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Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Bagpipes
Storytelling
Tall tales
Imitating nature
Oral performance
Animal sounds
Birdsongs
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Bouzouki
Songs, Greek
Storytellers
Apprentices
Bagpipers
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Roller served as emcee. Skordilis performed with apprentice Gonatos playing Greek bouzouki music. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1987-05-22
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t87-003
Series
S1576
Item ID
T87-3
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1987)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Dobbs, Tommy
Keith, Sandy, 1936-
Roller, Peter
Ethnicity or Nationality
Greek American
Title of Work
Bird sounds (Tommy Dobbs)
Animal story
Tall Tale
Bagpipe music (Sandy Keith)
Greek music (Spiros Skordilis & Emanuel Gonatos)