WEBVTT 00:07:39.554 --> 00:07:50.099 - Well, first we started off with a South African funeral song and then made a very natural segue into 00:07:50.099 --> 00:08:00.957 - a French-Canadian mouth music piece called Re La Bouche, in which Abbey Ladin and Evie Ladin and Mariel 00:08:00.957 --> 00:08:03.358 - Abel did the footwork. 00:08:08.450 --> 00:08:15.587 - get some more of that at 9.15 over the First Presbyterian Church when they join their group, Tongue 00:08:15.587 --> 00:08:23.296 - and Groove. You'll be seeing Sam later on in the set. And this group is made up of a lot of great musicians 00:08:23.296 --> 00:08:30.505 - here in Bloomington. And it's also made up of many great audience members such as yourself. So we're 00:08:30.505 --> 00:08:37.214 - now going to make another natural segue to a Swedish Waltz. It's kind of a mouth music piece. 00:08:37.890 --> 00:08:46.256 - mouth music is called Tralning, and this one I borrow from a Swedish waltz called Vardedud Vardag, which 00:08:46.256 --> 00:08:54.940 - means, was it you or was it me who danced so wild last night? Something like that. And it's very appropriate 00:08:54.940 --> 00:09:02.270 - for the Lotus experience, because I asked myself that question this morning. So here we go. 00:14:18.050 --> 00:14:25.061 - learned from a coal miner who died about five years ago at the age of 99, Nimrod Workman. He learned 00:14:25.061 --> 00:14:32.350 - it from his Cherokee Indian grandfather who fought during the Civil War. And the song's called Quiloque. 00:17:24.130 --> 00:17:33.357 - Scott Robinson on percussion. My family visited Lotus Dickey on the day before he went into the hospital 00:17:33.357 --> 00:17:42.496 - for the first and last time and the only other time when he was as sick as he was with leukemia at that 00:17:42.496 --> 00:17:49.790 - time was when he was very young, 13 years old, he was looking out the window as he 00:17:50.722 --> 00:17:57.581 - to us because my kids were gathering all these hickory nuts and he saw them there and it reminded him 00:17:57.581 --> 00:18:04.306 - of this time when he was really sick. Looking out the window he saw these squirrels and Lotus was a 00:18:04.306 --> 00:18:11.031 - very keen observer of nature and he always tried to to read signs from these critters out there and 00:18:11.031 --> 00:18:17.756 - he saw these squirrels just flying from limb to limb and he thought well if he ate what they ate he 00:18:17.756 --> 00:18:20.446 - would be as lean and spry as they were. 00:18:21.410 --> 00:18:28.167 - And so he said, he explained to us that he got this whole bushel full of hickory nuts and started eating 00:18:28.167 --> 00:18:34.924 - them. And there's a verse in the song called Bushy Tale that I learned from Lotus Dickey, another really 00:18:34.924 --> 00:18:41.424 - good friend of, I mean, that I learned from Dylan Buston, but there's a verse that I wrote for Lotus 00:18:41.424 --> 00:18:43.998 - Dickey in here. It's called Bushy Tale. 00:19:18.562 --> 00:19:19.198 - the bay. 00:22:52.162 --> 00:23:00.398 - out of the depths of despair and dreams of flying, and it draws on a 14th century Italian Laude, but 00:23:00.398 --> 00:23:02.110 - it's called Pegasus. 00:30:46.594 --> 00:30:56.830 - I'm not. 00:33:35.010 --> 00:33:40.766 - wrote this song, she was two months old and she looked very much like a potato. 00:39:38.882 --> 00:39:52.875 - welcome Claudio Buchwald and Sam Bartlett. We're now going to sail away. And it's been wonderful playing 00:39:52.875 --> 00:40:06.735 - for you, Claudio and Sam and Abby playing a group called The Monks. And if you don't have their CD that 00:40:06.735 --> 00:40:08.734 - just came out, 00:40:09.570 --> 00:40:21.878 - You ought to. It's great. Would you like to be over here? That'd be fine if you want. We're just going 00:40:21.878 --> 00:40:34.305 - to go from this point on out there into the streets and enjoy the rest of this music. Thank you so much 00:40:34.305 --> 00:40:38.846 - for coming. This has been really fun. 00:48:09.858 --> 00:48:17.048 - I'm a townie. I was born and raised in Bloomington and this is my third year at the Lotus Music Festival 00:48:17.048 --> 00:48:24.170 - and I'm loving it. I'm volunteering at BCAT right now and we have our first interviewee. His name is... 00:48:24.170 --> 00:48:31.086 - My name is Thaddeus J. Holmes. And he's a musician in town. He plays for... The Ballroom Rustabouts. 00:48:31.086 --> 00:48:35.742 - They call me T-Rex. I'm not a townie. I moved here seven years ago. 00:48:36.290 --> 00:48:41.829 - I came to Lotus Festival for the first time last year and I couldn't believe that I'd missed all the 00:48:41.829 --> 00:48:47.477 - years before. It's usually pretty fun, at least it was last year, so I'm hoping this year will be too. 00:48:47.477 --> 00:48:53.125 - What acts are you looking to see in particular? The good ones. My plan is to see all the good acts and 00:48:53.125 --> 00:48:58.883 - miss all the bad ones. At least that's the plan. We'll see how it works out. What's supposed to be good? 00:48:58.883 --> 00:49:00.638 - What's the word on the streets? 00:49:01.026 --> 00:49:06.381 - Well, I'm taking my little brother around. He's 10 years old, so I'm trying to think of what would be 00:49:06.381 --> 00:49:11.789 - fun for him. I thought Johnny Sacco would be fun, even though it's local. It's part of Lotus Festival. 00:49:11.789 --> 00:49:17.301 - And I've heard the Iris Dement show is supposed to be very good. I saw a movie last night that Barberito 00:49:17.301 --> 00:49:22.551 - Torres, I think it is, was in. So I got to go see him. And other than that, I don't like plans. I'm 00:49:22.551 --> 00:49:27.906 - just going to see what happens. Have you had any food or anything? Not yet. I'm going to go eat right 00:49:27.906 --> 00:49:29.534 - now. We've got Joy Brady here. 00:49:29.634 --> 00:49:36.241 - She's a musician, an entertainer, a volunteer, and she works at The Rise. I do. She's just a wonderful, 00:49:36.241 --> 00:49:42.849 - multifaceted person. She's going to talk about her band that's performing right now and about why she's 00:49:42.849 --> 00:49:49.393 - at the Lotus Music Festival. Ocas de Son is about the best band I've played in. We make money, we play 00:49:49.393 --> 00:49:56.318 - outside of Bloomington, and we get the chance to play at the local tent here at the Lotus Festival, which is 00:49:56.770 --> 00:50:02.223 - One of the best festivals in Bloomington. As a cultural event, it's a top notch. People from all over 00:50:02.223 --> 00:50:07.677 - the world are able to come to our community and play music. People from all over the country are able 00:50:07.677 --> 00:50:13.130 - to come to Bloomington to hear them. Gotta love it. Can you talk a little bit about the Yuba Singers? 00:50:13.130 --> 00:50:18.584 - And even if you're not performing, just talk a little bit about them. Oh, the Yuba Singers, yes. I've 00:50:18.584 --> 00:50:24.144 - been singing acapella in Bloomington for over eight years, closer to 10. And the Yuba Singers is a trio 00:50:24.144 --> 00:50:25.374 - that we sing socially, 00:50:27.394 --> 00:50:34.638 - songs about social justice. Look for more in the future. And how come you're not performing at the Lotus? 00:50:34.638 --> 00:50:41.608 - Because they won't let the xylophone in. That's not true, but... We've got two middle schoolers here. 00:50:41.608 --> 00:50:48.784 - They're dance theater and singing students, so let's hear why they're at the Lotus Music Festival. Well, 00:50:48.784 --> 00:50:54.046 - we first came... What are your names? Oh, my name's Jessica. And I'm Hannah. 