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               THE 1995 NEPTUNE PLAZA CONCERT SERIES COLLECTION

                                 AFC 1995/001




                              Library of Congress
                           American Folklife Center

                                 December 1995


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                              Library of Congress
                           American Folklife Center


               THE 1995 NEPTUNE PLAZA CONCERT SERIES COLLECTION 
                                 AFC 1995/001


                                    SUMMARY

The 1995 Neptune Plaza Concert Series Collection consists of
manuscript and print materials, sound recordings, graphic
materials, and moving images that document the 1995 concert
series sponsored by the American Folklife Center. The annual
series, which began in 1977, features the presentation of folk
traditions from many cultures. The concerts take place on the
Neptune Plaza at the front of the Jefferson Building of the
Library of Congress between April and September. Adverse weather
conditions sometimes force the concerts indoors.

The 1995 season consisted of the following:

April 14          Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers, LA (Zydeco)*
May 18            Frankie Manning, NY (Lindy-Hop)*
June 15           Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band, CA
                  (Bluegrass)
July 20           Meta and the Tisza Dance Ensemble, Hungary and DC
                  (Hungarian)*
August 17         The Inspirational Singers, DC (Gospel)           
September 21      Buenos Aires Connection, Argentina and NY (Tango)*


*Performance included dance. See Appendix A for more information.



Access and Reproduction:  Listening and viewing access to the
collection is unrestricted. Duplication of the materials requires
prior permission of the Center and may be governed by copyright
and other restrictions. Performers may be contacted through the
American Folklife Center administrative office.
 


Primary Languages: Creole French, English, Hungarian, Spanish



Physical Description:                     Location Numbers:

Print Materials

1 box


Computer diskettes

1 3 1/2" diskette

Sound Recordings

5 120-minute digital 
audio tapes                         AFC 1995/001:SR1-5                  

5 90-minute 
audiocassettes                      AFC 1995/001:SR1-c1 to SR5-c1
                                    (listening copies)
                                          
Graphic Materials

201 b&w 35 mm negatives
53 color 35 mm negatives
6 b&w contact sheets
20 8x10 b&w photoprints
1 4x6 b&w photoprint
52 4x6 color photoprints 

Moving Images

6 hi-8 color 
videocassettes                      AFC 1995/001:V1-2, V4-5, V7-8

10 1/2" VHS color 
videocassettes                      AFC 1995/001:V3, V6
                                    AFC 1995/001:V1-v1-2, V2-v1, 
                                    V4-v1-2, V5-v1, V7-v1, V8-v1
                                    (viewing copies)


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                             COLLECTION INVENTORY


                           SERIES I: PRINT MATERIALS

Location          Contents

Folder 1          Archive of Folk Culture Administrative Materials.
                  The collection guide (this document), an article
                  describing the Neptune Plaza Concert Series, and
                  press releases on the 1995 concert lineup.  Also
                  includes a 3" computer diskette containing logs of
                  the concerts in Wordperfect 5.1 on MSDOS 6 (all
                  logs are available in hard copy in the individual
                  concert folders).

Publicity and administration

Folder 2          Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers, 4-14-95.  Concert
                  fliers and a concert log by Charlie McNamara.

Folders 4-6       Frankie Manning, 5-18-95.  Concert fliers, news
                  clippings, press releases, promotional materials
                  on the performers, a transcription of a National
                  Public Radio interview with Frankie Manning, one
                  copy of _Jet_ magazine with an article on Frankie
                  Manning, and information on swing-dancing. 
                  
Folder 12         Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band, 6-15-95. 
                  Concert flier autographed by the performers,
                  unsigned fliers, concert log by Charlie McNamara
                  and Hubie King, news clippings, and promotional
                  materials on the band. 

Folder 14         Meta and the Tisza Dance Ensemble, 7-20-95. 
                  Concert fliers, news clippings, concert log by
                  Dave LaSalle and Wendy DeBano, and promotional
                  materials on the performers. 

Folder 16         The Inspirational Singers, 8-17-95. Concert flier
                  autographed by the performers, unsigned fliers,
                  and a concert log by Dale Johnson.

Folder 19         Buenos Aires Connection, 9-21-95. Concert fliers
                  and a log by Charlie McNamara.



                          SERIES II: SOUND RECORDINGS

Location          Contents

Audiocassettes

AFC 1995/001:     Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers, 4-14-95.  One 120
SR1               minute digital audiotape. Listening copy is
                  available in the Folklife Reading Room.

AFC 1995/001:     Frankie Manning, 5-18-95.  One 120-minute digital
SR2               audiotape. Listening copy is available in the
                  Folklife Reading Room.


AFC 1995/001:     Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band, 6-15-95. 
SR3               One 120-minute digital audiotape. Listening copy
                  is available in the Folklife Reading Room.

AFC 1995/001:     The Inspirational Singers, 8-17-95. One 120-minute
SR4               digital audiotape. Listening copy is available in
                  the Folklife Reading Room.

AFC 1995/001:     Buenos Aires Connection, 9-21-95. One 120-minute 
SR5               digital audiotape. Listening copy is available in
                  the Folklife Reading Room.



                         SERIES III: GRAPHIC MATERIALS
                                       
Location          Contents

Negatives

Envelope 1        Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers, 4-14-95. One sheet
                  of black and white 35 mm (33 images). Photographed
                  by Jim Hardin.

Envelope 2        Frankie Manning, 5-18-95. Three sheets of color 35
                  mm (53 images).  Photographed by Stephen Spinder.

Envelope 3        Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band, 6-15-95. 
                  One sheet of black and white 35 mm (37 images). 
                  Photographed by Jim Hardin.

Envelope 4        Meta and the Tisza Dance Ensemble, 7-20-95. One
                  sheet of black and white 35 mm (24 images).
                  Photographed by Craig Hobson.

Envelope 5        The Inspirational Singers, 8-17-95. One sheet of
                  black and white 35 mm (36 images). Photographed by
                  James Glover.

Envelope 6        Buenos Aires Connection, 9-21-95. One sheet of
                  black and white 35 mm (37 images), photographed by
                  Peter Harrington. One sheet of black and white 35
                  mm (35 images), photographed by James Glover.

Photographs

Folder 3          Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers, 4-14-95. One black
                  and white 35 mm contact sheet (33 images) and four
                  8 x 10 black and white photoprints. Photographed
                  by Jim Hardin.

Folders 7-11      Frankie Manning, 5-18-95. One 8 x 10 black and
                  white photoprint (photographed by Jim Hardin) and
                  41 4 x 6 color photoprints (photographed by
                  Stephen Spinder). 
      
Folder 13         Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band, 6-15-95. 
                  One black and white 35 mm contact sheet (37
                  images) and four 8 x 10 black and white
                  photoprints.  Photographed by Jim Hardin. 

Folder 15         Meta and the Tisza Dance Ensemble, 7-20-95. One
                  black and white 35 mm contact sheet (24 images)
                  and six 8 x 10 black and white photoprints,
                  photographed by Craig Hobson. One 4 x 6 black and
                  white photoprint, (publicity-photographer unkown).

Folders 17-18     The Inspirational Singers, 8-17-95. One black and
                  white 35 mm contact sheet (36 images) photographed
                  by James Glover. Ten 4 x 6 color photoprints
                  photographed by Dale Johnson. 

Folder 20         Buenos Aires Connection, 9-21-95.  One black and
                  white 35 mm contact sheet (37 images) and four 8 x
                  10 black and white photoprints photographed by
                  Peter Harrington. One black and white 35 mm
                  contact sheet (35 images) and one 8 x 10 black and
                  white photoprint photographed by James Glover.



                           SERIES IV: MOVING IMAGES

Location          Contents

Videocassettes

AFC 1995/001:     Beau Jocque and the Hi-Rollers, 4-14-95.  One hi-8
V1                color videotaped by Peter Bartis.  Viewing copies
                  are available in the Folklife Reading Room.

AFC 1995/001:     Frankie Manning, 5-18-95.  One hi-8 color 
V2-3              videotaped by Peter Bartis.  Viewing copy is
                  available in the Folklife Reading Room.  One 1/2"
                  VHS color copy of a 1989 _20/20_ segment on
                  Frankie Manning (approximately 10 minutes).

AFC 1995/001:     Laurie Lewis and the Grant Street Band, 6-15-95.  
V4                One hi-8 color videotaped by Peter Bartis. 
                  Viewing copies are available in the Folklife
                  Reading Room. 

AFC 1995/001:     Meta and the Tisza Dance Ensemble, 7-20-95.  One
V5-6              hi-8 color videotaped by Charlie McNamara and
                  Peter Bartis.  Viewing copy is available in the
                  Folklife Reading Room.  One 1/2" VHS color copy of
                  a WJLA TV five o'clock news program segment on the
                  concert.    

AFC 1995/001:     The Inspirational Singers, 8-17-95.  One hi-8 
V7                color videotaped by Peter Bartis.  Viewing copy is
                  available in the Folklife Reading Room.

AFC 1995/001:     Buenos Aires Connection, 9-21-95. One hi-8 color
V8                videotaped by Peter Bartis.  Viewing copy is
                  available in the Folklife Reading Room.
  

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                                  APPENDIX A

                                DANCE CONTENT 



Concert                             Description


Beau Jocque and 
the Hi-Rollers          Beau Jocque and his band play zydeco, social
                        dance music of the African-French Louisiana
                        Creoles. Many couples in the audience dance
                        to two-steps, waltzes, and blues. Print
                        material and photographs: folders 2-3; sound
                        recording: AFC 1995/001:SR1; videotape: 
                        AFC 1995/001:V1.

Frankie Manning         Frankie Manning and company present New York-
                        style lindy hop to the music of Brooks
                        Tegler's Hot Jazz band. Manning, an award-
                        winning choreographer and originator of lindy
                        hop styling, narrates the program and tells
                        stories of the early days of the dance in
                        Harlem. Manning and Mickey Davidson, Debbie
                        Williams, and Charles Young (Manning's son)
                        offer demonstrations of lindy hop, tap, shim-
                        sham, and a tribute to chorus girls. Print
                        material and photographs: folders 4-11; sound
                        recording: AFC 1995/001:SR2; videotapes: 
                        AFC 1995/001:SR2-3.


Meta and the Tisza 
Dance Ensemble          Meta and Tisza Ensemble present traditional
                        Hungarian music and dance. Cathy Lamont,
                        artistic director for Tisza Ensemble,
                        narrates the program and explains the dances,
                        which include the Rabakozi, a suite of dances
                        from Mezosegi, a suite of dances from
                        Szatmari (including the Verbunk), and a dance
                        from Szekelyfoldi. Meta, an ensemble from
                        Budapest, provides the music. Print material
                        and photographs: folders 14-15; videotapes:
                        AFC 1995/001:V5-6.



Buenos Aires 
Connection              With music provided by the New York Tango
                        Trio, two couples demonstrate two distinct
                        styles of Argentine tango. Rebecca Shulman
                        and Jorge Udrisard and Carlos and Caty Funes
                        dance tangos, milongas and a waltz. Print
                        material and photographs: folders 19-20;
                        videotape: AFC 1995/001:V8.