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97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1987-05-23
Description: One reel to reel recording. Kelly served as emcee.
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97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Rogers served as emcee.
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97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Date: 1986-07-04
Description: Sixty-seven color slides. Each year, the Florida Folklife Program offered traditional music and games for Independence Day at the Stephen Foster Memorial. Folklorist Roller can be seen in slide S86-151.
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Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Barking Spiders String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-27
Description: One reel to reel recording. Walker served as emcee. The group was from Tallahassee.
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Barking Spiders String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1989-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. (Also copied onto C91-1). Walker served as emcee. The band consisted of Gordon Scott (mandolin/harmonica); Mary Cox (banjo, bass); and Wayne Martin (fiddle).
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Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1989-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Williams served as emcee. From Tallahassee. Group consists of Gordon Scott (mandolin), Roy West (guitar), Mary Cox (bass), Nick Leslie (banjo), and Wayne Martin (fiddle).
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Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. The band included of Gordon Scott (mandolin)and Mary Cox (bass).
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Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1991-05-26
Description: One reel to reel recording. Paine served as emcee. The Ramblers were Gordon Scott (guitar); Mary Cox (bass); and Cindy Brophy (fiddle) They were from Tallahassee.
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Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1992-05-23
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1993-05-29
Description: Sixty-six black and white images. the Bill Monroe performing at the Florida Folk Festival. Monroe, a mandolin player, was known as the creator of bluegrass style of music. Performing here with his band, the Bluegrass Boys (from which the musical genre's name is derived) Monroe was often referred to as the Father of Bluegrass. For more images of Monroe at the Festival, see S 1577, Box 37. For audio of Monroe performing, see tapes D93-11 and D93-12 in S 1576.
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Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

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Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration	Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration	Still Image	Holidays and festivals Fourth of July Special events Children Games Contests Watermelons Food Quilts Music performance Stringband music Cakewalk (Dance) Dancers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
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a_s1576_t91-043	Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)	Sound	Singers Bands (Music) Musical groups Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Bluegrass music Musicians Singing Old time music Stringband music String instruments String bands Bluegrass musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival	Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Bluegrass music Musical instruments Mandolins Mandolin music String instruments Stringband music Performers Country music Musical groups Bluegrass musicians Singers Musicians Entertainers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Barking Spiders String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Barking Spiders String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

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97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

97th Regimental String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Activities at the 1986 Fourth of July celebration

Barking Spiders String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Barking Spiders String Band performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Big Bend Ramblers performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival

Bill Monroe performing at the 1993 Florida Folk Festival