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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

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Description: Twenty-one black and white prints, and four color prints. Various images of the Beseda Dancers of Masaryktown, Florida, at the Florida Folk Festival, c. 1960s-1990s. The most recent image is from 1992. The word Beseda means gathering, and the dance is a combination of several Czechoslovakian folk dances.
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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director

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Description: One black and white print.
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Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director

Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals

Date: 1983-05
Description: One black and white print. Bill Nichols, of Orange Park, was a wood carver. He also demonstrated the use of old wood working tools.
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Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals

Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1978-05
Description: One black and white print.
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Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1980-05
Description: One black and white print. The same image can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folders 62, 63.
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Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1978-05
Description: One black and white print. Image of Gerard of Lake City performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival with Kathleen Kloiber. Both were FSU graduate students at the time. The same photo may be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 62, and Box 2, folder 52.
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Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1977
Description: Two black and white prints. One of Patterson on a porch, one of him performing at the Florida Folk Festival. Patterson was a songwriter and storyteller from St. Augustine. He began in music with the rock-folk band Elizabeth in the 1960s, with which he penned the hit "Mary Ann." By the 1980s and 1990s, Patterson performed with his wife Joline.
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Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Boy Scouts performing

Date: 1950
Description: Twenty-three black and white prints. Various images of Boy Scout troops performing "Indian" dances at the Florida Folk Festival, c. 1950s-1970s.
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Boy Scouts performing

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1954
Description: Twenty-one black and white prints. Images of various church groups re-creating brush arbor sermons at the Florida Folk Festival. Brush arbors were informal open shelters under which church services were held. Originally, they were made from tree branches strewn across wooden scaffolding. Later ones were more permanent, similar to a pavilion.
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Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1950
Description: Two black and white prints. Images of University of Florida exchange student Sok Thong Doeung, along with another unidentified exchange student, demonstrating Cambodian folk dances.
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Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival	Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Beseda (Dance) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Body movement Folk dance Demonstrations Dance Performing arts Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director	Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director	Still Image	Public officer Public officials	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals	Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals	Still Image	Wood carvers Carvers (Decorative artists) Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Wood carving Woodworking tools Woodwork Wood craft Artisans Tools Demonstrations Workshops	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Quiltmakers Folk festivals Demonstrations Quilting Quilts Textile arts Folklore revival festivals Textiles Sewing African Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival	Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Singing Music performance Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Musicians Singers Music Guitarists Guitar music Performances Music performance Folk festivals	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival	Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Guitarists Guitar Musical instruments Singing Music performance Performing arts Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Boy Scouts performing	Boy Scouts performing	Still Image	Children Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Body movement Costumes Demonstrations Dance Performing arts Boy Scouts Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival	Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Bluegrass musicians Folk festivals Religious rites Religion Church services Church membership Folklore revival festivals Performers Performing arts Christianity	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival	Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Body movement Costumes Demonstrations Dance Performing arts Asian American arts Arts, Asian Asian Americans Dancers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director

Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director

Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals

Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals

Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Boy Scouts performing

Boy Scouts performing

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

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Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beseda dancers at the Florida Folk Festival

Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director

Beverly Dozier, Division of Cultural Affairs director

Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals

Bill Nichols carving wood at the 1983 Florida Folk Festivals

Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Black Bay Quilters at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard and Kathy Kloiber performing at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Gerard at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Bob Patterson performing at the Florida Folk Festival

Boy Scouts performing

Boy Scouts performing

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Brush Arbor church services at the 1976 Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival

Cambodian folk dances at the Florida Folk Festival