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THE APPENDICES, 377 Musicians (water drum & horn rattle) move to places on bench. Two gourd-rattles two feather-sticks passed around to two boy dancers. Rapping of long (orator's) stick (branch) to announce each new speaker. Whoop precedes start of music. Music stops Stick raps Orator speaks (Thanking & prayer to begin it) Old man (Ed Currey), third to speak, puts tub (wash-basin) of saltine crackers near stove. Empty cracker boxes or paper bags are placed near participants & recipients (sponsors) for deposit of crackers. Music up. Two boys dance out to center, crouching, shake feather-sticks & rattles, bob heads towards each other & in sidewise motion. Return to their stools. The music stops. New speaker "orates" then takes handfuls of crackers & distributes several to each participant, the (three) sponsors, & a few others (named by the sponsors?) Whoop. Music. Dance (Each dance ends with a sound: hmmmmmmm or whheeeee.) New speaker. Raps with the stick before speaking, More crackers. Deposit or mouthing of crackers. Whoop. Music. Dance. Rap. Speaker. Etc. This is the overall pattern never rigid- toward an actual openness, prescribed as well? Ways of handling the stick vary. Speaker raps for his own oration; sometimes (properly?) slides stick at next speaker; sometimes "announcer"(m.c) brings it around; shorter & longer orations; hard raps, light raps, staccato, etc. Laughter, etc. at one point new crackers are added to basin; they overflow as next speaker passes them out; they fall on the floor. Occasional punctuation of speeches by light drum tap. Often at end. Distribution (except for main participants) seems erratic. A speaker forgets to pass crackers. Reminded with laughter, Boy-dancers walk out during one oration. Buzzing of voices, etc. Some joking about deposit of crackers into boxes. Dancers, seated & facing, hold a muter conversation. (Feather-stick in front of face like boy with flamenco fan in Cordoba.) Two men enter with large cauldron of water for women preparing (corn) soup at the side. People drifting in & out. Time passes. Sounds of Seneca. I cannot understand. Three teen-aged girls are laughing in the back. Nobody rushes. Everyone will speak . After the first woman orator distributes the last of the crackers, the empty tub is turned over in front of the stove. A male speaker
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THE APPENDICES, 377 Musicians (water drum & horn rattle) move to places on bench. Two gourd-rattles two feather-sticks passed around to two boy dancers. Rapping of long (orator's) stick (branch) to announce each new speaker. Whoop precedes start of music. Music stops Stick raps Orator speaks (Thanking & prayer to begin it) Old man (Ed Currey), third to speak, puts tub (wash-basin) of saltine crackers near stove. Empty cracker boxes or paper bags are placed near participants & recipients (sponsors) for deposit of crackers. Music up. Two boys dance out to center, crouching, shake feather-sticks & rattles, bob heads towards each other & in sidewise motion. Return to their stools. The music stops. New speaker "orates" then takes handfuls of crackers & distributes several to each participant, the (three) sponsors, & a few others (named by the sponsors?) Whoop. Music. Dance (Each dance ends with a sound: hmmmmmmm or whheeeee.) New speaker. Raps with the stick before speaking, More crackers. Deposit or mouthing of crackers. Whoop. Music. Dance. Rap. Speaker. Etc. This is the overall pattern never rigid- toward an actual openness, prescribed as well? Ways of handling the stick vary. Speaker raps for his own oration; sometimes (properly?) slides stick at next speaker; sometimes "announcer"(m.c) brings it around; shorter & longer orations; hard raps, light raps, staccato, etc. Laughter, etc. at one point new crackers are added to basin; they overflow as next speaker passes them out; they fall on the floor. Occasional punctuation of speeches by light drum tap. Often at end. Distribution (except for main participants) seems erratic. A speaker forgets to pass crackers. Reminded with laughter, Boy-dancers walk out during one oration. Buzzing of voices, etc. Some joking about deposit of crackers into boxes. Dancers, seated & facing, hold a muter conversation. (Feather-stick in front of face like boy with flamenco fan in Cordoba.) Two men enter with large cauldron of water for women preparing (corn) soup at the side. People drifting in & out. Time passes. Sounds of Seneca. I cannot understand. Three teen-aged girls are laughing in the back. Nobody rushes. Everyone will speak . After the first woman orator distributes the last of the crackers, the empty tub is turned over in front of the stove. A male speaker
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