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Green Grass Revival performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. The band consisted of Rick Abrams (banjo); Sandra Jemison (bass); Buddy Moody (fiddle); and Tim Higgins (mandolin).
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Green Grass Revival performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: Two reel to reel recordings. Fitchen served as emcee.
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Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Date: 1992-05-22
Description: One reel to reel recording. Folk singer Fitchen served as emcee.
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Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1989-05
Description: 298 color slides. Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival. Including Jeanie Fitchen performing; the Folk Heritage Awards ceremony with Secretary of State Jim Smith; the apprenticeship tent; the children's activities tent; and craft demonstrations such as whip cracking, wood carving, turpentining, and storytelling. Many of these images have been described in more detail elsewhere in this database.
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Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1989-05-26
Description: Two proof sheets with 72 black and white images (plus negatives).
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Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: Four proof sheets with 144 black and white images (plus negatives.)
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Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival

Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1989-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. Milner, on autoharp, played wiyh Charlie Groth (mandolin); Lynn Wadley (guitar); and Tampa Blue (guitar).
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Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1989-05-28
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee.
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Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Date: 1990-05-25
Description: One reel to reel recording. Fitchen served as emcee. The Abraham sisters apprenticed under Radhakrishnan in 1990 to learn tradional Indian dance, through the FFP Apprenticeship program. 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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Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)

Date: 1992-05-24
Description: One audio cassette recording. C92-12: Jeanie Fitchen (Sharpes, FL) and Ernie Williams (Dade City, FL) discuss their musical traditions and their first appearances at the Folk Festival. They talk about the influences on their music (Fitchen - her mother's opera singing and traditional British songs; Williams - Alabama steelmill communities) and perform. Williams sings "Mockingbird"; Fitchen sings "Story of Metger Evers" and "Cherry Tree Hymn". They also discuss meeting Will McLean and Thelma Boltin at their first Festival in 1966. C92-13: Jeanie Fitchen (Sharpes, FL) and Ernie Williams (Dade City, FL) continue discussing their musical influences. They talk about the focus on Florida songs; Fitchen discusses changes in music in the 1970s and how she takes music into schools; Williams discusses the need for mentors in "reflective music"; they discuss Gamble Rogers' influence on a young musician (Sam Pacetti of St. Augustine, FL). Because this was the 40th festival, the Crossroads area was partly devoted to performers who contributed to the festival's past and development.
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Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)

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a_s1576_t90-117b	Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Musical groups Cajun music Bands (Music) Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t92-020	Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)	Sound	Singers Musicians Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Performances Music performance Piano music Songs Gospel (Black) Gospel music Piano music (Blues) Singing African Americans Blues singers Pianists	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Public officer Basket maker Apprentices Musical groups Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Demonstrations Music performance Singing Basket making Whipcracking Awards String bands Children Bands (Music) Secretaries of State (State governments) Craft Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Musicians Singers Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Music performance Performing arts Storytelling Singing Folk singers Bands (Music) Musical groups	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival	Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival	Still Image	Folklore revival festivals Folk festivals Festivals Music performance Performing arts Singing Ethnicity, Seminole Seminole Indians Bands (Music) Dancers Musicians Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t89-128a	Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Singers Musicians Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Autoharp music Guitar music Singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t89-127a	Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Singers Musicians Storytellers Festivals Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Special events Music performance Tales Storytelling Singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_t90-112a	Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)	Sound	Musicians Banjoists Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Indian dance Indian Americans Indian arts Dance music Demonstrations Apprentices Dancers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg
a_s1576_29_c92-012	Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)	Sound	Musicians Singers Guitarist Folk festivals Folklore revival festivals Festivals Special events Performing arts Oral narratives Oral histories Interviews Workshops (Adult education) Guitar music Singing	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_audio.jpg

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Green Grass Revival performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Green Grass Revival performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival

Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)

Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)

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Green Grass Revival performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Green Grass Revival performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Gumbo Limbo performing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Ida Goodson performing at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Main stage)

Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images from the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1989 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival

Images of the 1990 Florida Folk Festival

Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jan Milner performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jay and Peggy Smith performing at the 1989 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jaya Radhakrishnan and her apprentices dancing at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)

Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)

Jeanie Fitchen and Ernie Williams at the 1992 Florida Folk Festival (Crossroads Stage - Festival History)