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Opening performances of the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1979-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Collins (in their first festival performance) were from Eustis. They sang with their children: Rose, Hurbert, Ronnie, Yolanda, and Crystal. Dekle demonstrated whip cracking. Lazonby, a lawyer, was from Hawthorne. The Bucksnort Barndance Band played clogging music for the Cross Creek Cloggers -- both from Gainesville. Slavin, from Miami Beach, played old time music at his festival.
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Opening performances of the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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