Name/Title
MAD Festival, 1981Entry/Object ID
2007-012.A297NDescription
MAD Festival, 1981. These fifteen color film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using at least three different film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are repeated one or more times. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to which film roll they originally came from. Each of these groups will be assigned a lower-case letter to go along with the physical numbers on the strips (ex: 1a, 2a, 3a, 1b, 2b, 3b, etc.) to help differentiate between images. The images in group "a" show various activities and performances at the 1981 MAD Festival. The 1981 MAD Fest had a Mountain Man Rendezvous theme. Image 2a shows a drummer and a saxophonist performing on a stage. Both of these musicians are facing toward the right-hand side of the image. Image 3a shows the same group performing as in the previous image. This image shows the saxophonist facing toward the camera. The drummer is near the right-hand edge of the image. Image 4a shows a man with a goatee in a suit speaking to a man with a goatee wearing a cowboy hat, a suit, and a bolo tie. The men are looking at eachother. Image 5a shows a musical group performing on stage. There is a woman in a dress and hat singing into a microphone with her arms spread out. She is holding a man's hat in her right hand. Behind her is a seated man playing an accordion. To the left of the man playing accordion is a woman who appears to be playing a kettle drum. Image 6a shows a man in a cowboy hat seated behind a food sales counter. To the man's left is a cash register, and beyond the register is a machine which reads "PEPSI." To the man's right in the image foreground is a plastic cooler with a bumper sticker on it which reads "I BRAKE FOR ARTESIANS." Image 7a shows a bearded man in a fur hat and a jacket with fur fringe on the shoulder. The image was captured from behind the man, and he is seated amongst several other people. Image 8a shows a woman in a cowboy hat holding a box which appears to have German text on it. She is amongst a crowd of spectators, and the woman playing the kettle drum from image 5a is visible in the background. A plow is also visible on a platform in the background. Image 9a shows two women and one man standing in a small room. The woman nearer to the camera is wearing a long coat, and the man is wearing a light jacket with a plaid shirt underneath. The second woman is mostly obscured behind the man. Image 10a shows a woman having copies of vinyl record albums by The Mom and Dads being signed by members of The Mom and Dads. Doris A. Crow, a member of The Mom and Dads is the member of the musical group nearest the camera, and she appears to be speaking to the woman who is getting the albums signed. Ms. Crow and her two bandmates visible in the image are wearing matching vests. Image 11a shows a male member of the Moms and Dads speaking to a woman while holding a vinyl record album and a pen in his hands. Image 12a shows a woman in a plaid vest speaking to a woman with glasses wearing a blazer. A man in a suit and tie is partially visible in the background. This man appears to be Ed Bagley. Image 13a shows Mark Brown speaking to a man in a raccoon-skin cap and fringed leather jacket. A woman with glasses is putting her right hand on Mr. Brown's right arm. Image 18a shows one man in a cowboy hat playing fiddle and a second man in a cowboy hat playing guitar on a stage. Image 19a shows a man playing a resonator banjo, one playing an accordion, and one playing a guitar on a stage. Image 20a shows a seated man playing an autoharp on stage. Partially visible in the backgrounds of images 19a and 20a is a banner which reads "LACEY MAD FALL FEST" and "1981." Image 21a shows Kay Boyd in a cowboy hat looking toward a man who is partially visible in the left-hand very near foreground. A man with a garter or similar item around his bicep is at the right-hand side of the image. Image 26a shows a woman in an elaborate 1920s-style gown and feathered headpiece singing into a microphone. The image is oriented horizontally. Image 27a shows the same woman, but this image is oriented vertically. Image 28a shows a man in traditional Scottish dress holding a set of bagpipes. There are two children in the foreground. Image 29a shows a woman in a paisley-patterned skirt singing into a microphone. To her left is a man playing guitar, and to her right is a man playing fiddle. Image 30a shows a seated woman with a cowboy hat with a large feather hanging down past her right shoulder. Image 31a shows two men in fur hats and other frontiersman-style clothing. One is speaking into a microphone. Several other men in similar clothing are visible in the background. Image 32a shows what appears to be a military band playing on stage. There are approximately 25 members in the band. The entire stage is shown in this image. Image 33a shows the same band playing, but the photographer has moved closer to the performers. Image 34a shows two men speaking near a set of stands in a gymnasium. The man on the left (Joe Illing) is holding a beverage can in his right hand. In the top right corner is a sign pointing toward the women's rest room. Image 35a shows two men and one woman speaking outdoors. The man on the right (Dick Pust) is wearing a suit and tie. The man on the left is Joe Illing, who is wearing a blazer and a v-neck sweater. The woman is only barely visible at the right-hand edge of the image. Image 36a shows a woman in a frontier-style dress eith very long fringe cutting a seated man's hair. They are outdoors, and there is a teepee partially visible in the top right quadrant of the image. Image 37a (this image has no physical number, but it immediately follows image 36a) shows approximately one dozen people in frontier-style dress in an outdoor setting near two teepees and several other tent-like structures. The images in group "b" show various activities and perfromances from the 1981 MAD Fest. Image 2b shows a man in a plaid shirt and a cow-print vest looking at items on a jewelry display table. Many other people are visible milling around in this image. Image 3b shows five adults and one child looking at a rotating rack display of spherical Christmas ornaments. Image 4b shows two women standing near a display of paintings or photographs. The woman nearer the camera is facing away from the camera. A portion of a flower-print, fringed tent is visible in the top-right corner of the image. Image 5b shows an adult and a child, both in jackets, standing in front of a ski-ball game or similar carnival game. There is a man in a hooded sweatshirt standing behind a nearby counter. There are prizes hanging on the wall behind the man. Image 10b shows a man in a baseball cap and a windbreaker looking at a flat panel which reads "FIBER ART" across the top. There are flowers and other decorative items on nearby tables. Image 11b shows a long wall with many paintings and/or photographs hanging from it. Image 12b shows one woman and one man viewing some of the paintings or photographs hanging from the wall. Image 13b shows an individual painting of a woman with a large nose ring. Image 18b shows the musical group The Mom and Dads performing on stage. Four members are visible playing, and the bass drum on the drum set reads "The Mom and Dads." Images 19b and 20b are nearly identical to image 18b. Image 21b shows four women performing a belly dance. Image 26b shows a woman in a frontier-style dress with very long fringe looking over a large pot and one frying pan cooking over two separate fire pits. Image 27b shows two men in frontier-style dress wearing caps. One of the caps appears to read "LIBERTY OR DEATH." There is a teepee visible in the background. Image 28b shows a man in frontier-style dress loading a musket. Imge 29b shows the man firing the musket. Image 30b shows a man holding a rifle pointed diagonally up in the air. The man's jacket has hand prints on the upper arm. Image 31b shows the man from the previous image aiming his musket. Image 32b shows four or five people in frontier-style dress in a field. There is a tree branch hanging down in the foreground. There is a man in a hat with feathers hanging off the back walking toward the center of the image. Image 33b is very similar to the previous image, but the man with the feathered hat is not visible. Image 34b shows a man holding a balloon sitting in a large grassy area. There is a small child seated next to him on the ground. Image 35b shows several people standing in front of an outdoor food stand. The stand has the Pepsi logo on it in several locations. Image 36b shows a bearded man in glasses looking toward the camera, and a child partially visible in the foreground. Ken Balsley believed this man to be Louie Balukoff. A portion of Marcus Pavilion is visible in the background. The images in group "c" show people inside or immediately outside of Marcus Pavilion. Image 1c shows two women posing for a photo outside. The woman on the left is wearing round-lensed glasses, cowboy boots, and what appears to be a snakeskin jacket. The woman on the right is wearing three feathers in her hair. Image 18c shows a man (Eldon Marshall) inside Marcus Pavilion wearing a t-shirt which reads "OLYMPIA SUPERSTAR." Image 19c shows a man in a cap and a t-shirt which reads "THE MR. BILL SHOW." Image 20c shows four men and one woman posing for a photo. These five people are the Olympia team participating in the MAD Cap Cup, a light-hearted competition held between the cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater at several of the MAD Fests. The leftmost man is wearing a t-shirt which reads "FEARLESS FREDDIE." Image 21c shows approximately twelve people seated on the stands in Marcus Pavilion. The person second-closest to the camera is Father John Scott.
The Mom and Dads were a Western-style folk music group from Spokane, Washington. Mark Brown and Kay Boyd were both mayors of Lacey. Ed Bagley was the editor and owner of the Lacey Leader. Father John Scott was president of Saint Martin's College. Joe Illing was at one time the advertising editor for the Lacey Leader newspaper, and later went into real estate. Ken Balsley believed that Joe Illing was the president of the 1981 Lacey MAD Fest. Eldon Marshall was the city supervisor for the City of Olympia.
Printed at intervals along one edge of each of these strips is "KODAK SAFETY FILM 5075."Made/Created
Date made
1981 - 1981Place
City
LaceyCounty
ThurstonState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaNotes
Film Size: 35 mm
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Dick PustPerson or Organization
Joe Illing