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Early version of Florida Folk Festival retrospective album

Early version of Florida Folk Festival retrospective album
Date
1981
Description
One audio cassette. An early, longer version of the album that became Florida Folk Festival: The First 25 Years (1953-1977), produced by the Florida Folklife Program. For the complete album, see T83-135 and C83-93.
Collection
Early version of Florida Folk Festival retrospective album

Early version of Florida Folk Festival retrospective album
Field recording compilation for the National Federation of Music Clubs

Field recording compilation for the National Federation of Music Clubs
Date
1962
Description
Second part of one reel-to-reel tape. Psenka performs traditional Czech music accompaniment for a beseda, the Czech national folk dance. Psenka and the dancers were from Masaryktown. Tomazin (concertina), from Samsula, is accompanied by a young Yugoslavian student on steel guitar. Griffis, from Fargo, Ga., tells a tall tale. Swails (fiddle), from Branford, Whitehead, from Sarasota, and Fowler, from Live Oak, demonstrate straw-beating by hitting straws against the fiddle strings. Weldon (vocals), from Gainesville, is accompanied by Moore, from Denver, Col., on autoharp. Moon (Celtic harp, vocals) was from Gainesville. Paul Woodard (musical saw) and his wife, Elsie (piano), were from Bushnell. McDaniel, from Live Oak, performs with two harmonica, playing one with his nose. Pavitt, from Sarasota, performs an original composition about Hurricane Donna (1960). The Southern Railway Extra Gang No. 4 is led by foreman Simpson, and consists of railway workers Clark, Roberts, Goodwin, Jackson and Oliver; this field recording was made in 1958 near the rail station in White Springs.

These recordings, originally made by Boltin and sent to archivist Annabel Morris Buchanan of the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) in 1962, were copied by the Florida Folklife Program from a 7-inch reel-to-reel in the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, numbered AFS 14,006.
Collection
Field recording compilation for the National Federation of Music Clubs

Field recording compilation for the National Federation of Music Clubs
Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College

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

Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community College
Friday afternoon performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Date
1958-05-02
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1958 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1.
Collection
Friday afternoon performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Friday afternoon performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Date
1966-05-06
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Rain lived in Gainesville. Smith was from Fort Myers. Daniels and Webb were both from Jacksonville. Once called the 'Woody Guthrie of Vietnam,' Pham Duy wrote over 1000 songs. Born in Ha Noi in 1921, he trained in Paris in the 1940s. A part of the anti-French resistance, Pham Duy traveled Vietnam learning folk songs, and supporting regime change. In Spring 1966, as part of a cultural exchange program with the US, the 46 year old Saigon resident toured the United States. By the 1980s, Duy resided in California, still writing and performing. An image of him can be found in S 1578, box 3, folder 36.

 

 

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Friday afternoon performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday afternoon performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Friday evening performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday evening performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Date
1980-05-23
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The conclusion of the Friday night performances.
Collection
Friday evening performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)

Friday evening performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Friday morning performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Date
1958-05-02
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1958 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1.
Collection
Friday morning performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday morning performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)
Date
1983-05-27
Description
One reel to reel recordings. Boltin served as emcee. Smith was from Fort Myers.
Collection
Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)

Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)
Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Date
1987-05-22
Description
One reel to reel recording. Roller served as emcee. Skordilis performed with apprentice Gonatos playing Greek bouzouki music. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
Collection
Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)

Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)
Date
2000-05-26
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). Pardue served as emcee.
Collection
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
a_s1576_05_c81-024Early version of Florida Folk Festival retrospective albumSoundMusic -- Performance
African Americans
Tall tales
Gospel music
Shape note singing
Storytelling
Seminole Indians
Folk festivals		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-227bField recording compilation for the National Federation of Music ClubssoundTrack-lining songs
Tall tales
Field recordings
Music--Performance
African Americans
Czech Americans
Yugoslav Americans
Folk music--United States		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-016Folk Singer/Storyteller Gamble Rogers Concert at Lake City Community CollegeSoundSinging
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_t77-067Friday afternoon performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Elementary schools
Seminole Indians
Creek Indians
Native Americans
Oral performance
Tall tales
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Dance
Singers
Storytellers
Tour guides (Persons)
Boat driver
Dancers
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-158Friday afternoon performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Folk singers
Singing
Tall tales
Storytelling
Oral performance
Vietnamese
Arts, Asian
Asians
Singers
Storytellers
Children
Boy Scouts
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t80-056Friday evening performances at the 1980 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
String bands
Stringband music
Folk singers
Old time music
Storytelling
Tall tales
Singers
Guitarist
Bands (Music)
Storytellers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t77-066Friday morning performances at the 1958 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Elementary schools
Ukulele music
Arts, Jewish
Jewish Americans
Oral performance
Tall tales
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Dance
Singers
Storytellers
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-167Friday performances at the 1983 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 14)SoundSingers
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Bands (Music)
Singing
African Americans
Guitar music
Storytelling
Oral performance
Oral narratives
Tall tales
Gospel songs
Religious songs
Storytellers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t87-003Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Bagpipes
Storytelling
Tall tales
Imitating nature
Oral performance
Animal sounds
Birdsongs
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Bouzouki
Songs, Greek
Storytellers
Apprentices
Bagpipers
Musicians		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_84_d00-003Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 3)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Storytelling
Old time music
Oral narratives
Tall tales
Dancers
Singers
Musicians
Storytellers
Guitarist		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg