Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Apprentices Performers Guitarists Guitar String instruments Folk dance Fiddlers Fiddles Comparsa tradition Folklore revival festivals Arts, Cuban Folk festivals Storytellers Guitarist Harpists Dancers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
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- 1991-05
- Description
- One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. 1-5: Jamican tales: Lucille Fuller, Veta Plummer, Sophia Campbell; 6: Blues guitar: Tampa Blue, Joe Reiva, Michael Dodge; 7: Venezuelan harp: Jesus Rodriguez; 8-16: East Indian dance: Perema and Prya Menon; 17-18: Fiddling: Gerry Cox, Amy Cox, Bob Murphy; 19-36: Cuban dancing: Cayo Hueso Comparsa.
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Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15) | Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15) | Moving Image | Bands (Music) Needleworkers Folk festivals Festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts String bands Stringband music String instruments Old time music Autoharp Autoharp music Zither Arts, Cuban Comparsa tradition Tents Signs and signboards Retail trade Craft Architecture Carillons Workshops (Adult education) Guitar music Guitarists Guitar Needlework Arts, Hungarian Sewing Dancers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15)
- Date
- 1991-05-25
- Description
- One video recording (3/4" tape; 22 minutes) Unedited footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival. Starts with the 97th Regimental String Band, then footage of the folklife tent: an autoharpist; Hunagrian needleworker Horvath, comparsa dancers Irene & Emelia Fernandez; the bell carillon; various craft tents; a guitar workshop; and the Friends of Florida Folklife tent.
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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 | Still Image | Cuban 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 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.
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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 | Still Image | Cuban Americans Folk dance Dance music Dance Performing arts Performers Costumes Conga (dance) Dancers Musical groups Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
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.
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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 Image | Dancers 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 |
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.
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Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers in Key West | Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers in Key West | Still Image | Fieldwork Dance Clothing and dress Costumes Arts, Cuban Cuban Americans Comparsa tradition Children Body movement Streets Community culture Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers in Key West
- Date
- 1991-03
- Description
- Five color slides. 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 herself arrived in Florida in 1959. She and her daughter revived the dance tradition in the early 1990s. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Arts, Cuban Cuban Americans Body movement Latinos Dance Performing arts Comparsa tradition Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Cayo Hueso Comparsa Dancers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival
- Date
- 1991-05-26
- Description
- Eleven color slides. 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 herself arrived in Florida in 1959. She and her daughter Irene revived the dance tradition in the early 1990s.
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Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Images of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Guitarist 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 |
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.
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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 | Still Image | Performers 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 |
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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