544 items found
Collection ID is exactly "1" AND Subject is exactly "Oral performance"
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"Jack and the King's Daughter" story

"Jack and the King's Daughter" story
Date
Description
Recording of an unidentified person telling a "Jack tale" about a king's daughter that never smiles. The location and date are unknown. Towards the end of side one and on side two are stories, possibly radio broadcasts, about child care.
Collection
"Jack and the King's Daughter" story

"Jack and the King's Daughter" story
Copy of the radio program Florida Sand: The Life and Works of Will McLean

Copy of the radio program Florida Sand: The Life and Works of Will McLean
Date
1980
Description
One audio cassette. Copy of the Florida Sand special program for NPR's Folk Festival USA series. The program was written by singer Gamble Rogers and edited and produced by Deborah Lamberton and Flawn Williams. The program was mixed at WHA studios in Madison, Wisconsin. The show celebrated the songs and life of Florida singer/songwriter Will McLean. The show includes memories and stories by Rogers, Boltin, and McLean, plus McLean singing several of his songs.
Collection
Copy of the radio program Florida Sand: The Life and Works of Will McLean

Copy of the radio program Florida Sand: The Life and Works of Will McLean
Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival

Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival
Date
1959-05
Description
One audio cassette. Recording of Skipper Lockett performing his popular Rainbow Springs boat tour on the main stage of the Florida Folk Festival. Lockett was a long-time boat driver at the springs (today a Florida State Park), and gave his rhyming tour -- during which he explains the springs and names all of its fishes -- at several festivals in the 1950s and 1960s. The original recording from which this cassette was made is T77-83: Recording of the Saturday Morning Program at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival.
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Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival

Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk Festival
Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper
Date
1981
Description
One audio cassette. Boltin tells "The Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper." She recorded the story for the students at Mary E. Taylor School in Camden, Maine. The recording ends in the middle of the story.
Collection
Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper

Legend of the Devil's Mill Hopper
Interview with Gene Rawls

Interview with Gene Rawls
Date
1983-05-07
Description
Two audio cassettes. Rawls, an auctioneer at a cattlemen's market in Lakeland and Tampa, talks about working in agriculture. He discusses attending auctioneering school in Iowa; learning agribusiness; having stage fright; working with and controlling crowds of people; how to begin an auction; controlling his voice; the longest sale (it started on a Thursday afternoon at 1:00 PM and ended that Wednesday at 7:00 AM); learning how to talk fast; the use of "hot shots," improvements in the quality of cattle in Florida; and methods in taking care of his voice including taking a lot of vitamin A, putting salt water in one's nose, and drinking Gatorade; and dealing with hecklers and crooks.
Collection
Interview with Gene Rawls

Interview with Gene Rawls
Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Fred Jokler, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs

Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Fred Jokler, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs
Date
1980
Description
One audio cassette. Fred Jokler performing a tour boat spiel about Silver Springs. His spiel includes discussion on the history of the glass bottomed rowboat; dew farms; Cypress Springs; the eviction of Seminole Indians from the area the 1840s; the Senator Durkson Memorial Garden; water pennies; and other topics.
Collection
Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Fred Jokler, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs

Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Fred Jokler, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs
Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Don Utz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs

Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Don Utz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs
Date
1980
Description
One audio cassette. Features a jungle cruise tour spiel conducted by Don Utz. Utz discusses features of the plants, animals, and waterways at Silver Springs.
Collection
Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Don Utz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs

Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Don Utz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs
Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Joe Klotz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs

Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Joe Klotz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs
Date
1980
Description
One audio cassette. Features a jungle cruise tour spiel conducted by Joe Klotz. Klotz discusses various animals on the tour, such as pea foul, giraffes, monkeys, turkeys, ostriches, meat-eating birds; zebras, camels, sheep, and spider monkeys. In addition, he talks about special diets for certain species in wildlife refuges.
Collection
Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Joe Klotz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs

Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Joe Klotz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver Springs
David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife Survey

David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
Date
1980
Description
One audio cassette. Faison & Klotz briefly discuss how they learned the tour's spiel and how long they had worked as a tour guide. Faison then leads a jungle cruise tour.
Collection
David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife Survey

David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife Survey
A Cowboy's Prayer

A Cowboy's Prayer
Date
Description
One audio cassette. Dekle reads A Cowboy's Prayer. Location and date of recording unknown.
Collection
A Cowboy's Prayer

A Cowboy's Prayer
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_03_c79-080"Jack and the King's Daughter" storySoundStorytelling
Jack tales
Oral narratives
Oral performance		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_04_c80-022Copy of the radio program Florida Sand: The Life and Works of Will McLeanSoundMusic performance
Radio programs
Composers
Guitar music
Singing
Folk singers
Interviews
Life histories
Oral performance
Poetry
Singers
Guitarist
Composer
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_04_c81-010Rainbow boat captain Manning (Skipper) Lockett performing his boat tour at the 1959 Florida Folk FestivalSoundBoat driver
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Orators
Speech play
African Americans
Oral poetry
Poetic language
Boat drivers
Glass bottom boats
Springs
Oral performance
Performing arts
Tours
Fishes
Tour guides (Persons)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_05_c81-027Legend of the Devil's Mill HopperSoundLegends
Oral performance
Storytellers
Tall tales
Storytelling
Oral narratives		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_10_c83-107Interview with Gene RawlsSoundAuctioneers
Fieldwork
Interviews
Local history
Oral histories
Life histories
Personal experience narratives
Auctioneering
Auctions
Selling
Oral performance
Agriculture
Livestock
Cattle		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-128Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Fred Jokler, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver SpringsSoundBoat driver
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Boats and boating
Performing arts
Tours
Tourism
Oral performance
Jokes
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Springs
Fieldwork
Workers
Wildlife watching industry
Ecotourism
Storytelling
Tour guides (Persons)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-129Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Don Utz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver SpringsSoundBoat driver
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Boats and boating
Performing arts
Tours
Tourism
Oral performance
Jokes
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Springs
Fieldwork
Workers
Wildlife watching industry
Ecotourism
Storytelling
Tour guides (Persons)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-130Recording of jungle cruise spiel by Joe Klotz, glass bottom boat captain and tour guide at Silver SpringsSoundBoat driver
Boat drivers
Boat driving
Boats and boating
Performing arts
Tours
Tourism
Oral performance
Jokes
Occupational folklore
Occupational groups
Springs
Fieldwork
Workers
Wildlife watching industry
Ecotourism
Storytelling
Tour guides (Persons)		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-131David Faison glass-bottom boat tour demonstration for the Big Bend Folklife SurveySoundBoating
Excursion boats
Tour guides
Oral performance
Jokes
Occupational folklore
Springs (bodies of water)
Field recordings
Ecotourism
Storytelling
Interviews		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_14_c84-086A Cowboy's PrayerSoundPrayer
Cowboy poetry
Oral performance
Whip maker
Cowboys		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
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