http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/ Talking Folklore Wed, 15 May 2013 09:52:19 GMT Sam & Ellie Simmons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1219 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1219 Just set up Folklife Quarterly [see post 8/5/2013] as an easy-to-read (free) ONLINE MAGAZINE as well as in print. Just go to: http://issuu.com/folklife & click Wed, 08 May 2013 10:12:53 GMT Sam & Ellie Simmons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1218 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1218 Folklife Quarterly / Bywyd Gwerin yn Chwarterol 50 A4 pages printed; most copied online on http://www.folklife-west.org.uk [1].  FOLKLIFE TRADITIONS pages. Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:57:12 GMT Ollie Angus Douglas http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1217 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1217 Applications are now being invited for the Gwyn E. Jones MERL Fellowship scheme for 2013-14, tenable for up to twelve months, to support research in subject Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:47:40 GMT Maureen James http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1216 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1216 We went on a ten-day cruise round the western Mediterranean in September 2008 for our honeymoon. We travelled on the Norwegian Gem (guests 2300+) and the Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:45:49 GMT Ian Brodie http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1215 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1215 On the other end of the exotic scale, our trip to Disneyworld over Christmas introduced us to towel art. Reasonably elaborate Mickey heads, albeit not much Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:48:17 GMT Tina Paphitis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1214 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1214 Have never been on a cruise but this sort of 'towel art' occurs in hotels throughout Egypt (i used to organise study tours there for archaeology students). On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:52:13 GMT gravedigger592002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1213 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1213 We experienced this in Luxor in the early 1990s swans etc - yes wearing sunglasses - simply a witty ploy to extract more tips from guests! Liz Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:45:36 GMT MARTIN GRAEBE http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1212 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1212  Hi Dave If you do a Google search on 'towel art' you will find quite a lot of examples, instructional videos, etc. On our recent small boat (16 people)  Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:24:58 GMT Riki Saltzman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1211 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1211 Hey Dave, I haven't come across towel art, but there is certainly napkin art out there. I suspect the two come from similar "hosting" traditions. I'd also Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:18:07 GMT Riki Saltzman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1210 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1210 Wish I could be there! Riki Rachelle H Saltzman, PhD, Executive Director Oregon Folklife Network 242 Knight Library 6204 University of Oregon Eugene OR 97403 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:20:46 GMT Dave http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1209 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1209 I have just come back from a Nile Cruise. Lucky me and yes I chose a good time to go. Before I went I was aware of "towel art". A quick and easy way of Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:23:18 GMT Steve Roud http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1208 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1208 SoundFjord | April 2013 Newsletter From: SoundFjord Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 4:14 PM To: Steve Roud Subject: Doc Rowe Presentation Hello Steve, It's Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:44:20 GMT Prof. B.V. Toshev http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1207 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1207 JUST PUBLISHED VENETS: THE BELOGRADCHIK JOURNAL FOR LOCAL HISTORY, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND FOLK STUDIES ISSN(print) 1314-0426 ISSN (online) 1314-0256 Editor: B. Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:48:47 GMT Sam & Ellie Simmons http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1206 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1206 Folklife Quarterly: 48 A4 pages printed; most copied online on http://www.folklife-west.org.uk News from our Correspondents and other Members; 12-month Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:40:05 GMT Heather Clarke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1205 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/1205 Early colonial dance - new research I am pleased to announce the latest update for the only website which presents the history of early Australian colonial