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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 and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris

Date: 1984
Description: Nine black and white prints. Tsimouris played the tsabouna, a Greek bagpipe make from sheep's skin. In 1984-1985, as a master folk artist, he took on his son Anthony (Antonio)as an apprenticeship. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Nikitas Tsimouris and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Date: 1985-01-26
Description: One reel-to-reel recording.
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Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: Thirty-eight color slides; two proof sheets with 59 black and white images (plus negatives). Tsimouris making a tsabouna, a Greek bag pipe made out of sheep's skin. More images of Tsimouris at the festival can be found in folder 6, S 1672, box 1. 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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Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Date: 1989-06-25
Description: Thirty-five color slides. Tsimouris making a tsabouna, a Greek bag pipe made out of sheep's skin. More images of Tsimouris at the festival can be found in folder 6, S 1672, box 1. 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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Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs

Date: 1988-01
Description: 72 color slides. Eleven slides of Nikitas Tsimouris performing at a Tarpon Springs Greek ceremony. Eighteen slides of tsimouris making a tsabauna, a traditional Greek musical instrument made of sheepskin. It is sometimes referred to as the Greek shepherd's bag pipe. The remaining slides are various images of the ceremony.
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Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1985-05-24
Description: One audio cassette. Tarpon Springs resident Tsimouris performing four songs at the Florida Folk Festival. He plays the Tsabauna, a Greek musical instrument made out of sheep skin, and is sometimes called a Greek shepherd's bag pipe. His son explains for the audience the instrument and the songs. He also explains that Tsimouris first moved from Greece to Tarpon Springs in 1968. This recording is duplicated in reel T86-124, S 1576.
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Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Date: 1985
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Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Date: 1985
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Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1986-04-29
Description: Eight color slides. Tsimouris of Tarpon Springs played the tsabouna, a Greek bagpipe made from sheep skin. The Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program began in 1983 with a NEA grant of $22,000. The program provided an opportunity for master folk artists to share technical skills and cultural knowledge with apprentices in order to keep the tradition alive. Apprentices must have had some experience in the tradition and agreed to train for at least six months. The first project director was Blanton Owen, later replaced by folklorist Peter Roller. The program was continued each year through 2003.
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Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

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Nikitas Tsimouris and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris	Nikitas Tsimouris and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris	Still Image	Musicians Fieldwork	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t87-001	Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna	Sound	Field recordings Music -- Performance Folk music Greek Americans Double chanter bagpipes Reed instruments	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna	Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna	Still Image	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Tsabouna Musical instruments Hides and skins Demonstrations Craft Folk festivals Special events Bagpipes Musical instrument maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna	Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna	Still Image	Arts, Greek Greek Americans Folk festivals Special events Demonstrations Musical instruments Hides and skins Tsabouna Bagpipes Craft Musical instrument maker	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs	Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs	Still Image	Bagpipers Musical instruments Performers Music Arts, Greek Tsabouna Special events Rites and ceremonies Bagpipes Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1670_01_tape03	Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival	Sound	Bagpipers Festivals Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Music Performing arts Performers Musical instruments Music performance Tsabouna Bagpipes Arts, Greek Bagpipe music Greek Americans Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
FA4412	Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.		Musical traditions, European Tsabouna Bagpipe, Greek Ethnicity, Greek Festivals, Events and Conferences Arts (Performing)--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Instrumentalists Musical instruments--Greece Bagpipers Musical instruments Bagpipe music Music--Performance Folk musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Greek Americans Greek American musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Entertainers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Performing arts--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Special events Manners and customs Musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee	/fpc/folklife/fa4412.gif
FA4413	Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.		Musical traditions, European Tsabouna Bagpipe, Greek Ethnicity, Greek Festivals, Events and Conferences Arts (Performing)--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Instrumentalists Musical instruments--Greece Bagpipers Musical instruments Bagpipe music Music--Performance Folk musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Greek Americans Greek American musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Entertainers--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Performing arts--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee Special events Manners and customs Musicians--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee	/fpc/folklife/fa4413.gif
Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival	Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Tsabouna Bagpipes Bagpipers Music performance Greek Americans Arts, Greek	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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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 and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris

Nikitas Tsimouris and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

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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 and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris

Nikitas Tsimouris and his apprentice Anthony Tsimouris

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris demonstrating the tsampouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris making a tsabouna

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at Greek ceremony in Tarpon Springs

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1985 Folk Heritage Awards - Tallahassee, Florida.

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival

Nikitas Tsimouris performing at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival