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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Date: 1976-10-23
Description: Two audio cassettes. A glendi is a Greek festival, which can take the form of a fair or festival. Recording of a glendi in Tarpon Spring, including church choirs, interviews with Czechoslovakian and Greek residents, Greek and Czechoslovakian singers, and an interview with the chairman of Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce. Side two is blank.
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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration

Date: 1976-10-24
Description: One audio cassette. Recording of dances at the Masaryktown Day celebration, including interviews with local residents. Intermittent problems with tape playback. 
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Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Date: 1977-01-18
Description: Two audio cassettes. Recorded at the Neighborly Center in St. Petersburg. Brown talks about his life and music in between playing religious and blues songs. A previous interview and performance was recorded on tape C77-9. For an interview conducted a year later, see reels T78-316 and T78-317.
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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Date: 1976-10-01
Description: One audio cassette. Recorded at the Neighborly Center in St. Petersburg. Brown talks about his life and music in between playing religious and blues songs. For additional recordings, see tapes C77-7, C77-8, T78-316 and T78-317.
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Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Bill Butler interview

Date: 1977-01-25
Description: One audio cassette. Recorded at Butler's Key West home. Butler discusses the woman who formed the band; the instruments he plays; the kind of music the band plays; playing for funerals and parades; nicknames for people in the band; the origins of the band's name; and discusses his brother and father.
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Bill Butler interview

Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod

Date: 1975-12
Description: One audio cassette.  Tape distorted due to high recording input levels.
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Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Date: 1976-11-20
Description: One audio cassette. Recording of a folk festival including Greek dancers, yodeling, singers, storytellers, and annoucnements.
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10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Date: 1977-02-14
Description: Two audio cassettes.
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Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Date: 1977-02
Description: One audio cassette. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
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Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band

Date: 1975
Description: One audio cassette. Performance of calypso music.
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Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band

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a_s1576_01_c77-004	Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration	Sound	Czechoslovakian Americans Arts, Czechoslovakia Dance music Special events Music performance Interviews Dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-007	Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Oral histories Blues (Music) African Americans Guitar Guitar music Guitarists Life histories Religious music Religious songs Gospel (Black) Music performance Guitarist Blues singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-009	Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Oral histories Blues (Music) African Americans Guitar Guitar music Guitarists Life histories Religious music Religious songs Gospel (Black) Music performance Guitarist Blues singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-011	Bill Butler interview	Sound	Interviewing Interviews Performers Performing arts Oral narratives Life histories Jamaican Americans Parades African Americans Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-014	Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod	Sound	Singing Music performance Guitarists Guitar music Musicians Guitarist Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-015	10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording	Sound	Singing Music performance Storytelling Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Dance music Yodeling Performing arts Orators Dancers Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-016	Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College	Sound	Singing Music performance Storytelling Musicians Guitarists Guitar music Concerts Tales Tall tales Performing arts Guitarist Singers Storytellers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-018	Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Music performance Bouzouki Musical instruments Musicians Performing arts Dance music Singers Storytellers Guitarist	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-019	Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band	Sound	African Americans Calypso music Music performance Musical instruments Musicians Performing arts Bands (Music) Musical groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg

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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration

Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Bill Butler interview

Bill Butler interview

Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod

Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band

Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band

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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration

Annual Masaryktown Day Celebration

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Interview and music performance with blues singer (Blind) Johnny Brown

Bill Butler interview

Bill Butler interview

Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod

Music performance by singer and guitarist Willie Harrod

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

10th Annual Apopka Folk Festival recording

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band

Performance by the Key West Junkanoo Band