500, ext. 369
Free Valet Parking
SEASONED WITH SONG
is one of America's Four Unique Cities.
Spend a weekend at The Crockett Hotel and
see her sights for yourself. Bring the family.
The Alamo is just across the street. The
Riverwalk and La Villita are only two blocks
away. El Mercado and The Missions are
minutes from our doorstep. The Crockett
is in the middle of it all.
We are a small, intimate hotel with
200 of the finest rooms in downtown.
Join us and enjoy deluxe accommodations,
in-room movies, pool with waterfall, 7th
floor hot tub and more. It will be an
unregrettable, unforgettable experience for
the whole family.
Celebrate San Antonio, come to
The Crockett.
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The Crockett Hotel
320 Bonham • By The Alamo
San Antonio, Thxas 78205
For Reservations: (512) 22 5-6500
Texas Toll Free: 1-800-292-1050
US Toll Free: 1-800-531-5537
*Per day price based on up to 4 persons per room.
Not valid for groups. Subject to availability. Ask about
the many other outstanding packages available
at The Crockett Hotel.
Menu
Food coupons are 25¢ each. The amounts listed indicate the number of coupons per item.
Alsatian
Castroville St. Louis Day Celebration
Originating in Alsace, located in
northeastern France along the Rhine
River, most Texas Alsatians live in Castro­ville.
This south Texas hamlet was founded
in the 1840's by Henri Castro, an adven­turous
Frenchman who dreamed of estab­lishing
"a new and better France" on the
Texas frontier.
Many people say that the best sausage
in Texas comes from Castroville. Alsatian
sausage is widely known for its distinctive,
delicious seasoning, and, according to the
Castroville Chamber of Commerce, their
infamous parisa (French steak tartare) "has
no rival anywhere in the state?'
Drucke wurst (Dried sausage)......... 2
Wurst (Sausage on a French roll). .... 5
Pari sa on a cracker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Breadle (Cookie) ............................. 1
Belgian
Belgian American Club of Texas
The majority of Belgian settlers in
Texas were vegetable growers who contri­buted
a great deal to the agricultural
economy of the state. In 1894 Belgian
immigrants drilled the first artesian well
in Bexar County and initiated the type of
large-scale, irrigated truck farming which
continues to dominate the produce market
in south Texas.
Belgian Texans certainly know how to
put the fruits of their labor to good use,
as demonstrated by their tasty belgische
wafels. With several tempting toppings to
choose from, the only word for these fluffy
concoctions is irresistible.
Belgian waffle (Plain or
sugared) .. ...... ..... .... ............. ...... .... 5
Each topping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Sauteed mussels... .. ....... .... ...... ..... .. 5
Rij stpap (Saffron-flavored
rice pudding) .... ....... ...... .. ..... .. ....... 3
Van ill a ice cream cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Raspberry sherbet cone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Belgian beer .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 8
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1986 Award Winners
Each year the Festival recognizes
those organizations who have made an
effort to provide presentations incorpo­rating
aspects of their ethnic heritage
with well-prepared traditional foods. In
1986 awards were granted to these groups
for their outstanding work:
Booth Presentation
First Place
Texas Wendish Heritage Society
Second Place
The Nederland Dutch
Third Place
Polish Arts and Culture Foundation
Honorable Mention
San Antonio Pod, Chili Appreciation
Society; St. Timothy's (Mexican)
Food Presentation:
First Place
Ameleb Club of St George Maronite
Church (Lebanese)
Second Place
Belgian American Club of Texas
Third Place
St. Stephen's (Mexican)
Honorable Mention
Filipino Americans in San Antonio
Scottish Society of San Antonio
Director's Award
New Braunfels Wurstfest Association
(German)
Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas
(Irish)
British
British Sporting Club of San Antonio
The contributions of English immi­grants
have been spread throughout many
different areas of Texas's culture- business,
politics and cattle ranching, to name a few.
In fact, an Englishman by the name of
William J. Marsh co-authored the state
anthem, "Texas, Our Texas?'
One of the first things that comes to
mind when you think of merry old En­gland
is that familiar establishment, the
British pub. As in England, the Festival's
pub is a hub of activity and merriment
with food, music and even a friendly game
of darts to enjoy.
Sausage roll.......... .... .......... .......... .. 3
Apple tart . ... .. ... .. . .. . .. . .. . .... ......... .. . . 3
Cactus Cafe
All Saints Episcopal Church
in Colorado City
What's more Texan than longhorns
and oil wells? According to the folks from
Colorado City, the answer to that ques­tion
is none other than chicken-fried
steak, "the national food of Texas?'
The Cactus Cafe, where you can order
up a scrumptious serving of authentic
Texas chicken-fried steak and gravy, is
reminiscent of the many small-town cafes
which dot the state's countryside from
corner to corner.
Chicken-fried steak fingers with
gravy, puff and honey .............. 8
Steak fingers .. .. .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 2 & 3
Puffs and honey. ........................... 2
Cajun
Texas Cajun Club, Inc.
Cajuns are a colorful group of people
who made their way to Texas from the
French colony of Acadia in what is now
Nova Scotia. Struggling to live in the
swamplands of east Texas, the Cajuns
developed their cuisine by instinct. Blend­ing
their ingenuity with local Spanish,
Indian and African techniques, they pro­duced
a style of cooking that's like nothing
else around.
But unique food isn't the only charac­teristic
for which Cajuns are famous.
They're fun-loving folks who put a little
spirit into everything they do. So when
you visit the Cajuns, be prepared to
"Lassiez les bons temps rouler'!_ let the
good times roll.
Shrimp gumbo ....... ... .... .. ... .... ....... 1 0
Boudain on bread (Rice sausage)... 6
Cajun links on bread.................... 5
Chili
San Antonio Pod,
Chili Appreciation Society
According to the book Tex-Mex Food
... all you need to know, chili is one feature
of Texas everyone knows. And every Texan
has the best recipe for it and probably an
ancestor or two who knew the guy who
invented it. No one really knows where
the first chili was made, but a lot of folks
believe it just had to be in San Antonio.
In the 1880's chili was the street food
of San Antonio, with "chili queens" selling
it for 5~t a bowl from their carts in Alamo
Plaza. In 1896 a San Antonio company,
Gebhardt's, was the first to can chili, and
they are still doing it today. So, birthplace
or not, San Antonio has a wealth of chili
history to its credit.
Chili (Bowl).... ................................. 7
Chili (Sample) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. . .. .. 2
Chili dog ........................................ 5
Chinese
Chinese Community Council
Many Chinese Texans came to the
state as laborers on the railroad, first in the
Brazos River valley and later in the El Paso
area. A large group of Chinese living in
Mexico followed General John Pershing
back to Texas after his expedition to cap­ture
Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
And another wave of immigration to Texas
occurred with the Communist takeover of
China in 1948-49.
Chinese cuisine reflects the prefer­ences
of people in different areas of the
country. For example, the Cantonese cook
their food a short time, just enough to
preserve the natural flavors, while in
Shanghai they like their food well done.
People of Szechwan like hot pepper, and
Shantung people are fond of onion and
garlic as their flavorings.
Egg roll. ..................... .. ................... 5
Shrimp-flavored chips ............. ..... 2
Fortune cookies .......... .... .. .... .. .. . .. . 2
Salted plum candy ........................ 2
Czech
Czech Cultural and
Educational Foundation
Between 1850 and 1920 thousands of
Czechoslovakians left their homes in Mo­ravia
and Bohemia in search of a better
life. Those who settled in Texas-many in
the areas of Hallettsville, Praha and Fay­etteville-
became known for their dedica­tion
to hard work and their joyous celebra­tions.
Weddings, picnics, church socials,
Saturday night dances and impromptu
songfests all were opportunities to get
together with friends and have fun.
Today several festivals focusing on
Czech culture are held throughout the
state and have become popular for their
music, dancing and traditional foods. At
the Folklife Festival, the Czech Cultural
and Educational Foundation of San Anto­nio
offers such Czechoslovakian favorites
as kolaches, special pastries, and sisky,
cottage cheese dumplings which served as
a hearty and inexpensive meal for many
Czech families.
Klobasnik (Pig in a blanket)........... 4
Kolache (Sweet roll) .... ...... .............. 3
Sisky (Cottage cheese
dumpling)............................. 1 & 3
Dutch
The Nederland Dutch
Until the 1880's the Dutch came to
Texas only on an individual basis. Then
in 1895 the Port Arthur Land Company
was formed in order to sell 66,000 acres
in Jefferson County. Advertisements ap­peared
in Dutch newspapers offering pros­pective
buyers the chance to invest in a
"tropical paradise" at $8 an acre. The set­tlement
was called Nederland, and it is the
only lasting Dutch community in Texas.
At the Festival the people of Neder­land
present a bit of their heritage with
delicious Dutch ice cream served at their
booth that looks like a windmill.
Bienquet (Dutch apple cakes) ....... .. 1 0
Ice cream float.. ....................... ..... 5
Ice cream (Cones and cups) .... ....... 3
Cookies (6) ..................................... 2
Filipino
Filipino Americans in San Antonio
In 1898 the Philippine Islands were
ceded to the United States by treaty with
Spain and were granted their indepen­dence
in 1946. Migration of Filipinos to
Texas is a fairly recent phenomenon; most
came over between 1920 and 1960.
The quaint and delicious dishes pre­pared
by the Filipinos evolved through
more than 300 years of acculturation re­sulting
from occupation by one foreign
country or another. For example, their
flavorful lumpia incorporates aspects of
similar dishes prepared by other cultural
groups but remains distinctly Filipino.
lnihaw (Pork shish kebab) ...... ......... 7
Lumpia (Egg roll) .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .... 5
German
New Braunfels Wurstfest Association
and The Beethoven Maennerchor, Inc.
German Texans make up the state's
fourth largest ethnic group. As early as
1850 people of Germany had begun to
establish their own distinctive pattern in
the social fabric of Texas. Today German
customs and traditions continue to flour­ish
in the Texas Hill Country through
celebrations held in communities such as
New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
At the Festival, too, German Texans
bring a little bit of the Old Country to life
for you to enjoy as the rousing strains of
oompah music and the aroma of those
traditional German favorites, sausage and
sauerkraut, fill the air.
Sausage on a stick ......................... 9
Pork ribs and sauerkraut ............. 9
Beef jerky............ .. ................ 4 & 8
Dried sausage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Bread pudding with butter
sauce ........................................ 4
Pickles ...... .................. ................ .... 2
Bratwurst on bun with
sauerkraut .................. ............. .. 1 0
Bratwurst on bun
without sauerkraut.................. . 9
Sauerkraut ...... ...... .. ...... .. .. .. .... .. .. ... 2
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Greek
St. Sophia's Greek Orthodox Church
Greek immigration to Texas did not
get under way until the 1880's, with the
crest coming about 1910. Today there are
more than 15,000 Greeks in Texas. Their
Old World traditions are preserved largely
by the Greek Orthodox Church, of which
there are 11 congregations in the state.
Many Greek recipes call for wine and
olive oil, blended with spices to create a
distinctive seasoning. This unique flavor­ing
makes the souvlaki found at the
Festival's Greek booth a definite taste treat.
Souvlaki (Beef or shrimp
shish kebab) ............................ ...... 9
Spanakopita (Spinach wrapped
in pastry) .......... ......... ............... .... 6
Baklava (Pecan-and-honey pastry) .... 3
Koulourakia (Butter cookie)... ........ 1
Hungar1• an
San Antonio Hungarian Association
The failure of the Hungarian Revolu­tion
of 1848-49 sent the first wave of im­migrants
to the United States and Texas;
exiles from Louis Kossuth's armies found
new homes in San Antonio in the early
1850's. Economic immigrants followed in
the late 19th century, and a third wave
came as the result of World War II.
Gulyas is a traditional soup of meat
and vegetables prepared by Hungarian
cowboys over an open fire. In the United
States the dish is served as a stew known
as goulash, but the Hungarian version is
still a soup.
Hungarian gulyas (Goulash) .......... 8
Kolbasz (Sausage)................. ........... 8
Pecan-and-poppy rolls (2) ............. 5
Palacsinta (Crepes) . . .. ... . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 3
India-Asia
India-Asia Association
Though the number of people from
India and Pakistan who make their home
in Texas has increased in recent years, their
customs remain unfamiliar to a great many
Texans. One goal of the India-Asia Asso­ciation
is to acquaint people with their
traditions and promote better under­standing
of their culture.
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Cooking methods used to prepare
exotic India-Asia dishes, such as tandoori
chicken, have evolved as the result of many
cultural influences, including Arabian,
Persian, Aryan, Greek and Turkish.
Beef tikka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 6
Tandoori chicken . . . ... . . ... .. ... .. .. . ... 6
Samosa (Potato-stuffed pastry) .......... 4
Combination plate ....................... 15
Indian
Alabama-Coushatta
Indian Reservation
Texas has been the home of more
different Indian tribes than any other
state. The best known were the Plains
Indians-Comanches, Apaches and Kio­was.
Other groups were the Karankawas,
the Coahuiltecans and the Caddoes.
Today Texas has two officially recog­nized
tribes: the Tiguas, Pueblo Indians
from New Mexico who settled in El Paso;
and the Alabama-Coushattas, who came
to Texas from the southeastern United
States in the early 1800's. At the Festival
the Alabama-Coushatta Indians display
their heritage with beautiful dances and
by offering samples of their traditional
Indian fry bread.
Fry bread ..................... .. .. ....... ... .... 5
Irish
Harp & Shamrock Society of Texas
Many Irish settlers discovered the
hard way that some of the state's native
foodstuffs had to be eaten in moderation.
One group of new arrivals, after weeks
without fresh food, hungrily gathered and
ate large quantities of a purple fruit they
found growing wild. The next day they
were all quite ill and later discovered that
they had overindulged in what turned out
to be prickly pear apples.
At the Festival, you'll find the Irish
fare to be more traditional, with servings
of hearty Irish stew, boxty and soda bread.
Irish stew .................................. .. ... 1 0
Boxty (Potato pancake).................... 2
Soda bread .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 2
Italian
Christopher Columbus Society
Ladies Auxiliary
In the early 19th century only a few
Italians found their way to Texas, but by
the 1880's more were settling in such areas
as Galveston, Houston and San Antonio.
Although Italian Texans are few in num­ber,
they have made important contri­butions
to the state.
Wherever Italian immigrants settled,
they formed organizations to help main­tain
the traditions of their homeland. One
of the most enduring aspects of Italian
culture is their food -lots of it, and all
seasoned as only Italians can.
Lasagna .. ........... ...... ................ ........ 6
Pepperoni pizza ............................. 4
Cheese pizza .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 3
Cheesecake .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 6
Amaretto cheesecake .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. 8
Japanese
Japan America Society
of San Antonio
In the early 20th century Japan faced
food shortages, and the emperor encour­aged
citizens to emigrate to areas suitable
for rice production. One man, Seito
Saibara, created a colony in Webster near
Houston. In the beginning they had only
primitive tools, but their first harvest
doubled that of previous crops in the area.
The Saibara family's success inspired
others to give Texas a try. Japanese settlers
quickly adopted many local customs, but
their food remained traditional. Most
Japanese meals are composed of several
dishes to accompany rice and are always
attractively served.
Yakitori (Beef or chicken and
vegetables on skewer) .................... 3
Teriyaki (Barbecued chicken
with soy sauce) .............................. 3
Fried wontons (3) .......................... 2
Steamed rice .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. 1
Jewish
Jewish Community Center
Jewish Texans are not from one partic­ular
geographical or political region but
represent a host of nationalities. Even
though they came from many different
areas, they all share a common religious
and cultural heritage.
Special foods are an important part of
Jewish celebrations. For example, during
Passover, the Feast of Freedom, matzo-a
flat, cracker-like substance- is a reminder
of the unleavened bread the Jews took
with them in their hasty departure from
Egypt. At the Festival the Jewish Com­munity
Center serves some of the more
widely known Jewish foods, such as lox
and bagels.
Bagel with lox and
cream cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Bagel with cream cheese . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bagel. ..................................... .. .. .. ... 2
Honey cake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Khmer
Khmer Society of San Antonio
Khmer, or Cambodian (the name
given to them by the French), resettlement
, in the United States and Texas is quite
· recent. The Khmer Society of San Anto­nio
was formed in 1982 to assist Cambo­dian
refugees in adjusting to their new
home and preserving their culture.
Dishes served by the Khmers are those
used during the New Year celebration
which occurs in mid-April. Because they
are recent immigrants, most Texans know
very little about them, and the Khmers are
happy to share their culture with their new
Texas neighbors.
Mon ang (Barbecued chicken) . .. .. .. .. 5
Nom pang chean (Shrimp toast).... 2
Chech chean (Fried banana) .. .. .. .. .. 3
Chrok (Khmer salad) ....................... 2
Korean
Korean American Association
Like the Khmers, Korean Texans are
fairly recent arrivals in the state. Korean
culture is considered one of the most
hospitable in the world, and a guest in a
Korean home is always offered a meal.
Though the traditional Korean kitchen is
simple and sparsely equipped, the foods
served to guests are usually quite elaborate
and meticulously prepared.
Khal-bee (Beef ribs) ........................ 6
Kim chi (Spiced cabbage) .. ... .. . .. .. .. .. . 2
Rice ............................................... 1
Lebanese
Ameleb Club of St. George
Maronite Church
Lebanese immigrants began arriving
in significant numbers in Texas after 1880.
At the turn of the century America had
a magnetic appeal for the youth of Leba­non,
and in 1914 more than 9,000 Leba­nese
entered the United States. The 1920
census listed approximately 3,400 Lebanese
who had made Texas their home.
Many Lebanese traditions have been
preserved, and the foods especially have
retained their popularity. Special recipes
of the Middle East, such as kibbe, mihshe
malfoof and tabooli, have reached a wide
audience through celebrations held in
various parts of the state, including, of
course, the Texas Folklife Festival.
Lahem mishwee (Shish kebab) ....... 9
Kibbe (Lebanese meat loaf) .............. 5
Lemon/garlic chicken ................... 9
Mihshe malfoof (Cabbage rolls) .... . 5
Tabooli (Health salad) ...... .............. 4
Sambouski (Pecan-filled pastry) .... ... 4
Macaroon ....................................... 4
Baklawa (Pecan-filled pastry) ........... 4
Namoora (Date bar) ........................ 4
Mint tea ......................................... 3
Coffee ............................................. 2
Mexican
Immaculate Conception, Mexican­American
Business and Professional
Women's Club, Our Lady of
Guadalupe, St. Alphonsus,
St. Stephen's, St. Timothy's and San
Juan De Los Lagos
For more than 300 years Texas shared
a common history with Mexico. Today,
much of the state's ranching techniques,
architectural styles and other cultural
elements reflect this Mexican influence.
It's hard to find a Texan that doesn't
have a passion for the spicy food from
south of the border. Mexican food is· not
a cuisine created by chefs with pampered
palates, but it is something special. The
regional Tex-Mex fare differs from tradi­tional
Mexican dishes, but all are full ­bodied,
spicy, satisfying and, as some
aficionados would claim, mildly addictive.
