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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)

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

Date: 1980-11-02
Description: Seven 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, shaped note singing, and Creek dancers.
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Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)

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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
a_s1576_t80-114	Recordings of the Great Gulf Coast Arts festival (Day Two)	Sound	Festivals Special events Music performance Folklorists Shape note singing African Americans Piano music Blues (Music) Piano music (Blues) Singing Gospel (Black) Gospel music Religious music Fiddle music Creek Indians Pianists Singers Musicians Fiddlers Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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

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