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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1969-05-02
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The first third of the reel consists of Friday morning performances, and last third of Saturday morning performances -- see separate entries for details.) Knott, of Kentucky, was the festival's first director in 1953 and 1954. Billie was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Sunland Sunshine Singers were from Tallahassee. Cox lived in Moorehead, North Carolina. The Brewer Yeast cakes were based out of Gainesville. Rosa and Zeke lived in Panama City. Hall was from Sarasota. Esther Beadnell lived in Orange Park, originally from West Virginia, while Tom was from New York. Malkine sang French folk songs. Boltin, the festival director, told a Brer Rabbit tale. The Friday evening performances were rained out.
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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1958-05-02
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The first half of the reel consists of Friday afternoon performances. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1958 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1. Yeats was the 1958 Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair.
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Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1955-05-01
Description: One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded. Chase was a folklorist from North Carolina.
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Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree

Date: 1985-09-14
Description: Ten reel to reel recordings. Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree homecoming held at the Stephen Foster State Cultural Center, the second annual reunion to celebrate the original Live Oak-produced radio program of the same name. The concert included music performances, recounted stories, a recreation of a radio program, and clog dancing. Folklorist Blanton Owen, a renowned old-time musician, hosted the event. Between 1952 and 1959, the Suwannee River Jamboree radio show -- broadcast from Live Oak, Florida on WNER -- was Florida's largest and best known country music show. It was broadcast live three hours every Saturday night, with 30-minute versions syndicated across the Southeast. The show featured many North Florida and Southeast acts such as the Stanley Brothers, Jim and Jesse McReynolds, the White Springs Ramblers, and Clare Parker, as well as nationally famous guests such as Ernest Tubb, Grandpa Jones, and Ferlin Husky. The concert in these recordings was held in 1985 as a homecoming for the original radio series, and included several local bluegrass bands. A similar jamboree was held the previous year (see T85-66 - T85-84; and T85-104 - T85-106 for the 1984 concert.) For images of the 1985 program, see S 1577, Volume 24, S85-1311 - S85-1330.
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Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree

Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1965-05-08
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

Date: 1983-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Devine was from Dade City. McKinney was a fiddler from Starke.
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Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

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a_s1576_t77-018	Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Folk festivals Festivals Folklore revival festivals Music performance Performing arts Seminole Indians Native Americans Sing alongs Children Singing Maypoles Elementary schools Dancers Folklorists Singers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-093	Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree	Sound	Bands (Music) Dancers Music Musicians Bluegrass music Performing arts Singing Stringband music Country music Dance music Ballads Radio programs Radio broadcasters Jokes Family history Bluegrass musicians Musical groups Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-152	Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Guitar music Singing Folk singers Students Children Clog dancing Clogging String bands Stringband music Singers Guitarist Dancers Rodeo performers Whip maker Choruses Ballet dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-200	Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)	Sound	Singers Musicians Banjoists Fiddlers Guitarist Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Old time music Folk singers Fiddle music Banjo music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree

Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree

Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree

Recordings of the 1985 Suwannee River Jamboree

Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Saturday morning performances at the 1965 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)