Beef fajita with guacamole and
pico de gallo...... .... .... ........ .... .... 7
Beef fajita with pico de gallo.. .... 6
Chicken fajita with or without
pico de gallo .............................. 6
Calabaza con pollo (Squash
with chicken)................................ 6
Taco de carne guisada ........ ........ .. 5
Fruit ka-bob ................................... 5
Gordita de picadillo .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 5
Capirotada (Bread pudding) ............ 4
Crispy beef taco.......... .................. 4
Chalupa ................................. ......... 4
Nachos (3) ...................................... 4
Bunuelo .. .. .............. .... .. .. .. .. .. . 1 & 3
Aguas frescas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 3
Tamales (2)...... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 3
Raspa .............................................. 2
Tortilla ........................................... 1
Margarita de vi no .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 & 6
Norwegian
Norwegian Society of Texas
Western Bosque County is one of the
most beautiful places in Texas, and the
Norwegians who settled there must have
been struck by the similarity between the
area and their homeland. Until the mid-
1940's Norwegian was spoken in the bank,
barbershop and general store of Cranfill's
Gap, a community in the area. While
many aspects of Norwegian culture are no
longer part of everyday life, the commu­nity
still celebrates an annual event, sym­bolizing
its Norwegian heritage, for which
traditional dishes are prepared.
Lapskaus (Norwegian stew) ........... .. 1 0
Smpd bq!ld (Open-face
sandwich)...... ................................ 7
Lefse (Norwegian flatbread) ............. 2
Peanuts
Pearsall Women's Civic Club
A lot of Texans don't know that pea­nuts
have been an important commodity
in the state since the frontier days. And
even more are surprised to discover, at the
Peanut booth sponsored by the Pearsall
Women's Civic Club, just how many
different things you can do with peanuts.
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There are chili nuts, candied nuts, salted
nuts, boiled nuts and roasted nuts. And,
if that's not enough, the folks from Pearsall
will even show you how to make home­made
peanut butter.
Homemade peanut butter. ....... ... . 4
Peanut-butter cookie... .. .. .. ...... ..... 1
Peanut brittle . .. ... .. . .......... ... .. . .. . .. . . 8
Chili nuts.. ... ... ..... .... ... .. ............ ..... 2
Candied nuts . ... .. ...... .. ... .. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2
Salted nuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Boiled nuts . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .. .. . . . . . 3
Roasted peanuts in shell..... ......... 3
Polish
Polish Arts and Culture Foundation
and Polish Folk Dancers of
San Antonio
In 1854 a group of 150 Poles from
Silesia landed at Galveston and then made
their way to the confluence of the San
Antonio River and Cibolo Creek in cen­tral
Texas. They arrived on Christmas Eve
in the area which became Panna Maria,
the oldest Polish town in North America.
Christmas Eve supper is a special meal
for the Polish, consisting of fish prepared
according to the family's taste accompa­nied
by pierogi, or stuffed dumplings. At
the Festival's Polish booth you can sample
pierogi along with Polish potato pancakes
called placki.
Golabki (Cabbage rolls) ................ ... 7
Placki (Potato pancakes-2) .. ... ........ 6
Each topping (Sour cream
or applesauce). ...... ...... .... .... ....... ... 1
Pierogi (Cabbage and kraut
pockets) ......... .... ............................ 6
Sledzie marynowane with winie
(Marinated herring on rye bread) 4
Makowiec (Poppy-seed cake) . . . .. . . . . . . 4
Jablko with biszkopciez (Apple
sponge cake with cheese topping).. 4
Przekladance orzechawy
(Pecan roll) .................................... 4
Jablka w ciescie (Apple
fritters-3) ...................... .. ..... ........ 4
Popcorn
The Institute of Texan
Cultures Alliance
Don't worry, we aren't going to give
you the history of popcorn in Texas. But
we will tell you that the popcorn made by
members of the Alliance, The Institute's
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volunteer organization, rivals that of any
circus, movie theater or baseball stadium
in the state!
Popcorn...... .... .. ..................... 2 & 3
Scottish
Scottish Society of San Antonio
The Scottish story in Texas is one of
individual accomplishments. Jesse Chis­holm
blazed the famous wagon trail from
Kansas to Oklahoma, Dr. George Cupples
established the first Texas Medical Asso­ciation,
Murdo McKenzie managed the
huge Matador Land and Cattle Company,
and many others contributed to the state's
growth and development.
One of the more intriguing Scottish
dishes is haggis, which gained its reputa­tion
as a symbol of Scottish pride in the
common man from the poet Robert
Burns. At annual Burns's night celebra­tions
held by the Scottish, haggis is more
than just the·main dish ... it's the guest
of honor, ushered in "wi a skirl o' the pipes"
and served with great ceremony.
Fish and chips ......................... .... .. 8
112 order of fish and chips.... ...... 5
Chips ............................. ................. 3
Fish ........ .... .. ............ ..... .................. 3
Onion rings .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . .. 3
Scotch egg ... .............. ........... .......... 3
Shortbread . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. 1
Haggis ball .. ... ...................... .......... 1
Soul Food
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Unlike most immigrants who jour­neyed
to Texas in search of a new life,
many Afro-American Texans came as
slaves who were forced to abandon the
culture and heritage of their native land.
But they have been able to build a new
culture out of the remnants of the old.
Many dishes thought of as "soul food"
have actually been around for centuries
and were prepared by both blacks and
whites. What distinguishes soul food from
other forms of Southern cooking is its link
to the slave experience. For slaves,
resources were scarce, and consequently
nothing was wasted. As one Festival partic­ipant
says in describing how different parts
of the pig were used, "The only thing we
threw away was the oink:'
Pig's ear sandwich ............ ... ......... 6
Pickled pig's feet .......................... 4
Barbecued pork ribs ......... .... ........ 6
Peach cobbler ................ ............... 4
Spanish
Compania de Arte Espanol
The first Spanish population in Texas
comprised military families and settlers
from the Canary Islands and northern
Mexico. Although they dominated Texas
for nearly three centuries, the Spanish
population was never numerous. Their
influence, however, is still evident in the
missions and other such areas.
Early Spanish settlers in Texas often
had to struggle to find food in the harsh,
untamed land. But you'll have no problem
finding the tantalizing dishes available at
the Festival-just follow the aromas of gam­bas
al ajillo and paella a la marinera.
Paella a la marinera
(Seafood and rice) . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 7
Tortilla espanola (Potato, onion
omelet) .......................................... 4
Gambas al ajillo (Shrimp).............. 7
Empanadilla (Chicken- or turkey-filled
pastry) ............................... .. 5
Sangria .......................... ................. 6
Strawberries
Poteet Strawberry Festival
Known as the "Strawberry Capital of
the World:' Poteet is an agricultural com­munity
located in the state's Artesian Belt.
The strawberries grown by Poteet farmers
are unique because of their aromatic flavor
and their unusually high vitamin and
mineral content.
The Poteet Strawberry Festival Asso­ciation
strives to preserve Texas's rural
heritage and to highlight the role of farm­ers
in the continued growth of the state.
Begun in 1948 as a way to help farmers
better market the community's crop, the
Strawberry Festival is now recognized as
one of the top ten festivals in the state.
Strawberry shortcake . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 5
Strawberry parfait .. .. .. ...... ... .. .. .. .. . 4
Strawberry cheesecake...... ... ........ 5
Strawberry wine .... ........................ 6
Strawberry wine cooler ...... ......... 6
Trinidadian
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean
Cultural Association
The largest influx of Trinidadians into
Texas occurred during the oil boom of
1975-80 when many of the Houston-area
refineries were seeking skilled labor. With
the recent decline in the oil industry,
many have left the area, but approximately
5,000 Trinidadians currently live in and
around Houston and Baytown.
Among the various aspects of their
culture which the Trinidadians have
brought to Texas are the special music,
dances and foods of the Caribbean. Some
favorite foods are roti, a dough casing of
flour and chick-peas stuffed with curried
meat and vegetables, and callaloo, which
consists of spinach, okra and crabmeat. At
the Festival the association offers such
Trinidadian specialties as awllo pie (meat
and potato pie) and a variety of traditional
beverages including sea moss (sea moss and
milk) and mauby (made with the bark of
a tree.
Calypso rice with chicken .......... 16
Calypso rice ................ ................ ... 8
Awllo pie (Meat and potato pie) ..... 6
Sea moss (Beverage) ............ ......... .... 4
Mauby (Beverage) .. .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. 4
Sorrell (Beverage) ............................ 4
Ukrainian
Ukrainian American Club
of Houston
In 1896 a large group of Ukrainians
arrived in Texas, but they had very little
cash with which to buy farms. Instead they
rented abandoned plantation land on a
share basis. Many Ukrainian Texans still
live on and work this land. Bremond,
Anderson, Marlin, New Waverly, Schu­lenburg
and Dundee are the largest
Ukrainian farm settlements in Texas.
Today Houston and Dallas also have
thriving Ukrainian communities which
strive to maintain their heritage through
various organizations such as dance
ensembles, choirs and other groups.
Bigus (Sauerkraut, sausage plate) ...... 6
Holubsti (Cabbage roll)................... 3
Borscht ...................................... ... 3
Spiced tea....................................... 3
Vietnamese
Vietnamese Association of
San Antonio
The first major wave of Vietnamese
immigration to the United States and
Texas occurred after the fall of Saigon in
1975. In subsequent years more than
75,000 Vietnamese have made their way
to Texas, attracted by the climate, which
is similar to that of their homeland. Today
the Vietnamese population in Texas is
second only to that of California, with the
majority residing in the Houston/Beau­mont
region.
Cha gio, the Vietnamese egg roll, is
a tasty meat and vegetable filling wrapped
in layers of rice paper.
Cha gio (Egg roll) ............................ 6
Thit nuong (Beef and chicken
shish kebab) ...... ............................ 6
Welsh
Daughters of the British Empire
Severe depression hit the iron industry
of Wales in 1876 leaving two million
miners unemployed, many of whom began
to look to Texas as a potential area for
resettlement. In 1878 a Texas emigration
society was formed in Wales. The society
planned to provide Texas settlers with
land, a house, livestock and even an allow­ance
for groceries until their first crop
could be harvested.
Later that year a group of immigrants
settled in Wharton County. However, they
arrived too late in the year to plant, and,
once the credit for food expired, they were
forced to move on to mining communities
north of the Texas border. Though Welsh
settlement died out after the Wharton
County colony failed, those who remained
had an important impact on Texas history
and culture.
