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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Date: 2003-05-25
Description: One compact disc. Bucuvalis served as emcee. Maris played the lyra, while Mastras played the lute. They played dance music from Crete.
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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 3)

Date: 2003-05-25
Description: One compact disc. Bucuvalis served as emcee. Maris played the lyra while Mastras played the Greek lute (lauto).
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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 3)

Saturday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Date: 2004-05-29
Description: One compact disc. Workshop on Greek dancing.
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Saturday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Date: 1987-04-09
Description: Five audio cassettes. A life history of Katsaros, plus recordings of his old 78rpm records. Katsaros won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1990. He recorded over 60 albums, and played around the world. He retired to Greece in 1988. He first came to the United States in 1913, to New York City. By 1919, he had a RCA recording contract. His music chronicled the Greek immigrant experience. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Date: 1987-04-13
Description: Two audio cassettes. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Date: 1986-11-17
Description: Three audio cassettes. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk arts project between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King

Date: 1989-06-13
Description: Two audio cassetes.
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Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1985-05-24
Description: One audio cassette. Tarpon Springs resident Tsimouris performing four songs at the Florida Folk Festival. He plays the Tsabauna, a Greek musical instrument made out of sheep skin, and is sometimes called a Greek shepherd's bag pipe. His son explains for the audience the instrument and the songs. He also explains that Tsimouris first moved from Greece to Tarpon Springs in 1968. This recording is duplicated in reel T86-124, S 1576.
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Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

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Description: One eight-track cassette. Used for an exhibit, contains Skordilis on bouzouki and Keith on the bagpipe. 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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Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis

Date: 1995-06-09
Description: One audio cassette. Kavoukis was funded to learn from Tsimouris six tunes on the tsabauna, as well as how to make the instrument. The tsabouna was a traditional Greek bagpipe made out of a goat's skin. For more information, see S 1644, box 12, folder 4. 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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Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis

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a_s1680_02_tape03	Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King	Sound	Embroiderers Needleworkers Fieldwork Arts, Greek Embroidery Greek Americans Decorative arts Domestic arts Canning and preserving Games Needlework Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration Oral communication Family history Interviews	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1670_01_tape03	Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival	Sound	Bagpipers Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Music Performing arts Performers Musical instruments Music performance Tsabouna Bagpipes Arts, Greek Bagpipe music Greek Americans Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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a_s1640_25_tape14	Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis	Sound	Fieldwork Apprentices Arts, Greek Greek Americans Tsabouna Bagpipes Musical instruments Music performance Performing arts Musical instrument maker Bagpipers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 3)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 3)

Saturday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Saturday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King

Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis

Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis

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Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 3)

Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 3)

Saturday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Saturday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King

Interview with Panayiota (Penny) King

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis

Recording of tsabouna player Nikitas Tsimouris with his apprentice Nikitas Kavouklis