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Saturday afternoon performances at the 1968 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Singers
Bands (Music)
Bluegrass musicians
Guitarist
Storytellers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
String bands
Stringband music
Bluegrass music
Dance music
Guitar music
Square dancing
Storytelling
Tales
Oral narratives
Animal sounds
Dulcimer music
Dancers
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Smith Family (led by Jay Smith) were from Jacksonville, as was singer-dulcimer player Wilcox. Lemon played Chet Atkins-style guitar. Graham, who imitated animals, lived in Wauchula. Frog Smith lived in Fort Myers.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1968-05-04
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-190
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-190
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1968)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Orlando Recreation Department Dancers
Shore, Frank, 1900-1986
Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education (Fairhope, Ala.)
Grant, Jack
Lemon, Merle
Lee H. Edwards Champion Cloggers
Wilcox, Mollye
Bluegrass Pals
Smith Family, The
Graham, Henry
Smith, "Frog" (Ernest Archer), 1896-1993
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Title of Work
Come on Blue (Unidentified performer)
Dance demo (Orlando dancers)
Seminole chants/Steal Away (Shore)
English country dance demo (Marietta Johnson dancers)
My Rubber Dolly (Grant)
You Got to See Your Mama Every Night
Bring in the Georgia Mail
Yankee Doodle (Lemon)
Wildwood Flower
Square dance demo (Lee Edward dancers/Bluegrass Pals)