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Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1984-05-25
Description: Four color slides. Mitchell of Lake City performing his shoe shine rag at the festival's main stage. Bobby Hicks is playing the harmonica.
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Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young

Date: 1985-09-14
Description: One reel to reel (also copied onto audio cassette: C86-55). Interview with harmonica player Young. Includes Young playing his harmonica. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young

Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller

Date: 1981-12-01
Description: Boller talks about his background and his knowledge of the jazz and blues music tradition in Pensacola; his start as a musician; jam sessions at the Savoy club in Pensacola; the Royal Club in Pensacola; playing a variety of musical styles in his band; the first jazz piece he played, "Long, Long Ago," and his favorite jazz pieces; making a living as a professional musician; having Hal Andrews as a high school teacher; and his father's interest in music. Copied onto audiocassette C83-49.
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Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller

Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein

Date: 1985-09-11
Description: Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-137/138.) Interview with the traditional Jewish musician, recorded at a local shopping mall. Bronsztein discusses learning music; playing in Latin America and Israel; various Jewish musical bands; playing the clarinet; klezmer music; Jewish songs; playing for Jewish ceremonies; and life in Miami. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein

Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Hansen served as the emcee. Brock was from Bunnell, and made flutes out of wood.
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Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Date: 1986-09-04
Description: Five color slides. Images are of a Mexican American mariachi band practicing in Francisco Rodriques' house. Mariachi bands, which began in the Mexican state of Jalisco, were often employed to play at special events. Full bands include trumpets, violins, and guitars. Recording of performance found on T86-76 and C86-120 in S 1576. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session

Date: 1986-10-08
Description: Three color slides. The Folk Arts in Education Project in Palm Beach County was a joint venture between the Palm Beach County School System and the Florida Folklife Program. It was conducted between 1986 and 1987 by folklorist Jan Rosenberg with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts to add to existing social studies curriculum. The goal was to impart an appreciation of multi-ethnic traditions and provide a sense of place to the mobile student population. The project focused on the Florida Studies component for fourth grade students. The project consisted of field research to identify local traditions and folk artists, a series of five two-day seminars to acquaint teachers with the use of folklore and folk arts, in-school programs conducted by a folklorist and traditionalist, which included visits by local folk artists. In total, the project involved 15 schools with 779 students.
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Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session

Wood carvings by Bill Cooey

Date: 1987-09
Description: Twelve color slides. Bill Cooey, who has a mix of Scottish and Yuchi Indian ancestry, grew up in the panhandle where he learned pocketknife carving from his mother, a descendant of Yuchi Indians. His nephew Dale Cooey started learning the craft with the Apprenticeship program in 1988. For more on Bill Cooey, see S 1644, box 3, folder 1. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
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Wood carvings by Bill Cooey

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Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival	Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Performing arts Harmonicas Wind instruments Harmonica music Occupational folklore Occupational groups Performers Shoe shiners	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t86-011	Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young	Sound	Fieldwork Harmonica music Harmonicas Wind instruments African Americans Interviews Oral histories Life histories Music performance Musical instruments Sound recordings Blues (Music) Blues singers Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t83-151	Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller	Sound	Fieldwork Interviews Personal experience narratives Saxophone music (Jazz) Blues (Music) Jazz music Music business Nightclubs Music performance Music industry Saxophone music Wind instruments Horn music Musicians Saxophonists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t86-097	Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein	Sound	Musicians Fieldwork Interviewing Interviews Life histories Oral histories Jews Arts, Jewish Jewish Americans Education Klezmer music Music business Rites and ceremonies Wind instruments Clarinet	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-002	Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Flutes Pipe (Musical instrument) Pipe music Flute music Wind instruments Flute players Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Mariachi Jalisco practicing	Mariachi Jalisco practicing	Still Image	Musical ensembles Latinos Mexican Americans Music performance Guitarists Guitar String instruments Performing arts Horns (instruments) Wind instruments Trumpets Musical instruments Mariachi Mariachi music Ethnicity, Mexico Bands (Music) Musical groups Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session	Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session	Still Image	Musicians Fieldwork Wind instruments Musical ensembles Drum music Pipe music Pipe (Musical instrument) Drummers (Musicians) Drums Music rehearsals Bands (Music)	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Wood carvings by Bill Cooey	Wood carvings by Bill Cooey	Still Image	Fieldwork Wood carving Wood craft Figurines Decorative arts Woodwork Material culture Flutes Wind instruments Cypress Carvers (Decorative artists) Wood carvers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young

Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young

Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller

Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller

Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein

Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein

Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session

Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session

Wood carvings by Bill Cooey

Wood carvings by Bill Cooey

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Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Frank Mitchell and his shoeshine rag at the 1984 Florida Folk Festival

Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young

Interview with and music performance by harmonica player Samuel Young

Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller

Interview with jazz and blues saxophone player John Boller

Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein

Interview with traditional Jewish musician Jaime Bronsztein

Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Jim Brock discussing flutes at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage)

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session

Palm Beach Pipes and Drums practice session

Wood carvings by Bill Cooey

Wood carvings by Bill Cooey