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Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)

Date: 1995-05-26
Description: One audio cassette.
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Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)

Date: 1996-05-24
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT). Plitt served as emcee. Guitarist Kirkwood was from Pensacola. Keeler, of Palm Bay, played guitar, dobro, and mandolin. The Tree Hogs, of Tallahassee, played square dance music. [A tree hog is slang for a squirrel.]
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Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Date: 1978-04-22
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Blackwelder began fiddling at 18, a self-taught musician. Born in 1910 in Bradford County, he was in the citrus business. His influences included Chubby Wise and Broward Green. In the recordings, Blackwelder discusses his life and fiddling styles. He plays several fiddle tunes.
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Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1988-05-29
Description: Two reel to reel recordings.
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Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Performance by banjoist Dale Webber

Date: 1983-11-29
Description: One audio cassette.
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Performance by banjoist Dale Webber

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Date: 1970-05
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Bluegrass Rebels lived in Brunswick, Georgia. Billie was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. The Beadnells were from Orange Park. The Caney Forkers were from Tennessee. The Dreamlake Ukulele Band was billed as the Cheerful Chirpers. Starker was from Sarasota, and played calypso music.
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Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 1979-07-04
Description: Six reel to reel recordings.
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Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 1986-07-04
Description: Ten reel to reel recordings. Boltin and Roller served as emcee for the festivities.
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Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

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Description: Third of ten reel to reel recordings from the event. Boltin and Roller served as emcee for the festivities.
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Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Date: 1980-11-01
Description: Eight reel to reels. Since the early 1970s, the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival has been held each year in early November. (Only in 2004, with the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, was the festival cancelled.) In 1980, the Florida Folklife Program offered a demonstration of the results of their West Florida Folklife Survey. Included were the Vietnamese Dancers of Pensacola (to pre-recorded music), Ida Goodson performing on the piano, Thomley and Godwin perform during a cake walk, and Creek dancers.
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Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

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a_s1576_47_iii-008	Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)	Sound	Singers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Music performance Old time music Jews harp music Dulcimer music Guitar music Banjo music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_76_d96-041	Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Banjo music Old time music Country music Folk singers Dance music String bands Stringband music Singers Guitarist Banjoists Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t78-322	Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Old time music Fieldwork Fiddle music Fiddling String instruments Life histories Oral histories Personal experience narratives Reels Dance music Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t88-053	Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Singing Old time music String bands Stringband music Bands (Music) Singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-140	Performance by banjoist Dale Webber	Sound	Musicians Music performance Performing arts Banjo music Old time music Bluegrass musicians Banjoists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-217	Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Ukulele music Old time music Calypso music Bluegrass music Folk singers Stringband music String bands Students Animal calls Animal sounds Birdsongs Oral performance Fiddle music Whipcracking Singers Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Rodeo performers Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t79-007	Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations	Sound	Festivals Fourth of July Holidays and festivals Special events Music performance Singing Autoharp music Country music Stringband music Guitar music Folk singers Choirs (music) Oral narratives Old time music Gospel (Black) Religious music Storytelling Bluegrass music Musicians Bands (Music) Singers Storytellers Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-165a	Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations	Sound	Festivals Fourth of July Holidays and festivals Special events Music performance Singing String bands Bluegrass music Choir singing Stringband music Guitar music Folk singers Choirs (music) Clogging Old time music Gospel (Black) Religious music Storytelling Musicians Bands (Music) Singers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-158	Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations	Sound	Musicians Bands (Music) Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-108	Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)	Sound	Festivals Special events Music performance Folklorists Vietnamese African Americans Piano music Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Singing Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious music Fiddle music Creek Indians Cakewalk (Dance) Old time music Pianists Singers Musicians Fiddlers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Performance by banjoist Dale Webber

Performance by banjoist Dale Webber

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

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Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Stage III) (Tape 8)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Azalea Stage) (Tape 3)

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jew's Harp Music performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Performance by banjoist Dale Webber

Performance by banjoist Dale Webber

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1979 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the 1986 4th of July Celebrations

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)

Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day One)