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1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)

Date: 1982-05-29
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1986-05-22
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes. Sponsored by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the festival was held at the Metro-Dade Cultural Center. The festival consisted of folk demonstrations, food booths, workshops, and musical performances. Cultures and folkways exhibited included Mexican, Venezuelan, Haitian. Jamaican, Cuban, African American, and Jewish. In 1987, the name of the festival was changed to the Traditions Festival.
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1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Date: 1991-06-21
Description: Two DAT tapes. This was the third visit by folklorist Stone; recorded at Groth's residence. Consists of a rehearsal (tape 14) and an interview with Groth (tape 14 and 15). 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 2004.
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Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Date: 1991-05
Description: 105 color slides. 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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Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville

Date: 1991-03-16
Description: Two proof sheets with 72 black and white images (plus negatives).
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Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville

Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall

Date: 1991-05-26
Description: Fifteen color slides. Mary Marshall was a Ceili music performer, a form of Irish music that developed in the 1850s to accompany informal dances in rural Irish villages. The word derived from "le chiele," which meant to gather together for a chat. Today, those parties are called ceilidhes.
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Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall

Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice

Date: 1990
Description: Six black and white prints. The chorded zither is also called the autoharp. 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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Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice

Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Date: 1991-05
Description: Two proof sheets with 72 black and white images (plus negatives). The chorded zither, invented in the nineteenth century in Germany, is also called an autoharp. 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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Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Date: 1963-03-31
Description: One reel to reel. McKinney, who retired from teaching in 1936, talked about growing up in Florida, sang, and recited poetry.
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Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Singers Pianists Choruses Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Hymns Gospel songs Arts, Irish Songs, Irish	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Arts, Irish Irish Americans Songs, Irish Fiddle music Fiddling Bands (Music) Latinos Music Latin America	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival	1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival	Moving Image	Singers Musicians Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Music Latin America Latinos Puerto Ricans Arts, Venezuelan Venezuelan Americans Arts, Irish Irish Americans Harp music Fiddle music Harpists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1640_22_tape14	Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Sound	Fieldwork Apprentices Zither Autoharp String instruments Musical instruments German Americans Women apprentices Music rehearsals Old time music Country music Interviews Life histories Personal experience narratives Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Still Image	Fieldwork Apprentices Zither Autoharp String instruments Musical instruments German Americans Teaching of folklore Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville	Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville	Still Image	Musicians Bands (Music) Fieldwork Arts, Irish Irish Americans Irish dance Harpists Harps Fiddling Fiddlers String instruments Folk dance Body movement Performing arts Reels Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall	Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall	Still Image	Ceilidhes Irish Americans Music Dance music Performing arts Folk singers Performers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice	Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice	Still Image	Fieldwork Apprentices Teaching of folklore Zither Autoharp German Americans Music performance String instruments Musical instruments Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Still Image	Fieldwork Apprentices Zither Musical instruments String instruments German Americans Music performance Teaching of folklore Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t77-266	Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Oral histories Special events Oral performance Oral narratives Oral poetry Local history Singing Singers Teacher Storytellers Poets	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville

Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville

Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall

Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall

Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice

Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice

Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville

Ceili dance at the Irish Cultural Association of Jacksonville

Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall

Ceili Irish music performer Mary Marshall

Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice

Chorded zither player Charley Groth with his apprentice

Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Chorded zither player Charlie Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963

Cora McKinney speaking and singing at the Stephen Foster Center in 1963