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Carl Spink performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1988-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Hoovler served as emcee.
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Carl Spink performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee. The reel begins with Boltin announcing the start of the evening program. Guitarist Walton was from St. Petersburg. Bullard was from White Springs.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)

Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)

Date: 1999-05-28
Description: One audio cassette tape. Congdon served as emcee. James played piano and Moffat the drums.
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Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)

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

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)

Date: 1982-05-29
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Date: 1982-05-29
Description: One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Petersen served as emcee.
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Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)

Date: 1987-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Billed as Grooms and Friends, their performance began on T87-57. Red played guitar, and Murphy the mandolin and the banjo. Their performance concluded on T87-59. Red and Murphy began as Red and Murphy and Co., who performed in the Southeast between 1975 and 1987. The bluegrass group consists of Red Henry on guitar and mandolin, and his wife Murphy Henry on banjo (and the group's songwriter), as well as two of Murphy's sisters -- Argen Hicks and Nancy Hicks. All members sang harmony. Based out of Hawthorne, Florida, Red was from North Florida, while the sisters were all Georgia natives. The group performed at the 1978 and 1987 Florida Folk Festival. After that, they performed as a duo. By the late 1990s, Murphy was a renowned banjo instructor, and Red toured with their son Chris.
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Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)

T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1990-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Williams served as the emcee. Wangerman of Newberry played mandolin. He was joined by Laura Higgins (fiddle), Tim Higgins (fiddle), Julie Austin (guitar/vocals), Al Goll (dobro), Landon Walker (bass), amd Mike Powell (guitar).
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T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

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Description: One reel to reel recording. Murray served as the emcee.
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Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One video cassette (3/4" tape).
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Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)

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a_s1576_t84-013	Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)	Sound	Singers Musicians Guitarist Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Singing Guitar music Guitarists Religious music Religious songs Old time music Patriotic songs Country music Hymns	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_73_c99-018	Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)	Sound	Singers Pianists Drummers (Musicians) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Piano music Drum music Rock music Popular songs Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_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_t83-048	Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Folk singers Storytelling Religious songs African Americans Gospel (Black) Singers Guitarist Musicians Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-049b	Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)	Sound	Singers Guitarist Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing African Americans Gospel (Black) Gospel songs Religious songs Guitar music Music performance Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t87-058	Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Singing Banjo music Bluegrass music Old time music Stringband music Singers Musicians Banjoists Guitarist Fiddlers Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-026	T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Bands (Music) Musical groups Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Singing Old time music Stringband music String bands String instruments Musicians Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-029	Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Children Singing Tales African Americans Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel songs Religious songs Storytelling Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)	Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)	Moving Image	Performers Guitarist Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Guitar music Singing Workshops Arts, Irish Irish dance Children Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg

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Carl Spink performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Carl Spink performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)

Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)

Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)

Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)

T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)

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Carl Spink performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Carl Spink performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 11)

Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)

Friday performances at the 1999 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 18)

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Interview and music performance with fiddlers Horace Fletcher and Robert Blackwelder

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 5)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Saturday performances at the 1982 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)

Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)

Sunday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 19)

T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

T. J. Wangerman and friends performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Tom Walton and family performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)

Video recording of the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Video 9 of 15)