141 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Ethnicity or Nationality is exactly "Cuban American"
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Florida Crossroads: Florida's Folk Festival

Florida Crossroads: Florida's Folk Festival

Date
1995-07-13
Description
One video recording. (3/4 tape; 28 minutes)An episode of the Florida Public Television series, "Florida Crossroads." Filmed by Florida Public television (through a Florida Dept. of Education grant), the episode features performances, demonstrations, interviews, and presentations at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (26-28 May). Included are interviews with folklorists, park employees, musicians, artisans, and park attendees, as well examples of the folklife on display at the Festival.
Collection
Just Mario

Just Mario

Date
1991
Description
One video recording (VHS; 30 minutes)
Collection
Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)

Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)

Date
1991-05-25
Description
One video recording (3/4" tape; 22 minutes) Unedited footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival. Continues video FV-59 of the peformance on Stage III of Washington DC-based blues duo Wiggins and Cephas. Then extensive footage of the Cayo Huesa Comparsas Band and Dancers performing. Followed by artist Mario Sanchez discussing his paintings (hard to hear.) Then ends with the City of Dunedin Bagpipers. For the full audio recording of Cephas and Wiggins, see S 1576, D91-8.
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Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15)

Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15)

Date
1991-05-25
Description
One video recording (3/4" tape; 22 minutes) Unedited footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festival. Starts with the 97th Regimental String Band, then footage of the folklife tent: an autoharpist; Hunagrian needleworker Horvath, comparsa dancers Irene & Emelia Fernandez; the bell carillon; various craft tents; a guitar workshop; and the Friends of Florida Folklife tent.
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Video of Guajiro Decima singer Meliton Perdomo

Video of Guajiro Decima singer Meliton Perdomo

Date
Description
One video recording. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller, and then Robert Stone. The program was continued each year through 2004.
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Aleida Martinez-Garrido interview for the Cuban-Americans Slide and Tape Project

Aleida Martinez-Garrido interview for the Cuban-Americans Slide and Tape Project

Date
1980
Description
One reel to reel. Interveiw with a Cuban immigrant about the Cuban American community in Miami. Topics include: Reasons for immigration; life in Cuba; Communism; Fidel Castro (and jokes/anti-Castro movements), bolita; Santeria; quince; acculturation of Cuban Americans; the Mariel boat lift on 1980. Interview conducted for a slide/tape program on Cuban-Americans, a copy of which can be found on T80-95.
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Ana Blanco interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Ana Blanco interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date
1988-07-21
Description
One audio cassette. Blanco disscuses living in Cuba until 1962; learning lace making; teaching others and doing festivals; process and items made in Cuba; bobbin lace; lace making techniques; patterns; bobbing; stitches; English and Spanish lace; machine-made lace; uses of her lace; and lace making in Jacksonville.
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Billy Sanchez interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Billy Sanchez interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education Project

Date
1987-01-17
Description
Two audio cassettes. (Note on depositor agreement that interview cannot be reproduced in newspapers.) Sanchez oversees cane burning and cutting, as well as recruiting workers for a local sugar grower. His father was rancher in Cuba, who left as political exiles in the 1960s. In the interview, he discusses recruiting cane cutters in Jamaica; training workers; pay schemes; labor camps (set-up, conditions); field burning; types of workers: head pushers, ticket writers, camp supt., demonstrators; unions in Jamaica; and working conditions.
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Copy of vinyl record <em>Congas y comparsas del carnaval habanero</em>

Copy of vinyl record Congas y comparsas del carnaval habanero

Date
1959
Description
One audio cassette copy of Panart 3057, made in Cuba. Because this is a duplicate of a copyrighted recording, no copies can be made of the tape. Patrons may only listen to it for research purposes.
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Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and  apprentice  performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date
1990-05-25
Description
One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Parada and Hernandez apprenticed under drummer Baro in 1990 through the FFP Apprenticeship program. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
Florida Crossroads: Florida's Folk FestivalFlorida Crossroads: Florida's Folk FestivalMoving ImageSingers
Musicians
Guitarist
Artisans
Leather workers
Metal-workers
Dancers
Whip maker
Secretary of State
Public officer
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Video recording
Television
Singing
Park Ranger
Saddles
Leather craft
Craft
Whipcracking
Whips
Fiddle music
Fiddlers
Old time music
Bandura
Hammer dulcimer
Dulcimer music
A capella singers
A capella singing
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Signs and signboards
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Workshops (Adult education)
Yodeling
Storytelling
Dance
Cooking and dining
Food preparation
Basket making
Basket work
Blacksmithing
Guitar music
Interviews
Interviewing on television
Secretaries of State (State governments)
Bands (Music)
Folklorists
Volunteers
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Just MarioJust MarioMoving ImageDocumentary videos
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Art
Artists studios
Decorative arts
Artists
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Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 2 of 15)Moving ImageDancers
Artists
Painters
Bands (Music)
Guitarist
Harmonica players
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Blues (Music)
Harmonica music
Singing
Guitar music
Performing arts
Bagpipe music
Bagpipes
Arts, Scottish
Kilts
Comparsa tradition
Arts, Cuban
Dance
Body movement
Bagpipers
Blues singers
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Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15)Raw footage of the 1991 Florida Folk Festivals (Video 3 of 15)Moving ImageBands (Music)
Needleworkers
Folk festivals
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
String bands
Stringband music
String instruments
Old time music
Autoharp
Autoharp music
Zither
Arts, Cuban
Comparsa tradition
Tents
Signs and signboards
Retail trade
Craft
Architecture
Carillons
Workshops (Adult education)
Guitar music
Guitarists
Guitar
Needlework
Arts, Hungarian
Sewing
Dancers
Musicians
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Video of Guajiro Decima singer Meliton PerdomoVideo of Guajiro Decima singer Meliton PerdomoMoving ImageFieldwork
Latinos
Arts, Cuban
Cuban Americans
Singing
Decimas, Cuban American (Spanish)
Music performance
Performing arts
Oral performance
Apprentices
Singers
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a_s1576_t80-046Aleida Martinez-Garrido interview for the Cuban-Americans Slide and Tape ProjectSoundField recordings
Oral histories
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Santeria
Jokes
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Cuba
Emigration and immigration
Religion
Politics and culture
Political movements
Communism
Castro, Fidel, 1926-
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a_s1618_04_tape02Ana Blanco interview for the Duval County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundNeedlework
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Lace making
Cuban Americans
Bobbin lace
Emigration
Latinos
Textile art
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a_s1685_07_tape11Billy Sanchez interview for the Palm Beach County Folk Arts in Education ProjectSoundSupervisors
Field recordings
Interviews
Oral narratives
Immigration
Cuban Americans
Sugar
Sugarcane
Agricultural implements
Agriculture
Occupational folklore
Jamaican Americans
Labor unions
Employee morale
Agricultural workers
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a_s1576_03_c80-023Copy of vinyl record <em>Congas y comparsas del carnaval habanero</em>SoundSingers
Musicians
Latinos
Cubans
Sound recordings
Cuban Americans
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a_s1576_t90-114aCuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Apprentices
Drum music
Drum performance
Drums
Cuban Americans
Arts, Cuban
Drummers (Musicians)
Musicians
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