| a_s1576_t85-116b | The Galarza Brothers performance at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival Old Marble Stage | Sound | Mexican Americans
Florida Folk Festival
Folk festivals
Music -- Performance
Corridos
Narcocorridos | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s2029_01_c01 | The Florida Mexican American Music Survey sampler tape pre-production copy | Sound | Field recordings
Music--Performance
Mexican Americans
Folk music--Mexico
Ritual firsts
Quinceañera parties
Norteño music
Mother's Day
Marimbas
Tejano music
Button-key accordion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
The Florida Mexican American Music Survey sampler tape pre-production copy
- Date
- 1996
- Description
- One audiocassette tape. The music from the sampler tape is the result of the Mexican American Music Survey, an attempt to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican American communities in Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Among the styles and genres represented on the audiocassette are cumbia, conjunto, quinceañera ritual music, ranchera, mariachi, norteño, tejano, and pop.
On tracks 1 and 2, La Fuerza del Norte (Granado, Avalos, G. Rivera, Espinoza, Jr.) perform a corrido and a ranchera at Irene Gaure's quinceañera reception in Homestead on November 12, 1994.
On tracks 3 and 4, Grupo Cassanova perform cumbias in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 5 and 6, Los Halcones de Michoacán (Mondragon, Valdez, Abonce) perform a vals and a ranchera in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 7 and 8, Animación del Norte perform a vals and a huapango in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 9 and 10, La Fuerza del Norte perform a ranchera and a valsiada for a Mother's Day serenata in Homestead on May 14, 1995.
On track 11 through 13, Alviso, Rocha, and G. Rivera perform a valsiada, La Fuerza del Norte perform a ranchera, and Los Herrantes de Nuevo Leon (Espinoza,Sr., J. Rivera, Pedraza, Espinoza, Jr.) perform a chotis for a live Mother's Day broadcast on Radio Continental in Homestead on May 14, 1995.
On tracks 14 and 15, Los Fronterizos de Matamoros (the Cortez family) perform a polka and a cumbia norteña in Immokalle on April 13, 1995.
On tracks 16 and 17, Grupo Energía perform a banda medley and a pop song in Immokalee on April 13, 1995.
On tracks 18 through 20, Marimba Mayalandia, led by Rafael Rivera, perform a vals, son jalisciense, and a bolero in Orlando on May 18, 1996.
On tracks 21 and 22, Father Rojas conducts a mass and Robert Rivera, Castillo, Vargas, and Duque perform a canción for Xochitl Moreno's quinceañera at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Apopka on July 6, 1996.
On track 23, Grupo Elegancia performs a vals for Moreno's quinceañera reception at the John H. Bridges Community Center in Apopka on July 6, 1996.
On track 24, the Treviño family, the Gutierrez family, and Hernandez perform a traditional Mexican hymn at El Shaddai Pentecostal Church in Seville on April 14, 1996.
- Collection
| The Fiddle Contest & Heritage Award winners announced at the 2007 Florida Folk Festival Amphitheater | The Fiddle Contest & Heritage Award winners announced at the 2007 Florida Folk Festival Amphitheater | Sound | Folk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
Music -- Performance
Fiddle tunes
Old-time music
Award presentations
Special events
Special Olympics
Mexican Americans
Accordion music
Norteño (Music)
Poetry reading
Cowboys -- Florida
Cowboys -- Poetry | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
The Fiddle Contest & Heritage Award winners announced at the 2007 Florida Folk Festival Amphitheater
- Date
- 2007-11-10
- Description
- Wayne Martin serves as emcee. T. Staley of the Florida Fiddle Association introduces the winners of the fiddle contest: Williams (Junior Winner), L. Staley (Youth Division Winner), Weiss (Contemporary Winner), and Kalischmidt/Weiss (Twin Winners). Weiss accompanies Williams on guitar during "Fisher's Hornpipe." T. Staley (guitar) accompanies L. Staley on "Franklin Gavin's Reel." Abraham (guitar) accompanies Weiss on "Horseshoes and Rainbows." The Hamilton Stompers basketball team are recognized for winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics. Dr. Tina Bucuvalas, State Folklorist of Florida, presents the Florida Folk Heritage Awards to Haitian cultural advocate Jean-Marie Denis, Norteño accordionist Tomás Granado, and Haitian sculptor Almann Ulysse. Grando performs two songs and is accompanied by his band, Mestengo. Cracker cowboy poet, Sharp, reads poetry.
- Collection
| a_s2034_05_cd06-098 | Sunday performances at the 2006 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5) | Sound | Singers
Musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Mexican Americans
Singing
Music Latin America
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Bands (Music) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s2034_04_cd03-019 | Sunday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Disc 2) | Sound | Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Dance music
Dance
Arts, Mexican
Mexican Americans
Dancers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_84_d00-037 | Sunday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3) | Sound | Singers
Fiddlers
Guitarist
Musicians
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Religious songs
Musical tradition, sacred
Gospel (Black)
Shape note singing
Mexican Americans
Arts, Mexican
Marimba
Folk music Mexico | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
| a_s1576_t85-132 | Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7) | Sound | Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Corridos
Arts, Mexican
Folk music Mexico
Mexican Americans
Guitar music
Ballads
Workshops (Adult education)
Fishing
Occupational folklore
Seafood industry
Occupational groups
Fish traps
Fish trapping
Netmaking
Crabbing
Crab fisheries Equipment and supplies
Crabbers
Fishers
Shrimpers (persons) | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 7)
- Date
- 1985-05-26
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Folklorists Owen and McDonald served as emcees. McDonald served as emcee. Stemming from the research on the St. Johns River Survey, this workshop focused on commerical fishing. Bennet (of Welaka) discussed cypress boats; Oxendine discussed hoop nets; Knowles (of Crescent City) talked about crab traps; and the Schmidts discussed net making and shad fishing. They all also discussed the pros and cons of commerical fishing. The workshop continues on T85-133.
- Collection
| a_s1714_04_tape66 | Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church | Sound | Fieldwork
Sound recordings
Church membership
Church services
Churches
Religion
Religious rites
Protestants
Christianity
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Children
Sermons
Sermons, Spanish
Oral performance
Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a church services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church, a storefront church in Seville, Florida. Reverend Oscar Trevino presides. The tapes are in Spanish. 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
| Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church | Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church | Still Image | Fieldwork
Church attendance
Church membership
Church services
Churches
Religion
Religious rites
Protestants
Christianity
Latinos
Mexican Americans
Children
Preachers
Sermons
Sermons, Spanish | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Forty-nine color slides. Images of church services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church in Seville, Florida. Images include members praying, reading scripture, and listening to sermons. The images also show children singing. In winter 1985, the Bureau joined 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
| Service at Iglesia Santa Pentecostes El Shaddai | Service at Iglesia Santa Pentecostes El Shaddai | Still Image | Preachers
Musicians
Fieldwork
Mexican Americans
Latinos
Church attendance
Churches
Church services
Protestants
Religious rites
Religion
Christianity
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Service at Iglesia Santa Pentecostes El Shaddai
- Date
- Description
- One proof sheet with 36 black and white images (plus negatives). The Mexican American Music Survey was created to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican-American communities: Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Funded by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program, the survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996 by folklorist Robert Stone. Among the musical traditions were serenatas, conjunto, quinceanara ritual music, ranchera Michoacana, mariachi, norteno, Tejano, and pop music. At the end of the project, a sampler music tape was created by the Florida Folklife Program for distribution to various libraries.
- Collection
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