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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

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