a_s1576_t85-127 | Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Singers 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_s2043_00020 | 100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home | Sound | Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Music performance Performing arts Anniversaries Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) State songs Special events Public officer Choruses Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
100th Anniversary Celebration of creation of state song Old Folks at Home
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- 1951-09-30
- Description
- Six reel to reel recordings. Songwriter Stephen Foster wrote Old Folks at Home in 1851. In 1935, the Florida Legislature designated "Old Folks at Home" (often referred to as "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River") as Florida's state song. Over the next two decades, several Floridians began to push for a memorial to the song's composer, Stephen Collins Foster, considered by many to be the nation's first commercial songwriter. Finally, after the efforts of the Florida Federation of Music Clubs, the state opened the Stephen Foster Memorial, a 250-acre state-owned park, in White Springs, Florida in 1950, and would eventually comprise a bell tower, a Stephen Foster Museum, landscaped park grounds, and an annual Florida Folk Festival, along with other public programs. That same year, the state created the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission to administer the development and maintenance of the park.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17) | 1986 Florida Folk Festival (10 of 17) | Moving Image | Musicians Singers Pianists Choruses Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Hymns Gospel songs Arts, Irish Songs, Irish | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg |
a_s1714_03_tape02 | 45th Anniversary of the Senior Choir program | Sound | Fieldwork African Americans Choir singing Singing Choirs (music) Religious music Religion Protestants Christianity Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel songs Spiritual music Spirituals (Songs) Music performance Performing arts Churches Church membership Special events Church attendance Sound recording Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
45th Anniversary of the Senior Choir program
- Date
- 1985-01-12
- Description
- Four audio cassettes. Recording of the 45th anniversary program for the senior choir of the Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church. The program consisted of traditional gospel and spiritual songs. A malfunctioning microphone caused some distortion and feedback on the recording. In Winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s2043_00006 | 99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home | Sound | Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864 Music performance Performing arts Anniversaries Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) State songs Special events Choruses Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
99th Celebration of Creation of state song Old Folks at Home
- Date
- 1950
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Songwriter Stephen Foster wrote Old Folks at Home in 1851. In 1935, the Florida Legislature designated "Old Folks at Home" (often referred to as "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River") as Florida's state song. Over the next two decades, several Floridians began to push for a memorial to the song's composer, Stephen Collins Foster, considered by many to be the nation's first commercial songwriter. Finally, after the efforts of the Florida Federation of Music Clubs, the state opened the Stephen Foster Memorial, a 250-acre state-owned park, in White Springs, Florida in 1950, and would eventually comprise a bell tower, a Stephen Foster Museum, landscaped park grounds, and an annual Florida Folk Festival, along with other public programs. That same year, the state created the Stephen Foster Memorial Commission to administer the development and maintenance of the park.
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Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival | Activities of the 1954 Florida Folk Festival | Still Image | Performing arts Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Performers Square dancing Country dancing Dancers Speeches, addresses, etc. Choirs (music) Square dance Orators Oratory | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
a_s1576_t88-135 | African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) | Sound | Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance A capella singing Gospel (Black) Gospel music African Americans Choir singing Choirs (music) Piano music Religious music Religious songs Workshops (Adult education) Pianists Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s2043_00045 | Amigo Male Singers performing at the Stephen Foster Memorial | Sound | Music performance Performing arts Singing Musical groups African Americans Choirs (music) Choir singing Choruses Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1664_08_tape76 | Calloway Family Choir at the Hurst Chapel AME Church | Sound | Church services Gospel songs Religious songs Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Choruses Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Capella Davidson choir performing at the Miami Airport | Capella Davidson choir performing at the Miami Airport | Still Image | Special events Choirs (music) Choir singing A capella singers Minorcans Cultural exchanges Exchange of persons programs Performing arts Airports Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Capella Davidson choir performing at the Miami Airport
- Date
- 1983-10-06
- Description
- Fourteen color slides. 1-7, 11-13: The Capella Davidson choir and crowds; 8-10: Dept of State employees and Mr. Rubio of Minorca. The Minorcan Cultural Exchange Tour, which ran from 10/6-13/1983, was created through an agreement between the Florida Dept. of State and the Mediterranean island of Minorca to celebrate Florida's two hundred year Minorcan heritage. First brought over as workers for a British plantation in the 1770s, most soon escaped the harsh working conditions and settled in St. Augustine. The tour, organized by Secretary of State George Firestone, the Bureau of Florida Folklife (Bulger, Belland, Loomis), Division of Historical Resources (Jean Lee and Paul Weaver) and the Florida Museum of History (Pat Wickman). The tour, with 140 performers and delegates from Minorca, consisted of a series of public performances and emerged out of the smaller program, the Minorcan Heritage Week held in May 1983. The tour traveled from St. Augustine, to the University of Florida, to EPCOT, to Cypress Gardens, then finally to Miami for departure back to Spain. Some records for the tour can be found in S 1578, Box 3, folder 81.
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