00:50:55.938 --> 00:51:04.308 - tickets for the Lotus Festival. And we're here to see all the different performers and what they have 00:51:04.308 --> 00:51:12.842 - to show us. What in particular did you come to see? I don't know, just everything. Do you think there's 00:51:12.842 --> 00:51:21.950 - a lot here for people your age? Probably. I'm not really sure what it has, but... We're just here to find out. 00:51:29.666 --> 00:51:36.442 - Yes, I am. Can you tell us what you do here and why you're at the Lotus Music Festival? I am a professor 00:51:36.442 --> 00:51:42.959 - at the university in the Department of Afro-American Studies and I'm at the Lotus Festival because I 00:51:42.959 --> 00:51:49.734 - like arts and music. What do you teach in particular in the African-American Studies Department? I teach 00:51:49.734 --> 00:51:56.510 - African-American history courses. And are you giving your students extra credit for coming? No, I'm not. 00:52:00.354 --> 00:52:08.064 - I'm encouraging to come, but not for extra credit. Next time I will. So tell us who you're going to 00:52:08.064 --> 00:52:15.775 - hear, or who you came to hear in particular. I just heard a Laotian group with music and dance. I'm 00:52:15.775 --> 00:52:23.793 - going to hear a band from Zimbabwe tonight, and I'm going to hear some Tibetan chants and some cabaret, 00:52:23.793 --> 00:52:30.270 - which is the last act of the evening, yes. So how's the food? Good. The bite I had. 00:52:30.434 --> 00:52:38.182 - It's good. I only had one bite of this. It's a burrito, and it's good. Oye! This is Arturo. He's a jewelry 00:52:38.182 --> 00:52:45.640 - maker and a salsa, merengue, mambo, what have you teacher? King. King. Undre. We want to know why he's 00:52:45.640 --> 00:52:52.881 - at the Lotus Music Festival and what his plans are. Well, I plan to enjoy the music. There are some 00:52:52.881 --> 00:52:55.198 - great bands performing tonight. 00:52:55.330 --> 00:53:01.230 - Down by the 10, there's an orchestra song playing right now. So I was planning on getting me a wristband 00:53:01.230 --> 00:53:06.962 - and just go all over the place. Usually he teaches dance while the orchestra song is playing. Is this 00:53:06.962 --> 00:53:12.749 - the case this evening? Yeah, pretty much. I'm going to be down there and some people are gathering and 00:53:12.749 --> 00:53:18.481 - getting ready to learn some steps. Well, he's going to have to show the camera some. And did you know 00:53:18.481 --> 00:53:22.302 - that he is from Lima, Peru? Are there any musicians from Peru here? 00:53:22.594 --> 00:53:33.070 - Not this year. For the last year a lot, I think it was actually in 1998, some Peruvian singer came, 00:53:33.070 --> 00:53:43.965 - it was Susana Baca. She's an Afro-Peruvian singer, but not this year. And she was fabulous, and he made 00:53:43.965 --> 00:53:47.422 - this ring. And they are dancing. 00:53:53.154 --> 00:54:02.441 - Introduce yourself and your shirt. Oh, I'm Andrew. Hi. How are you? Shirt? Oh, Horseflies. Used to be 00:54:02.441 --> 00:54:11.637 - a great band. Then their bass player died, unfortunately. Colon cancer. Awful. John was a great guy. 00:54:11.637 --> 00:54:20.286 - Are you a musician? No. Why are you at Lotus? I used to play piano, though. Why am I at Lotus? 00:54:21.794 --> 00:54:29.665 - People watching, great music, great stuff. How many years have you been coming? Bloomington is the cultural 00:54:29.665 --> 00:54:37.318 - vortex of the universe. I think we need to catch that on record again. What, cultural vortex? The entire 00:54:37.318 --> 00:54:44.971 - thing. Bloomington is. Bloomington is the cultural vortex of the universe. That is a powerful statement. 00:54:44.971 --> 00:54:48.542 - Okay, we've got police on bikes here keeping our 00:54:48.802 --> 00:54:55.344 - city safe. Isn't Bloomington the safe and civil city? Okay, tell us about your experience with the Lotus 00:54:55.344 --> 00:55:01.698 - Festival as cops on bikes. There isn't really much of one, just everybody's quiet. We're just kind of 00:55:01.698 --> 00:55:08.053 - riding around making sure there's no problems. Have there been any problems so far? That's why I said 00:55:08.053 --> 00:55:14.470 - it's been quiet, no. I'm glad to hear that we're behaving ourselves. Okay, come over here. He's scared 00:55:14.470 --> 00:55:18.270 - of me. Hopefully he won't arrest me. Okay, talk a little bit 00:55:18.434 --> 00:55:23.759 - about why you're here and what the job entails? Basically just to keep the peace and if people need 00:55:23.759 --> 00:55:29.298 - to know where an event is and need to find out directions we can help them there. So no one's even come 00:55:29.298 --> 00:55:34.730 - to speak with you? Oh yes, yes a few people have come because they like the bikes and they'll come to 00:55:34.730 --> 00:55:40.215 - at least speak to us because we're on the bicycles as opposed to being in the cars. So you enjoy being 00:55:40.215 --> 00:55:42.878 - on the bikes better than in the cars? Absolutely. 00:55:44.066 --> 00:55:51.117 - Hope there's no emergencies. Are you guys going to hear any of the music or are you guys stuck outside? 00:55:51.117 --> 00:55:57.897 - We'll be outside. But are you enjoying any of the local acts outside in the tents? Absolutely. Yes. 00:55:57.897 --> 00:56:05.083 - Is that it, boys? Okay, the beer god is here. Can you please state your full name and all the restaurants 00:56:05.083 --> 00:56:10.846 - and bars you own and tend and explain what you're doing at the Lotus Music Festival? 00:56:11.490 --> 00:56:18.750 - Well, we're here with the Bloomington Brewing Company, and we're thrilled to be a part of Lotus. It's 00:56:18.750 --> 00:56:26.010 - always a lot of magical moments every year. So we're just happy to be a part of it and have everybody 00:56:26.010 --> 00:56:33.271 - drinking good beer and eating good food with soul. So explain to me what beers are here and why these 00:56:33.271 --> 00:56:40.958 - particular beers were chosen. Well, our flagship beer is the Quarryman Pale Ale. A lot of hops, unfiltered. 00:56:42.498 --> 00:56:49.709 - It seems to be the beer that everybody likes in town. So we always bring that out to an event like this. 00:56:49.709 --> 00:56:56.644 - People love it. It's a bitter, hoppy beer. As good as any pale ale in the Midwest, I'm convinced. So 00:56:56.644 --> 00:57:03.649 - what's your motto? Have more fun. And you can achieve that way? More beer. Sounds good. Do you get to 00:57:03.649 --> 00:57:11.134 - hear any of the events? I'm going to go see some reggae right now. Hi, I'm here with Peter Lobelow, director 00:57:13.122 --> 00:57:20.332 - magazine, newsletter, what have you, and he's going to talk a bit about why he's at the Lotus Music 00:57:20.332 --> 00:57:28.118 - Festival and how they've been advertising the Lotus Music Festival and writing articles, etc. Well actually 00:57:28.118 --> 00:57:35.545 - the writer was the first newspaper to sponsor the Lotus Music Festival in its first year. So that year 00:57:35.545 --> 00:57:39.582 - and ever since then we've been a co-presenter and we've 00:57:40.034 --> 00:57:46.440 - Since we're monthly, we come out a month prior to the event. We're the first print media to cover and 00:57:46.440 --> 00:57:52.909 - to preview the event. Is that enough? And then post-Lotus, what do you do? Post-Lotus, there's no such 00:57:52.909 --> 00:57:59.252 - thing as post-Lotus. No, I mean you interview people and there's articles. Post-Lotus, you get ready 00:57:59.252 --> 00:58:05.658 - for the next Lotus. Lotus is a continuing process that never ends. It just grows and grows and grows. 00:58:05.658 --> 00:58:08.798 - It's like that movie The Blob with Steve McQueen. 00:58:10.594 --> 00:58:13.854 - I think that should do it. That was a pretty good end quote. Thank you.