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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1969-05-02
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The first third of the reel consists of Friday morning performances, and last third of Saturday morning performances -- see separate entries for details.) Knott, of Kentucky, was the festival's first director in 1953 and 1954. Billie was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Sunland Sunshine Singers were from Tallahassee. Cox lived in Moorehead, North Carolina. The Brewer Yeast cakes were based out of Gainesville. Rosa and Zeke lived in Panama City. Hall was from Sarasota. Esther Beadnell lived in Orange Park, originally from West Virginia, while Tom was from New York. Malkine sang French folk songs. Boltin, the festival director, told a Brer Rabbit tale. The Friday evening performances were rained out.
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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1969-05-02
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The second half of the reel consists of Friday afternoon performances -- see separate entry for details.) Saunders was the chairman of the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission. Meadows was White Springs' mayor. Housewright was the Dean of Music for Florida State University. Shore was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Knott was the festival's first director. The Caney Forkers were based out of Cookeville, Tennessee. The Wiggins (Velma and daughter Hallie) lived in Bradenton. For You Are My Sunshine, they played the musical bottlephone. Hall lived in Sarasota, and sang mountain ballads.
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Friday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1970-05
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Caney Forkers were from Cookeville, Tennessee. Malkine played the lute, and sang French folk singers. Starker lived in Sarasota. The Antioch Junior Choir sang gospel songs, and were from Manning, SC.
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Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

Date: 1970-05
Description: One reel to reel recording. The ballad and blues Society was based in Nassau, Bahamas, and were William and Barbara Koehler. Norcross lived in Tampa, as did Knight.
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Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)

Saturday afternoon performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1977-09-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Williamson was from Palatka. Zeke was a fiddler from Panama City. His wife Rosa straw beat for him. The Mt. Carmel Choir were from Palatka, and led by Choice Butler. The Wild Bunch clogged to Sawgrass Boys dance music.
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Saturday afternoon performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Saturday evening performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1969-05-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The second half of the reel consists of the Sunday morning program. See separarte entry for that description.)
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Saturday evening performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1977-09-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The second half of the reel consists of the Saturday afternoon performances.) Burstine was the wife of the late bob Beers, and lived in Petersburg, New York where directed the Fox Hollow Folk Festival. Johnson was a guitarist from Gaiensville; his partner Wickman worked for the St. Augustine Preservation Board. They sang nineteenth-century songs, The Smiths were from Jackonville. Battle and Koehn were from Tampa. Muller was a dulcimer player, as well as a music instructor at the Smeinole Community College. Tillinghast was from Stone Mountain, Georgia, though raised in Florida. The Sawgrass Boys were from Hobe SOund.
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Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1977-09-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The second half of the reel consists of the Saturday afternoon performances.) Burstine was the wife of the late bob Beers, and lived in Petersburg, New York where directed the Fox Hollow Folk Festival. Johnson was a guitarist from Gainesville; his partner Wickman worked for the St. Augustine Preservation Board. They sang nineteenth-century songs, The Smiths were from Jacksonville. Battle and Koehn were from Tampa. Muller was a dulcimer player, as well as a music instructor at the Seminole Community College. Tillinghast was from Stone Mountain, Georgia, though raised in Florida. The Sawgrass Boys were from Hobe Sound.
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Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1971-05-09
Description: One reel to reel recording. NOTE: Due to technical problems with the original reels the recording quality of the 1971 Florida Folk Festival is exceptionally poor. The first half of the reel consists of the Sunday morning program, not listed here (see separate entry for description.) Boltin also served as emcee.
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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Sunday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1969-05-04
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Sunday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

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a_s1576_t77-215	Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Calypso music Old time music Bluegrass music Folk singers Stringband music String bands African Americans Choirs (music) Gospel (Black) Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Fiddle music Ballads Ropework Singers Bluegrass musicians Fiddlers Choruses Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-220	Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 8)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Storytelling Old time music Seminole Indians Folk singers Prayer Mikasuki language Gospel songs Religious songs Choir singing Choirs (music) Singers Storytellers Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-291c	Saturday afternoon performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Fiddle music Old time music Clogging Bluegrass music Dulcimer music Choir singing Stringband music Choirs (music) African Americans Gospel (Black) Patriotic songs Anthems Birdsongs Animal sounds Storytelling Singers Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Dancers Storytellers Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-210a	Saturday evening performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Dance Old time music Bluegrass music Stringband music Fiddle music Storytelling String bands Seminole Indians Singers Fiddlers Dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-291a	Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Animal sounds Old time music Country music Bluegrass music Dulcimer music Guitar music Stringband music Singers Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-291b	Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Animal sounds Old time music Country music Bluegrass music Dulcimer music Guitar music Stringband music Singers Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-228b	Sunday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Music performance Religious songs Old time music Guitar music Gospel music Folk singers String bands Gospel songs Storytelling French Americans Singers Guitarist Bands (Music) Storytellers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-210b	Sunday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Dance Old time music Bluegrass music Stringband music Fiddle music Storytelling String bands Seminole Indians Singers Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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Friday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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Saturday afternoon performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Saturday evening performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Saturday evening performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Saturday morning performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Sunday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Sunday morning performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)