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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Date: 1976-10-23
Description: Two audio cassettes. A glendi is a Greek festival, which can take the form of a fair or festival. Recording of a glendi in Tarpon Spring, including church choirs, interviews with Czechoslovakian and Greek residents, Greek and Czechoslovakian singers, and an interview with the chairman of Tarpon Springs Chamber of Commerce. Side two is blank.
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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Date: 1976-01-06
Description: One audio cassette. Recording of a epiphany day service. The Epiphany of Our Lord is a Christian rite celebrated within the Eastern Orthodox faith. Epiphany is a Greek word meaning to make known, and refers to the visit of the Magi to Christ, thereby making him known to the world. It is the climax of the twelve days of Christmas. Tarpon Springs boasts a large Greek American community.
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Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Date: 1977-02
Description: One audio cassette. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
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Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Date: 1981
Description: One audio cassette. A documentary program for a radio program entitled "Humorists and Health Evangelists" for the radio series "Florida Home." Includes interviews with and performances by ventriloquists, pitchmen, and performers for medicine shows and other travelling shows, including Bob and Mae Noell, Bunny Bartok, Mary McClain, Ward Hall, and Wayne Murray. Also features commentary and historical background and analysis by a narrator.
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Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Date: 1985-07-24
Description: One audio cassette. Interview with Antonios Lerios and his grandson Nicholas Toth on the family business of making diving helmets. They discuss Lerios's background and innovations he made in the diving helmets. For a transcript of the interview, see S 1579, box 1.
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Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with John Gianaros

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: One audio cassette. A Greek accordion player, Gianaros discusses his life, from his birth at sea in 1905, to emigrating to the US to teaching accordion playing. He originally worked on ocean liners as a mechanic, exposing him to America. Once in the US, he worked as a chef, then music teacher. He later played on Greek language radio in the 1930s. recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: Three audio cassettes. Born 3 December 1902, Lerios was a Greek immigrant who made sponge diving helmets. He arrived in Tarpons Springs in 1913 to work in a machine shop. He soon owned his own, and made helmets. Also made and fixed engines and pumps. He also discussing making helmets, changes in the sponge industry, his health, training his grandson Nick Toth as an apprentice in helmet making, and local Greek culture. Nick Toth helped his grandfather throughout the interview. Continued on C89-24 and C89-35. Recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: Three audio cassettes. Much of the interview at the start is in Greek. Sokrilis discusses the bouzouki, learning to play, emigration to the US from Greece, family life, teaching the instruments to others, and festivals. Recorded at the Sponge Industry Folk Arts festival, festival sounds can be heard throughout. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: One audio cassette. Demas discusses moving to the US, playing music professionally, marriage, his Catholicism, customs, and local Greek life. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: One audio cassette. Greek immigrant and musician Katsanos first came to Tarpon Springs in 1919, at which time he already had his first professional record behind him. He recorded for Columbia, RCA, and Decca. He also performed around the world. He discusses playing, learning music, and life in Tarpon Springs. The festival was held June 24-25, 1989 to celebrate Tarpon Springs heritage of sponge diving, a practice that dated back to the 1890s. By 1905, when 500 Greek immigrants answered an ad to be sponge divers, the town acquired a distinctive Greek flavor, as the Greek Americans thrived in the sponge industry. At one point, Florida provided 95% of the nation's sponges. Although today over fishing and synthetic materials have undercut the sponge diving industry, the tradition lives on in Greek families, and through tourism.
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Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

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a_s1576_01_c77-002	Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi	Sound	Performers Bands (Music) Animal trainers Arts, Ukrainian Ukrainian Americans Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Interviews Gospel songs Local history Religious music Arts, Greek Greek Americans Czechoslovakian Americans Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-005a	Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church	Sound	Greek Americans Catholics Church services Special events Churches Christianity Religion Religious rites Sermons Epiphany	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_01_c77-018	Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Music performance Bouzouki Musical instruments Musicians Performing arts Dance music Singers Storytellers Guitarist	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_10_c83-085	Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)	Sound	Performers Entertainers Singers Ventriloquists Music performance Ventriloquism Humor Jokes Medicine shows Comedians Performing arts Radio programs Documentaries Radio	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_23_c87-009	Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth	Sound	Diving helmet maker Metal-workers Fieldwork Interviews Greek Americans Helmets Diving Equipment and supplies Fishing Equipment and supplies Metal craft Occupational groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_25_c89-022	Interview with John Gianaros	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Accordion music Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration Radio Oral narratives Sound recordings Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_25_c89-023	Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios	Sound	Diving helmet maker Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Sponge divers Sponges Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration Helmets Oral narratives Sound recordings Metal craft Occupational groups Apprentices	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_26_c89-026	Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Bouzouki Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration String instruments Oral narratives Sound recordings Guitar Occupational groups Apprentices Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_26_c89-027	Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Bouzouki Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration String instruments Oral narratives Sound recordings Guitar Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_26_c89-028	Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas	Sound	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Interviews Local history Life histories Oral histories Emigration and immigration String instruments Oral narratives Sound recordings Guitar Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

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Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

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Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Annual Tarpon Springs International Glendi

Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Greek Orthodox Epiphany Day Church Service- St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Florida Home radio series: Humorists and Health Evangelists (Pre-master copy)

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with Greek diving helmet maker Antonio Lerios and Nick Toth

Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with John Gianaros

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with sponge diving helmet maker Anthony Lerios

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with bouzouki player Spiros Skordiles

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

Interview with Greek musician Phil Demas

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