Celebrating New Hampshire's Stories
odd: label: Introduction
content: Everyone in New Hampshire has a story to tell. When people think of a "storyteller" they often think of a polished performer with a repertoire of time-honored recitations, legends of the past, or tales of great imagination. But in New Hampshire, storytellers are often everyday people with a gift for language and a wealth of human experiences. They come from every walk of life - the logger down the road, the fellow you go snowmobiling with on the weekends, your co-worker at the woolen mill, or someone whose music you dance to at the town hall.

During the research for New Hampshire's presentation at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, fieldworkers interviewed over 450 individuals practicing a variety of traditional musical forms, crafts, and cooking and occupational skills. All of them shared stories that warmed the heart - stories with lessons about the environment, the way the past teaches us about the future, and the importance of community values. The stories reflected the strong sense of individualism in New Hampshire as well as people's desire to work together toward a common goal.

The heritage of the spoken word was celebrated in New Hampshire's Festival program, Celebrating New Hampshires Stories, but stories were also told through crafts, recipes, music and dance, and occupational skills. The "Music of New Hampshire" component of the program honored the musical heritage of Yankee, Franco American, Polish, Scottish, Irish, Jewish, African American, and Hispanic communities. The ''Home, Town, and Community" area focused on the cultural traditions that define New Hampshire's sense of place. Domestic and religious crafts and the important political heritage of New Hampshire - the community voice of town meeting and the national precedence of the first-in-the-country presidential primary - were explored in this area. "Ingenuity and Enterprise" examined the inventive nature of industry and small businesses in New Hampshire. The heritage of family-owned and community-based businesses and the way in which fine craftsmen network through guilds were presented. "Seasonal Work and Recreation" explored the cycle of the seasons and the love of the outdoors in New Hampshire, giving rise to the work culture and traditional crafts of recreation. "Farm, Forest, Mountain, and Sea" took a look at the occupations that have emerged from the state's diverse natural resources.

Betty Belanus and Lynn Martin were Curators, and Arlene Reiniger was Program Coordinator. A Program Research Committee included: Michael Chaney, J.B. Cullen, Fred Dolan, Jim Garvin, Becky Lawrence, Gail McWilliam, and Melissa Walker.

The program was produced with the New Hampshire Commission on the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and its non-profit affiliate Celebrate New Hampshire Culture in partnership with the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Department of Cultural Resources, and the State of New Hampshire. The presenting sponsor was Bell Atlantic. Other major sponsors included Fleet Bank NH; Healthsource New Hampshire, A CIGNA Healthcare Company; Public Service of New Hampshire; Sanders, A Lockheed Martin Company; Tyco International Ltd.; Fidelity Investments; Fisher Scientific International Inc.; and The Recording Industries Music Performance Trust Funds.
label: Researchers
content: Jack Beard, Linda Bornstein, Tom Carroll, Deborah Cottrell, Martin Delgadillo, Kate Dodge, Sue Hawkins, Susan Jasse, Kathy Neustadt, Marjorie Goodson, Jill Linzee, Lynn Martin, Louis Mazzari, Rachel Mears, Linda Morely, Julien Olivier, Jessica Payne, Simon Phillips, Matt Pouliott, Fran Kessler Richardson, Andy Stewart, Audrey Sylvester, Josee Vachon, Eleanor Wachs, Quincy Whitney, Patryc Wiggins, Vermont Folklife Center
label: Presenters
content: Jack Beard, Lynn Blye, Deborah Cottrell, J.B. Cullen, Kate Dodge, Burt Feintuch, Lynn Garland, Austin Graton, Sue Hawkins, John Hutton, Susan Jasse, Louis Mazzari, Kathy Neustadt, Julien Olivier, Dereck Owen, Diane Souther, Andy Stewart, Lucie Therrien, Matthew Thomas, Eleanor Wachs, Patryc Wiggins
label: Participants
content: Musical Traditions

