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Friday performances at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 3)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Arts, Greek
Greek Americans
Bouzouki
Guitar music
Tales
Storytelling
Puppets
Toys
Singing
Singers
Storytellers
Apprentices
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Roller served as emcee. Bouzoukis are Greek musical instruments equipped with three strings, and played like a guitar. Boltin told several stories, demonstrated a wooden puppet, then sang with Fitchen.
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_t87-004
Series
S1576
Item ID
T87-4
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1987)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Skordilis, Spiros, 1930-2013
Gonatos, Emanuel
Roller, Peter
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Fitchen, Jeanie (Eugenia Sisinni), 1951-
Ethnicity or Nationality
Greek American
Lebanese American
Italian American
Title of Work
Bouzouki music (Spiros Skordilis & Emanuel Gonatos)