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1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette (3/4" tape). 20 minutes. Bronsztein played klezmer music on the clarinet; Rodriguez played the Venezuelan harp.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 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

Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1992-05-22
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Yao lived in Kissimmee, Florida. She played a mix of Chinese classical pieces, and Chinese folk songs.
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Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1991-05
Description: One proof sheet with thirty-six black and white images. 1-5: Jamican tales: Lucille Fuller, Veta Plummer, Sophia Campbell; 6: Blues guitar: Tampa Blue, Joe Reiva, Michael Dodge; 7: Venezuelan harp: Jesus Rodriguez; 8-16: East Indian dance: Perema and Prya Menon; 17-18: Fiddling: Gerry Cox, Amy Cox, Bob Murphy; 19-36: Cuban dancing: Cayo Hueso Comparsa.
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Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Date: 1991-05
Description: 105 color slides. 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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Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Date: 1991-06-21
Description: Two DAT tapes. This was the third visit by folklorist Stone; recorded at Groth's residence. Consists of a rehearsal (tape 14) and an interview with Groth (tape 14 and 15). 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 2004.
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Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1991-05
Description: Two color slides. Three autoharp players (chorded zither) at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival.
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Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Clay Jones

Date: 1978
Description: Two black and white prints. 1: Clay Jones leading a 1978 autoharp workshop; 2: Jones playing the autoharp.
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Autoharpist Clay Jones

Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1978-05
Description: One black and white print. Clay Jones playing the autoharp at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival. The autoharp is a string instrument, much like the zither, that is played on one's lap. It first appeared in the 1880s.
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Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Date: 1961
Description: Three black and white prints.
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Autoharpist Mark Moore

	Identifier	Title	Type	Subject
1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Arts, Venezuelan Venezuelan Americans Harp music Harps String instruments Musical instruments Arts, Jewish Klezmer music Jewish Americans Harpists	/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_t92-062	Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Harpists Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Performances Arts, Chinese Asian Americans Arts, Asian Zither String instruments Music performance Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Apprentices Performers Guitarists Guitar String instruments Folk dance Fiddlers Fiddles Comparsa tradition Folklore revival festivals Arts, Cuban Folk festivals Storytellers Guitarist Harpists Dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Still Image	Fieldwork Apprentices Zither Autoharp String instruments Musical instruments German Americans Teaching of folklore Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1640_22_tape14	Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger	Sound	Fieldwork Apprentices Zither Autoharp String instruments Musical instruments German Americans Women apprentices Music rehearsals Old time music Country music Interviews Life histories Personal experience narratives Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Music Harps String instruments Performing arts Performers Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Zither Autoharp Musical instruments Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Autoharpist Clay Jones	Autoharpist Clay Jones	Still Image	Musicians Harpists Festivals Folklore revival festivals Autoharp Autoharp music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Musical instruments String instruments Harps Performing arts Harpists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Autoharpist Mark Moore	Autoharpist Mark Moore	Still Image	Harpists Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Autoharp Performing arts Musical instruments Music performance String instruments Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Clay Jones

Autoharpist Clay Jones

Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Autoharpist Mark Moore

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1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (2 of 17)

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

1st Annual South Florida Folk Festival

Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Ann Yao playing the Chinese zither at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Apprenticeships at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp player Charley Groth and his apprentice Cheryl Belanger

Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharp players at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Clay Jones

Autoharpist Clay Jones

Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Clay Jones performing at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival

Autoharpist Mark Moore

Autoharpist Mark Moore