Name/Title
MAD Festival, Unknown DatesEntry/Object ID
2007-012.C306PDescription
MAD Festival, unknown dates. These ten black and white film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images were created using four different film rolls, so some of the physical numbers on the strips are repeated. For the purposes of this description, these strips will be grouped according to which film roll they originally came from. Each of the 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 woodcarvings, ballet dancers, a musical performance, and a baton twirler. Image 29a shows a woodcarving of a sea captain. Image 30a shows a Pacific Northwest native american-style woodcarving of a bird which appears to be a duck. Image 31a shows a Pacific Northwest native american-style carving of an orca whale. Image 32a shows a male ballet dancer holding a female ballet dancer up over his head. Image 33a shows the female ballet dancer with her right arm up in the air and her right leg lifted out in front of her. The male ballet dancer is behind her, but he is almost completely obscured by the female dancer. Image 34a shows the male ballet dancer lifting the female dancer. The female dancer's arms are in a ring over her head. Her right leg is lifted out in front of her. Image 35a shows the female dancer with her arms in a ring over her head. The male dancer is holding her and lowering her near to the ground. Image 36a is nearly identical to image 35a. Image 37a shows the female dancer seated on the male dancer's right shoulder. Image 38a is too underexposed to make anything out. Image 39a shows a man with a mustache singing into a microphone on stage. The top portion of a large speaker is visible in the bottom foreground. A large conga drum is visible at the left-hand edge of the image frame. Image 40a shows a man with a handlebar mustache playing an electric keyboard or organ on stage. Image 41a shows the man shown in image 39a and a woman both singing into microphones on stage. A man playing electric guitar is visible near the left-hand edge of the image frame. Image 43a shows the whole band playing on stage. The visible instruments being played are: electric guitar, electric bass, saxophone, conga drums and keyboard/electric organ. A portion of the crowd is visible along the bottom edge of the image. Image 44a shows the band's saxophone player at the center of the image. Partially visible behind him are the guitarist and the bassist. Image 1a shows the band on stage. The female vocalist is holding her left hand up in the air. Image 2a shows a young woman performing a baton-twirling act. Image 3a shows a man in a suit speaking or singing into a microphone. He is gesturing with his left hand. Image 4a shows a woman in a dress looking up in the air and holding out her right hand. She may be performing a baton-twirling act, but the baton is not visible in the image frame. The images in group "b" show three young women riding on a parade float, a man shooting a revolver, and various floats in a parade. Image 17b is extremely faded, but appears to show a portion of the audience at the Capital Lakefair. Images 18b and 19b are nearly identical to image 17b, although they are slightly less faded. Image 20b shows a portion of the crowd at the left-hand side of the image. Image 21b shows a parade float with a replica of the Washington State Capitol on the back end. This image was captured from approximately 100 feet from the float. Image 24b shows three young women riding on a parade float. The woman at the center is wearing a tiara and a sash which reads "LACEY FESTIVAL." There is a large, upper-case, cursive letter L at the front of the float. Image 25b is very similar to the previous image, but the photographer has zoomed out or backed away from the subject. Image 26b shows a man firing a revolver near a small group of onlookers. He appears to be demonstrating quick drawing. He appears to have just fired the revolver, as there is a cloud of smoke at the center of the image. Image 27b is similar to the previous image, but the man is not holding the gun. Image 28b is nearly identical to image 26b. Image 35b shows the dance group in plaid outfits holding their arms out to the sides. Image 36b shows the same float shown in images 24b and 25b. In this image, all three of the young women are waving. The entirtey of the float is visible in this image. Image 37b is similar to the previous image, but the photographer has moved closer to the float. The front end of the float is outside of the image frame. The images in group "c" show various dance and musical groups performing. Image 23c shows a dance group in Polynesian-style dress performing in front of an audience. The audience occupies the left-hand side of the image frame. Image 24c shows a dance group made up of men and women in European folk dress performing a dance. All of the dancers are lifting one foot up off the ground. The dancer furthest to the left is holding a hat in his right hand. Image 25c shows the same dance group as in the previous image. The man at the center of the group is looking down toward the floor. Image 26c shows the same dance group as in the previous two images. Here the dancers are standing in a line. Image 27c shows a rock band performing on an outdoor stage. A portion of the audience is visible in the lower half of the image. As indicated by a large sign on the stage, the band appears to be called "PH Factor." Image 28c shows the same band performing, but the photographer has moved up to the side of the stage. The band is visible at the right-hand side of the image. Image 35c shows a woman and a small child in grass skirts performing a dance. Image 36c shows three women and two men performing a dance or aerobics routine. The three women are standing on top of boxes. The two men are doing handstands with their knees bent and their legs hanging downward in back. Image 37c is similar to the previous image, but the men appear to be doing flips. Image 38c is similar to the previous two images, but one of the male dancers is assisting the other male dancer perform a backflip. The images in group "d" show young women in formal attire holding bouquets of flowers. Image 36d shows three young women in formal attire holding bouquets of flowers. Two of the young women are hugging. Image 37d is similar to the previous image, but four women are in the image. One is wearing a tiara. Image 38d shows one young woman in a tiara holding a bouquet of flowers. She is facing toward the camera. Image 39d shows the same woman in profile. Image 40d shows the women smiling. Image 41d is nearly identical to image 38d.
The parade shown in some of the images described above was part of the Capital Lakefair, not MAD Fest.Made/Created
Date made
1967 - 1981Place
City
LaceyCounty
ThurstonState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaNotes
Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic EmulsionLexicon
Search Terms
Events, Performances, MAD Festival, Lake Fair, Saint Martin's University, Marcus Pavilion