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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963)
Date
1963
Description
One reel to reel recording (14:20 minutes) Radio program about the 1963 Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition, featuring the winner Keitha Holz singing the Foster song, and remarks as well as an original composition by commercial songwriter and contest judge Gerald Marks. There were 21 contestants, and the event culminated in a Jeanie ball. Marks was the composer of "All of Me," and "The Night Shall Be Filled With Music." He also several Broadway shows and motion pictures. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963)
Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963)
Date
1963
Description
One reel to reel recording (28:10 minutes) A review of three events at the Memorial: the concert by the St. Petersburg Male Chorus in honor of Foster's death (January 13th), the Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair contest (February), and a week-long stay of internationally-known carillonneur June Albright. Holz was the Jeanie winner for 1963. Gerald Marks, a popular song writer, was a judge for the contest. These programs were created in the early 1960s by the Stephen Foster Memorial to promote the park and its activities, as well as to educate the public about Stephen Foster and Florida folk music.
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Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963)

Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963)
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a_s2042_sfm_23Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair competition (1963)SoundComposer
Contests
Competitions
Talent shows
Beauty contests
Singing
Judges
Composers
Commercial songs
Songs
Advertising, Public service
Radio
Radio announcing
Radio programs
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
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a_s2042_sfm_22Stephen Foster Memorial Radio Program: Review of Recent Events (1963)SoundMusicians
Judges
Composer
Radio
Radio programs, Public service
Contests
Beauty contests
Competitions
Singing
Composers
Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864
Carillons
Music performance
Performing arts
Carillonneurs
Choruses
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