Welsh rarebit (Cheese sauce
over muffin) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. ..... ... 3
Wallies (Pickle) .. .... ... ....................... 2
Wend ish
Texas Wendish Heritage Society
Who are the Wends? That question is
one members of the Wendish Heritage
Society are asked all the time. The Wends
are descendants of a group of Slavic tribes
who occupied much of central Europe in
the lOth century. Persistent attempts by
the Prussians to Germanize the Wends
prompted them to seek freedom in anoth­er
land. Once in Texas they settled near
Giddings in a town they called Serbin.
At the Wendish booth you can watch
society members prepare their special
noodles, a staple served at practically every
Wendish meal, and sample some for your­self.
Also available is a Wendish sandwich
called koch kaesse.
Noodles ...................... ........ .... 3 & 5
Koch kaesse (Sandwich) . . . . . . . . 2 & 5
Wendish drumstick
(Grilled chicken with sauce) . . . . . . . . . . 4 ·
Pickle .... ...... .......... .......... .. .... . 1 & 2
Lemonade ................................... .. . 3
Yam Pies
The East Texas Yamboree
Forty years ago in Upshur County
sweet potatoes were a big money crop, and
the 1935 quarantine placed on yams
because of weevil infestation hit everybody
hard. So when the quarantine was lifted
the town of Gilmer decided to celebrate,
and that's how the Yamboree was born.
While yams no longer hold much eco­nomic
consequence for the area, the Yam­boree
lives on. And the folks in Gilmer
still make the best yam pies around. (Bur
watch out for those possums!)
Yam pie (Slice) ........... ... ........ ......... . 3
Yam pie (Sample)......................... ... 1
Yam pie (Whole) .............. .. ........ ... . 18
Snow cone ......... .. ................. ......... 2
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YELLOW ZONE
Bocce
British Pub
Compadres (Out-of-State
Visitors)
German
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Polish Needlework
Sausage-Stuffing Demonstration
Stage 2
Stage 10
Balloons
Czech
Noodle Making
Popcorn
S.A.P.D. Breathalizer Unit
Wend ish
ORANGE ZONE
Bunuelos Demonstration
Cascarones
Flores
Lebanese
Pinatas
Mexican Market
Stage 6
Stage 7
Stage 8
BLUE ZONE
Gate 4 (Bus Stop)
Belgian
Belgian Climbing Pole
Bolls
Chinese
Davis Mountain Water
Hungarian
Khmer
Origin of Family Names
Soul Food
Spanish
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidadian Carnival Costumes
Vietnamese
Stage 5
GREEN ZONE
Alabama-Coushatta Indian
Fry Bread
American Indian Horses
Blacksmiths & Horseshoers
Corn Shuckin'
Geese
Geology
Goats
Goose Plucking
Horseshoe Pitching
Muleskinner
Pigs
Poultry
Sheep
Sheep Shearing
Tobacco Spitting Contest
(sign-in)
Wheelwright
RED ZONE
Gate 1
Cactus Cafe
Chili
Filipino
India-Asia
Korean
Poteet Strawberry Festival
Tinikling School
Stage 1
BROWN ZONE
Area A
Antique Tools
Ax men
Barn
Beekeepers
Bread Baking
Chimney Builder
Herbs
Hoecakes
Log Construction
Lye-Soap Making
Peanuts
Pickles
Preserves
Primitive Wood Craft
Rush Candle Making
Sauerkraut Making
Shingle Splitting
Smokehouse
Tatting
Windmill
Wine Making
Area B
Baskets
Chair Caning
Elocution
Fishin' Hole
Handwriting as a Craft
Pottery
Schoolhouse
Silk Screening
Silversmith
Stenciling
Toy Maker
Treen ware
Stage 4
Area C
Folk Games
Fort McDermott
Frontier Playland
Games Field
Kite Making
Tobacco Spitting Contest
Trick Roping
Watermelon-Seed
Spitting Contest
Cajun
Dutch
Greek
Net Tyer
Pysanky
Ukrainian
Stage 9
Whittlin' School
Yamboree
Area D
Adobe
Bobbin Lace Makers
Bootmaker
Bowmaker
Crochet
Gunsmith
Quilters
Rug Hooking
Scrimshaw
Spinners & Weavers
Whittlin' Sid
Area E
Gate 3 (Bus Stop)
Chuck Wagon
Cow & Hog Dogs
Cowhide Seats
Furniture Maker
Gristmill
Horsehair Rope Spinner
Knifesmith
Old Time String Shop
Rawhide Quirts
Rope Maker
Syrup Cooker
Texas Rockers
Trapper
Stage 3
Area F
Alsatians
First Aid
Jewish
Norwegians
Organic Gardening
Scottish
Storytellers
Welsh
Stage 11
Games and Specials
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987
5 p.m.
6, 8 p.m.
6:30p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30p.m.
8 p.m.
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Institute Bridge and Flagpole St.
(Yellow Zone)
Sausage Stuffing, German Stage (Yellow Zone)
Trick Roping, Games Field (Brown Zone)
First Texas Battalion Drum and Fife, Fort (Brown Zone)
Sheep Shearing, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Goose Plucking, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Retreat Ceremony, Fort (Brown Zone)
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Institute Porch
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1987
1, 3, 5, 8 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
3, 7 p.m.
3:30, 7:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30p.m.
8 p.m.
Sausage Stuffing, German Stage (Yellow Zone)
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
Sheep Shearing, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Goose Plucking, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Trick Roping, Games Field (Brown Zone)
Texas Professional Gunfighters, Games Field (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Institute Porch
First Texas Battalion Drum and Fife, Fort (Brown Zone)
Retreat Ceremony, Fort (Brown Zone)
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Institute Bridge and Flagpole St.
(Yellow Zone)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1987
12:30 p.m.
I, 3, 5, 8 p.m.
2 p.m.
2, 4 p.m.
3, 7 p.m.
3:30, 7:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
5 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30p.m.
8 p.m.
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
Sausage Stuffing, German Stage (Yellow Zone)
Watermelon-Seed Spitting Contest, Games Field (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Scottish Booth (Brown Zone)
Houston Highlanders Pipe Band Parade, Institute Porch
Sheep Shearing, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Goose Plucking, Animal Area (Green Zone)
San Antonio Scottish Rifles Parade, Flagpole St. (Yellow Zone)
Trick Roping, Games Field (Brown Zone)
State Tobacco Spitting Contest, Games Field (Brown Zone)
First Texas Battalion Drum and Fife, Fort (Brown Zone)
Retreat Ceremony, Fort (Brown Zone)
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Institute Porch
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9, 1987
1, 3, 5, 8 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
2 p.m.
2:30, 6 p.m.
3 p.m.
3, 7 p.m.
3:30, 7:30 p.m.
4 p.m.
4, 7 p.m.
6 p.m.
7 p.m.
7:30p.m.
8 p.m.
Sausage Stuffing, German Stage (Yellow Zone)
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
Houston Highlanders Pipe Band Parade, Scottish Booth (Brown Zone)
Trick Roping, Games Field (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Scottish Rifles Parade, Flagpole St. (Yellow Zone)
Sheep Shearing, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Goose Plucking, Animal Area (Green Zone)
Texas Professional Gunfighters, Games Field (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Pipes and Drums, Institute Porch
Corn-Shucking Contest, Stage 1 (Red Zone)
First Tex as Battalion Drum and Fife, Fort (Brown Zone)
Retreat Ceremony, Fort (Brown Zone)
San Antonio Scottish Rifles Parade, Scottish Booth (Brown Zone)
Living History Demonstration, Fort (Brown Zone)
Thursday, August 6, 1987
TIME
5 p.m.
5:30
6 p.m.
6:30
7 p.m.
7:30
8 p.m.
8:30
9 p.m.
9:30
10 p.m.
10:30
STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3
Swing Set Whoosits Goodtime L'Orchestra des Enfants
Garbage Band
Swing Set Whoosits Goodtime Ed Stonerock
Garbage Band
Kurt Van Sickle Hickory Dutch Dochters
en Maeder Molly
Fox Fire Hickory Jim & Mary Hebert
Cajun Dancers
Vicki Fowler & Friends East Texas Gregg Cheser
String Ensemble
Allan Damron East Texas Southern Image
String Ensemble
Nacogdoches Jazz Band Clearfork Express L'Orchestra des Enfants
Bluegrass Band
Nacogdoches Jazz Band Clearfork Express Allan Damron
Bluegrass Band
United Fiddlers Hickory Kurt Van Sickle
Association
United Fiddlers Hickory Jim Lovelace
Association
Bill Smallwood and East Texas Big Roger Collins and the
the Jazz Cowboys String Ensemble Soul Kings Blues Band
Bill Smallwood and East Texas Big Roger Collins and the
the Jazz Cowboys String Ensemble Soul Kings Blues Band
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STAGE 4 STAGE 5
Gloryland Vocal Band Fiesta City Sweet Adelines
The Harris Family Hermann Sons Polkateers
The Harris Family Philippine Performing Arts
Academy of San Antonio
Voices of the Mainland T*A*N*Y*A
Voices of the Mainland Wurstfest Opa Band
& Folk Dancers
Bayou City Attic Singers Campania de
Arte Espana!
Bayou City Attic Singers Dance-A-Rounds
Duckens Family Singers Ukrainian Dancers
of Dallas
Duckens Family Singers Tx. Southern Univ.
Step-Dance Team
The Woodromes Bavarian Village Band
The Woodromes Norwegian Society-
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of Texas
Post-1986 Festival comment from Sam Richardson, emcee on Stage 8
24
TIME
5 p.m.
5:30
6 p.m.
6:30
7 p.m.
7:30
8 p.m.
8:30
9 p.m.
9:30
10 p.m.
