A.M. Symposium:

00:00:00 - Dr. Mark DeWitt opens the symposium and introduces U.L. Lafayette President: Dr. Joseph Savoie

00:00:46 - Dr. Barry Ancelet comments on the history of Festival Acadiens and its connection with ULL
-then plays a recording the Lomaxes made of the first school president Edwin L. Stevens singing

00:02:36 - Dr. Savoie continues on about the relationship between the University and the Festival, as well as the uniqueness of Lafayette culture
-comments on the connection the university has with traditional music and closes with final greetings

00:06:56 - Dr. Mark DeWitt introduces keynote speaker, Dr. Nick Spitzer of Tulane University

00:07:54 - Spitzer introduces himself and gives a personal account of his background with Cajun music, as well as how Dewey Balfa impacted his initial Cajun music experiences

00:12:03 - Impacts of music festivals and experience with musicians at festivals
00:12:53 - Encounters with Bois Sec Ardoin, and black creole music
00:16:38 - Alan Lomax's visions for traditional music and his mobile recording studio
00:20:02 - Lomax’s "most valuable" recordings in Louisiana. In 1938: the recordings of Jelly Roll Morton

00:22:23 - How Lomax chose who he'd record; the conversations Lomax and Jelly Roll shared
00:24:10 - Jelly Roll’s influence on Jazz, Lomax's opinion, and his work in New Orleans
00:27:06 - St. Cyr, the influence on Lomax, and his musical background
00:28:44 - Spitzer plays a recording of St. Cyr sharing his thoughts on music
00:31:04 - Breakdowns the recording
00:32:27 - Alan Lomax as a radio host
00:33:52 - Spitzer plays a clip from one of Lomax’s radio shows, featuring the classic Cajun waltz 'Jolie Blon'
00:37:32 - Lomax's shows throughout the U.S. compiled of many genres; and the shady reasons for his show in the U.K.

00:39:01 - Lomax’s work, and how it "defined documenting sound in America"
00:42:15 - The aspects of working with locals and scholars, who also produce and analyze music
00:44:05 - Spitzer plays an interview clip with Lomax and his thoughts on folk music to the public
00:46:45 - In the audio clip, Lomax shares his reasons of interest in Peter Seeger, and the relationship between them
00:48:15 - Further analysis of the Lomax/Seeger relationship

00:50:32 - How Lomax’s recording technology evolved; audio clip
00:52:03 - The morality of Alan Lomax
00:53:03 - Audio clip of Dewey Balfa and his Newport Waltz
00:54:03 - Early Cajuns being undocumented everywhere, even at festivals
00:55:08 - Lomax’s authenticity and motives behind his work
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