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Tuesday morning performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Singers
Storytellers
Musicians
Fiddlers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Oral performance
Performing arts
Music performance
Tall tales
Storytelling
Oral narratives
Children
Elementary schools
Fiddle music
Sing alongs
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.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1955-05-03
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
University of Florida (Gainesville, Fla.)
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-026
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-26
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
Jasper Elementary School (Jasper, Fla.)
White Springs High School
Stephens, Zeke, 1895-1984
Bloodworth, Bertha
Title of Work
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River (Audience)
Green Corn Dance (Osceola/Tommy)
Farmer in the Dell (Jasper Elementary)
Draw a Bucket of Water
Plantation Song (White Springs High School)
Jacobs Ladder
Massas in The Cold, Cold Ground (Stephens)
Listen to the Mockingbird
Tall Tales: Legend of the Spanish Moss (Bloodworth)