Title
Friday afternoon performances at the 1969 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Singing
Guitar music
Dance
Old time music
Bluegrass music
Fiddle music
Seminole Indians
Folk songs, French
French Americans
Songs, French
Singers
Fiddlers
Orators
Water witcher
Dancers
Storytellers
Children
Choruses
Musicians
Students
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. (The first third of the reel consists of Friday morning performances, and last third of Saturday morning performances -- see separate entries for details.) Knott, of Kentucky, was the festival's first director in 1953 and 1954. Billie was from Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. Sunland Sunshine Singers were from Tallahassee. Cox lived in Moorehead, North Carolina. The Brewer Yeast cakes were based out of Gainesville. Rosa and Zeke lived in Panama City. Hall was from Sarasota. Esther Beadnell lived in Orange Park, originally from West Virginia, while Tom was from New York. Malkine sang French folk songs. Boltin, the festival director, told a Brer Rabbit tale. The Friday evening performances were rained out.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-208b