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1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition

Date: 1981-10-09
Description: One audio cassette.
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1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1986-05-22
Description: One video cassette. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes. Sponsored by the Historical Museum of Southern Florida, the festival was held at the Metro-Dade Cultural Center. The festival consisted of folk demonstrations, food booths, workshops, and musical performances. Cultures and folkways exhibited included Mexican, Venezuelan, Haitian. Jamaican, Cuban, African American, and Jewish. In 1987, the name of the festival was changed to the Traditions Festival.
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1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle

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Description: One audio cassette. NOTE: Because this is a copyrighted recording, no copies will be made of the tape. Recorded by the Nashville Recording Factory.
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Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle

Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1992-05-24
Description: One reel to reel recording. Jan Milner served as emcee. At this performance, the group consisted of Goose Culbreath (fiddle); Richard Culbreath (guitar); Leo Gally (guitar); Carl Spank (guitar); Lamar Rogers (guitar); Art Sopel (bass); and Lloyd Culbreath (guitar).
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Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1991-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Paine served as emcee. Bob played fiddle while Dana played guitar, and both sang. Ed Pintato played bass.
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Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Date: 1977-04-30
Description: Two reel to reels. Recording of a free concert at the Stephen Foster Center, and sponsored by the Florida Folklife Program. Anthony and Big Timber opened for the Watsons, and later joined them for the finale. Doc Watson was discovered by folklorist Ralph Rinzler in 1960 while recording old-time musician Clarence Ashley in North Carolina. Blind since early childhood, Watson had been playing the guitar for much of his adult life when Rinzler found him. Eagerly accepted by the folk revival boom of the 1960s, he soon began recording best-selling albums and playing folk festivals. His son, Merle, joined him by the mid-1960s. They played old time, country, and bluegrass songs. Known primarily for his flat picking on the acoustic guitar, by the 1970s, Watson and son were highly sought after performers. When Donald "Chubby" Anthony died in Gainesville in 1980, he was considered one of the best bluegrass fiddlers in the nation. Born in Wellborn, South Carolina, Anthony began his career as a teen playing for the bluegrass group, the Stanley Brothers. He moved with them to Florida in 1958 to Live Oak.
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Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Gauss sang and played guitar; Martin played fiddle.
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Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1988-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Walker served as the emcee. Catherine Sugrue presented Florida Folk Heritage Awards to Gaskins, Hunter, Kennedy, and Morris (accepted by Kenneth & Chet Morris). The Florida Folk Heritage Awards were given to significant tradition bearers and advocates. Recipients are chosen by the Florida Folklife Council, and given out by the Secretary of State's office. 
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Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1991-05-25
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Fitchen served as emcee.
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Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
a_s1576_10_c83-100	1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition	Sound	Musicians Competitions Fiddle music Fiddling Special events Violin music String instruments Old time music Bluegrass music Contests Music performance Performing arts Fiddlers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Arts, Irish Irish Americans Songs, Irish Fiddle music Fiddling Bands (Music) Latinos Music Latin America	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival	1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival	Moving Image	Singers Musicians Fiddlers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Music Latin America Latinos Puerto Ricans Arts, Venezuelan Venezuelan Americans Arts, Irish Irish Americans Harp music Fiddle music Harpists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1576_22_c86-161	Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle	Sound	Musicians Fiddlers Music performance Singing Fiddle music Old time music Sound recordings	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t92-100	Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts Fiddlers Fiddle music Bluegrass music Music Old time music Stringband music String instruments Musical groups Singers Bands (Music) Bluegrass musicians Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t91-041	Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)	Sound	Singers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Bluegrass music Musicians Old time music Fiddlers Guitarists Fiddle music Guitar music String instruments Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-280	Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass	Sound	Concerts Guitarists Music performance Singing Old time music Bluegrass music Country music Guitar music Banjo music Fiddle music Singers Musicians Guitarist Bands (Music) Banjoists Bluegrass musicians Fiddlers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-125	Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Fiddlers Guitarist Singers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Guitar music Folk singers Fiddle music Fiddling String instruments Singing Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t88-032	Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Fiddle music Contests Old time music Awards Fiddlers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t91-029	Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)	Sound	Fiddlers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Fiddles Fiddle music Fiddling Contests String instruments Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition

1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle

Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle

Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

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1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition

1981 Florida State Fiddlers Competition

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (8 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle

Copy of album: Olde Tyme Fiddle

Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Cortez Grand Old Opry performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Dana and Bob Kogut performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doc and Merle Watson Concert with Chubby Anthony and Big Timber Bluegrass

Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Doug Gauss (with Wayne Martin) performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle Contest Winners performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Fiddle contest winners performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)