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Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape

Date: 1979
Description: A recording sent into the Florida Folklife Program by the Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society as an audition tape for the 1979 Florida Folk Festival.
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Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview

Date: 1983-02-16
Description: Dyen interviews gospel singers Reverend Brown, Reverend Fountain, Major, and Crews at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion. Brown describes singing with the Dixie Jubilee Singers, a group from Jacksonville, in the 1940s. He was co-founder of the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association in Jacksonville. Fountain, who also helped found the Association, talks about the founding of the group and discusses the types of songs they played in the early days of the group. Major, another member of the gospel association, describes performing with several Jacksonville quartets and singing by ear and sing without musical accompaniment. Crews explains how he started performing with the group in the late 1940s and performing songs solo.
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Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview

Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion

Date: 1983-03-19
Description: Two audiocassettes. Gospel quartet rehearses "Standing Up for Jesus" and "It's Gonna Rain" in a practice session; Wright and Brooks discuss their birthplaces and playing with the Royal Harmony Four, a renowned gospel group, which sang throughout Florida and was headquartered in Jacksonville. They describe how they got involved in music in their youth and some of their favorite songs, like "Precious Lord, Take My Hand" and "Looka There Ain't She Pretty." On the first part of C83-54, Brooks discusses the group's favorite songs, like "Little Wooden Church on the Hill" and "The Gospel Train," and singing American folk songs and comic songs in church (such as "The Preacher and the Bear") in church performances. He also discusses singing songs about Casey Jones and John Henry and learning to read music later on in his career as a singer.
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Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion

Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion

Date: 1981-06-11
Description: One audio cassette. The meeting includes practice sessions in which church members sing a variety of gospel songs including, "Yes, We're Going to Walk that Milky White Way," "If You are a Witness," "Talkin' About a Child that Do Love Jesus," "Woah, Children, Look Where Jesus Brought Me From," "We'll Understand It Better By and By," "When I've Gone the Last Mile," "Shame on You," "How Great Thou Art," and "We Need to Go Back to the Good Old Way."
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Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion

Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting

Date: 1981-06-11
Description: One audio cassettes. Rehearsal meeting of a Jacksonville-based gospel group.
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Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting

Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson

Date: 1983
Description: One audio cassette. (Duplicate on C83-127) From the leadered masters. Recorded at the Warehouse Studios, in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance

Date: 1983-03-19
Description: Six audio cassettes. (Some of these concerts are also found on T83-213 through T83-216). Starling served as emcee. Recording of two concerts: 19 March 1983 (C83-132 through C83-134) and 20 March 1983 (C83-135 through C83-137). Images of the concert can be seen in S 1577, box 19, folders 94-96.
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Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette. (Duplicates located in S 1576, box 37, tapes 22 & 23.) Part two of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with circuses and other traveling shows.
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Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette (Duplicate located in S 1576, box 37, tape 21.) Part one of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with medicine shows.
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Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Date: 1985
Description: One audio cassette. (Duplicates located in S 1576, box 37, tapes 24 & 25.) Part three of a six-part radio series produced by the Florida Folklife Program and WJCT-FM (Jacksonville) that explored traditional arts and culture in Florida. This episode dealt with minstrel shows and the blues.
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Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

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a_s1576_03_c79-090	Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape	Sound	Music -- Performance Folk music -- Ireland Duct flutes	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_09_c83-051	Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview	Sound	Field recordings Interviews African Americans Oral narratives Gospel music Religious songs A capella singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_09_c83-053	Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion	Sound	Field recordings Interviews African Americans Oral narratives Gospel quartets Gospel music Religious songs Music--Performance Gospel songs Religious songs A capella singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_09_c83-055	Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion	Sound	Field recordings Meetings African Americans Music rehearsals Gospel music Religious music Music -- Performance Gospel songs Religious songs A capella singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-114	Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting	Sound	Musical groups Fieldwork Meetings African Americans Gospel (Black) Gospel music Gospel musicians Religious songs Religious music Singing Music performance Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-126	Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson	Sound	Singing Sound recordings African Americans Music performance Performing arts Piano music (Blues) Blues singers Blues (Music) Gospel (Black) Gospel songs Gospel music Choir singing Choirs (music) Religious music Religious songs Singers Pianists Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_11_c83-132	Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance	Sound	Concerts African Americans Musical groups Music performance Performing arts Gospel (Black) A capella singers A capella singing Gospel songs Gospel music Religious music Religious songs Spirituals (Songs) Spiritual music Prayers Musicians Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-014	Florida Home: Showtown USA	Sound	Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Entertainment Circus Circus performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-015	Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists	Sound	Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Entertainment Performing arts Medicine shows Performers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_16_c85-016	Florida Home: I Started With the Blues	Sound	Pianists Public radio Radio Radio programs Interviews Blues (Music) Performing arts Piano music (Blues) Blues singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape

Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview

Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion

Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion

Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion

Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion

Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting

Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting

Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson

Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

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Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape

Jacksonville Chapter of the American Recorder Society audition tape

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association interview

Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion

Willie Wright and Ted Brooks interview at the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Quartet Reunion

Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion

Planning meeting for the Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion

Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting

Recording of Jacksonville Gospel Quartet meeting

Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson

Copy of Pensacola Piano, Ida Goodson

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance

Triumphant Gospel Singers Association Reunion Performance

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Showtown USA

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: Humorists and Health Evangelists

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues

Florida Home: I Started With the Blues