a_s2029_01_tape11 | Iglesia Santa Pentecostes El Shaddai church service for the Mexican American Music Survey | Sound | Singers Preachers Field recordings Mexican Americans Church services Protestants Religious music Religious songs Musical tradition, sacred Arts, Mexican Sermons Christianity Religious rites | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t83-088 | Interview with and music performance by Ike Ward | Sound | Fieldwork African Americans Blues (Music) Performing arts Music performance Singing Guitar music Guitarists String instruments Interviews Oral histories Life histories Singers Guitarist Blues singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with and music performance by Ike Ward
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Over one hundred years old at the time of the recording, Ward talks about blues music, visiting Africa after the war, and his life. In 1980, he still performed at local social functions. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
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a_s1714_04_tape61 | Interview with educator Margaret Sanchez | Sound | Fieldwork Interviewing Interviews Sound recording Labor Occupational groups Education Teachers Teaching Elementary school principals Life histories Oral histories Oral narratives Schools Curricula Pedagogy Educators School principals | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with educator Margaret Sanchez
- Date
- 1985-03-05
- Description
- One audio cassette. Interview with Seville Elementary School principal Sanchez about the local Latino/Mexican American community. Sanchez was born and raised in Colorado, and became principal in 1982. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the 'St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area' at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1576_t81-024 | Recording of a service at the Miccosukee Church of God of Prophecy | Sound | Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
a_s1576_t83-079 | Singing by the Church of God in Christ | Sound | Fieldwork African Americans Music performance Performing arts Singing Choir singing Choirs (music) Churches Church services Protestants Sermons Preachers Christianity Prayer Church attendance Gospel music Gospel (Black) Religion Religious music Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Singing by the Church of God in Christ
- Date
- 1980-05-04
- Description
- Three reel to reel recordings. These are field recordings from the Florida Record Project. That project, along with work for the North Florida Project, resulted in the two-album recording, Drop On Down in Florida.
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a_s2029_01_c01 | The Florida Mexican American Music Survey sampler tape pre-production copy | Sound | Field recordings Music--Performance Mexican Americans Folk music--Mexico Ritual firsts Quinceañera parties Norteño music Mother's Day Marimbas Tejano music Button-key accordion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
The Florida Mexican American Music Survey sampler tape pre-production copy
- Date
- 1996
- Description
- One audiocassette tape. The music from the sampler tape is the result of the Mexican American Music Survey, an attempt to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican American communities in Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Among the styles and genres represented on the audiocassette are cumbia, conjunto, quinceañera ritual music, ranchera, mariachi, norteño, tejano, and pop.
On tracks 1 and 2, La Fuerza del Norte (Granado, Avalos, G. Rivera, Espinoza, Jr.) perform a corrido and a ranchera at Irene Gaure's quinceañera reception in Homestead on November 12, 1994.
On tracks 3 and 4, Grupo Cassanova perform cumbias in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 5 and 6, Los Halcones de Michoacán (Mondragon, Valdez, Abonce) perform a vals and a ranchera in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 7 and 8, Animación del Norte perform a vals and a huapango in Homestead on November 13, 1994.
On tracks 9 and 10, La Fuerza del Norte perform a ranchera and a valsiada for a Mother's Day serenata in Homestead on May 14, 1995.
On track 11 through 13, Alviso, Rocha, and G. Rivera perform a valsiada, La Fuerza del Norte perform a ranchera, and Los Herrantes de Nuevo Leon (Espinoza,Sr., J. Rivera, Pedraza, Espinoza, Jr.) perform a chotis for a live Mother's Day broadcast on Radio Continental in Homestead on May 14, 1995.
On tracks 14 and 15, Los Fronterizos de Matamoros (the Cortez family) perform a polka and a cumbia norteña in Immokalle on April 13, 1995.
On tracks 16 and 17, Grupo Energía perform a banda medley and a pop song in Immokalee on April 13, 1995.
On tracks 18 through 20, Marimba Mayalandia, led by Rafael Rivera, perform a vals, son jalisciense, and a bolero in Orlando on May 18, 1996.
On tracks 21 and 22, Father Rojas conducts a mass and Robert Rivera, Castillo, Vargas, and Duque perform a canción for Xochitl Moreno's quinceañera at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Apopka on July 6, 1996.
On track 23, Grupo Elegancia performs a vals for Moreno's quinceañera reception at the John H. Bridges Community Center in Apopka on July 6, 1996.
On track 24, the Treviño family, the Gutierrez family, and Hernandez perform a traditional Mexican hymn at El Shaddai Pentecostal Church in Seville on April 14, 1996.
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a_s1714_04_tape68 | Recording of a Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville | Sound | Fieldwork Christianity Sound recording Sermons Church services Community culture Religion Sermons, Spanish Ethnicity, Mexico Latinos Churches Children Catholics Musical instruments Religious rites Baptism Baptismal sermons Priests Music performance Infant baptism | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of a Catholic mass held in a Methodist Church in Seville
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a Catholic mass and baptismal service in Seville, Florida. The service was held in a Methodist Church that the Mexican American fern farmers used for Catholic services. For images, see S 1577, v. 27, slides 1742-1758. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1714_04_tape56 | Recording of a rosary and mass service to the Virgin of Fatima | Sound | Fieldwork Sound recordings Catholics Church services Religion Religious rites Christianity Latinos Mexican Americans Children Preachers Sermons Sermons, Spanish Oral performance Dwellings Church work with mobile home dwellers Mobile homes Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Recording of a rosary and mass service to the Virgin of Fatima
- Date
- 1985-02-25
- Description
- One audio cassette. Recording of a mass and rosary service in honor of the Virgin of Fatima in the trailer home of the Jose Albarran family. Presided over by Father Jose Narvaez, food and drinks were served to those that came. The service is in Spanish. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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a_s1576_t80-050 | Recording of St. Johns Missionary Baptist Church services | Sound | Religion Churches Community rites African Americans Christianity Preachers Church attendance Church membership Protestants Baptists Church services Fieldwork Prayer Gospel (Black) Gospel music Choir singing Choirs (music) Sermons | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
a_s1714_04_tape66 | Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church | Sound | Fieldwork Sound recordings Church membership Church services Churches Religion Religious rites Protestants Christianity Latinos Mexican Americans Children Sermons Sermons, Spanish Oral performance Preachers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg |
Services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church
- Date
- 1985-03-10
- Description
- Two audio cassettes. Recording of a church services at the Mexican Pentecostal-Holiness Church, a storefront church in Seville, Florida. Reverend Oscar Trevino presides. The tapes are in Spanish. In winter 1985, the Bureau contracted with two folklorists to conduct a folk arts survey of the St. Johns River basin in northeastern Florida. The St. Johns River is the largest and most used river in Florida, supporting much river commerce as well as a modest amount of commercial fishing. Folklorists Mary Anne McDonald and Kathleen Figgen conducted the survey from January through March 1985 under the direction of Folklife Coordinator Blanton Owen and Bureau Chief Ormond Loomis. Documentation compiled in the survey was used to prepare and present the "St. Johns River Basin Folklife Area" at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival.
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