Franco-American Music

Elwin "Shorty" Boulet, bones player, Whitefield, New Hampshire

Alan Coté, soirée singer, Auburn, New Hampshire

Fabienne Coté, soirée singer, accordionist, Londonderry, New Hampshire

Rick Coté, soirée singer, Londonderry, New Hampshire

Rejeanne Letourneau, soirée singer, Rochester, New Hampshire

Gary Pomerleau, fiddler, Rochester, New Hampshire

Joe Pomerleau, fiddler, Rochester, New Hampshire

Henry Riendeau, fiddler, Berlin, New Hampshire

Larry Riendeau, fiddler, Berlin, New Hampshire

Jeanne Trepanier, soirée singer, Rochester, New Hampshire

Contra Dance Music

OLD NEW ENGLAND  -- OLD NEW ENGLANDBob McQuillen, pianist, Peterborough, New HampshireJane Orzechowski, fiddler, Newport, New HampshireDeanna Stiles, flautist, Deerfield, New Hampshire

Mary DesRosiers, contra dance caller, Harrisville, New Hampshire

Rodney Miller, fiddler, Antrim, New Hampshire

David Millstone, contra dance caller, Lebanon, New Hampshire

Sylvia Miskoe, accordionist, Concord, New Hampshire

Francis Orzechowski, pianist, Newport, New Hampshire

David Surette, guitarist, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, fiddler, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Harvey Tolman, fiddler, Nelson, New Hampshire

Timm Triplett, pianist, Newmarket, New Hampshire

Steve Zakon-Anderson, contra dance caller, Hancock, New Hampshire

William Zecker, fiddler, guitarist, pianist, Durham, New Hampshire

New England Barn Dance Fiddling & Calling

TWO FIDDLES  -- TWO FIDDLESDudley Laufman, fiddler, caller, Canterbury, New HampshireJacqueline Laufman, fiddler, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Singing Squares

David Bradley, bassist, Woodstock, New Hampshire

Lester Bradley, guitarist, caller, Thornton, New Hampshire

Scottish Piping & Dance

NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR SCOTTISH ARTS, MANCHESTER  -- NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL FOR SCOTTISH ARTS, MANCHESTERMegan Marsh, step dancer, Manchester, New HampshireMaggie Meffen, step dancer, Manchester, New HampshireGordon Webster, bagpiper, Manchester, New HampshireLezlie Patterson Webster, bagpiper, Manchester, New Hampshire

Irish Music & Dance

Sarah Bauhan, flautist, Dublin, New Hampshire

Regina Delaney, harpist, vocals, step and  -- ceili  -- dancer, Exeter, New Hampshire

Michael Serpa,  -- bodhran -- , whistle player, Ossipee, New Hampshire

Jake Stewart, fiddler, Bow, New Hampshire

Polish Music & Dance

Daniel Blajda, fiddler, Manchester, New Hampshire

Michael Oliszczak, fiddler, Manchester, New Hampshire

Gary Sredzienski, accordionist, Greenland, New Hampshire

Klezmer Music

THE RAYMOND ST. KLEZMER BAND  -- THE RAYMOND ST. KLEZMER BANDSandra Dickens, vocals, Nashua, New HampshireNelson Frisselle, percussionist, Manchester, New HampshireAlan Green, clarinetist, vocals, Nashua, New HampshireRuth Weiner Harris, accordionist, Hollis, New HampshireAlan Karlsberg, clarinetist, saxophonist, Nashua, New HampshireFrederick Malkin, pianist, vocals, Londonderry, New HampshireBruce Smith, bassist, Merrimack, New Hampshire

