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Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Folk festivals
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Music performance
Performing arts
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Sing alongs
Children
Singing
Maypoles
Elementary schools
Dancers
Folklorists
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. Chase was a folklorist from North Carolina.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1955-05-01
Contributor
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-018
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-18
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
Osceola, Billy
Osceola, Frances
Tommy, Frank
Wainwright, Mary Lee
Suwannee High School
Jennings Elementary School (Jennings, Fla.)
Chase, Richard
Alachua Boy Scouts
White Springs Elementary School (White Springs, Fla.)
Personal Name
Graham, Mrs. C.W.
Title of Work
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) (Audience)
Green Corn Dance (Tommy/Frances & Billy Osceola)
Florida (Wainwright)
March of the Piano Movers
Happiness
Skip To My Lou (Suwannee High School)
Little Liza Jane
Wind Up the Maypole (Chase/Jennings Elementary)
Spot Pow Wow (Alachua Boy Scouts)
Circassian Circle (Chase/White Springs Elementary)