As noted, this is a multi-media presentation using lecture, illustrations, artifacts, authentic period musical instruments, live musical performance and anthropological recordings. Noted North Carolina folklorist and humanities scholar Dr. Gary Freeze, of Catawba College will introduce the program and will discuss the importance of folklore study and its preservation in today s culture. Reprints of a detailed article about James Madison Carpenter, published in the 1998 edition of The Folk Music Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society , London will be distributed. A bibliography for further study of sea shanties and the life of the late19 th century sailor. Copies of the Trade Winds CD will be available for purchase.
Admission is free.
The primary sponsor of this event is the Welsh Society of the Carolinas, a nonprofit cultural organization based in Davidson, North Carolina, dedicated to fostering the heritage of Welsh and Celtic cultures. Co-sponsor of this event is the Master of Liberal Studies Program of the University of North Carolina Charlotte, which is active in community outreach programs in the humanities. UNC Charlotte s Department of English and Department of History are additional sponsors.