African-American Gospel & Spirituals

Wilmerlee Findlay, pianist, vocals, Amherst, New Hampshire

Minister Lydia Mann, vocals, Manchester, New Hampshire

Minister Olga Times, vocals, Nashua, New Hampshire

Hispanic Music

Bernardo Guzman, guitarist, vocals, Somersworth, New Hampshire

Maria Guzman, vocals, Somersworth, New Hampshire

Home, Town & Community

Comfort in the Home

Karen Cook, spinner, Grantham, New Hampshire

Vivian Eastman, quilter, Glenn, New Hampshire

Barbara Fisher, rug braider, Mt. Sunapee, New Hampshire

Dona Larsen, Norwegian knitter, Berlin, New Hampshire

Dorothy Towle, quilter, rug hooker, Intervale, New Hampshire

Sandra Yacek, wreath maker, Milan, New Hampshire

Wayne Yacek, gardener, toolmaker, Milan, New Hampshire

Images of Community

Andre Belanger, sign maker, Berlin, New Hampshire

Jairo Gil, Colombian  -- casa  -- woodcarver, Manchester, New Hampshire

Sara Glines, doll maker, Randolph, New Hampshire

Our Shared Border - Franco-American Traditions

Gerard Brunelle, woodcarver, Laconia, New Hampshire

Albert Hamel, genealogist, Chester, New Hampshire

Crafts of Worship & Celebration

Marjorie "Moocho" Salomon,  -- tallitot  -- weaver, Bethlehem, New Hampshire

Galina Tregubov, Russian Orthodox icon embroiderer, Claremont, New Hampshire

Kung Tai Tsay, Chinese knot tier, Nashua, New Hampshire

Community Voice – Political Traditions in New Hampshire

Georgi Hippauf, Nashua, New Hampshire

Donna Soucy, Manchester, New Hampshire

Hearth & Home - Foodways Traditions

Chrysanthe Nagios, Greek cook, Bedford, New Hampshire

Rebecca Parker, Yankee cook, Randolph, New Hampshire

Helen Pervanas, Greek cook, Bedford, New Hampshire

Estelle Gamache Ross, Franco-American cook, Allenstown, New Hampshire

Ingenuity & Enterprise

League of New Hampshire Craftsmen

Fred Dolan, decoy carver, Center Barnstead, New Hampshire

Anne Winterling, rug hooker, Concord, New Hampshire

Craft Guilds

Omar Clairmont, furniture maker, Gilmanton, New Hampshire

David Lamb, furniture maker, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Russell Pope, blacksmith, Newmarket, New Hampshire

Jonathan Siegel, furniture maker, Franklin, New Hampshire

Hearts to God, Hands to Work - Shaker Crafts in New Hampshire

Steve Allman, oval box maker, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Barbara Beeler, oval box maker, Contoocook, New Hampshire

Norma Badger George, poplar-ware maker, Concord, New Hampshire

Rob Roy Robb, weaver, Laconia, New Hampshire

Business & Community

Arthur Andersop, loom maker, Harrisville Designs, Marlow, New Hampshire

Terry Lontine, cooper, Spaulding & Frost, Newton, New Hampshire

Polly Pinkham, firefighting suit maker, Globe Firefighting Suits, Northwood, New Hampshire

Rob Roy Robb, weaver, Laconia, New Hampshire

Business & Family

Betty Blanchard, chair re-seater, Concord, New Hampshire

Peter Blanchard, chair re-seater, Concord, New Hampshire

Bob Taylor, welder, Alstead, New Hampshire

Newt Washburn, ash basket maker, Bethlehem, New Hampshire

Innovation & Invention

Bill Latva, precision machinist, Sunapee, New Hampshire

Charles Lawrence, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Naval Shipyard, Stratham, New Hampshire

E.D. Miller, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Stratham, New Hampshire

Dave Packard, precision machinist, Hillsboro, New Hampshire

Adam Taylor, precision machinist, Claremont, New Hampshire

Frank E. Wiggins, precision machinist, Guild, New Hampshire

Seasonal Work & Recreation

Weather

Barry Keirn, Climate Change Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

Greg Zielinski, Glacier Research Group, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire

Spring

Tim Levesque, Appalachian Mountain Club, Jackson, New Hampshire

Peter Limmer, III, hiking-boot maker, Intervale, New Hampshire

Clare Long, Appalachian Mountain Club, Glen, New Hampshire

Chris Thayer, Appalachian Mountain Club, Jackson, New Hampshire

Summer Camp, New Hampshire

Lynn Garland, children's activities, Brentwood, New Hampshire

Lisa Kelly, children's activities, Westmoreland, New Hampshire

Fall

Mark Favorite, fly tier, Rochester, New Hampshire

Fred Kretchman, rod maker, Nashua, New Hampshire

David Price, gun builder, Contoocook, New Hampshire

Jay Trayner, canoe builder, Warner, New Hampshire

Winter

Scott Barthold, snow-making technology, Sno.matic Controls and Engineering, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire

Paul Doherty, snowmobiler, Gorham, New Hampshire

Walter Blander, ski resort design, sno.engineering, Littleton, New Hampshire

Ken Hammerle, ski resort design, sno.engineering, Littleton, New Hampshire

George Lemerise, ski search and rescuer, Attitash Bear Peak, Jackson, New Hampshire

Joel Nordholm, dog-sled maker, Tilton, New Hampshire

Matthew Purcell, snow-making technology, Sno.matic Controls and Engineering, Inc., Lebanon, New Hampshire

Henri Vallaincourt, snowshoe maker, Greenville, New Hampshire

Bruno Vallieres, ski-slope groomer, Attitash Bear Peak, North Conway, New Hampshire

Farm, Forest, Mountain & Sea

Farming

Richard Dionne, bee keeper, Hudson, New Hampshire

Mary Ellen Hutchinson, maple sugaring, apple orchards, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Roy Hutchinson, maple sugaring, apple orchards, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Betty Moulton, maple sugaring, dairy farmer, New Hampton, New Hampshire

Robert Moulton, maple sugaring, dairy farmer, New Hampton, New Hampshire

Peter Wagner, apple grower, Hampton, New Hampshire

Skills & Crafts of Work Animals

Bob Boynton, yoke maker, Dunbarton, New Hampshire

Hugh Fifield, draft horse worker, storyteller, Canterbury, New Hampshire

Bob Graves, oxen teamster, dairy farmer, Walpole, New Hampshire

David Kennard, sheepdog trainer, Marlborough, New Hampshire

Cliff McGinnis, draft horse worker, veterinary medicine, Pembroke, New Hampshire

Andy Westover, oxen teamster, dairy farmer, Walpole, New Hampshire

Forest & Lumber Traditions

Tom Chrisenton, tree farm, forestry management, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire

Virginia Chrisenton, tree farm, forestry management, Lyndeborough, New Hampshire

Barry Kelley, sawmill management, Berlin, New Hampshire

Stan Knowles, tree farm inspector, North Hampton, New Hampshire

The Arts of Historic Restoration

David Adams, historic buildings conservationist, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Arnold Graton, Sr., covered bridge conservationist, Ashland, New Hampshire

Arnold Graton, Jr., covered bridge conservationist, Concord, New Hampshire

Stephen Roy, historic buildings conservationist, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Timber Framing

Tedd Benson, timber framer, Alstead, New Hampshire

Joel McCarty, timber framer, Alstead, New Hampshire

Granite & Stone

Doug Faxon, stone wall builder, Walpole, New Hampshire

Kevin Fife, stone wall builder, Northfield, New Hampshire

Hans Kaufhold, monument carver, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Maritime Traditions

Jim Antanavich, Sr., gill net maker, Seabrook, New Hampshire

Trudy Antanavich, gill net maker, Seabrook, New Hampshire

Jeffrey Fogman, boat builder, Barrington, New Hampshire

Nate Hanscom, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire

Mike Kozlowski, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire

Arthur Splaine, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire

Carl Widen, lobster fisherman, Rye, New Hampshire
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.1999, Series 2
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