Folklife Database: Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Item Type:	Sound
Series Number/Title	S1576
Container	43
Item	Audio recording
Item ID Number	D94-28
Item Title	Saturday performances at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)
Program/Event	Florida Folk Festival Florida Folk Heritage Awards
Date/Date Range	05/28/1994
Collector/Fieldworker	Florida Folklife Program Buchanan, Nancy
Tradition Bearer	Williams, Ernie Bookbinder, Roy Baker, Etta, 1913-2006 Loomis, Ormond Gianaros, John, 1905-1998 Walton, Tom, 1930-1997 McCormick, Neal (Pappy), 1909-1998 Jumper, Betty Mae, 1924-2003 Hollis, Major James, 1908-1996 Wind That Shakes the Barley band
Genre/Occupation	Singers Musicians Bands (Music) Accordionists Guitarist Street vendors Storytellers Folklorists
Title of Work	Mississippi Blues (Bookbinder) Green Road Bill (Baker) Never Let Your Deal Go Down The Crow Jay Blues One Dime Blues Going Down That Road Feeling Bad Florida Folk Heritage Award Ceremony (Loomis/Jumper/Gianaros/Walton/McCormick/Hollis) Through the Gates (Wind That Shakes the Barley) Unidentified song Maid on the Shore Brenda Stubbins Paddy on the Landfill Maids of Mitchell Down She Could Not Have Come at a Better Time
Subject	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance String bands Stringband music Bands (Music) Old time music Storytellers Accordionists Awards Folklorists Greek Americans African Americans Rites and ceremonies Speeches, addresses, etc. Blues (Music) Blues singers Guitar music
Place Name	White Springs (Fla.) Hamilton County (Fla.)
Corporate/Conference Name	Florida Folklife Program Stephen Foster Center Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
General Note/Comment Field	One digital audio tape (DAT). Williams served as emcee. Blues singer-guitarist Bookbinder lived in Polk City. Guitarist Baker lived in Morganton, North Carolina, was National Heritage Fellow and a pioneer of the Piedmont Blues style of playing. Folklorist and FFP director Loomis announced the 1994 Florida Folk Heritage Ward winners: street vendor-guitarist Walton, steel guitarist McCormick, Seminole storyteller Jumper, and gospel singer-promoter Hollis. (For photos of the ceremony, see S 1664, box 4, folders 30 & 31.) Based on recommendations from the Florida Folklife Council, the Secretary of State confers Florida Folk Heritage Awards annually. The awards are given to outstanding folk artists and folk culture advocates who have made long-standing contributions to the folk cultural resources of the state. Established in 1985, the program parallels the National Heritage Fellowships. The song "One Dime Blues" by Etta Baker is available on the Blues page.

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