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Matthew Sabatella is a Hollywood, FL-based musician who performs regularly, both as a solo artist and as the leader of the Rambling String Band. He earned first-place ribbons in the 2019 Florida Folk Festival’s Old-Time Banjo Competition and the 2023 Florida Old-Time Music Championship’s Old-Time Banjo and Singing competitions. Matthew also teaches about America’s music at Lifelong Learning Institutes, including at Florida Atlantic University, George Mason University, Florida International University, University of Miami, and Nova Southeastern University. He's also founder of the nonprofit “Ballad of America”, and Vice President of the Southeast regional chapter of Folk Alliance International.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week, Sandi Marlisa returns to The St. Andrews Jezebel Podcast as a guest host. It was Sandi who approached your regular host Ashley Feller some months ago and asked if she could turn the tables so to speak. This week, Sandi and Ashley talk about Florida pride, imposter syndrome, and Ashley's latest professional ventures as well as Ashley's recent performance at the Florida Folk Festival. A special thank you to former guest Sandi Marlisa for taking on the role of host and providing Ashley with an opportunity to share her story. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my very first paid sponsor. This episode is brought to you by Wewa Films. They are a local company that specializes in heartfelt video stories. They create everything from documentaries to corporate storytelling videos to web series, and everything in between. But everything they do grabs your heart and moves people. It's like watching a painting come to life. Their clients include McDonald's, Destination Panama City, Tyndall Federal Credit Union, the Children's Advocacy Center, Gulf County Florida Tourism, HCA Gulf Coast Hospital, and Florida's Great Northwest, among others. Wewa Films captivates audiences through engaging storylines and touching, unexpected music, as well as handling the entire project management task. Special thanks to Kevin Elliott, co-founder of Wewa Films, for sponsoring The St. Andrews Jezebel Podcast. Everyone please follow Wewa Films on social media. I will have the links in the show notes below and also their website. https://wewafilms.com.Follow The St. Andrews Jezebel Podcast wherever you get your podcasts and share with all your salty friends.CreditsLittle VillageTaproomThe Market at St. AndrewsFloriopolisOaks By the BayFloriopolisDestination Panama CityThe UnReal Artists GalleryKelly HundleyLie'BraryKen ShafferDonna ShafferBritt Gonzalez Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/christian-larssen/nostalgic-bossaLicense code: HR9QJSDOT8RJFJWX
Media roundtable; Florida Folk Festival
This week's episode begins with the love/hate relationship present day Florida inspires.The 70th annual Florida Folk Festival takes place this Memorial Day at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park in White Springs. Panama City Beach native Del Suggs has been performing at the Festival for almost 40 years and visiting longer than that. We discuss Florida folk music, Jimmy Buffett the festival and how it's changed over the years."Welcome to Florida" is sponsored by Visit Sarasota which reminds you May through October is sea turtle nesting season in state and offers these tips for beachgoers to help protect the turtles during this time.
This week we're traveling to Depression-era Mississippi with O Brother Where Art Thou! Join us for a discussion of Baby Face Nelson, Pappy O'Daniel, Man of Constant Sorrow, selling your soul at the crossroads, and, of course, Dapper Dan pomade. Sources: Film Background: Christopher Orr, "30 Years of Coens: O Brother, Where Art Thou?" The Atlantic (17 September 2014). https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/09/30-years-of-coens-o-brother-where-art-thou/380289/ Roger Ebert, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (29 December 2000) https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/o-brother-where-art-thou-2000 . Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou%3F "Tim Blake Nelson- Biography" https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625789/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Zack Sharf, "The Coen Brothers and George Clooney Uncover the Magic of 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?" at 15th Anniversary Reunion," IndieWire (30 September 2015). https://www.indiewire.com/2015/09/the-coen-brothers-and-george-clooney-uncover-the-magic-of-o-brother-where-art-thou-at-15th-anniversary-reunion-57292/ Baby Face Nelson: British Pathe, "Farewell Baby Face aka "Baby Face" Nelson Killed (1934)" https://youtu.be/yKmuM7vDdLc "Baby Face Nelson" Natural Born Outlaws (2016). https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B016YLTDPG/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r "Lester Gillis ("Baby Face" Nelson)" FBI History, Famous Cases & Criminals https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lester-gillis-baby-face-nelson "Lester Joseph Gillis (Baby Face Nelson)" FBI Records: The Vault https://vault.fbi.gov/George%20%28Baby%20Face%29%20Nelson "A Byte Out of History: Man on the Run: The Last Hours of "Baby Face" Nelson" https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/stories/2004/november/nelson_112904 "Baby Face Nelson" Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Face_Nelson Bryan Burrough, Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 (Pengiun, 2009). John Fox, "Lessons at Little Bohemia," https://www.fbi.gov/video-repository/newss-lessons-at-little-bohemia/view Michael Woodiwiss, "Gangbusting and Propaganda," Double Crossed: The Failure of Organized Crime Control (Pluto Press, 2017). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1rfsnbn.15 Matthew Cecil, "J. Edgar Hoover's FBI," The Ballad of Ben and Stella mae: Great Plains Outlaws Who became FBI Public Enemies Nos. 1 and 2 (University Press of Kansas, 2017). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1g69zw2.8 Cracker: Gene Demby, "The Secret History of the Word 'Cracker," NPR Code Switch (1 July 2013). https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/07/01/197644761/word-watch-on-crackers Martha Nelson, "Nativism and Cracker Revival at the Florida Folk Festival," The Florida Folklife Reader (University Press of Mississippi, 2012) https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2tvptm.17 Zsolt K. Viragos, ""Celtic Oddities": Patterns of Cracker Culture in the American South," Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies 18:1/2 (Spring-Fall, 2012): 101-119. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43488463 Mozell C. Hill and Becode C. McCall, ""Cracker Culture": A Preliminary Definition," Phylon 11:3 (3rd Qtr., 1950): 223-31. https://www.jstor.org/stable/272007 Google Books Ngram Viewer "white of you" https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=white+of+you&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cwhite%20of%20you%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cwhite%20of%20you%3B%2Cc1 John Stapler and Faye Goldberg, "The Black and White Symbolic Matrix" (1973) https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED085461.pdf Mark Liberman, "Ask Language Log: "...white of you" (4 June 2011) https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3179 Man of Constant Sorrow: John Garst, ""Man of Constant Sorrow": Antecedents and Tradition" Country Music Annual 2002 (University Press of Kentucky, 2002). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt130ht6t.6 "Ralph Stanley" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stanley#Biography Carl Lindahl, "Thrills and Miracles: Legends of Lloyd Chandler," Special Double Issue: Advocacy Issues in Folklore Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 41, No. 2/3 (May-December, 2004): 133-71. See also Barbara Chandler's work in the same issue. https://www.jstor.org/stable/i291343 Robert Johnson and the Crossroads: Scanned copy of Robert Johnson's Death Certificate: https://web.archive.org/web/20160305144848/http://blues.jfrewald.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/cert_back.jpg Robert Johnson, Essential Mississippi Delta Blues, Full Album: https://youtu.be/fDfPHQux51A Philip J. Deloria, "Broadway and Main: Crossroads, Ghost Roads, and Paths to American Studies' Future," American Quarterly 61, 1 (2009) Ayana Smith, "Blues, Criticism, and the Signifying Trickster," Popular Music 24, 2 (2005) Pappy O'Daniel: W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel Radio Broadcast, August 1941. Full broadcast available at https://youtu.be/inJQ7swZxuw Jefferey Jenkins and Justin Peck, "Building Toward Major Policy Change: Congressional Action on Civil Rights, 1941-1950," Law and History Review 31, 1 (2013) David Witwer, "The Racketeer Menace and Antiunionism in Mid-Twentieth Century US," International Labor and Working-Class History 74 (2008) Dapper Dan: Pomade Shop: https://pomadeshop.com/en/pomades/pomades-for-beginners/832/dapper-dan-men-s-pomade Rockabilly Rules: https://www.rockabilly-rules.com/en/Dapper-Dan-Mens-Pomade.html
It is my pleasure to welcome one of the nation’s top folklorists and folklore administrators Peggy Bulger to the Florida Folk Show Podcast. Peggy’s career began in Florida when she was named Florida’s State Folk Arts Coordinator in 1975, a year later she became the administrator of the Florida Folklife Program for 13 years. Bulger left in 1989 to work 10 years as the Folk Arts Director and Senior Program Officer for the Southern Arts Federation in Atlanta. In 1999, she was named director of Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center – only the second person to hold that post since the Center’s creation in 1976 (Florida folklorist Alan Jabbour was the founding director). Bulger retired from her position as Director of the American Folklife Center (AFC) at the Library of Congress on December 31, 2011. I met Peggy when she first came to Florida and traveled with her to visit a few folklore legends. As she put together the state’s first Folklore directory and have followed her career ever since. In fact, she was the one who first told me about Mary Smith McClain – the legendary Diamond Teeth Mary. Since Mary was in Bradenton and I was in St. Pete, Peggy asked me if I would give Mary a ride to White Springs to perform in the Florida Folk Festival. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/floridafolkshow/support
Whitey Markle was a proud and defiant defender of Florida’s environment, animals, lands and especially water. Like the late songwriting legend Bobby Hicks, the famous Game Commission biologist songwriter Dale Crider and the 400-song Patriarch of Florida Folk Music, Frank Thomas, Whitey was unforgiving to those who dared despoil Florida, throw a cigarette out a car window, leave litter on a beach, dig holes to drain wetlands, clear cut miles of forest and throw up trailer parks in natural prairies. I can see him right now, face red as fire, his vitriol boiling over with anger towards cowardly politicians and Councilman and the faceless corporations that dare to cross his path. Yet he had a soft touch that could silence an angry room with songs that made you feel the old Ocklawaha flow through your veins as the room grows quiet and shy like the squirrel who perches like a statue until we all safely walk