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Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Parada and Hernandez apprenticed under drummer Baro in 1990 through the FFP 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.
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Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

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1962-05-04

Description

One reel to reel recording. Boltin (and Kirkland) served as emcee. Gautam, a Nepalese American student at the University of Florida, played the Nepalese drum. It was Bowlegs' 100th birthday party (according to the proceedings).

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Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

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. Boltin served as emcee. (The last five tracks of the reel -- not listed here -- are from the Friday afternoon program. See separate entry for description.) The first few tracks may have been from the previous day's program (Thursday, 6 May, 1971). The reel indexes are unclear. The Schillings were from Cosby, Tennessee. Jean played dulcimer. The Orange Blossom Bluegrass were from Tampa. Nelson lived in Gainesville. Pavitt lived in Juneau, Alaska. The Good Guys were based out of West Palm Beach. Fiddler Stephens lived in Panama City. Starker played the steel drums.
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Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee. Gauss was from Tallahassee. The Junkanoos, led by Bill Butler, were from Key West.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Junkanoos were from Key West.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. The Junkanoos performance ends with Thelma Boltin concluding the AM performances. The Cox family (billed as the Mt. St. Helens Traveling Roadshow) began the afternoon performances.
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Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Date: 1986-05-23
Description: One reel to reel recording. Bulger and Boltin served as emcees.
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Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

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 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)

Date: 1996-05-24
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT). Bullock served as emcees. The Home Grown String Band consisted of Regina, Gerry, and Amy Cox.
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Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)

Date: 1996-05-24
Description: One digital audio tape (DAT). Bullock & Fitchen served as emcees. Folklorist Bucuvalas introduced some of the apprentices for 1996. Continues on D96-6.
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Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)

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a_s1576_t77-118	Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Drum music Singing Nepalese Americans Drum performance Native Americans Creek Indians Seminole Indians Birthday rites Calendar rites Choruses Storytelling Animal tales Trickster tales Singers Children Drummers (Musicians) Musicians Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-222a	Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Singing Music performance Stringband music Old time music Calypso music Bluegrass music Folk singers Drum music Drum performance String bands Guitar music Steel drum (Musical instrument) Singers Fiddlers Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Drummers (Musicians) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t84-012	Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)	Sound	Guitarist Musicians Singers Dancers Drummers (Musicians) Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Singing Guitar music Guitarists Calypso music Dance music Drum music Drum performance	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t84-004	Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Singing Music performance Performing arts Calypso music Drum music Drum performance Dance music Elementary schools Students Children Choruses Musicians Singers Musical groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t84-005	Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Singing Musical groups Music performance Performing arts Calypso music Dance music Drum performance Drum music Old time music String bands String instruments Stringband music Children Bluegrass music Musicians Singers Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-107	Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)	Sound	Musicians Singers Drummers (Musicians) Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Shells Drum music Arts, Haitian Haitian Americans	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_42_d91-005	Friday performances at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area/Stage III) (Tape 5)	Sound	Singers 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
a_s1576_76_d96-004	Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Folk singers African Americans Fiddle music Stringband music Guitar music Old time music Bluegrass music String bands Drum music Singers Bands (Music) Musicians Bluegrass musicians Drummers (Musicians)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_76_d96-005	Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Folk singers African Americans Greek Americans Arts, Greek Guitar music Old time music Bluegrass music Dulcimer music Drum music Dance Singers Dancers Musicians Apprentices Drummers (Musicians)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

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)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)

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Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Cuban drummer Florencio Baro and apprentice performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday evening performances at the 1962 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday morning performances at the 1971 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 10)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage) (Reel 3)

Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7)

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)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)

Friday performances at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 5)