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Saturday evening performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Oral poetry
Beseda (Dance)
Folk dance
Arts, Czechoslovakia
Folk singers
Singers
Guitarist
Dancers
Poets
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. McLean was joined by interpretive dancer Lais and autoharp player Schuman. Myers and Dinella were from Tampa. Bullard was from White Springs. The end of Mark's set is found on T80-13.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1978-05-27
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t80-012
Series
S1576
Item ID
T80-12
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1978)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Spooner, Ken
McLean, Will, 1919-1990
Schuman, Marty
Wadsworth, Lais
Myers, Tony
Dinella, Mary Ann
Bullard, Jerry Lawrence
Beseda Dancers
Mark, Joe
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Title of Work
Crow River Waltz (Ken Spooner)
Florida Limpkin monologue (Will McLean)
Crying Bird (McLean w/Lais Wadsworth & Marty Schuman)
My Soul is a Hawk
Conch Island
How Long Blues (Tony Myers & Mary Ann Dinella)