by. Whitey, I knew and respected you every day since we first met at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival and we offer this podcast in your honor, to the bears and panthers and gators and mullet and those vanishing parts of Florida we can still see and feel, which you helped preserve. We present your first appearance at the Florida Folk Festival, including Cousin Thelma’s introduction, as well as your last FFF appearance. And we have your appearances at many environmental meetings, standing like a vicious bantam rooster before governments, the bad guys, the people who want to do things like they did up north where they had to leave because it was so bad. Remember, Whitey and rest in peace knowing you have trained and educated an Army of protectors, a veritable militia who will use their binoculars and notepads and phone cameras to keep watch over Florida and bring to justice the bastards whom I hope your memory will haunt the rest of their days. Richard “Whitey” Markle, a man like no other in Florida history. Courageous, bold, stubborn yet sweet in his own Florida cracker way. I hope you enjoy this Tribute to Whitey produced by Tim Valle from everything we could quickly get our hands on at the last minute. And thank you for watching the Florida Folk Show podcast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/floridafolkshow/support
In which we take you on a virtual journey to one of our favorite yearly destinations: The Florida Folk Festival!
Inside a mobile studio on the banks of the Suwannee River during the 1997 Florida Folk Festival the legendary Diamond Teeth Mary McClain sat down with Liz Pennock to record "Old Folks at Home." This was Mary's last known studio recording, she was 96 at the time. Inside the studio Leslie Gaines interviewed Mary and filmed some of the recording session. Pete has boxes of Leslie's old Betacam tapes from the 1997 Florida Folk Festival that Tim is digitizing. Included among those tapes, and presented here for the first time, is that interview with Diamond Teeth Mary and two alternate takes from the "Old Folks at Home" recording session. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/floridafolkshow/support
This is an all music episode featuring live recordings from the 2019 Florida Folk Festival. The Florida Boys play "High Tide", Tom Scudiero (w/Bart Hanchey & J. Robert) play "Red Tide" and Whitey Markle & The Swamprooters play "The Poor Old Ocklawaha". All three songs were performed at the River Gazebo during the 2019 Florida Folk Fest. The audio was recorded by Tim Valle. Enjoy these three songs about Florida's waters. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/floridafolkshow/support
This is the first in a series of short episodes from The Florida Folk Show Podcast documenting our time at the 2019 Florida Folk Festival. In this episode we interview Ethel McDonald from Marie's Home Canning. She discusses canning and how her mom, Marie Norris, started the business. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/floridafolkshow/support
Thursday afternoon performances at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1) courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
Thursday afternoon performances at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1) courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory
Are women more adventurous than men when it comes to the RV lifestyle? Some estimates put the number of female RVers traveling alone as much as 30 percent. That may be a bit high, but not by much, because it's been our experience that solo women travelers do indeed make up a huge segment of the RVing community. In this episode of the podcast, Jennifer will introduce you to three such solo travelers who will share their traveling expertise on everything from staying safe to the RV adventures they have on the road. Plus your questions, RV news and Tips and much more. [spp-player] Show Notes for Episode #179 Feb. 14 2018 of Roadtreking - The RV Podcast: WHAT MIKE AND JENNIFER ARE UP TO THIS WEEK [spp-timestamp time="2:25"] This episode is coming to you from Manatee Springs State Park in Chiefland, Florida, near the famed Suwanee River. The Suwannee River is a federally designated wild river. Mike and Jennifer recording this episode from the picnic table at their camping site at We were at the Jacksonville RV show over the weekend. A shoutout to Ron and Sharri Chafin who were the first to meet us. They brought a very nice birthday gift for Jennifer! We are camping on the Suwanee River, which is the only major waterway in the southeastern United States that is still unspoiled. The Suwanee flows from the Okefenokee Swamp in southern Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. It winds for almost 266 miles through swamps, high limestone banks, hammocks of hardwood, and salt marshes. It also has fifty-five springs along the way. But besides that, it's particularly famous because of Stephen Foster. He became America's first professional songwriter in the 1800s. He wrote more than 200 songs with tunes and lyrics that captured the heart and spirit of the nation. While writing “Old Folks at Home,” Foster had difficulty finding the right words to complete a verse joining his image of a beautiful river and longings for family and home. According to legend, his brother suggested the Suwannee River after consulting a world atlas. The words fit, and “Way down upon the Suwannee River” was on its way to making the Suwannee River famous around the world. Foster never visited Florida and he never saw the Suwannee River. Nevertheless, since 1935, it has also been Florida's state song. In the 1950s, land was acquired on the Suwannee River at White Springs. The land was developed into