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Monday afternoon performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 4)
Subject
Bands (Music)
Singers
Dancers
Musicians
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Singing
Hula (Dance)
Hawaiian guitar
String bands
Punch and Judy
Puppet theater
Puppets
Folklorists
Puppeteers
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
1955-05-02
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
White Springs High School (White Springs, Fla.)
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-021
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-21
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
Fogel, Verena
Lono, Wally
Wally Lonos Hawaiian String Band
Chase, Richard
Title of Work
Explanation of Hula dance (Fogel)
To You Sweetheart Aloha (Lono and His Hawaiian String Band)