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Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Ballads"
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Elzie Shiver performance

Elzie Shiver performance
Date
1986-12-16
Description
One audio cassette. Recording of Shiver (guitar, vocals) performing country music by Hank Williams, the Carter Family, and Eddy Arnold at his Eastpoint home. Originally from Quincy, Florida, he and his wife, Delcie Faircloth Shiver, both worked in the oyster industry.
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Elzie Shiver performance

Elzie Shiver performance
End of Friday performances and start of Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

End of Friday performances and start of Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Date
1975-05-29
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Malkine was from Shady, New York. The Mitchells were from Washington DC and played dulcimers. The Hallmans were from Greenville, SC. Muller was from Lake Mary, and Tillinghast was from Hollywood. Burnstine, wife of the late Bob Beers, was from Petersburg, New York (she rant he Fox Hollow Folk Festival until 1980.) John Huber was from Knoxville, Tennessee. Flemming was from Dade City. Dirt Kickers was a string band from Tallahassee. The Georgia Sea Island Singers (Jones & Quimby) were from Brunswick, Georgia.

 

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End of Friday performances and start of Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

End of Friday performances and start of Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Friday evening performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday evening performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Date
1971-05-07
Description
One reel to reel recording. NOTE: Due to technical problems with the original reels the recording quality of the 1971 Florida Folk Festival is exceptionally poor. The start of the evening program (two tracks) can be found on T77-223; and for the conclusion see T77-225. Boltin served as emcee.
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Friday evening performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday evening performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Date
1979-05-25
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Bagpiper Hamilton, from Starke and a Florida Times-Union reporter, played first. The Bucksnort Barndance Band and the cloggers were both from Gainesville. Kloiber, at the time a law student at the University of Virginia, was from West Palm Beach; Gerard, a speech graduate student at the University of Tampa, was from Lake City. They met and began playing traditional folk music while students at Florida State University. Dekle was from Macclenny. McKinney and Alvarez were violinists from Starke. At the time Evelyn lived in Petersburg, New York. Popular on the folk circuit in the 1960s, she performed with late husband Bob (and later daughter Martha)as the popular folk act, the Beers Family. They were sent in 1968 by the U.S. Dept. of State on a tour on India, and once played for the White House in 1969. In 1966, they also began the popular Fox Hollow Festival in upstate New York. In 1972, Bob Beers died in a car crash. His daughter stil
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Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Date
1981-05-22
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Singer-guitarist Rogers was from St. Augustine. Rose was from Gainesville, as were Johnson & Wickman. The Polka Sweethearts were from Zephyrhills.
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Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 1)
Date
1985-05-24
Description
One reel to reel recording. Owen served as emcee. Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that originated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. Figgen introduced the brothers.
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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 1)
Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)
Date
1985-05-24
Description
One reel to reel recording. Owen served as emcee. Owen served as emcee. Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that roiginated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. The Shotgun Bluegrass Band consisted of Ronnie Kierce (bass), Gary Wilkins (banjo), Ricki King (mandolin), Platt Drew (guitar), and Nile Hord (fiddle).
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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)
Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 3)
Date
1985-05-24
Description
One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Owens served as emcee. The Shotgun Bluegrass band consisted of Ronnie Kierce (bass), Gary Wilkins (banjo), Ricki King (mandolin), Platt Drew (guitar), and Nile Hord (fiddle). Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that originated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. Figgen introduced the brothers.
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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 3)
Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)
Date
1985-05-24
Description
One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Owens served as emcee. Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that roiginated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. Folklorist Figgen served as moderator for the workshop. The workshop came out of research for the St. Johns River Survey. Grimm discussed pinata making, Castillo talked aboau farming ferns, and Castillo discussed taco making. Folklorist McDonald introduced Thompson. Thompson was from Hastings.
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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)

Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)
Friday performances at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Stage III) (Tape 5)

Friday performances at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Stage III) (Tape 5)
Date
1991-05-24
Description
NOTE: THE TAPE IS BLANK DUE TO RECORDING MALFUNCTION. One digital audio tape (DAT). Dixon, of Naples, sang Child ballads. Note: The term "Child Ballads" does not refer to ballads for children, but to Francis James Child who created a collection of English and Scottish ballads at the end of the nineteenth century and who largely defined the genre as it is known today. See http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/ballads/early_child/#what for more information. The Junkanoos were from Key West.
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Friday performances at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Stage III) (Tape 5)

Friday performances at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Stage III) (Tape 5)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1592_06_tape20Elzie Shiver performanceSoundField recordings
Music--Performance
Country music
Ballads
Oral narratives		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t79-016End of Friday performances and start of Saturday performances at the 1975 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Dance music
Folk singers
Old time music
Harmonica music
Dulcimer music
String bands
Stringband music
Ballads
Guitar music
Folk songs, French
French Americans
Songs, French
African Americans
Gospel music
Religious music
Spiritual music
A capella singing
Spirituals (Songs)
Singers
Dancers
Bands (Music)
Storytellers
Guitarist
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-224Friday evening performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Music performance
Stringband music
Old time music
Guitar music
Bluegrass music
Folk singers
String bands
Ballads
Fiddle music
Singers
Fiddlers
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-094Friday evening performances at the 1979 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Musicians
Old time music
Singing
String bands
Stringband music
Bluegrass music
Bagpipe music
Clog dancing
Clogging
Dance music
Country music
Guitar music
Occupational folklore
Whipcracking
Demonstrations
Violin music
Folk singers
Ballads
Singers
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Dancers
Guitarist
Rodeo performers
Whip maker
Bagpipers
Violinists		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-036Friday performances at the 1981 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
African Americans
Religious songs
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Religious music
Storytelling
Folk singers
Ballads
Polka music
Sea songs
Dance music
Clogging
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Storytellers
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-109Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 1)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Performing arts
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Corridos
Ballads
Narratives
Musicians
Singers
Guitarist		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-110Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Performing arts
Country music
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Mexican Americans
Corridos
Ballads
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Musicians
Singers
Guitarist
Folklorists
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-111Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 3)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Performing arts
Corridos
Ballads
Guitar music
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Mexican Americans
Bluegrass music
Old time music
String bands
Stringband music
Musicians
Singers
Bands (Music)
Folklorists
Bluegrass musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t85-112Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Corridos
Performing arts
Ballads
Guitar music
Guitarists
Arts, Mexican
Mexican Americans
Folk music Mexico
Latinos
Music Latin America
Ethnicity, Mexico
Workshops (Adult education)
Pinatas
Leisure
Ferns
Oral education
Farming
Tacos
Cookery, Mexican
Cooking and dining
Agriculture
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Musicians
Singers
Bluegrass musicians
Bands (Music)
Cooks
Artisans
Guitarist
Blues singers
Farm workers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_42_d91-005Friday performances at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Stage III) (Tape 5)SoundSingers
Musicians
Drummers (Musicians)
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Ballads
Psaltery
Dulcimer music
Dance music
Drum music
Calypso music
Bands (Music)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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