Shoes for the Santo Niño – An Opera for Children: Cultural Collaboration or Collision? Who’s story is it anyway? Regina Carlow, The University of New Mexico, USA
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Shoes for the Santo Nio An Opera for Children: Cultural
Collaboration or Collision? Whos story is it anyway? Regina Carlow,
The University of New Mexico, USA
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My introduction to New Mexico
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New Mexico
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Population Statistics
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More sheep and cows than people
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Red or Green?
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If you are uncertain, ask for Christmas
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My questions What is the nature of the cultural ownership of
the story? Are there rules in interpretation of a beloved folktale?
What voice do the cultural stakeholders have in the project? When
does collaboration become collision?
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The formula The Children The Story The Music The Culture
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JOHN DONALD ROBB
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Robb Musical Trust Archives
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Childrens singing games allow a more profound insight than
anything else into the primeval age of folk music. Singing
connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at
the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.
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Chimayo, NM Today
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The Holy Boy
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Santo Nino and Childrens Shoes
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Every Child Who Wishes to Sing is Welcome
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Debut Performance of UNM Childrens Chorus 2007 (21 children)
Laughing Song by John Helgen, Text by Robert Blake