a_s1576_t77-208b | Friday afternoon 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 Fiddle music Seminole Indians Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Singers Fiddlers Orators Water witcher Dancers Storytellers Children Choruses Musicians Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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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a_s1576_t77-222b | Friday 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 Stringband music Old time music Guitar music Bluegrass music Folk singers String bands Singers Fiddlers Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Friday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1971-05-07
- 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 Friday morning performances (see separate entry for description.) Boltin served as emcee. Pavitt lived in Juneau, Alaska. The Sawgrass Boys (led by Frank Cunningham) were based in Jupiter.
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a_s1576_t77-223 | Friday afternoon performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Music performance Stringband music Old time music Guitar music Bluegrass music Folk singers String bands Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Singers Fiddlers Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t77-208a | Friday morning 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 African Americans Bluegrass music Folk singers Elementary schools Mayors Jump rope rhymes Singers Dancers Public officer Orators Children Choruses Musicians Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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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a_s1576_t77-213 | Performances at the 1970 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 Folk singers Elementary schools Mayors Storytelling Trickster tales Animal tales Oral narratives Singers Dancers Public officer Orators Children Choruses Girl Scouts Musicians Storytellers Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1970-05
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Saunders was the chairman of the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission. Meadows was White Springs' mayor. Morris was a professor at the University of Florida. Keen was from White Springs. Godwin was from Hawthorne. Thrailkill was a poet from Wauchula. Borns lived in Daytona Beach. The LeFevre Family were based out of Knoxville, Tennessee.
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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 |
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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a_s1576_t77-218 | Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Storytelling Old time music Seminole Indians Bluegrass music Folk singers Stringband music String bands Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Native Americans Choir singing Choirs (music) Girl Scouts Singers Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Storytellers Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 6)
- Date
- 1970-05
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Flemmings were based out of Tampa. Hodges was curator of the Stephen Foster Memorial. Peggy Hodges lived in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Frog Smith lived in Fort Myers. Guitarist Mark was a student at the University of Florida. The CCC boys were based out of Athens, Georgia. The Ballad and Blue Society was William and Barbara Koehler.
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a_s1576_t77-221 | Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 9) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Old time music Arts, Jewish Folk singers Jewish Americans Religious songs Gospel songs Fiddle music Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Harmonica music Choir singing Choirs (music) Singers Fiddlers Harmonica players Choruses Musicians Shoe shiners | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Performances at the 1970 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 9)
- Date
- 1970-05
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Muller was from New Smyrna Beach. Hall lived in Sarasota. Mitchell was a shoe shiner who created a tune through his rag. Stephens was a fiddler from Panama City. The Lefevres lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Beers family, from Petersburg New York, also directed the Fox Hollow Folk Festival. Al Marton led the Jacksonville Jewish Center Chorus.
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a_s1576_t77-226b | Saturday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Music performance Stringband music Old time music Guitar music Bluegrass music Folk singers String bands Singers Storytellers Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Saturday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1971-05-08
- 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 second half of T77-226 is from the Saturday afternoon program, not listed here -- see separate entry for description. Boltin served as emcee. The LeFevre Family were from Knoxville, Tenn. The Suwannee River Flatwoods band were based out of Fargo, Georgia. The Caney Forkers were from Cookeville, Tennessee. Ron and Van were a bluegrass duo from West Palm Beach. The Beadnells lived in Orange Park.
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a_s1576_t79-017 | Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Dance music Folk singers Old time music Oral performance Gospel music Animal sounds Storytelling Banjo music Ballads Seminole Indians Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Singers Dancers Storytellers Banjoists Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
- Date
- 1975-08-30
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. The Smiths were from Jacksonville. Dobbs, from Palatka, performed animal calls. Dixon, of Miami, sang ballads. Frog Smith was a storyteller (and painter) from Fort Myers. Battle was from Tampa. Boltin was the director (and emcee) for the festival. The Beadnells were form Orange Park. The Seafood Combo was from Tallahassee and consisted: Tony Verderamo, Larry Abrams, and Pam Mansfield. The Stephens were fiddlers from Panama City. The Kellys were from Palatka, as was Dobbs. The LeFever family lived in Knoxville, Tennessee. Lydia and the Pinkhams, of Lakeland, consisted of: Peggy Burr; Didi Bentley; Barbara Smith; Tricia Conner; and Mike O'Steen. Smith was from Marietta, Georgia. Whatley was from Bell, and sang country music. Close, of Jacksonville, played harmonica. Mark was a guitarist from Chapel Hill, N.C. Mt. Carmel Freewill Church Choir were from Palatka. Cadwell was a banjoist from Jackson Heights, N.Y. Bloodworth earned a history PhD at UF regarding place names.
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