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Friday afternoon performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1968-05-03
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Singer Jeanie Fitchen at the time was billed as Eugenia Sisinni. The Three Songsters were Girl Scouts (Linda, Ellen, and Ann). Blake was from New York. Locket drove glass-bottom boats at Rainbow Springs. Here, he gave an example of his boat tours. He passed away later the same year. The Stephens were from Panama City. Ballew and Sisinni were both from Orlando. The Beadnells were from Orange Park.  The A. C. Reynold School Square Dancers were from Asheville, NC.
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Friday afternoon performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

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 of the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1967-05-05
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Beers Family were from Petersburg, New York. Zeke and Rosa Stephens were from Pensacola.
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Friday morning performances of the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1975-08-29
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Seafood Combo was from Tallahassee, and consisted of Tony Verderamo (accordian); Larry Abrams (violin/mandolin); and Pam Mansfield (tambourine). Alachua County Older American Council square-danced. Muller was from Lake Mary. The Mitchells played the dulcimer, and were from Washington DC. Tillinghast was from Hollywood, Florida. Dunscombe of Gainesville played the musical saw. The Folksdancing, of Sarasota, consisted of the Whitehead family. Deacon Dan Smith, from White Plains, New York, played the harmonica. The Makley Family were from Jacksonville, and Nick Hallman was from Greenville, South Carolina. The Caney Forkers were from Cookeville, Tennessee and consisted of: Mike & Jeanette Kasnia; Graham, Betty, Heather, and Holly Kash. Johnson was from Gainesville. The Beadnells were from Orange Park. Fiddlers Zeke and Rosa Stephens were from Panama City. The Boyers from Webster Grove, Missouri (and the family of folk singer Bob Beers' sister). Banjoist Cadwell hailed from Jackson Heights, New York. Battle was from Tampa -- this was his first festival. Malkine was from Shady, New York.
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Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1973-08-31
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee. Wiggins played the musical bottlephone. The audience sang Dumbarton's Drums in tribute to long-time festival performer Bob Beers, who died in a car accident in 1972.
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Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Date: 1973-08-31
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee.
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Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Date: 1974-08-30
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1974-08-30
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Date: 1974-08-30
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee.
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Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

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)

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a_s1576_t79-014	Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Dance music Religious music Old time music Gospel music Hornpipes Dulcimer music Harmonica music Yodeling Guitar music Banjo music Folk songs, French French Americans Songs, French Singers Dancers Bands (Music) Harmonica players Guitarist Banjoists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-233	Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Old time music Fiddle music Banjo music String bands Stringband music Bluegrass music Native Americans Seminole Indians Mikasuki language Florida history Puppet theater Puppet drama Tall tales Oral narratives Storytelling Folk singers Singers Guitarist Bluegrass musicians Bands (Music) Musicians Puppeteers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-237	Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Old time music Fiddle music Folk singers String bands Stringband music Bluegrass music Singers Guitarist Bluegrass musicians Fiddlers Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-239	Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing String bands Folk singers Old time music Religious music Gospel music Religious songs Stringband music Singers Bands (Music) Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-241	Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Guitar music Folk singers Old time music String bands Stringband music Fiddle music Popular songs Bluegrass music Bluegrass musicians Singers Guitarist Bands (Music) Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-245	Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Folk singers Old time music Choir singing Dance music Stringband music Guitar music Bluegrass music String bands Choirs (music) Religious music Religious songs Hymns Gospel songs Baptists Singers Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Choruses 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

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Friday afternoon performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

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

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

Friday morning performances of the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances of the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

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Friday afternoon performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

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

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

Friday morning performances of the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances of the 1967 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1973 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 5)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Performances at the 1974 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

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

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