| Fiddlers Andrew Cook and George Custer | Fiddlers Andrew Cook and George Custer | Still Image | Apprentices
Fiddles
Fiddling
Violin
Children
Teaching of folklore
Music performance
String instruments
Musical instruments
Musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fiddlers Andrew Cook and George Custer
- Date
- 1990
- Description
- Two color slides; 12 negatives. Cook served as an apprentice to Custer. He was also his grandson. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1618_05_tape07 | Fiddlers Jack Piccalo and Richard Seaman performing | Sound | Musicians
Fieldwork
Music performance
Fiddle music
Fiddling
Fiddles
String instruments
Old time music
Musical traditions, Anglo-Americans
Bluegrass music
Performing arts
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Fiddlers Jack Piccalo and Richard Seaman performing
- Date
- 1988-08-08
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of Piccalo, a self-taught Italian American bluegrass musician, and Seaman playing bluegrass and old-time fiddles tunes. For an interview with Piccalo see S 1618, box 4, tape 13-14. For an interview with Seaman, see S 1618, box 5, tapes 6 and 13. For images of the jam session, see S 1577, v. 54. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Duval County was a joint venture between the Duval County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was started in 1984 by folklorist David Taylor with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist which included visits by local folk artists. Taylor ran it until 1986. In 1988, Gregory Hansen re-initiated it with minor changes.
- Collection
| Finnish fiddler William Syralia | Finnish fiddler William Syralia | Still Image | Fieldwork
Fiddling
Arts, Finnish
Music, Finnish
Finnish Americans
Musical instruments
Music performance
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Finnish fiddler William Syralia
- Date
- 1986-09-28
- Description
- Twelve color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
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| Folk Arts program at Niblack Elementary School | Folk Arts program at Niblack Elementary School | Still Image | Musicians
Education
Classrooms
Schools
Teaching of folklore
Fiddlers
Fiddling
Teachers
Children
Elementary schools
Artifacts
Guitarists
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Folk Arts program at Niblack Elementary School
- Date
- 1981-11-18
- Description
- Twenty-four color slides. Educational folklife program in which stduents brought in family traditional artifactas, and musicians Huggins (guitar) and Sconyers (fiddle) played old-time music.The Folk Arts in Schools Project in Columbia and Hamilton County was a joint venture between the county school systems and the Florida Folklife Program. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, and in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists.
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| Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Still Image | Fieldwork
Dwellings
Fiddling
String instruments
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Fred Perry playing his fiddle
- Date
- 1985-02
- Description
- Nine color slides. Images of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For the recording of the performance, see tape 38 in S 1714, Box 4. 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_s1714_04_tape38 | Fred Perry playing his fiddle | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recording
Research methods
Fiddle music
Fiddling
Fiddles
String instruments
Musical instruments
Bluegrass music
Old time music
Musicians
Bluegrass musicians
Fiddlers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Fred Perry playing his fiddle
- Date
- 1985-02-13
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of well-known fiddler Fred Perry playing his repertoire of old fiddle tunes. He is joined by Doug and Frank Trivette. Perry has played in the St. Johns region for over fifty years, including with bluegrass great Ralph Stanley. Also on the tape is Fred's wife Ruby. For images of the performance, see slides S85-1496 - S85-1498 in S 1577, V. 27. 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.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t77-068b | Friday evening performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Fiddle music
Singing
Old time music
African Americans
Seminole Indians
Fiddling
Gospel (Black)
A capella singers
A capella singing
Gospel songs
Religious songs
Singers
Fiddlers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t77-093 | Friday evening performances at the 1960 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Seminole Indians
Creek Indians
Native Americans
Old time music
Banjo music
Fiddling
Fiddle music
Dance
Clogging
African Americans
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Gospel songs
Singers
Fiddlers
Dancers
Banjoists
Choruses
Musicians
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Friday evening performances at the 1960 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
- Date
- 1963-05-06
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. NOTE -- The original reel was inadvertently recorded on side 2 first, and then side 1. When digitized for preservation purposes, that sequence order was maintained. The tracks here are listed in the order of the reel recording, not the order as recorded at the festival. Therefore, notations are included as to which side of the reel the tracks are actually from. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1960 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1.
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| a_s1576_t77-094 | Friday evening performances at the 1960 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Bands (Music)
Singing
String bands
Stringband music
Old time music
Arts, Scottish
Fiddling
Fiddle music
Dance
Singers
Choruses
Fiddlers
Dancers
Banjoists
Musicians
Students | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t77-136b | Friday evening performances at the 1963 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Folk singers
Singing
Guitarists
Guitar music
Fiddle music
Fiddling
Jokes
Storytelling
Trickster tales
Animal tales
African Americans
Oral narratives
Singers
Guitarist
Fiddlers
Storytellers
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
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