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Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Date: 1985-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master

Date: 1980-06
Description: One audio cassette. A duplicate copy can be found on C80-19. This is an unmixed, pre-master third-generation recording of field recordings conducted between 1978 and 1980 from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Folklife Project, resulted in Drop on Down in Florida, an exploration of African American musical traditions in Florida. Tape is in very poor condition and cannot be reproduced.
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Drop on Down in Florida pre-master

1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video cassette (3/4" tape). 20 minutes. James played piano for McClain.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)

Date: 1986-05-24
Description: One video recording. (3/4" tape) 20 minutes.
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1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)

African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1989-05-28
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Cooley served as emcee. Massey and Ruark were the dance intsructors. The band consisted of Bob Stone (fiddle); Mike Ayers (mandolin); Judy Trotta (washboard); Guy Burke (guitar); and Mike Stapleton (accordion).
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African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1988-05-29
Description: Four reel to reel recordings. Roller served as emcee.
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African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Date: 1993-11-26
Description: One audio cassette recording. (Duplicate can be found on tape 5.) The first half of the tape was recorded at a House of God "Family and Friends Day Celebration" in Daytona Beach on 5 September 1993. The second half was recorded at the Ocala House of God Church #2 on 26 November 1993, and the then at the 1994 Florida Folk Festival on May 24 1994 (for entire festival performance, see D94-20 in S 1576.) On the second half, the vocals are weak. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name

Date: 1993-09-05
Description: One audio cassette recording. For more of these two, see tape 3. The Sacred Steel Guitar Recording Project originated in 1992 when Florida Folklife Program folklorist Robert Stone discovered that several predominantly African American House of God churches (a sub-sect of the Pentecostal church) in the St. Petersburg area were using steel guitars in their religious services. The practice began by Willie and Troman Eason in the 1930s, and expanded upon by players such as Henry Nelson and Lorenzo Harrison. Realizing that this was a unique musical tradition, labeled Sacred Steel, the Florida Folklife Program to applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to conduct fieldwork and create a music album for public dispersal. The aim of the project was to increase public awareness of the gospel steel guitar tradition, as well as document it for future generations. Matched with state funds, the grant period originally ran from October 1993 through October 1994, but was extended for another year. In that time Stone, along with sound engineers William Dudley and Mike Stapleton, interviewed and recorded several steel guitarists in the St. Petersburg area. An album entitled Sacred Steel was released in 1995. It was then re-released through an agreement with Arhoolie Records in 1997.
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Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name

Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing

Date: 1988-01-24
Description: One audio cassette. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant, the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
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Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing

Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service

Date: 1987-11-25
Description: One audio recording. Recorded at the North Ft. Myers Church of God. The Southwest Florida Folk Arts Project was conducted under the direction of Barbara Beauchamp in two phases: 12 November 1987 through 31 January 1988 by Debbie Fant; and in February 1988 by Nancy Nusz. Using a 35mm camera and a Sony tape recorder, and funded through a NEA grant, the two fieldworkers spoke with over fifty informants in Manatee, Sarasota, Lee, Collier, and Charlotte counties, resulting in 20 participants chosen for a special SW Florida folklife area at the 36th Annual Florida Folk Festival.
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Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service

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a_s1576_t85-127	Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)	Sound	Singers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Performing arts African Americans Choir singing Choirs (music) Religious songs Gospel songs Choruses	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_03_c80-018	<em>Drop on Down in Florida</em> pre-master	Sound	Music--Performance Field recordings African Americans Guitar music Blues (Music) Religious music Religious songs Musical tradition, sacred Gospel music Gospel songs Gospel (Black) Blues singers Spirituals (Songs) Church services Prayer Sound recordings Shape note singing Churches Diddly bow	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Singers Pianists Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Tsabouna African Americans Arts, Greek Greek Americans Bagpipe music Bagpipes Religious music Religious songs Piano music Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel songs Bagpipers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)	1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)	Moving Image	Musicians Singers Guitarist Dancers Children Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Singing Gospel songs Religious songs Guitar music African Americans Clog dancing Clogging Stepdancing Food preparation	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_video.jpg
a_s1576_t89-041	African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Musicians Singers Pianists Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Performing arts African Americans Gospel (Black) Workshops (Adult education) Choir singing Religious music Religious songs Gospel music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t88-135	African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance A capella singing Gospel (Black) Gospel music African Americans Choir singing Choirs (music) Piano music Religious music Religious songs Workshops (Adult education) Pianists Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s2044_02_tape03	Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events	Sound	Guitarist Singers Fieldwork Steel guitars Guitar music Performing arts Guitarists Music performance African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Gospel musicians Gospel (Black) Festivals Folk festivals Special events Church attendance Church services Protestants Christianity Churches Religion Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s2044_02_tape09	Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name	Sound	Fieldwork Steel guitars Guitar music Performing arts Guitarists Music performance African Americans Religious songs Religious music Gospel songs Gospel musicians Gospel (Black) Bands (Music) Musical groups Churches Religion Christianity Protestants Guitarist Singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1622_03_tape23	Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing	Sound	Singers Choruses Pianists Fieldwork Music performance Sound recordings Religious music Religious songs Religion Choir singing Choirs (music) A capella singers A capella singing Mennonites Christianity Piano music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1622_03_tape06	Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service	Sound	Bands (Music) Musical groups Singers Fieldwork Church services Sound recordings Religion Religious music Religious songs Music performance Christianity Protestants	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master

1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)

African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name

Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name

Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing

Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing

Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service

Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service

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Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Sunday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 2)

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master

Drop on Down in Florida pre-master

1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (3 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)

1986 Florida Folk Festival (5 of 17)

African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

African American Gospel Workshop performing at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent and his father Henry Nelson performing sacred steel music at various events

Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name

Aubrey Ghent performing Father in Jesus Name

Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing

Bahia Vista Mennonite Church Choir singing

Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service

Bill and Eloise Smith with Sounds of Praise performing at a church service

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