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Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1992-05-23
Description: One reel to reel recording. The group was Seaman (fiddle), Piccalo (guitar) and Farley (bass). Folk singer Dinella served as emcee.
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Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1992-05-22
Description: One reel to reel recording. Walton often worked as a street vendor, and performed some of his street cries. Ormond Loomis made the opening satements for the festival, and Luther Rozar served as emcee.
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Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Storytellers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Auditorium) (Saturday)

Date: 1994-05-28
Description: Six audio cassette recordings. Storytellers spoke between 10:00am and 2pm at the Storytelling Auditorium. The coordinator was Peggy Smith. (The Storytelling Tent area, coordinated by Nancy Case, and featuring some of the same storytellers, was not recorded.) Larkin, of Atlanta, spoke twice; the first time to fill in for the two absent storytellers: John Johnson and Margie Baldwin. Cappa, (of Williamsport, PA), Roy (of Fort Myers), and Rivers (of Ybor City) were audience members participating in the Cousin Thelma Story Swap. Harshbarger, of Tallahassee, used finger puppets in her presentation. Smith and Seaman were from Jacksonville. Louis resided in Miami.
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Storytellers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Auditorium) (Saturday)

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a_s1576_t92-001	Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)	Sound	Singers Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Performances Music performance Oral performance African Americans Guitarists Guitar music Singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Storytellers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Auditorium) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Auditorium) (Saturday)

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Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Kissimmee performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Singer and musician Tom Walton performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Storytellers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Auditorium) (Saturday)

Storytellers at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival (Storytelling Auditorium) (Saturday)