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Listen: The Blues ProgramRebecca Ann Jenkins reading from a Stephen Foster booklet at the Jeanie Diorama- White Springs, Florida
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Series 1577, Color Transparencies: Florida Folk Festival
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Songbooks
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Museums--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Women--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folklore revival festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
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Ms. Jenkins was the 1962 winner of the "Jeanie" competition. Ms. Jenkins was from Orlando and was photographed in the Stephen Foster Museum.
The Stephen Foster Jeanie Ball and Auditions was originated in December,1951. It was created to stimulate and promote promising young female vocalists in the state. The first music scholarship award was presented to the winning Jeanie in 1954 by Stephen Foster's closest living relative, Evelyn Foster Morneweck.
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