| 1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17) | 1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17) | Moving Image | Musicians
Artisans
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Bagpipe music
Tsabouna
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Palm frond weaving
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Patchwork
Dolls
Sweetgrass baskets
Basket making
Bagpipers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
1986 Florida Folk Festival (1 of 17)
- Date
- 1986-05-24
- Description
- One video cassette (3/4" tape). 20 minutes. Nikitas and Toni Tsimouris: Nikitas performs on and Toni explains the tsabouna (Greek bagpipe); Seminole Family Camp - palm frond roofing, making ash, patchwork, dolls, sweetgrass basketry.
- Collection
| 1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17) | 1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17) | Moving Image | Musicians
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 |
| Annual Grecian Festival | Annual Grecian Festival | Still Image | Fieldwork
Festivals
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Performing arts
Dance
Body movement
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Annual Grecian Festival
- Date
- 1987-02-21
- Description
- Eigth color slides. Includes images of Kontodaskalakis dancing. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. 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, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
- Collection
| a_s1576_01_c77-002 | Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi | Sound | Performers
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 |
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.
- Collection
| Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Blessing of the Water for the Dead | Still Image | Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Priests
Religion
Religious rites
Beliefs and cultures
Death rites
Catholics
Folk festivals
Special events | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Blessing of the Water for the Dead
- Date
- 1989-06-24
- Description
- Twenty color slides. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t87-126 | Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Apprentices
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Bouzouki
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris | Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris | Still Image | Fieldwork
Bouzouki
Greek Americans
Arts, Greek
Musical instruments
Music performance
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris
- Date
- 1987-01
- Description
- One proof sheet with 11 black and white images (plus negatives). 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, who was later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
- Collection
| a_s1576_22_c86-160 | Copy of album: D. Tzaras, Stereo | Sound | Musicians
Singers
Music performance
Singing
Arts, Greek
Songs, Greek
Performing arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
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.
- Collection
| Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs | Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs | Still Image | Fieldwork
Greek Americans
Religious rites
Holidays and festivals
Dancers
Folk dance
Arts, Greek
Christianity
Music performance
Priests
Religion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Epiphany celebration in Tarpon Springs
- Date
- 1985-01-06
- Description
- 88 color slides. 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 created as fieldwork for the apprenticeship program. 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.
- Collection
| Every Island Has Its Own Song (completed version) | Every Island Has Its Own Song (completed version) | Moving Image | Musicians
Documentary videos
Bagpipe music
Bagpipes
Tsabouna
Material culture
Instrument manufacture
Musical instruments
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Family history
Bagpipers
Musical instrument maker | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
Every Island Has Its Own Song (completed version)
- Date
- 1988
- Description
- One video recording (3/4 tape; 27:40) Documentary about Nikitas Tsimouris, a Greek bagpipe player, and his family. A co-production of WEDO-TV and the FFP, it was funded in part by the Florida Endowment for the Humanities. Offenbach narrated. Folklorist Michael wrote and produced, and Yvonne Bryant was assistant producer. The video can also be viewed online on the Folkstreams web page at http://www.folkstreams.net/film,136
- Collection
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