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Thursday evening performances at the 1972 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1972-05-04
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Thursday evening performances at the 1972 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Date: 1997-05-25
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT).
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Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Date: 1997-05-25
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT).
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Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)

Date: 1983-05-29
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Jubilee was from St. Petersburg. Lazonby was from Melrose.
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Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Date: 1981-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The start of Rose's performance can be found on T81-53. He was from Gainesville. Moore was from Jacksonville, and the Frogmore Mountain Boys were from Beaufort, S.C. The Hyde Park Hysterical Society String Band were from Tampa. McKinney played fiddle, and Douglas the piano.
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Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)

Date: 1979-05-27
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Johnson and Wickman were from Gainesville. From Stuart, this was Buckosh's first Folk Festival. He was accompanied by Bob Kane. He was once featured on Charles Kuralt's On the Road singing his song Confusion Corner. Schuman was a counselor at the University of Florida; this was his first festival. The cloggers and the Bucksnort Barndance Band were from Gainesville. At the time Evelyn lived in Petersburg, New York. Popular on the folk circuit in the 1960s, she performed with late husband Bob (and later daughter Martha)as the popular folk act, the Beers Family. They were sent in 1968 by the U.S. Dept. of State on a tour on India, and once played for the White House in 1969. In 1966, they also began the popular Fox Hollow Festival in upstate New York. In 1972, Bob Beers died in a car crash. His daughter still performs as Martha Nagler, and Evelyn continued performing at Florida Folk Festivals well into the 1970s. Odom was from Georgia.
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Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1980-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The New Sand Mountain Wildcat's set is continued from T80-70. The rest of Frog Smith's storytelling is found on T80-72.
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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Date: 1978-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Mark, of St. Augustine, played the fiddle. Drava Folkdance Ensemble hailed from Tallahassee. Dahm played the dulcimer. The Johnsons, from Jacksonville, played bluegrass.
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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1978-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Rogers was from St. Augustine. Dunscombe played the saw. Johnson and Wickman played Civil War songs.
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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

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

Date: 1977-09-04
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

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a_s1576_77_d97-021	Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)	Sound	Singers Musicians Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Stringband music String bands Fiddle music Old time music Folk singers Bands (Music)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_77_d97-041	Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)	Sound	Singers Guitarist Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Bands (Music) Guitar music Autoharp Folk singers Storytelling	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-204	Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)	Sound	Musicians Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Old time music Bands (Music)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-054	Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)	Sound	Singers Musicians Bands (Music) Pianists Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing English songs Songs, Irish Religious songs String bands Stringband music Love songs Ballads	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-106	Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Folk singers Guitar music Guitarists Dance music String bands Stringband music Clog dancing Clogging Old time music Bluegrass music Banjo music Musicians Singers Guitarist Bands (Music) Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-071	Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Storytelling Oral narratives Songs, Irish Hornpipes String bands Old time music Stringband music Guitarist Singers Storytellers Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-023	Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)	Sound	Singers Guitarist Dancers Bluegrass musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Bluegrass music Old time music Guitarists Dance music Fiddle music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-022	Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Singers Guitarist Storytellers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Storytelling Oral narratives Guitarists Musical saws Saws, musical Folk singers Guitar music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-296	Sunday afternoon performances at the 1977 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Folk singers Guitar music Gospel songs Gospel music Yodeling Storytelling Florida history Oral education Oral performance Old time music Singers Storytellers Bands (Music) Guitarist Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Thursday evening performances at the 1972 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Thursday evening performances at the 1972 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)

Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

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

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

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Thursday evening performances at the 1972 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Thursday evening performances at the 1972 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Tape 4)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Sunday performances at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)

Sunday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 12)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)

Sunday performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

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

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