10:30
STAGE 7 STAGE 8
Fiddle Grass Folks
Expresiones Argentinas Fiddle Grass Folks
Expresiones Argentinas Fire-on-the-
Mountain Cloggers
Ballet Folklorico de FAISA Dancers
San Antonio
Ballet Folklorico de Lebanese Folk Dancers
San Anton io
Cadence Cloggers Polish Folk Dancers
of San Anton io
Kopahira Bolivian Fire-on-the-
Folk Music Mountain Cloggers
McAllen Folklorico Polonia Folk Dancers
Dancers
McAllen Folklorico Flemish Folk Dancers of
Dancers of BACT
Felipe de Jesus Garza McMillan & Company
Felipe de Jesus Garza Lebanese Folk Dancers
Enjoy
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STAGE 9
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
Fiddle Grass Folks
Fiddle Grass Folks
Texas Cajun Playboys
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
Dutch Dochters en
Maeder Molly
Texas Cajun Playboys
Texas Cajun Playboys
R National Bank of ~
M Fort Sam Houston'tiO'
This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
STAGE 10 STAGE 11
Jean Schnitz
Harp & Shamrock Devine Music Makers
Society of Texas
St. James's Gate Paul Patterson
St. James's Gate John H. Pfeil
Jean Schnitz Linda Copeland
Sweet Song String Band
Carolyn Arrington
Jean Schnitz
~
~OYAL STREET CROSSING
~
"The myth of Texas has always
been oil and cattle, but in reality
Texas is a highly complex urban
state made up of a patchwork of
ethnic and cultural groups
which trace their roots to all
points on the globe. The Festi,
val unites everyone for a while."
"I wouldn't miss it for the
world! I really enjoy doing my
part on Stage 5, the primary
dance stage. To me dancing
transcends all cultural and
language barriers better than
anything else."
-Tony Ullrich III
-Sam Richardson
See pages 32-33 for a tribute to our great emcees, who add their own special flair to the Festival
and help keep things rolling along smoothly.
25
Friday, August 7, 1987
TIME STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3
12 noon Fiddle Grass Folks Dutch Dochters en
Maeder Molly
12:30 Vicki Fowler & Friends Clearfork Express Bavarian Village Band
Bluegrass Band
1 p.m. Bill Smallwood and Clearfork Express Southern Image
the Jazz Cowboys Bluegrass Band
1:30 Bill Smallwood and Whoosits Goodtime Southern Image
the Jazz Cowboys Garbage Band
2 p.m. Ed Stonerock Whoosits Goodtime Kurt Van Sickle
Garbage Band
2:30 David Greely East Texas Hearts & Gizzards
String Ensemble
3 p.m. Fox Fire East Texas Caryl P. Weiss
String Ensemble
3:30 Fox Fire Hickory Swing Set
4 p.m. L'Orchestra des Enfancs Swing Set
4:30 Gregg Cheser David Greely
5 p.m. Gregg Cheser Clearfork Express Jim & Mary Hebert
Bluegrass Band Cajun Dancers
5:30 Swing Set Clearfork Express Vicki Fowler & Friends
Bluegrass Band
6 p.m. Swing Set Allan Damron Hope, Texas Sing &
Swing Group
6:30 Hill Country Ramblers Allan Damron Hope, Texas Sing &
Swing Group
7 p.m. Hill Country Ramblers Big Roger Collins and the Fi€Sta City
Soul Kings Blues Band Sweet Adelines
7:30 Kurt Van Sickle Swing Set
8 p .m. Nacogdoches Jazz Band Swing Set
8:30 Nacogdoches Jazz Band East Texas Caryl P. Weiss
String Ensemble
9 p.m. Bill Smallwood and the East Texas Gregg Cheser
Jazz Cowboys String Ensemble
9:30 Bill Smallwood and the Hickory Jim Lovelace
Jazz Cowboys
10 p.m. Vicki Fowler & Friends United Fiddlers
Association
10:30 Allan Damron United Fiddlers
Association
PruCare~
This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
STAGE 4 STAGE 5
Bayou City Attic Singers Alabama-Coushatta
Indian Dancers
Voices of the Mainland Norwegian Society ­Leikarr
ingen
The Woodromes Expresiones Argentinas
Duckens Family Singers Tx. Southern Univ.
Step-Dance Team
Duckens Family Singers Polonia Folk Dancers
Gloryland Vocal Band Bavarian Village Band
The Harris Family Ukrainian Dancers
of Dall as
Voices of the Mainland Texas Klompendancers
Voices of the Mainland FAISA Dancers
The Woodwmes McAllen Folklorico
Dancers
The Woodromes McAllen Folklorico
Dancers
Bayou City Attic Singers Texas Indian Heritage
Society Dancers
Duckens Family Singers Hermann Sons Polkateers
Gloryland Vocal Band Houston Hungarian
Folk Dancers
The Harris Family Cadence Cloggers
The Harris Family T*A*N*Y*A
The Woodromes Campania de
Arte Espanol
Bayou City Attic Singers Flemish Folk Dancers
of BACT
Sacred Heart Hawaii Club of
Men's Choir San Antonio
Sacred Heart McMillan & Company
Men's Choir
Gloryland Vocal Band Ukrainian Dancers
of Dallas
Duckens Family Singers Philippine Performing Arts
Academy of San Antonio
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TIME
12 noon
12:30
1 p.m.
1:30
2 p.m.
2:30
3 p.m.
3:30
4 p.m.
4:30
5 p.m.
STAGE 7
Kopahira Bolivian
Folk Music
Kopahira Bolivian
Folk Music
Panamanian Folklore
Society
Panamanian Folklore
Society
McAllen Folklorico
Dancers
McAllen Folklorico
Dancers
Fire-on-the­Mountain
Cloggers
Expresiones Argentinas
Expresiones Argentinas
STAGE 8
Caryl P. Weiss
Gregg Cheser
Texas Klompendancers
Allan Damron
Alabama-Coushatta
Indian Dancers
Norwegian Society­Leikarringen
Alsatian Dancers
of Texas
Tx. Southern Univ.
Step-Dance Team
United Fiddlers
Association
5:30 Chilean Folklorico Group United Fiddlers
of Houston Association
6 p.m. Chilean Folklorico Group FAISA Dancers
of Houston
6:30
7 p.m.
7:30
8 p.m.
8:30
Grupo Folklorico
"Mi Peru"
Grupo Folklorico
"Mi Peru"
Ballet Folklorico de
San Antonio
Ballet Folklorico de
San Antonio
Yolanda Gaitan
9 p.m. Felipe de Jesus Garza
9:30 Kopahira Bolivian
Folk Music
10 p.m. Kopahira Bolivian
Folk Music
10:30
Polonia Folk Dancers
Fire-on-the­Mountain
C loggers
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Panamanian Folklore
Society
Arathi School of
Indian Dancing
Polish Folk Dancers
of San Antonio
Dance-A-Rounds
Lebanese Folk Dancers
Texas Czech Beseda
Dancers
STAGE 9
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
United Fiddlers
Association
Whoosits Goodtime
Garbage Band
Whoosits Goodtime
Garbage Band
Crawfish Race
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
Texas Cajun Playboys
Hearts & Gizzards
Texas Cajun Playboys
Texas Cajun Playboys
1P,1 National Bank of A
J"liil Fort Sam HoustonW
This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
STAGE 10
Harp & Shamrock
Society of Texas
John F. Donohue
Jean Schnitz
STAGE 11
Devine Music Makers
Devine Music Makers
John H. Pfeil
Carolyn Arrington
Sweet Song String Band Paul Patterson
Sweet Song String Band
Harp & Shamrock
Society of Texas
St. James's Gate
St. James's Gate
John F. Donohue
Jean Schnitz
Band-Aids Jazz Band
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Linda Copeland
Devine Music Makers
Devine Music Makers
John H. Pfeil
Carolyn Arrington
Paul Patterson
Linda Copeland
Devine Music Makers
Saturday, August 8, 1987 This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
TIME STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5
12 noon Hill Country Ramblers Dutch Dochters en Ukrainian Dancers
Maeder Molly of Dallas
12:30 Hill Country Ramblers Fiddle Grass Folks The Harris Family Clanfolk
1 p.m. David Greely Blue Ridge Connection Fiddle Grass Folks Voices of the Mainland Alabama-Coushatta
Indian Dancers
1:30 Poverty Playboys Blue Ridge Connection Guich Koock Gloryland Vocal Band Alsatian Dancers of Texas
2 p.m. Poverty Playboys East Texas Hadrian's Wall Bayou City Attic Singers Texas Czech Beseda
String Ensemble Dancers
2:30 Clearfork Express East Texas Tx. Southern Univ. Duckens Family Singers Houston Balalaika
Bluegrass Band String Ensemble Step-Dance Team Society Orchestra
3 p.m. Clearfork Express Tennessee Valley Joseph Kaspar The Woodromes Houston Balalaika
Bluegrass Band Authority Society Orchestra
3:30 Ed Stonerock Tennessee Valley Hearts & Gizzards The Woodromes Arathi School of
Authority Indian Dancing
4 p.m. Nacogdoches Jazz Band Hickory Vicki Fowler & Friends The Harris Family Hawaii Club of
San Antonio
4:30 Nacogdoches Jazz Band Hickory Allan Damron Bayou City Attic Singers Fire-on-the-
Mountain Cloggers
5 p.m. Fiddle Grass Folks Beverly Houston Jim & Mary Hebert Voices of the Mainland Caribbean Steeltones
& Breezin' Cajun Dancers Steel Pan Band
5:30 Bill Smallwood and the Beverly Houston Dutch Dochters en Voices of the Mainland Caribbean Steeltones
Jazz Cowboys & Breezin' Maeder Molly Steel Pan Band
6 p.m. Bill Smallwood and the Big Roger Collins and the Swing Set Gloryland Vocal Band Boerne Village Band
Jazz Cowboys Soul Kings Blues Band
6:30 Gregg Cheser & Swing Set Gloryland Vocal Band Boerne Village Band
the Pronto Brothers
7 p.m. Kurt Van Sickle Hope, Texas Sing & Duckens Family Singers Italian Tarantella Dancers
Swing Group of Dallas
7:30 Fox Fire Tennessee Valley Bavarian Village Band Bayou City Attic Singers Philippine Performing Arts
Authori ty Academy of San Antonio
8 p.m. Fox Fire Tennessee Valley United Fiddlers Bayou City Attic Singers Ukrainian Dancers
Authority Association of Dallas
8:30 Michael Wicks East Texas United Fiddlers The Harris Family Campania de
String Ensemble Association Arte Espana!
9 p.m. Bill Smallwood and the East Texas Caryl P. Weiss Gloryland Vocal Band Scandinavian fulk Dancers
Jazz Cowboys String Ensemble
9:30 Bill Smallwood and the Hickory Gregg Cheser & Duckens Family Singers Khmer Society of
Jazz Cowboys the Pronto Brothers San Antonio
10 p.m. Vicki Fowler & Friends Swing Set The Woodromes Polonia Folk Dancers
10:30 Allan Damron Swing Set Voices of the Mainland Fire-on-the-
Mountain Cloggers
PruCarel!J ~ ~
Sffi'\\Orld.
of Teus
TIME STAGE 7 STAGE 8
12 noon Kopahira Bolivian Texas Klompendancers
Folk Music
12:30 Yolanda Gaitan Norwegian Society-
Leikarringen
I p.m. Chilean Folklorico Group Trinidad/Tobago
of Houston Cultural Association
1:30 Monja Blanca Trinidad/Tobago
Guatemalan Folklore Cultural Association
2 p.m. Ballet Folklorico de Dansul Tejas
San Antonio
2:30 Ballet Folklorico de Lebanese Folk Dancers
San Antonio
3 p.m. Nacho Estrada McMillan & Company
Ventriloquist
3:30 Panamanian Folklore Hermann Sons
Society Polkateers
4 p.m. McAllen Folklorico Texas Indian Heritage
Dancers Society Dancers
4:30 McAllen Folklorico Sakura Folkdance Group
Dancers of Houston
5 p.m. Lost Polka Band Lebanese Folk Dancers
5:30 Lost Polka Band Czech Folk Dancers
of West
6 p.m. Grupo Folklorico Polish Folk Dancers
"Mi Peru" of San Antonio
6:30 Victoria Salazar Anjali Academy of
Flamenco Troupe Indian Performing Arts
7 p.m. Victoria Salazar T*A*N*Y*A
Flamenco Troupe
7:30 Ballet Artes de Mexico FAISA Dancers
8 p.m. Nacho Estrada Cadence Cloggers
Ventriloquist
8:30 Kopahira Bolivian Houston Hungarian
Folk Music Folk Dancers
9 p.m. Chilean Folklorico Group Dance-A-Round
of Houston
9:30 Expresiones Argentinas Lebanese Folk Dancers
10 p.m. Felipe de Jesus Garza McMillan & Company
10:30 Felipe de Jesus Garza Anjali Academy of
Indian Performin g Arts
Enjoy
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STAGE 9
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
Whoosits Goodtime
Garbage Band
Whoosits Goodtime
Garbage Band
David Greely
David Greely
Crawfish Race
Texas Cajun Playboys
Crawfish Race
Texas Cajun Playboys
Texas Cajun Playboys
Jim Lovelace
Crawfish Race
Texas Cajun Playboys
Two-Step Contest
Two-Step Contest
....... National Bank of ~
J"'iill Fort Sam Houston'ti?
This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
STAGE 10 STAGE 11
Hadrian's Wall
Harp & Shamrock Carolyn Arrington
Society of Texas
Harp & Shamrock Paul Patterson
Society of Texas
Jean Schnitz Devine Music Makers
Harp & Shamrock Linda Copeland
Society of Texas
Harp & Shamrock John H. Pfeil
Society of Texas
John F. Donohue Jean Schnitz
Sweet Song String Band
Sweet Song String Band
Harp & Shamrock Guich Koock
Society of Texas
Harp & Shamrock Carolyn Arrington
Society of Texas
St. James's Gate Paul Patterson
St. James's Gate Devine Music Makers
Hadrian's Wall Linda Copeland
Band-Aids Jazz Band Jean Schnitz
John H. Pfeil
~
"OYAL ST~EET C~OSSING
~
Sunday, August 9, 1987
TIME STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3
12 noon Michael Wicks Whoosits Goodtime Dutch Dochters en
Garbage Band Moeder Molly
12:30 Blue Ridge Connection Whoosits Goodtime Tx. Southern Univ.
Garbage Band Step-Dance Team
1 p.m. Nacogdoches Jazz Band East Texas Joseph Kaspar
String Ensemble
1:30 Nacogdoches Jazz Band East Texas Jim Lovelace
String Ensemble
2 p.m. Fiddle Grass Folks Clearfork Express Hadrian's Wall
Bluegrass Band
2:30 Ed Stonerock Clearfork Express Fox Fire
Bluegrass Band
3 p.m. Hill Country Ramblers Big Roger Collins and Vicki Fowler & Friends
the Soul Kings Blues Band
3:30 Hill Country Ramblers Big Roger Collins and Fiddle Grass Folks
the Soul Kings Blues Band
4 p.m. Swing Set Hickory Fiddle Grass Folks
4:30 Swing Set Hickory Bavarian Village Band
5 p.m. Southern Image Tennessee Valley Gregg Cheser &
Authority the Pronto Brothers
5:30 Southern Image Tennessee Valley Allan Damron
Authority
6 p.m. Corn Shuckin' Contest Clearfork Express Jim & Mary Hebert
Bluegrass Band Cajun Dancers
6:30 Fox Fire Clearfork Express Caryl P. Weiss
Bluegrass Band
7 p.m. Gregg Cheser & Whoosits Goodtime Hope, Texas Sing &
the Pronto Brothers Garbage Band Swing Group
7:30 Gregg Cheser & Whoosits Goodtime Hope, Texas Sing &
the Pronto Brothers Garbage Band Swing Group
8 p.m. Vicki Fowler & Friends Tennessee Valley Fiddle Grass Folks
Authority
8:30 Allan Damron Tennessee Valley Fiddle Grass Folks
Authority
9 p.m. Bill Smallwood and the Hickory Jim Lovelace
Jazz Cowboys
9:30 Bill Smallwood and the Hickory
Jazz Cowboys
PruCare ""
This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
STAGE 4
The Woodromes
Voices of the Mainland
The Harris Family
Duckens Family Singers
STAGE 5
Clanfolk
Czech Folk Dancers
of West
Houston Balalaika
Society Orchestra
Houston Balalaika
Society Orchestra
Bayou City Attic Singers Ukrainian Dancers
of Dallas
Voices of the Mainland Italian Tarantella Dancers
of Dallas
The Woodromes Houston Hungarian
Folk Dancers
The Harris Family Texas Indian Heritage
Society Dancers
Duckens Family Singers Cadence Cloggers
Bayou City Attic Singers United Fiddlers
Association
The Woodromes Hawaii Club of
San Antonio
The Contemporaries New Braunfels German
Folk Dancers
The Harris Family Fiesta City Sweet Adelines
Bayou City Attic Singers Voices of the Mainland
The Contemporaries Voices of the Mainland
The Harris Family Philippine Performing Arts
Academy of San Antonio
The Woodromes Polish Folk Dancers
of San Antonio
Duckens Family Singers T*A*N*Y*A
Gospel Jubilee Norwegian Society­Leikarringen
Gospel Jubilee Campania de Arte Espana!
~ ~
Sea\\Urld.
of Texas
This schedule is subject to last-minute changes.
TIME STAGE 7 STAGE 8 STAGE 9 STAGE 10 STAGE 11
12 noon Texas Cajun Playboys St. James's Gate
12:30 Monja Blanca Alabama-Coushatta St. James's Gate Devine Music Makers
Guatemalan Folklore Indian Dancers
1 p.m. Trinidad/ Tobago Dansul Tejas Harp & Shamrock Linda Copeland
Cultural Association Society of Texas
1:30 Trinidad/ Tobago New Braunfels German United Fiddlers Harp & Shamrock Carolyn Arrington
Cultural Association Folk Dancers Association Society of Texas
2 p.m. Chilean Folklorico Group Polonia Folk Dancers United Fiddlers Jean Schnitz Devine Music Makers
of Houston Association
2:30 Chilean Folklorico Group Allan Damron Crawfish Race Sweet Song String Band
of Houston
3 p.m. Grupo Folklorico Lebanese Folk Dancers Tex as Cajun Playboys Sweet Song String Band John H. Pfeil
"Mi Peru"
3:30 Grupo Folklorico Khmer Society of Texas Cajun Playboys Harp & Shamrock Linda Copeland
"Mi Peru" San Antonio Society of Texas
4 p.m. Expresiones Argentinas Alsatian Dancers Jim Lovelace Harp & Shamrock Paul Patterson
of Texas Society of Texas
4:30 Ballet Artes de Mexico Texas Klompendancers Crawfish Race Jean Schnitz Devine Music Makers
5 p.m. Ballet Artes de Mexico Sakura Folkdance Group Texas Cajun Playboys Hadrian's Wall Guich Koock
5:30 Lost Polka Band Texas Czech Beseda St. James's Gate
Dancers
6 p.m. Lost Polka Band Lebanese Folk Dancers St. James's Gate John H. Pfeil
6:30 Nacho Estrada Dance-A-Round David Greely Sweet Song String Band Paul Patterson
Ventriloquist
7 p.m. Victoria Salazar FAISA Dancers Crawfish Race Linda Copeland
Flamenco Troupe
7:30 McAllen Folklorico Fire-on-the- Texas Cajun Playboys Guich Koock
Dancers Mountain Cloggers
8 p.m. McAllen Folklorico Alsatian Dancers Devine Musk Makers
Dancers of Texas
8:30 Felipe de Jesus Garza Scandinavian Folk Dancers
9p.m. Ballet Folklorico de Lebanese Folk Dancers Jolie Blond Contest Jam Session
San Antonio
9:30 Ballet Folklorico de Lebanese Folk Dancers Jolie Blond Contest Jam Session
San Antonio
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floYAL ST~EET (~SSING
~
31
Emcees
"An emcee is an artist in his
own right, one person doing four,
part harmony. Performing is
great-but the emcee is the hub of
the wheel; the performers are the
spokes, and the crowd is the rim­without
all that put together,
nothing rolls."
