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Friday evening performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Guitarist
Singers
Dancers
Historian
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Country music
Clogging
Clog dancing
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. Straley was the 1968 Jeannie With Light Brown Hair beauty pageant winner. Jahoda was a writer-historian who just published The Other Florida. Thomas was from Delray Beach. Grant was from Holmes Beach. Lemon was a guitarist who played in the Chet Atkins-style from Conn.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1968-05-03
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-184
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-184
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1968)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Lemon, Merle
Grant, Jack
Orlando Recreation Department Dancers
Thomas, Sandra
Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education (Fairhope, Ala.)