the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. Shortly thereafter, the Florida Folk Festival was established to highlight the state's cultural history and traditions. This portion of the Podcast is brought to you by Campers Inn, the RVer's trusted resource for over 50 years, the nation's largest family-operated RV dealership with 19 locations and growing JENNIFER'S TIP OF THE WEEK [spp-timestamp time="13:11"] It can be hard to pack enough clothes for RV trips sometimes, especially if you are on the road for protracted periods of time. Doing laundry can be a challenge, too, as often the washers and dryers at campgrounds are all being used. At one of our recent Roadtreking gatherings, one of our fellow campers shared how they handle dirty laundry while traveling. Steve uses “Wash and Go” services at local laundrymat., And be sure to send me your tips and suggestions for the RV lifestyle. You can use the “Leave Voicemail” link at Roadtreking.com. Just click it and then use the built-in microphone on your computer or mobile devise to record a message to me. You can do it over as many times as you want, until you are satisfied. And then you just click a button and it comes right to my email inbox. I love hearing from you! Jennifer's tip of the week is brought to you by RadPower Bikes ,an electric bike manufacturer offering direct to consumer pricing on powerful premium electric bikes. Now with free shipping Mike and Jennifers' Rad Power Bikes at the Manatee Springs State Park campsite in Florida LISTENER QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK [spp-timestamp time...
1997 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1999 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1999 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1997 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1998 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1997 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1991 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Liz Pennock played the piano while Dr. Blues played the guitar.
1998 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1982 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2002 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2002 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1988 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Liz Pennock played the piano while Dr. Blues played the guitar.
1994 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Patchwork was a five-member female bluegrass/folk string band from Gainesville, led by Cathy DeWitt.
1993 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1982 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1994 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Florida, My Florida was the state song from 1913 until it was replaced by Old Folks at Home in 1935.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Chuck Hardwicke - guitar/vocals; Karen Newman - mandolin; Pete Succi - guitar/banjo; Alita Succi - autoharp/whistle; Stan Geberer - harmonica.
1994 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Simple Gifts, of Tampa, featured Cheryl (autoharp) and Ray Belanger (guitar).
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1997 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1997 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1991 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2006 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Crider played guitar and sang. He was accompanied by Red Henry (fiddle), Barbara Johnson (bass), John Hitchcock (banjo), James Walsh (flute), Chris Henry (mandolin), and Heidi Walsh (drum).
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2006 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Grooms was married to the late Don Grooms. Her band, the Boys Under the Hood, consisted of Sonny Edwards (guitar), Tom Shed (banjo), Doc Bowlin (dobro), Oppie Poindexter (mandolin), and Tim Demass (bass).
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Chuck Hardwicke - guitar/vocals; Karen Newman - mandolin; Pete Succi - guitar/banjo; Alita Succi - autoharp/whistle; Stan Geberer - harmonica
1988 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1981 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2001 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida. Chuck Hardwicke - guitar/vocals; Karen Newman - mandolin; Pete Succi - guitar/banjo; Alita Succi - autoharp/whistle; Stan Geberer - harmonica
1995 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
2003 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
1996 Florida Folk Festival recording by Florida Memory Program, State Archives of Florida.
Recorded May 1970 at the Stephen Foster Center, Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida.
Recorded May 30, 1993 by Janet Stainer at the Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida.
Recorded May 28, 1995 at the Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida.
Recorded: May 29, 1993 by Nancy Buchanan at the Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida.
Recorded: September 4, 1977 at the Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida.
Join Cathy as she takes you on a virtual trip to the 62nd annual Florida Folk Festival, where she recently performed with many other fine and fun Floridians. This festival, held on Memorial Day weekend at the Stephen Foster State Park along the banks of the beautiful Suwanee River, is the longest running folk festival in the country! You'll learn how these folks use music to support causes they care about, and hear behind-the-scenes stories of late-night campsite song circles. With Amy Carol Webb, Elaine Mahon, Grant Livingston, Kathy Zavada, Janet Rucker, and Patchwork.