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Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 1)
Date
1996-05-25
Description
One audio cassette tape. Her stories continues on C96-105.
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Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 1)

Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 1)
Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshops) (Tape 7)

Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshops) (Tape 7)
Date
1995-05-28
Description
One audio cassette. Morris discusses Jewish food, Briggs told Welsh stories, and Horvath finished discusses Hungarian embroidery (continued from FLN-29).
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Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshops) (Tape 7)

Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshops) (Tape 7)
Self-recording of Sam Eskin: Music, Songs, Ballads

Self-recording of Sam Eskin: Music, Songs, Ballads
Date
1963-07-21
Description
One reel to reel. (Duplicated on T77-267B) A self-made recording by Eskin; sent to Thelma Boltin, then director of the Florida Folk Festival. Eskin, born to Russian-Jewish parents in Washington, D.C. in 1898, was a self-educated folklorist who collected and published songs from across the world. During the 1940s and 1950s, Eskin embarked on several recording trips in the United States and elsewhere. In 1951, he produced an album with Folkways Records entitled: Sea Shanties and Logger's Songs. Today, his collection of recordings, transcripted songs, and original compositions is housed with the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
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Self-recording of Sam Eskin: Music, Songs, Ballads

Self-recording of Sam Eskin: Music, Songs, Ballads
1986 Florida Folk Festival (9 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (9 of 17)
Date
1986-05-24
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
Collection
1986 Florida Folk Festival (9 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (9 of 17)
Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2)
Date
1986-05-25
Description
One reel to reel recordings. (Copied onto C86-89.) Ranger-Brown sings, tells Jamaican, and demonstrates traditional dances to recorded music. The rest of the Kalikow's vaudeville performance can be found on T86-47). The folklife area in 1986 focused on Miami-Dade, which stemmed from fieldwork work on the 1986 Miami-Dade Folklife Survey, conducted by Lauri Sommers, Tina Bucuvalas, and Nancy Nusz.
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Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2)
Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)
Date
1986-05-25
Description
One reel to reel recordings. Devine and Boltin served as emcee. Champion's tribute began on T86-146. Champion died in February 1986. Born 23 March 1938, Champion was a nationally recognized banjoist who wrote several instructional banjo manuals. In the early 1960s, he and Jim (later Gamble) Rogers were playing local clubs, along with Will McLean. He even recorded the soundtrack for the low-budget horror film 2000 Maniacs (directed by Herschel Gordon Lewis), filmed in Orlando. By the time of his death, he was a Florida Folk Festival regular, and major influence upon many Florida musicians.
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Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)
Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)

Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)
Date
1997-05-25
Description
One audio cassette recording. The Willie Eason interview and song, "Roosevelt", continues from C97-86. Laurie Sommers interviews Eileen Brautman on the subject of Jewish marriage contracts.
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Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)

Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)
Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations

Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations
Date
1989-11
Description
One audio cassette. Research conducted through the NEA to create the 1990 Florida Folklife Area, the theme of which was Ethnic Celebrations. 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. Images of the celebration can be found in S 1664, box 2, folder 1. Purim is a Jewish holiday celebrating the victory of the Jewish people over its enemies, as told in the Book of Esther. Literally a Celebration of Lots, it is a joyous time celebrating fun and happiness.
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Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations

Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic Celebrations
Sol Brenner and Jay Marder performing Klezmer music at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sol Brenner and Jay Marder performing Klezmer music at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Date
1990-05-26
Description
One reel to reel recording. Rogers served as emcee.
Collection
Sol Brenner and Jay Marder performing Klezmer music at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Sol Brenner and Jay Marder performing Klezmer music at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 9)

Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 9)
Date
1996-05-26
Description
One audio cassette tape. Cantor Joel Fox sings and plays piano. Two pieces he performs are without titles, but part of the text can be found on the index sheet. They begin as follows: "The whole world is a very narrow bridge" and "Don't walk in front of me." He also performs a song about/for Yom Kippur. Continues on C96-128. A cantor (Latin for "singer") is often called a hazzan in the Jewish church. This person leads the synagogue in singing. Fox was from Dallas, Texas. As a teen, his family moved to Israel. While there, Fox attended the Rubin Academy of Art and Israel Institute of Cantorial Art. From 1989 to 1992, he served in the Israel Defense Force, then moved North Florida, where he became the Jacksonville Jewish Center's cantor. He later was the cantor for Atlanta's Ahavath Achim Synagogue.
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Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 9)

Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 9)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_65_c96-104Saturday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 1)SoundStorytellers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Tales
Oral narratives
Storytelling		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_46_fln-030Sunday performances at the 1995 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Workshops) (Tape 7)SoundStorytellers
Embroiderers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Workshops (Adult education)
Cooking and dining
Food preparation
Embroidery
Arts, Hungarian
Hungarians Americans
Food habits
Jewish Americans
Storytelling
Cooks		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-267Self-recording of Sam Eskin: Music, Songs, BalladsSoundSinging
Ballads
Folk singers
Love songs
Sea songs
Sea shanteys
Music performance
Performing arts
Singers
Folklorists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (9 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (9 of 17)Moving ImageSingers
Musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Klezmer music
Clarinet music
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Music Latin America
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1576_t86-046Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Reel 2)SoundSingers
Dancers
Storytellers
Musicians
Comedians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Arts, Jamaican
Jamaican Americans
Music performance
Storytelling
Dance
Demonstrations
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Russian Americans
Vaudeville
Piano music
Comedy
Jokes		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-147Sunday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)SoundSingers
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Guitar music
Singing
Folk singers
Tributes
Storytelling
Klezmer music
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Clarinet music		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_68_c97-087Sunday program at the 1997 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tapes 2)SoundSingers
Musicians
Guitarist
Artists
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Life histories
Interviewing
African Americans
Steel guitars
Guitar music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Gospel musicians
Religious music
Religious songs
Personal experience narratives
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Jewish art and symbolism
Ketubah
Marriage contracts		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1664_07_tape35Support materials for the 1990 Folklife Area: Ethnic CelebrationsSoundSingers
Musicians
Storytellers
Fieldwork
Greek Americans
Epiphany
Religious rites
Religion
Christianity
Catholics
Community culture
Community rites
Holidays and festivals
Special events
Purim
Play
Calendar rites
Arts, Haitian
Haitian Americans
Carnivals
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Judaism		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-129Sol Brenner and Jay Marder performing Klezmer music at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundPianists
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Arts, Jewish
Piano music
Clarinet music
Jewish Americans
Jews
Klezmer music
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_65_c96-127Sunday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 9)SoundPianists
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Judaism
Piano music
Cantors (Judaism)
Singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg