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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Tradition Bearer is exactly "Cayo Hueso Comparsa Band"
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Cayo Hueso Comparsas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Cayo Hueso Comparsas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1991-05
Description
Twenty color slides. Images of the Cayo Hueso Comparsas dancers and band performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival. The dance troupe (comparsas) was founded by Emelia Fernandez in Key West. Danny Acosta led the band that accompanied the dances. The Cuban dance has African roots, and is usually performed in long conga lines. Dancers dress in elaborate, ruffled outfits. The tradition began in Key West in 1938. Emelia arrived in Florida in 1959.
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Cayo Hueso Comparsas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Cayo Hueso Comparsas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1991-05-25
Description
228 color slides. Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival, including various folk singers (Grooms, Rogers, the Thomases), the Georgia Sea Island Singers, and participants in the Apprenticeship program. Many of these images have been described in more detail elsewhere in this database. More images from the 1991 Florida Folk Festival can be found in volume 61.
Collection
Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)

Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)
Date
1991-05-25
Description
One video recording (3/4" tape; 22 minutes) Unedited footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival. Continues video FV-59 of the peformance on Stage III of Washington DC-based blues duo Wiggins and Cephas. Then extensive footage of the Cayo Huesa Comparsas Band and Dancers performing. Followed by artist Mario Sanchez discussing his paintings (hard to hear.) Then ends with the City of Dunedin Bagpipers. For the full audio recording of Cephas and Wiggins, see S 1576, D91-8.
Collection
Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)

Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)
The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1991-05
Description
Thirty-six color slides. May 1991. Images of the Cayo Hueso Comparas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Fetsival. The dance troupe (comparsas) was founded by Emelia Fernandez in Key West. Danny Acosta led the band that accompanied the dances. The Cuban dance has African roots, and is usually performed in long conga lines. Dancers dress in elaborate, ruffled outfits. The tradition began in Key West in 1938. Emelia arrived in Florida in 1959.
Collection
The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1991-05
Description
Eight color slides. Images of the Cayo Hueso Comparas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Fetsival. The dance troupe (comparsas) was founded by Emelia Fernandez in Key West. Danny Acosta led the band that accompanied the dances. The Cuban dance has African roots, and is usually performed in long conga lines. Dancers dress in elaborate, ruffled outfits. The tradition began in Key West in 1938. Emelia arrived in Florida in 1959.
Collection
The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
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Cayo Hueso Comparsas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalCayo Hueso Comparsas Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImagePerformers
Performing arts
Body movement
Dance music
Cuban Americans
Folk dance
Costumes
Comparsa tradition
Arts, Cuban
Dancers
Musical groups
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalImages of the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageGuitarist
Harpists
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Music performance
Singing
Guitarists
Guitar
Performing arts
Craft
Demonstrations
African Americans
Folk singers
Storytellers
Apprentices
Dancers
Fiddlers
Singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)Moving ImageDancers
Artists
Painters
Bands (Music)
Guitarist
Harmonica players
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Blues (Music)
Harmonica music
Singing
Guitar music
Performing arts
Bagpipe music
Bagpipes
Arts, Scottish
Kilts
Comparsa tradition
Arts, Cuban
Dance
Body movement
Bagpipers
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalThe Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageCuban Americans
Dancers
Comparsa tradition
Musical groups
Folk dance
Dance music
Costumes
Performers
Performing arts
Body movement		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
The Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalThe Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers and Band at the 1991 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageCuban Americans
Folk dance
Dance music
Dance
Performing arts
Performers
Costumes
Conga (dance)
Dancers
Musical groups
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg