Branch Guidelines for Archiving:
This page was assembled for Comhaltas branches but is applicable to any organization.

1. Every branch should record its musical events, including:

• 1.1 ceilis
• 1.2 organized concerts
• 1.3 workshops where teachers are lecturing and playing
• 1.4 performance events where admission is charged and a sound system is used.

Note: You may require high profile teachers/lecturers to sign a release form,
to assure them that your recording will be used for archival purposes only.

but NOT including:

• 1.5 sessions
• 1.6 workshops where teachers are sharing with individual students
• 1.7 playing of workshop students

2. Every branch will need:

• 2.1 some recording equipment, such as a cassette deck with cables to connect to a sound board
• 2.2 tapes and volunteers to make the tapes

3. Each branch should keep a log book of everything it records for the archive, including:

• 3.1 tape number and date
• 3.2 branch and event identification
• 3.3 tape side
• 3.4 musicians and/or speakers
• 3.5 list of tunes (songs, stories, etc.) played and tape meter number.
• If the band has a written set list, get a copy before the event.
• Musicians can never remember what they played, or in what order, after an event.
• Officers and members
• Photographs
• Flyers, posters
• Other publicity, such as newspaper articles
• Hall of Fame honorees
• Videos

Ted McGraw & Trish Callaghan, 2/6/02