Michigan Womyn's Music Festival 2011, "Bronco (Tries To) Talk About Her Donated Shirt", Bronco and Marcia Schwemer, Oceania County, Michigan, 2014/08/11

Interviewer: Okay, you’re recording here with me.

Schwemer: All right. Hi, I’m Marcia, and I volunteer at the June Mazer Lesbian Archives, and I am here with Bronco Moonwater from–

Moonwater: Portland, Oregon.

Schwemer: And can you tell us about this shirt that you’re donating?

Moonwater: This shirt is a shirt from the Toledo Troopers Women’s Professional Football Team that were champions in the–from ‘71 to ‘79

[phone rings]

Interviewer: You have a call.

Schwemer: [laughs]

Interviewer: Do what with it?

Moonwater: The ice cream man is here.

Schwemer: The ice cream man is here?

Moonwater: She’s got my phone.

Interviewer: Are we still going? I don’t think so.

Interviewer: I’m still going, and you should do it. And you should do it because– Do you want to start over on one camera, because I don’t know how much juice you’ve got in here.

Schwemer: Oh, I’ve got juice.

Interviewer: I’m recording this. Just go.

Interviewer: Just go, okay.

Schwemer: I’m juicy.

Interviewer: I thought your name was Cinnamon.

Schwemer: Oh my god!

Interviewer: Okay, start over. Start over.

Schwemer: I’m not even introducing myself this time. I don’t want them to know who I am!

Interviewer: Start over.

Interviewer: Oh, my glasses are fogging.

Schwemer: I haven’t had any inappropriate laughter until now.

Interviewer: And– Take 2! 1-2-3-rolling!

Schwemer: [to Bronco] Just speak up, okay? [laughs]

Interviewer: We can still see you if you hide behind the sleeve of the T-shirt.

Schwemer: [laughs] I can’t talk. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. [to Bronco] You just talk, okay? I’m going to hide behind the shirt.

Interviewer: Okay. Take 3.

Schwemer: Wait, I should get out of the movie.

Interviewer: There’s an idea.

Interviewer: Take-take-take 3. Take 3.

Schwemer: I’m gonna breathe. You talk.

Interviewer: Take-take 3? And 1-2-3-rolling.

Schwemer: [to Bronco] Did you introduce yourself? [laughs] Get someone else to do this for me. I’ll film. You do the thing, okay? I just can’t do it. I’m sorry. I have lost it. Oh, it’s recording still. Okay, go ahead–

Interviewer: I know; I keep telling you that!

Schwemer: Okay, wait, I’ve got to–

[END OF VIDEO]


Bronco discusses - or tries to, at least! - the t-shirt she is donating to the Mazer. Video filmed at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, August 11, 2014.

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Interviewee: Bronco Moonwater
Interviewee: Marcia Schwemer
Interviewer: Unknown
Transcriber: Janice C.
Transcriber: Mikhail Z.
Formatter: Serena R.
Recording Date: August 11, 2014
Release Date: May 9, 2020
Location: Michigan Womyn's Music Festival in Hart, Michigan
Interview Length: 00:02:30