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Sounds
of the Florida Folk Festival
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Tyrolian
Dances - Joe Tomazin, Richard Kersey, Edward Kersey and Robert Hart
Recorded: May 3, 1955 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1955 Florida Folk Festival
White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T76-31)
From Samsula,
Florida, these musicians blended their traditional Yugoslavian music with
a country waltz.
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Invocation – Seminole elder Josie Billie
Recorded: May 5, 1961 [Stephen Foster Center]
1961 Florida Folk Festival
White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, box 1, reel T77-102) |
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State
Announcement - Sarah Knott
Recorded: May 6, 1954 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1954 Florida Folk Festival
White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T76-1)
Born in
Princeton, Kentucky in 1895, Sarah G. Knott founded the National Folk Festival
(NFS), and served as the president of National Folk Festival Association
(NFFA) from the year of its inception in 1934 through 1970. This was her
last stage announcement before leaving the role as festival director. |
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Life
in the Swamp - Lem Griffis
Recorded: May 4, 1963 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1963 Florida Folk Festival
White Springs, Florida
(S1576, reel T77-143)
Lem Griffis
was a story teller from Largo, Georgia. He grew up in the Okeefenokee
Swamp, and his stories were considered typical of North Florida/South
Georgia.
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Sissy
in the Barn - Carver Elementary School
Recorded:May 6, 1954 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1954 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T76-1)
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Butter
Beans - Thelma Boltin and Tom Walton
Recorded: May 24, 1985 by the Florida Folklife Program
1985 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T85-1) |
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Just
Got Married - Little Benny Cox and the Suwannee River Jamboree
Boys
Recorded: May 3, 1955 by Foster Barnes [Stephen Foster Center]
1955 Florida Folk Festival, White Springs, Florida
(S 1576, reel T76-36) |
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Conjunto Aventura
Norteño, sometimes also called Norteña or Conjunto, literally translates to the word “northern,” referring to the region of northern Mexico and present day southern Texas where the musical style originated. |
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Resources for the 2010 Florida History Fair
This is a list of resources available online from the State Library and Archives of Florida relating to the suggested Florida History Fair topics. |
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See the "Common Ground" slideshow!
This presentation is part of “Common Ground,” a global event consisting of museums, galleries, and archives worldwide showing the same slideshow of photographs in public spaces on the same weekend (October 2-3, 2009). |
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