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Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)
Date
1985-05-26
Description
One reel to reel recording.
Collection
Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)
<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master
Date
1980-06
Description
One audio cassette. A duplicate copy can be found on C80-19. This is an unmixed, pre-master third-generation recording of field recordings conducted between 1978 and 1980 from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Folklife Project, resulted in Drop on Down in Florida, an exploration of African American musical traditions in Florida.  Tape is in very poor condition and cannot be reproduced.
Collection
<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
Date
1978-05
Description
Five black and white prints. P79-679 Rufus Adams of Mayo demontrating his corn shuck bottom chairs to crowds. P79-681 Queen Udell and her yo-yo quilt. Yo-yo quilt were quilts made from several circular swatches of cloth swen together. P79-682 Cabinet maker Kjell Lunestad of St. Augustine. P79-683 Reverend Thurlow Reed of Key West playing music with a conch shell. P79-684 Jay Abner in front of his restaurant in White Springs. Karl Holland of the Florida Dept. of Commerce took the photographs. He often worked for the Florida Folk Festival, in which he woudl send all unused Commerce photos to the Florida Folklife Program.
Collection
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs

1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs
1980 Florida Folk Festival

1980 Florida Folk Festival
Date
Description
Five photographic proof sheets with 163 black and white images. P80-427: 3-4, 29 Moses Williams and his diddly bow 5-6 Ventriloquist 7-24 George Firestone at festival 26-37 Moses Williams and Firestone P80-428 7-10 shell blower 11-13 Moses Williams performing 14-20 puppeteers performing 21 Johnnie and Bob Patterson singing 22-38 Too dark P80-429 9-20 Gamble Rogers with others -- dark 21-23, 28-29 Lucreaty Clark making a basket 24-27 Moses Williams (dark) 30-35 Greek Islanders of Tarpon Springs P80-430 8-17, 19, 30-32, 25-26 George Firestone. With Thelma Boltin in 30-31; with O.B. Osceola in 8-9 20-24, 35-37 Crowds 27-29, 33-34 Nikitas Tsimouris playing tsabouna 38-39 Seminoles P80-431 2-3 unidentified 4-7 Firestone and Phi Wernley, FFF director 8-10 children 11-12 Firestone 13-20 Firestone and Boltin 21-22 Nikitas Tsimouris 24-26 Firestone 27-36 Gamble Roger
Collection
1980 Florida Folk Festival

1980 Florida Folk Festival
1981 Florida Folk Festival

1981 Florida Folk Festival
Date
Description
Four proof sheets with 87 images. P82-93 1-4 festival crowds 5-9 Ida Goodson with children 10-16 Secretary of State George Firestone with Thelma Boltin 17-20 Children P82-94 1-3 Ida Goodson playing piano 4-14 Beseda dancers from Masaryktown 15 Buckshot Barndancers 16-20 Unidentified P82-95 1 Unidentified 2-4, 18-21 views of main stage 5-17 Ida Goodson performing on the main stage P82-96 1-3 stagehand setting up Moses William's diddley bow 4-8 Moses Williams playing diddly bow 9,19-21 main stage 10-12 Thelma Boltin speaking to crowd from main stage 13-18 Ida Goodso
Collection
1981 Florida Folk Festival

1981 Florida Folk Festival
1986 Florida Folk Festival (11 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (11 of 17)
Date
1986-05-24
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
Collection
1986 Florida Folk Festival (11 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (11 of 17)
1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)
Date
1986-05-24
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes. Po lambi was used in rural Haitian villages to signal social gatherings, as work songs, and harvesting. It is usuaslly played with drums, and is of African origin. For Haitians, it is a symbol of their culture. For an interveiw with Joseph, see S 1576, T86-58 (C86-101).
Collection
1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)
1986 Florida Folk Festival (14 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (14 of 17)
Date
1986-05-24
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes. Video image is dark. Po lambi was used in rural Haitian villages to signal social gatherings, as work songs, and harvesting. It is usuaslly played with drums, and is of African origin. For Haitians, it is a symbol of their culture. For an interveiw with Joseph, see S 1576, T86-58 (C86-101).
Collection
1986 Florida Folk Festival (14 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (14 of 17)
1986 Florida Folk Festival (15 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (15 of 17)
Date
1986-05-24
Description
One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
Collection
1986 Florida Folk Festival (15 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (15 of 17)
1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

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

1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_t85-127 Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)SoundSingers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
African Americans
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Religious songs
Gospel songs
Choruses		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_03_c80-018<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-masterSoundMusic--Performance
Field recordings
African Americans
Guitar music
Blues (Music)
Religious music
Religious songs
Musical tradition, sacred
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Gospel (Black)
Blues singers
Spirituals (Songs)
Church services
Prayer
Sound recordings
Shape note singing
Churches
Diddly bow		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
1978 Florida Folk Festival photographs1978 Florida Folk Festival photographsStill ImageAfrican Americans
Chairs
Furniture
Cornhusk craft
Material culture
Demonstrations
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Restaurants
Cabinetwork
Carpentry
Woodwork
Quilting
Quilts
Textile arts
Chair caning
Quiltmakers
Carpenters
Cabinetmakers
Furniture maker
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1980 Florida Folk Festival1980 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Music
Musical instruments
African Americans
Secretaries of State (State governments)
Cabinet officers
Performing arts
Baskets
Basket making
Puppet drama
Diddly bow
Tsabouna
Secretary of State
Basket maker
Singers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1981 Florida Folk Festival1981 Florida Folk FestivalStill ImageSpecial events
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Musicians
Children
African Americans
Diddly bow
Material culture
Performing arts
Music
Secretaries of State (State governments)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (11 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (11 of 17)Moving ImageMusicians
Singers
Pianists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
African Americans
Piano music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (12 of 17)Moving ImageMusicians
Singers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Shells
African Americans
Arts, Haitian
Haitian Americans
Musical instruments		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (14 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (14 of 17)Moving ImageMusicians
Singers
Dancers
Pianists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
African Americans
Arts, Haitian
Haitian Americans
Dance
Singing
Piano music		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (15 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (15 of 17)Moving ImageMusicians
Singers
Pianists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
African Americans
Singing
Piano music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Religious music		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)Moving ImageMusicians
Singers
Pianists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Tsabouna
African Americans
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Bagpipe music
Bagpipes
Religious music
Religious songs
Piano music
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Gospel songs
Bagpipers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
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