Holidays, Festivals, and Special Meals (Breakdown Spaghetti Dinner)
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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content: Smithsonian Folklife Festival records: 2017 Smithsonian Folklife Festival / Series 2: Circus Arts / Audio
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content: 1 Sound recording (digital audio file)
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content: 2017 June 29
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content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
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content: CFCH.SFF.2017, Item SFF2017_0629_Circus_Arts_Cookhouse_0005
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Listening copies available
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content: Carol Greensberg (presenter); Amity Stoddard Just because they're on the road doesn't mean circus performers don't celebrate special occasions and holidays like everyone else. Come learn about the barbecues that are often prepared for Fourth of July or the distinctive meals made whenever the show is over and it's time to move onto the next town. It wouldn't be a celebration without the food, so come see how the cooks make it all happen. In 2003, Amity Stoddard joined Circus Smirkus as kitchen director and documented her travels in a memoir-in-stories. In 2015, Stoddard co-founded the Sellam Circus School, which provides accessible, professional coaching, while preserving, sharing and promoting traveling circus culture and traditions.