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Sunday afternoon performances at the 1978 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Singers
Storytellers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Religious music
Oral narratives
Storytelling
Religious songs
Harmonica music
Folk singers
Tall tales
Gospel songs
Gospel music
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The performance by the Olders was the end of their performance from Sunday morning (see T80-19). Juliano and Marshall was from Lakeland. The Deckards of Lake City sang gospel music. Smith was a storyteller from Fort Myers. George and Martha Heaps-Nelson were from Swainsboro, Georgia.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1978-05-28
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t80-020
Series
S1576
Item ID
T80-20
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1978)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Juliano, Joey
Marshall, Mike
Deckard, Rosco
Deckard, Vera
Smith, "Frog" (Ernest Archer), 1896-1993
Heaps-Nelson, George, 1946-1980
Heaps-Nelson, Marilyn
Older, Larry
Older, Martha
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Title of Work
The Burning of the Pipers Hut (Larry & Martha Older)
I Like It Best When We Get Together (Mike Marshall & Joey Juliano)
All It Does Is Rain
River Boat Song
Listen to the Mockingbird
Build My Mansion Next Door to Jesus (Vera & Roscoe Deckard)
One More Valley
When King Jesus Comes to Live With Us Again
Florida Tall Tales (Frog Smith)
When the Works All Done This Fall (George & Marilyn Heaps-Nelson)