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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi
Date
1976-10-23
Description
Two audio cassettes. A glendi is a Greek festival, which can take the form of a fair or festival. Recording of a glendi in Tarpon Spring, including church choirs, interviews with Czechoslovakian and Greek residents, Greek and Czechoslovakian singers, and an interview with the chairman of Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce. Side two is blank.
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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi
Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Date
1976-01-06
Description
One audio cassette. Recording of a epiphany day service. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ, thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community.
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Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos
Date
1977-02
Description
One audio cassette. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
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Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos
Copy of album: D. Tzaras, Stereo

Copy of album: D. Tzaras, Stereo
Date
Description
One audio cassette. NOTE: Because this is a copyrighted recording, no copies will be made of the tape. Undated professional recording of Greek singer Tzaras. Liner notes are in Greek.
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Copy of album: D. Tzaras, Stereo

Copy of album: D. Tzaras, Stereo
Interview with Harriet Pepps

Interview with Harriet Pepps
Date
1984-07-30
Description
One audio cassette. Pepps discusses Jacksonville's Greek community; the Greek Orthodox Church; her family background; Greek schools; marriages; St. John the Divine Greek Orthodox Church and its religious traditions, holy bread, church services, and its congregation. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curricula. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts,and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Interview with Harriet Pepps

Interview with Harriet Pepps
Interview with Jacksonville Greek festival manager William Bacalis

Interview with Jacksonville Greek festival manager William Bacalis
Date
1984-07-27
Description
One audio cassette. Bacalis, who at the time of interview a business manager at Methodist Hospital, was born in Virginia and moved to Jacksonville in 1955. He discusses his Greek parents;the Greek Orthodox Church; Greek schools; the first festival in 1978; planning for the festivals; Greek food; and maintaining Greek traditions across the generations. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
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Interview with Jacksonville Greek festival manager William Bacalis

Interview with Jacksonville Greek festival manager William Bacalis
Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth
Date
1985-07-24
Description
One audio cassette. Interview with Antonios Lerios and his grandson Nicholas Toth on the family business of making diving helmets. They discuss Lerios's background and innovations he made in the diving helmets. For a transcript of the interview, see S 1579, box 1.
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Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth
Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with John Gianaros
Date
1989-06-25
Description
One audio cassette. A Greek accordion player, Gianaros discusses his life, from his birth at sea in 1905, to emigrating to the US to teaching accordion playing. He originally worked on ocean liners as a mechanic, exposing him to America. Once in the US, he worked as a chef, then music teacher. He later played on Greek language radio in the 1930s. recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with John Gianaros
Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios
Date
1989-06-25
Description
Three audio cassettes. Born 3 December 1902, Lerios was a Greek immigrant who made sponge diving helmets. He arrived in Tarpons Springs in 1913 to work in a machine shop. He soon owned his own, and made helmets. Also made and fixed engines and pumps. He also discussing making helmets, changes in the sponge industry, his health, training his grandson Nick Toth as an apprentice in helmet making, and local Greek culture. Nick Toth helped his grandfather throughout the interview. Continued on C89-24 and C89-35. Recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios
Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles
Date
1989-06-25
Description
Three audio cassettes. Much of the interview at the start is in Greek. Sokrilis discusses the bouzouki, learning to play, emigration to the US from Greece, family life, teaching the instruments to others, and festivals. Recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_01_c77-002Annual Tarpon Springs International GlendiSoundPerformers
Bands (Music)
Animal trainers
Arts, Ukrainian
Ukrainian Americans
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Interviews
Gospel songs
Local history
Religious music
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Czechoslovakian Americans
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-005aGreek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ChurchSoundGreek Americans
Catholics
Church services
Special events
Churches
Christianity
Religion
Religious rites
Sermons
Epiphany		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-018Performance by Greek musician George KalogeropoulosSoundArts, Greek
Greek Americans
Music performance
Bouzouki
Musical instruments
Musicians
Performing arts
Dance music
Singers
Storytellers
Guitarist		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_22_c86-160Copy of album: D. Tzaras, StereoSoundMusicians
Singers
Music performance
Singing
Arts, Greek
Songs, Greek
Performing arts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_22_c86-173Interview with Harriet PeppsSoundDog trainers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Greek Americans
Church membership
Church services
Churches
Catholics
Christianity
Community culture
Family history
Religion
Religious rites
Rites and ceremonies		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_22_c86-174Interview with Jacksonville Greek festival manager William BacalisSoundFieldwork
Interviews
Oral histories
Life histories
Sound recordings
Festivals
Emigration and immigration
Catholics
Greek Americans
Family history
Christianity		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_23_c87-009Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick TothSoundDiving helmet maker
Metal-workers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Greek Americans
Helmets
Diving Equipment and supplies
Fishing Equipment and supplies
Metal craft
Occupational groups		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_25_c89-022Interview with John GianarosSoundArts, Greek
Greek Americans
Interviews
Accordion music
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
Radio
Oral narratives
Sound recordings
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_25_c89-023Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony LeriosSoundDiving helmet maker
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Interviews
Sponge divers
Sponges
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
Helmets
Oral narratives
Sound recordings
Metal craft
Occupational groups
Apprentices		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_26_c89-026Interview with bouzouki player Spiros SkordilesSoundArts, Greek
Greek Americans
Interviews
Bouzouki
Life histories
Oral histories
Emigration and immigration
String instruments
Oral narratives
Sound recordings
Guitar
Occupational groups
Apprentices
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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