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Monday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Subject
Folk festivals
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
African Americans
Singing
Historical drama
Scouts and scouting
Dance
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Singers
Students
Description
One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded. Students from Stanton High School were performing a musical pageant called "Way Down South."
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1955-05-02
Contributor
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-016
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-16
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1955)
Collector or Fieldworker
Barnes, Foster, 1903-1972
Stephen Foster Center
Tradition Bearer
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Stanton High School (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Lake City Boy Scouts
Lake City Girl Scouts
Alachua Boy Scouts
Title of Work
I have Been Rebuked and I Have Been Scorned (Stanton High School)
Old Folks at Home
Steal Away
Motherless Child
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Lay Down My Burden
Old Black Joe
Dixie
Dance demo (Lake City Boy & Girl Scouts)
Chippewa Deer Hunter Deer (Alachua County Boy Scouts)