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Folklife People: Troy Demps

Folklife People: Troy Demps
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The tradition of hymn lining is uniquely African-American. The practice of lining hymns can be traced back to the 17th century when printed hymnals were scarce and many churchgoers—both slaves and whites—could not read. A church elder or minister who could read would "line out," or recite a hymn line by line, which in turn was repeated by the congregation. These hymns, such as "Amazing Grace" or "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," remained and evolved in African-American churches after the end of slavery. For Albert Troy Demps of Orlando, this tradition was passed on to him by his mother during the Great Depression, when musical instruments were scarce and times were hard. As Deacon at the Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Demps continues to practice hymn lining, and he believes there is a more focused connection with the Holy Spirit among the congregation when the hymnal is set aside.
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Folklife People: Troy Demps

Folklife People: Troy Demps
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 2)
Date
2000-05-26
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). Bucuvalas served as the emcee. Banks and Demps demonstrated hymn lining. The Johnsons were Lisa Johnson (piano, keyboard), John Johnson (guitar, mandolin), Martin Johnson (fiddle), and Vgo. From Gainesville, they played Klezmer music. Romeo and the Boys played Trinidadian music. The included Ragbir, Mahesh Roopharine, Chris Jai Karan, Joe Ramanan, Robert Ragbit, Barry Jai Karan, and Shivanan Ramanan. They were participants in the Folklife Apprenticeship program. Apo and Lavoi played Hawaiian music, including playing the poi balls.
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Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 2)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 2)
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)
Date
2000-05-26
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). Bucuvalas served as the emcee. Banks and Demps demonstrated hymn lining. Yao and Edge played the zheng, the Chinese zither. They were all participants in the Folklife Apprenticeship Program. The Roddenberry Family sang sacred harp (shape note) songs.
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Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)
Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)
Date
2000-05-26
Description
One digital audio tape (DAT). Between 6:00 and 7:00, the Florida Folklife Program, with folklorist Bucuvalas, presented the 1999 participants in the Florida Folk Arts Apprenticeship program. For more information, see the web page: http://www.flheritage.com/preservation/folklife/apprenticeship/index.cfm. Banks apprenticed under hymn liner Demps; Ragbir taught several apprentices apprenticed Indo-Trinidadian music; and Edge apprenticed under Chinese zheng player Yao. Then Williams took over as emcee. Jackson played guitar.
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Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)

Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Tape 6)
Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)
Date
2001-05-25
Description
One audio cassette tape. Troy Demps, Eddie Banks and Frank Spaulding discuss African-American hymn-lining, how hymns were used as prayers and in services in the past.
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Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)

Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)
Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 11)

Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 11)
Date
2004-05-28
Description
One compact disc. Demps, Spaulidng and Robinson perform a hymn lining workshop, including a history of Amazing Grace. The last three tracks are of an unidentified string band, apparently with an accompanying clogging group.

 

 

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Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 11)

Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 11)
Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)
Date
2004-05-28
Description
One compact disc. A hymn lining workshop, led by Troy Demps (of Live Oak) with Splading and Robinson. Folklorist Stone introduced the singers. Hymn lining, which began in the 1700s, involves the leader signing a line, and the congregation repeats it.
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Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)

Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)
Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 4)
Date
1996-05-24
Description
One audio cassette tape. McKenzie served as emcee. Troy Demps, of Orlando, gives background of African American hymn lining.
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Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 4)

Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 4)
Highlights of the Callahan Folk Arts Project

Highlights of the Callahan Folk Arts Project
Date
1993-04-24
Description
One audio cassette. Culled from fieldwork undertaken to document the folklife of the Callahan neighborhood of Orlando, Florida. Images of the performers can be found in folder 1. For full recordings, see the three DAT (Digital Audio Tapes) in folder 1.
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Highlights of the Callahan Folk Arts Project

Highlights of the Callahan Folk Arts Project
Hymn liner Troy Demps (L) and his apprentice, Brian Wright (R) at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida .

Hymn liner Troy Demps (L) and his apprentice, Brian Wright (R) at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida .
Date
1995
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Hymn liner Troy Demps (L) and his apprentice, Brian Wright (R) at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida .

Hymn liner Troy Demps (L) and his apprentice, Brian Wright (R) at the Florida Folk Festival - White Springs, Florida .
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Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Bands (Music)
Klezmer music
Drum music
Trinidadians
Drum performance
Music, Hawaii
African Americans
Hymns
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Religious songs
Hymn lining
Singers
Musicians
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a_s1576_84_d00-030Friday performances at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Performance and Dance Stage) (Tape 3)SoundFolk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
A capella singers
A capella singing
Zheng
Zither music
Apprentices
Music, Hawaii
African Americans
Hymns
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Religious songs
Musical tradition, sacred
Shape note singing
Arts, Chinese
Chinese Americans
Hymn lining
Singers
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Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Singing
Guitar music
Hymns
Gospel (Black)
A capella singers
A capella singing
Gospel songs
African Americans
Trinidadians
Arts, Chinese
Chinese Americans
Zheng
Singers
Musicians
Guitarist
Folklorists
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a_s1576_87_c01-074Friday performances at the 2001 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Narrative Stage) (Tape 7)SoundSingers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Oral performance
African Americans
A capella singers
A capella singing
Music performance
Gospel (Black)
Gospel songs
Hymns
Religious songs
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a_s2034_02_cd04-091Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 11)SoundFestivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
A capella singers
Workshops (Adult education)
Spiritual music
Spirituals (Songs)
Hymn lining
Hymns
A capella singing
Religious songs
Musical tradition, African diaspora
African Americans
Stringband music
Old time music
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a_s2034_02_cd04-085Friday performances at the 2004 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 5)SoundSingers
Folklorists
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
African Americans
Workshops (Adult education)
Hymns
Religious music
Religious songs
Spirituals (Songs)
Spiritual music
Hymn lining
A capella singers
A capella singing		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
a_s1576_64_c96-095Friday program at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Area Performance Stage) (Tape 4)SoundSingers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
African Americans
Singing
Hymns
Gospel (Black)
Gospel music
Religious songs
A capella singers
A capella singing
Hymn lining		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
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Fieldwork
African Americans
Sound recordings
Community culture
Neighborhoods
Urban life
Blues (Music)
Guitar music
Hymns
Tales
Storytelling
Religious music
Religious songs
Blues singers		/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
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Ethnicity, African diaspora
Belief and custom
Festivals, Events and Conferences
Practices
Arts (Performing)
Artists--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Performing arts--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
African Americans--Music
Singing--Religious aspects
Entertainers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Folk festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Festivals--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Material culture--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
African American singers--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
African American men--Florida--Hamilton County--White Springs
Apprentices
Mentoring in the arts
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