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Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1987-05-24
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Roller served as emcee.
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Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

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.
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Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Date: 1987-05-22
Description: One reel to reel recording. Williams and Boltin served as emcee. The Culbreath Family Band was from Cortez, Florida. Folklorist Roller introduced Skordilis and his apprentice Gonatos, both of whom were from Tarpon Springs.
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Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1987-05-22
Description: One reel to reel recording. Roller served as emcee. Skordilis performed with apprentice Gonatos playing Greek bouzouki music. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
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Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1987-05-22
Description: One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Roller served as emcee. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar. Boltin told several stories, demonstrated a wooden puppet, then sang with Fitchen.
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Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Date: 1989-06-24
Description: 61 color slides. Images of musicans (many are dark), sponge diving helmet makers Toth and Lerios, crafts, and various speakers. 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.
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Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: Three audio cassettes. Much of the interview at the start is in Greek. Sokrilis discusses the bouzouki, learning to play, emigration to the US from Greece, family life, teaching the instruments to others, and festivals. Recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. 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.
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Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis

Date: 1987-04-07
Description: One audio casette. 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.
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Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: One audio cassette. Demas discusses moving to the US, playing music professionally, marriage, his Catholicism, customs, and local Greek life. 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.
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Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

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

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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
a_s1576_t87-015	Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance String bands Stringband music Old time music Arts, Greek Greek Americans Songs, Greek Bouzouki Musicians Apprentices Bands (Music) Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t87-003	Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Bagpipes Storytelling Tall tales Imitating nature Oral performance Animal sounds Birdsongs Arts, Greek Greek Americans Bouzouki Songs, Greek Storytellers Apprentices Bagpipers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t87-004	Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Arts, Greek Greek Americans Bouzouki Guitar music Tales Storytelling Puppets Toys Singing Singers Storytellers Apprentices Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival	Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival	Still Image	Musicians Arts, Greek Greek Americans Folk festivals Special events Demonstrations Musical instruments Hides and skins Bouzouki Helmets Craft Sponge divers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_26_c89-026	Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Bouzouki Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration String instruments Oral narratives Sound recordings Guitar Occupational groups Apprentices Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1640_20_tape16	Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis	Sound	Apprentices Greek Americans Arts, Greek Interviews Bouzouki String instruments Sound recordings Life histories Music Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_26_c89-027	Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Bouzouki Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration String instruments Oral narratives Sound recordings Guitar Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1640_26_tape01	Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit	Sound	Music performance Bagpipe music Arts, Greek Greek Americans Bouzouki Arts, Scottish Scottish Americans Exhibits Musicians Bagpipers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris

Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

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Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis and his apprentice performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris

Bouzoukis player Jimmy Szaris

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Images from the Sponge Industry Folk Arts Festival

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordilis

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit

Music samples for the 1986-1987 Folk Arts Apprenticeship Exhibit