Folklore Expedition seeking volunteers

[Anna Berman]

American Friends of Russian Folklore is accepting volunteers for our
June expedition to the Cossack region.

Location: Russia, Volgograd province, Serafimovich district, Rybinskii khutor
Dates: June 1-13, 2010
Purpose: To document music traditions of Cossack area.
Goal: To record a choir of four male singers.
Previous expedition in this area: Winter 2009

Description of the expedition: We continue to document and investigate
the Don Cossack singing traditions. In the winter of 2009, we had the
great pleasure to work in Ust-Khopiorskaya, stanitsa of Serafimovich
district. Thanks to our volunteer and staff members, we made high
quality records of 17 Cossack folklore songs. During that expedition,
we became acquainted with 4 excellent male singers in a neighboring
khutor, Rybinskii. They had unique musical knowledge and a very good
memory, but had long ceased singing together.  We believe that with
the help of professional ethnomusicologists and folklore researchers,
this male choir could restore their tradition and with the help of
volunteers we could document their wonderful singing.

For more information or to sign up for the trip, please visit our
website at: http://www.russianfolklorefriends.org/home.html

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