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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

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Date: 1987-04-13
Description: Two audio cassettes. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, 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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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Date: 1986-11-17
Description: Three audio cassettes. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk arts project 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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Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Date: 1987-04-09
Description: Five audio cassettes. A life history of Katsaros, plus recordings of his old 78rpm records. Katsaros won the Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1990. He recorded over 60 albums, and played around the world. He retired to Greece in 1988. He first came to the United States in 1913, to New York City. By 1919, he had a RCA recording contract. His music chronicled the Greek immigrant experience. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, 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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Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell

Date: 1981
Description: Eight reel to reels. Some material from the interviews was used for the public radio program, Florida Home: Showtown USA. Copied onto C81-73, C81-74, C81-75, C81-76, C81-77, C81-78, C81-79 & C81-80.
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Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Date: 1987-03-24
Description: One audio cassette. Jackson was one of the few non-Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs in the early 20th Century. He discusses many conflicts between the Greek community and other local peoples. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Frangos, 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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Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Date: 1995-01-24
Description: One audio cassette. Kavoukis was funded to learn from Tsimouris six tunes on the tsabauna, as well as how to make the instrument. The tsabouna is a traditional Greek bagpipe made out of a goat's skin. 
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Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna

Date: 1985-01-26
Description: One reel to reel recording.
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Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna

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

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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_s1708_04_tape19	Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Arts, Greek Greek Americans Music performance Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape16	Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Arts, Greek Greek Americans Music performance Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape24	Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros	Sound	Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Music Arts, Greek Music business Guitar music Guitarists Musicians Guitarist	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t81-102	Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell	Sound	Fieldwork Medicine shows Interviews Personal experience narratives Comedy Singing Pianists Performing arts Piano music Traveling shows Oral histories Magic tricks Family history Performers Entertainers Comedians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1708_04_tape23	Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson	Sound	Fishers Fieldwork Oral histories Life histories Sound recordings Interviews Sponge divers African Americans Sponges Sponge fisheries Fishing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1640_25_tape15	Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program	Sound	Double chanter bagpipes Field recordings Apprentices Musical instrument makers Greek Americans Tsabouna Folk music	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_t87-001	Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna	Sound	Fieldwork Music performance Arts, Greek Greek Americans Bagpipes Tsabouna Musical instruments Bagpipe music Bagpipers Musicians	/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

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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

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell

Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

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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

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician John Gianaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with Greek musician Yorgos (George) Katsaros

Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell

Interview with medicine show performers Bob and Mae Noell

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Interview with sponge fisher Sylvester Jackson

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris & apprentice Nikitas Kavoukis demonstration for the Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program

Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris playing the tsabouna

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

Performance by Greek musician George Kalogeropoulos

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