-Peter Breaz
The enormous variety of enter­tainment
presented on the Festival's
ten stages is so exciting, so colorful, so
noisy, that one very important ele­ment
is often overlooked-our hard­working
emcees. They're the ones who
keep the stages running smoothly and
on schedule, and they fill in the gaps
between entertainment groups with
humorous stories and interesting infor­mation
about The Institute and its
year-round programs.
Our emcees make you, the audi­ence,
feel at home. They chat with you
about where you came from and how
you are enjoying yourself; they make
suggestions about points of interest
around the Festival and generally let
you know that all of us associated with
The Institute and the Folklife Festival
are glad you're here.
Sometimes, however, you're arriv­ing
at a stage and getting settled or
going off in another direction when
the emcee is doing his stuff, so you
don't really hear more than a few
words. But our talented emcees deserve
your attention. Their information on
the various groups can add a great deal
to your appreciation and enjoyment.
Sure, the Festival is meant to be
fun, but it's also a learning experience,
and our emcees help make it a unique
one. In addition to our regular stage
emcees, many of the entertainment
groups have their own announcers
who tell the stories and histories of the
performers and their presentations. We
recognize and are grateful for their
contributions as well.
Some of our stage emcees are wide­ly
known for the work they do in their
"other" lives-Peter Breaz of the re­nowned
band, Hickory, from Houston,
manages and emcees Stage 2 with W.R.
Tucker of Montague. Peter has attrac-
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ted Festival visitors to his area, both
with Hickory's performances and his
emceeing talents, for 14 years. W.R.
doubles as a horseshoe pitcher at the
Festival, but the rest of the year he is
head of special education for the Mon­tague
County school system.
Wally Pryor is the "Voice of the
Longhorns:' announcer for various
University of Texas athletic events. He
also emcees numerous charitable func­tions
and works as a director at KTBC­TV
in Austin. Sam Richardson, also
of Austin, spells Wally on Stage 8. He
too is a well-known sports announcer,
principally in football, for the South­west
Conference and CBS. In addi­tion,
Sam is a free-lance graphic de­signer
and an emcee for everything
from the Luckenbach World's Fair to
Austin's Spamarama. Wally has em­ceed
at the Festival for eight years, Sam
for nine.
Bob "Professor Katzenjammer"
Thonhoff of Fashing is a school princi­pal,
lecturer and author, and one of the
Festival's most energetic (and colorful)
supporters. Bob, who emcees Stage 5,
says the Folklife Festival is the highlight
of his year. His antics in preparation
for the journey to San Antonio each
August make front-page news in his
part of Texas for weeks ahead of time.
Bob has emceed at the Festival for 15
years. Working with him on Stage 5
is Tony Ullrich III, a longtime mainstay
by Sande Carr
of the Houston bluegrass community.
Tony has hosted two Houston radio
programs for several years, and he
writes music reviews, plays banjo and
guitar, and sings. He has emceed at the
Festival for ten years and loved every
minute of it.
"Festival is one of the most ex,
hilarating events anyone could
take part in . "
- Tex Schofield
Tex Schofield of New Braunfels,
better known as the "Mouth of the
Chili World" -and of Stage 1 for 14
years- emcees various festivals, fund­raisers,
rodeos, cook-offs (chili, menu­do,
hush puppy, you name it) and has
done radio work as well. In private life
he is a manufacturers' representative
and contractor, dealing with a variety
of items from playground equipment
and grandstands to steel bridges. Mike
McGlothlin of San Antonio, also on
Stage 1, runs the KKYX Chili Cook­Off,
emcees numerous other events
and has done some radio too. On the
serious side, he is a senior claims ad­juster
for GEICO. Jim Atherton of
Brady is an electrical superintendent
for Fru-Con, builder of power plants.
Part of the Stage 1 team, Jim has em­ceed
for chili and barbecue cook-offs
and other events. Mike has worked for
Festival for 11 years, Jim for five.
Red Caldwell from San Marcos,
who handles Stage 3, is a stockbroker
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with PaineWebber. He emcees charity
auctions and other special events and
announces at many chili cook-offs
(occasionally he even cooks in them,
too). Red started out at the Folklife
Festival as a storyteller on Stage 1 seven
years ago, but he really enjoys emcee­ing
Stage 3 because of "the intimate
situation of the stage and the oneness
with the crowd that the entertainers
can achieve:'
Woody and Preston Woodrome, of
Nederland and Freeport respectively,
have been involved at the Gospel
Stage (Stage 4) for 15 years in virtually
all aspects, including performing with
their family group, The Woodromes.
The group is well known throughout
the southeastern United States for
their gospel music.
Other Festival emcees include Ed
Guinn, Steve Weiner and John Wheat,
all from Austin. Ed was born in San
Antonio, but now owns a recording
studio in Austin. He has been a pro­fessional
musician and composer of
scores for movies, television and com­mercials
for 25 years.
Steve and John are new members
of our terrific group of emcees. They
are both musicians and have played
professionally. Steve works as a media
consultant specializing in production
of television sports programs and video
music clips, while John serves as a
translator of the early Bexar Archives
housed in the Barker Texas History
"Festival preserves the rich heri,
tage of Texas for Texans and
their friends from around the
world to enjoy-and it's the
perfect place to have a fine old
Texas time."
-Wally Pryor
"Festival is too integral a part of
my year to miss. This is a special
part of Texas, and to be associ,
a ted with it is a privilege."
-Peter Breaz
Center at The University of Texas at
Austin. He also handles the sound
archives, which incorporate oral histo­ries
and Texas music recordings, in­cluding
music of Hispanic and all other
ethnic groups. John produced a Span­ish-
language radio program of Latin
American music at one time and has
emceed at Latin American music con­certs
and Salsa dances for ten years.
Running the show may look easy
and glamorous, but our gallant emcees
have to maintain a smile and a quip
through four days of shriveling heat­most
of them stay on duty for the
duration, with only brief breaks.
Though they consume gallons of ice
water-and whatever else comes to
hand-by Sunday afternoon they gen­erally
feel like they've been crawling
across the desert for weeks. Neverthe­less,
they all love the people, the fun
and the activity of the Festival as well
as the underlying inspiration of its con­cept.
And they keep right on volun­teering
to come back year after year to
help us out.
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of a stage to enjoy one of our many
wonderful entertainment groups, how
about giving a special round of
applause for the emcee!
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Music
Music for mountain tops and ships,
Music you take with you on trips,
Music you dance to in the sun,
Music that's played for everyone­Music
of the accordion.
-Hope Stoddard
From These Comes Music
Lke several octaves from a
piano keyboard, attach the pipes of an
organ, tack on a few horns from the
brass section, and throw in a violin or
two just for the fun of it. Now what
do you have?
Besides something that resembles
abstract sculpture, what you have is the
musical effect produced by an instru­ment
known as the accordion. An ex­tremely
versatile and efficient music
machine, the accordion is roughly
equivalent to an entire orchestra con­tained
in one neat, portable package.
As a member of the free-reed fami­ly,
the accordion is a distant relative
of the sheng, an ancient Chinese in­strument
which produced melodic
sounds by blowing air across reeds
made of bamboo or brass and set in
a lacquered gourd. (You can see a sheng
in the Chinese area on The Institute's
main exhibit floor.) Modeled after the
sheng, the harmonica-a mouth organ
composed of a double row of free metal
reeds set in slots and controlled by the
tongue-was invented in 1777 and is
a close cousin of the accordion.
In 1822 Friedrich Buschmann of
Berlin invented a device he called the
Handaoline. Aeolian (or aeoline), a
term derived from the name of the
Greek god of the winds, Aeolus, refers
to the way in which the instrument
produced musical tones from air flow­ing
past metal reeds. The "wind" for
Buschmann's Handaoline was supplied
by the expansion and compression of
flexible bellows.
A few years after Buschmann in­troduced
the concept, Cyrial Demian
of Vienna was granted a patent for an
improved version, which he called the
Akkordion. The title stuck, and though
many competitors copied Demian's
design and gave their products differ­ent
names, they all came to be known
generally as accordions.
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Music for Everyone
Early models were diatonic, mean­ing
that they were based on a fixed
scale of eight tones to the octave and
were pitched in one key, usually C, D
or G. Each key, or button, produced
two different tones, one when the
bellows were compressed and another
when they were expanded. As Institute
educational specialist and folk musi­cian
Jim Fox explains in his description
of an early Hohner accordion, "It plays
Do, Mi, So, Do when you push, and
Re, Fa, La, Ti when you draw:' On the
treble side of the instrument were four
stops that connected combinations of
reeds so that they could be played
simultaneously. According to Jim, the
old saying "pull out all the stops" refers
to opening up all four stops and "giving
it all you've got:'
Though various improvements
and innovations, such as the expan­sion
to a chromatic, or half-scale, range
and the application of piano-type key­boards,
have been made over the years,
the basic design and working concept
remain the same in modern versions.
Today's standard 120-bass piano accor­dion
is composed of 448 reeds placed
in chord clusters. The left hand works
by Jo Eckerman
the bellows and the bass buttons, of
which there are 40 notes and 80
chords, and the right hand plays the
melody on a keyboard ranging from
two to four octaves.
A complete instrument that pro­duces
melodies and chords simultane­ously,
the accordion can provide ac­companiment
for itself or harmonize
with a host of other instruments. Its
extensive range in both scale and vol­ume
gives it a versatile sound that
molds as comfortably to the metro­nomic
beat of German oompah music
as it does to the exotic rhythms of
Mexican conjunto and the snappy
tempo of Creole zydeco. In addition to
this flexibility, one of the greatest
advantages of the accordion is its por­tability.
Wherever you go, your com­pact
orchestra travels along.
Ed Kadlecek of Universal City and
his accordion have traveled the Festival
each August for nearly ten years. Occa­sionally
you will find Ed and his Bavar­ian
Village Band performing on one
of the Festival's many stages, but it's
more likely that before the day is out,
they will find you. Roaming the grounds
providing impromptu performances for
any and all to enjoy is the band's spe­cialty,
and they take great pride in their
mobility. You may see them strolling
among the crowd, pausing at a booth
for a spontaneous sing-along or mak­ing
their own parade, but music stands
and chairs are just not their style.
"We strike up a song anywhere,
anytime, for anyone:' says Ed. "Our
music is in our hearts ... and some
of our best performances are the un­scheduled
ones:'
Ed and the versatile tuba player
Rennie Guenther, who, according to
Ed, does everything but sing while
playing (" . . . and sometimes we think
he's trying to do that too"), form the
backbone of the group. Their com­bined
musical experience totals more
than 50 years. The pair had played to­gether
for awhile before forming the
Bavarian Village Band, an idea which
occurred almost as spontaneously as
do many of their performances.
As Ed tells the story, he and Ren­nie
were playing for an open-house
Christmas party one year, and since'it
was a family gathering they decided to
take along their children, Nancy Kad­lecek
and Greg Guenther. Both were
in the middle school band at the time,
with Nancy playing the trumpet and
Greg the bass horn. During the eve­ning
Ed and Rennie brought them to
the stage to play, and the group's per­formance
brought the house down.
Now Nancy sings-both in her father's
native language of Czech and her
mother's native German-plays the
trumpet and fh.igelhorn, and dances.
Greg sings, dances, plays the trumpet
and doubles on the tuba, following in
his father's footsteps with the same
style and charm.
Drawing from the musical tradi­tions
of Germany and Czechoslovakia,
the group gets audiences involved by
passing out song sheets and encourag­ing
them to sing, dance, clap and take
part in specialty numbers. With the
hearty strains of Ed's accordion, the
antics of Rennie and his dancing tuba,
and the enthusiastic participation of
Nancy and Greg, you can't help but
join in the fun.
The music of Ed Kadlecek's accor­dion
and the Bavarian Village Band
is, as Hope Stoddard writes, "Music
that's played for everyone:'
Festival Music
Carolyn Arrington, Victoria
Band-Aids Jazz Band, San Antonio
Bayou City Attic Singers, Houston
Beethoven Maennerchor, San Antonio
Blue Ridge Connection, San Antonio
Boerne Village Band, Boerne
Caribbean Steeltones, Houston
Gregg Cheser & the Pronto Brothers,
Fredericksburg
Clearfork Express Bluegrass Band,
Buffalo Gap
Big Roger Collins and the Soul Kings
Blues Band, Houston
The Contemporaries of Second Baptist
Church, San Antonio
Allan Damron, Austin
Devine Music Makers, Devine
John F. Donohue, San Antonio
The Duckens Family Singers, Temple
Dutch Dochters en Moeder Molly,
Port Arthur
East Texas String Ensemble, Nacogdoches
Fiddle Grass Folks, San Antonio
First Texas Battalion Drum and Fife,
Universal City
Vicki Fowler & Friends, Aust in
Fox Fire, San Antonio
Yolanda Gaitan, San Antonio
Felipe de Jesus Garza, San Antonio
Gloryland Vocal Band and Quartet,
Henderson
David Greely, San Antonio
Hadrian's Wall, Houston
The Harris Family, Lufkin
Hearts & Gizzards, San Antonio
Hickory, Houston
Hill Country Ramblers, San Antonio
Hope, Texas Sing & Swing Group,
San Marcos
Beverly Houston & Breezin', San Antonio
Houston Balalaika Society Orchestra,
Houston
Houston Highlanders Pipe Band, Houston
Ed Kadlecek and the Bavarian Village
Band, Universal City
Joseph Kaspar, Mount Calm
Kopahira Bolivian Folk Music, Houston
L'Orchestra des Enfants, Austin
Lost Polka Band, San Antonio
Jim Lovelace, San Antonio
Nacogdoches Jazz Band; Nacogdoches
Poverty Playboys, Kerrville
.Sacred Heart Men's Choir, Crystal City
St. James's Gate, San Antonio
Jean Schnitz, Corpus Christi
Bill Smallwood and the Jazz Cowboys,
Fredericksburg
Southern Image, Fredericksburg
Ed Stonerock, Austin
Fiesta City Sweet Adelines, San Antonio
Sweet Song String Band, Arlington
Swing Set, Dallas
Tennessee Valley Authority, San Antonio
Texas Cajun Playboys, Port Arthur
Trinidad-Tobago Cultural Association,
Houston
United Fiddlers' Association, San Antonio
Kurt Van Sickle, Austin
Voices of the Mainland, Texas City
Caryl P. Weiss, Kerrvi lle
Whoosits Big Pile Goodtime Garbage
Band, San Antonio
Michael Wicks, Dallas
The Woodromes, Brazo ria
Wurstfest Opa Band, New Brau nfels
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The Institute
The Institute of Texan Cultures
opened its doors in 1968 as the Texas
Pavilion at HemisFair. The exhibition
highlighting the state's history and
ethnic diversity was so well received
that the legislature decided to continue
it and expand its scope. Today, as part
of The University of Texas System,
The Institute functions as a statewide
research, education and communica­tion
center which produces materials
and programs focusing on the history
and culture of Texas.
While the Festival is a highly visi­ble
extension of The Institute, it is only
one of the many programs, products
and services that we provide. When
the Festival gates close and all the
visitors and participants have gone
home, The Institute's work goes on. To
give you a better idea of the opportu­nities
available for you to learn more
about Texas and Texans throughout
the year, the following outline de­scribes
our various programs and cur­rent
projects.
Research
The foundation of all Institute
programs and products is our on-going
research in various subjects relating to
Texas, both topics of historical interest
and matters of contemporary concern.
Examples of current projects include
collection and interpretation of infor­mation
on Spanish, Hungarian and
Indian Texans as well as fieldwork to
document various folklife traditions in
the state.
Publications
One of the primary ways in which
The Institute communicates research
findings to the educational community
and the general public is through our
publications. Nearly 40 books and
pamphlets covering a wide range of
topics have been published by The
Institute, the most recent of which are
The Japanese Texans by Tom Walls and
Echoes of the Past: The Cowboy Poetry
of Melvin Whipple. Future publications
will include a monograph covering the
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history of the Hungarian Texans and
a book exploring the political, social
and economic development of Spanish
communities in Texas.
Some titles from the current collec­tion
are Exploration in Texas, Ancient &
Otherwise by John L. Davis, The Ger­man
Texans by Glen E. Lich, an edited
cookbook called The Melting Pot and
the ethnic pamphlet series, The Texians
and the Texans. These and many other
Institute publications are available in
the Store on the main exhibit floor or
by mail order.
Audiovisuals
From a look at folk healing
through the life of Don Pedrito Jara­millo
to an exploration of our built
environment, Institute audiovisuals
ECHOES
of the
PAST
The Cowboy Poetry
of Melvin Whipple
by Melvin Whipple
illusuated by luck1Whipple
Touch with Texas
present an interesting view of the state.
Recently added to the list of 24 titles
is Symbols of Texas, a children's educa­tional
program which examines the
formal and informal ways images are
used to represent Texas. Institute
audiovisuals are available in several
different formats and are used exten­sively
to enhance classroom instruc­tion
and for presentations to commu­nity
groups.
Exhibits
The Institute's main exhibit floor
offers the opportunity for both resi­dents
and visitors to the state to learn
more about the many ethnic and cul­tural
groups which contributed to the
growth and development of Texas.
Rather than presenting the state's story
as a series of dates and events, the
displays and interpretive areas look at
the people of Texas-who they were,
where they came from, how they lived,
worked and played.
Two major projects designed to
give new dimension to the exhibit floor
are currently under way and, thanks
to the generosity of the Meadows
Foundation of Dallas, will soon be
completed. Included in the grant from
the foundation are funds for a raised
relief map of the state, which will en­hance
the recently installed introduc­tory
area. Located at the entrance to
the exhibit floor, this new area is de­signed
to acquaint visitors with various
perceptions of culture and explore the
significance of immigration. Also sup­ported
by the grant is the painting of
two large murals depicting scenes of life
among different Indian communities.
The murals will be incorporated as
backdrops for interpretive areas in the
section of the exhibit floor which pre­sents
an overview of the diverse Indian
groups of Texas.
In addition to the permanent dis­plays,
throughout the year The Insti­tute
sponsors a variety of special ex­hibits
covering a wide range of topics
related to Texas. Included in the fall
schedule is Hispanic Settlement in Texas:
The First 150 Years from the General
Land Office. Highlighting the signifi­cance
of Spanish and Mexican contri­butions
to the development of the
Texas land system, this exhibit will be
on display in conjunction with a pub­lic
discussion on 18th century develop­ment
of the San Antonio community.
Educational Programs
Among the many visitors to The
Institute's exhibit floor each year are
more than 60,000 students from public
and private schools throughout Texas.
Guided tours for school groups are
conducted by trained staff and volun­teers,
and are designed to encourage
participation by students. In the inter­pretive
areas focusing on various as­pects
of life in early Texas, students
become part of the action, handling
and exploring objects and trying out
things for themselves.
In addition to tours, we take vari­ous
aspects of Texas history outside the
walls of The Institute and into the
classrooms through Tex-Kits, presenta­tions
which incorporate the use of
touchable artifacts. These efforts are
enhanced thr