SEMSEC MEETING 2003RegistrationProgram |
SEMSEC MEETING 2003The SEM Southeast-Caribbean Chapter meetings will be held jointly with the Florida Folklore Society in Tarpon Springs, FL, the weekend of February 28, 2003. Presentations on the following topics are especially encouraged although any topic of ethnomusicological interest also may be submitted:
Tarpon Springs is located on the Florida Gulf Coast north of Tampa-St. Petersburg and is home to a vibrant Greek American community which originally came to Tarpon for the sponge fishery. The nearest major airport is in Tampa. Local arrangements will be handled by Dr. Kathleen Monahan, Director of the Department of Cultural and Civic Services for the City of Tarpon Springs. The Irish group Lunasa will be performing on the evening of the 28th, for which SEM registrants will receive discounted tickets. Rooms with competitive rates will also be reserved for conference registrants at the Tarpon Inn, within walking distance to the conference site. More local arrangement details will be forthcoming in subsequent posts. Program Committee MembersLaurie Sommers, Chair Steve Grauberger, Alabama Center for Traditional Culture Local ArrangementsKathleen Monahan, City of Tarpon Springs email: kmonahan@ci.tarpon-springs.fl.us RegistrationPlease print this entire page for your reference and to get a hard copy of the registration form which you should fill out and send to the address listed below. Local Arrangements Information, SEMSEC/Florida Folklore Society Joint Meeting, Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2003, Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 South Pinellas Avenue, Tarpon Springs, 727-942-5605 RegistrationRegistration for both societies of $10 (payable on site only) will be accepted at the registration table at the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, Friday, Feb. 28, 1-2 p.m., and Saturday, March 1, 8-9 a.m. Packets will include information about Tarpon Springs and the final conference program. Please note: we are not able to handle "pre-payment" for registration and all special events in a single check, since 4 different organizations are involved. AccommodationsThis is the high season in Tarpon; we suggest that you make reservations ASAP to ensure you have a room. As of January 27, the newly constructed Hampton Inn had plenty of rooms for the conference period. Rates for 2 queen beds, double occupancy are $99.00 plus tax. Corporate or AAA rates are $10 less. The Hampton is 10 minutes driving from downtown. It is not within walking distance of either downtown or the cultural center: 39284 US 19 North, 727-945-7755. (**Note, we tried to see if we could get a conference rate at the Hampton, but their stipulations are not feasible for either the Program Committee or Local Arrangements. If someone has a group of 10 people, confirmed, whose names can be faxed ahead of time, and is willing to guarantee these rooms on a single credit card, then he or she can call Anna at the number listed above and make necessary arrangements privately.) Other recommended accommodationsHoliday Inn Hotel and Suites (727-934-5781) (http://www.holiday-inn.com/tarponsprings ***We are advised that the Tarpon Inn, Days Inn, and Best Western Tahitian Resort have both old and new rooms; the old rooms at these properties are not always up to par. Airport transportationA limousine service is available from the Tampa International Airport to Tarpon Springs. Contact Super Shuttle (707-572-1111). One-way fare is $14. Local transportationDowntown Tarpon Springs with restaurants, the sponge docks, etc. is a good 20 minute walk from the Cultural Center and the Tarpon Inn. All other hotels are driving distance to both the Cultural Center and downtown. While we have no arrangements for local transportation during the meeting, a number of attendees will have cars, so we do not anticipate a problem. A/V EquipmentThe meetings will take place at the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 South Pinellas Ave., in the Theater (stadium style seating for 84) and the Upstairs Gallery (a smaller room with chairs to be brought in). Both rooms will be equipped with screen, slide projector, Video playback (large screen projection system in Theater; TV and VCR in Upstairs Gallery), CD sound playback. Both rooms will have laptops (Windows) and projection systems for PowerPoint presentations. Additional InformationProgram Chair, SEMSEC Laurie Sommers, 229-293-6310 (lsommers@valdosta.edu) Florida Folklore Society/Society for Ethnomusicology SE Chapter ProgramTarpon Springs Cultural Center101 South Pinellas Avenue, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689 727-942-5605 Friday, February 28 St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral 2:30 (no guide), Billiris sponge warehouse, boat tour 3:30 / 4pm /$4, sponge docks, St.Michael Shrine, Toth diving helmet workshop 1:30-2:45 SEMSEC Opening Session Cross Disciplinary Approaches, Cultural Ctr. TheaterModerator: Larry Crook, University of Florida
Birds as Musicians in F. Schuyler Mathews' Fieldbook of Wild Birds and Their Music, BREAK3:00-4:40 SEMSEC: Perspectives on Music and Religion, Cultural Ctr. TheaterModerator: Michael Bakan, Florida State UniversityNo Place to Lay Their Heads—The Multifarious Criticisms of Contemporary Christian Music, Brent Swanson, University of FloridaWhere Mayos and Mestizos Meet: The Holy Week Ceremonies of San MiguelZapotitlán , Mexico , Helena Simonett, Vanderbilt University Harmonia Sacra/Sacred Harp: Mennonite and Southern Religious Experience in Shaped-Note Singing, Jonathan Dueck, University of Alberta/Emory University Formation of Identity in the Anglophone Caribbean through Protestant Christian Songs, Victor. M. Vasquez, University of Puerto Rico DINNER BREAK: Optional Group Greek Family-style Dinner at Mama Maria’s, 509 Athens St. , ($15 includes tax, tip, coffee and soft drink) 8:00 pm Irish music concert: Lunasa, Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center , 324 E. Pine Street , Tarpon Springs, 727-942-5605, tickets $15 ($13 for conference attendees; purchase at Cultural Center or take name tag or registration receipt to box office.) Saturday, March 18:00-9:00 Registration 8:30-9:30 Opening Plenary Session, Cultural Center Theater Moderator: Kathleen Monahan, City of Tarpon SpringsKathleen Monahan, George Billiris & Beverly Billiris, Welcome RemarksKeynote Address: Decrescendo: Thirty Years of Greek Music in Tarpon Springs, Theodore Grame, Tarpon Springs Performing Arts Center BREAK9:45-11:00 SEMSEC Applying Ethnomusicology, Cultural Center TheaterModerator: Alison Arnold, North Carolina State UniversityApplying Ethnomusicology through a High School Steel Band Program, Dee Desnoyers, University of New Orleans Fighting Over the Tradition: Public Responses to State Supported Music in Burma ( Myanmar ), Gavin Douglas, University of North Carolina at Greensboro The Distant in the Local: One Perspective on "Academic" "Ethno" Ensembles, Brittany Beihl, Florida State University FFS: Folklife in the SouthModerator: Gregory Hansen, Arkansas State UniversityYour Word Was Your Bond: Richard Seaman's Tall Tales and Truth-Telling, GregoryHansen, Arkansas State University The Folklore of Newly Emerging Mexican Communities in the Southeastern U.S. , Martha Nelson, Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center State Park The Wisdom of Women as Reflected in Sephardic Oral Folk Traditions, Daisy Alalouf Newell, Boca Raton Why Would You Want to Grind Cane? Cane Grinding and Blacksmithing to Build Community, David Reddy, Florida Humanities Council BREAK11:15-12:30 SEMSEC Business Meeting,FFS Forum: Applied Folklore/Community CollaborationsModerator: Kristin Congdon, University of Central FloridaThe Cultural Byways Project at the University of Central Florida , Kristin Congdon, Steve Teicher, Patricia Madden, University of Central Florida Folk Arts at the Southern Arts Federation, Teresa Hollingsworth, Southern ArtsFederation Foodways in the Classroom, Natalie Underberg, Florida Folklife Program/University of Central Florida Florida Folklife Program Update, Tina Bucuvalas , Florida Folklife Program Topic TBA, David Reddy, Florida Humanities Council 12:30-2:00 Lunch on your own FFS Business Meeting/lunch2:00-3:40 Plenary Session - Music, Identity, and Diaspora (Case Studies from Florida ) Cultural Center Theater Moderator: Laurie K. Sommers, Valdosta State UniversityCalypso in the United States : Historical Perspectives and Exhibition Dilemmas,Stephen Stuempfle, Historical Museum of Southern Florida Cuban Popular Dance Music and the Process of Globalization, Lara Greene, Florida State University Romansas and Cantigas: The Recapture and Transmission of Sephardic Culture Through Story and Song, Marianne Sanua, Florida Atlantic University Festejo, Cajón, and Hybridity: The Music of Peru in Cuban Miami , Mario Rey, East Carolina University3:40 BREAK 4:00-5:15 FFS Forum: Folk Artists of Tarpon Springs Moderator: Tina Bucuvalas , Florida Folklife ProgramElias Damianakis, Greek Orthodox iconsKostas Maris, Cretan lyra maker and musician Maria Pantelis, Greek foodways, costumes, calendar customs, schoolNick Toth, diving helmetsDINNER BREAK: SEMSEC Dinner on your own or join FFS FFS Group dinner and special presentation to Stetson Kennedy, Mykonos Restaurant, 628 Dodecanese Blvd. Ca. 6:00 p.m. Check for updates at meeting.8pm Maris & Mastras (Cretan Music) and Harmonic Motion (Middle Eastern Music), Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, 101 South Pinellas . FREE to conference registrants.
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