Oregon Trail Pageants Web Survey

Before filling out the following survey form you will need to read the Instructions page for a detailed explanation of your rights and the survey's purpose.

Your First Name:

Your Last Name:

Contact Information for Follow-up Questions

Email:

Phone:

Mailing Address:

Preferred means for contacting you:  [check all that apply]

Email
Phone
Mailing Address

What years were you involved in the pageants:  [check all that apply]

Eugene, 1926: Klatawa, A Pageant of Transportation
Eugene, 1929: The Sunset Trail
Eugene, 1934: The Oregon Trail
Eugene, 1937: The Oregon Trail:Chain Up With the West
Salem, 1940: Salem Centennial Pageant
Eugene, 1941: The Oregon Trail: Trail to Rail
Klamath Falls, 1946: Oregon Trail: Southern Route. 1846--Klamath Basin Centennial--Wagon Road to Skyroad
Eugene, 1947: The Oregon Trail Pageant, 1847 -- Lane County Centennial - 1947
Eugene, 1950: The Oregon Trail Pageant: The Oregon Trail 1850-1950
Roseburg, 1952: The Umpqua Cavalcade: Douglas County Centennial

Please list the role(s) you held with the pageant (audience member, onstage actor and/or technical support):

What is your first memory of the pageants?

How did you become involved in the pageants?

To the best of your knowledge, please describe a "typical" rehearsal for the pageants.  Were there any "atypical" rehearsals?

To the best of your knowledge, please describe a "typical" performance of the pageants. Were there any "atypical" performances?

Please describe any of the following people you may have worked with/known:

Doris Smith

Horace Robinson

Cal Young

Mildred LeCompte Moore

W.F.G. Thatcher

Margory Ramey

What is your most memorable/significant experience with the pageants?

What types of related pageant activities (such as dances, parades, concerts, etc) did you participate in?

Please describe the atmosphere of the community during a pageant weekend.

If you were talking to an 8-year-old today, how would you sum up what the pageants were?

What else would you like to say about the pageants or your experiences with them?

Thank you for participating in this survey.

Please note that by submitting this survey form you are agreeing to let me, as researcher, use any of the information provided (except for any personal and contact information) for my research. Any use of direct quotations will be attributed to you, the author. Before submitting this survey form you will need to read the Instructions page for a detailed explanation of your rights and the survey's purpose.

I will email you a confirmation notice. If you do not receive a confirmation email within the next 48 hours, please contact me at pageant@voelkermorris.com , and let me know when you sent the survey form. I will then let you know whether or not the survey was received.

Again, thank you for taking part in this study!

Julie Voelker-Morris