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Saturday morning performances at the 1966 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Singers
Bands (Music)
Guitarist
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
String bands
Singing
Stringband music
Old time music
Dance
Guitar music
Folk singers
Musicians
Description
One reel to reel recording. Boltin served as emcee. The Pine Valley Boys were from Tifton, Georgia. The Wiggins Sisters (Hallie and Besty) played the bottlehpone, a musical instrument with hanging bottles that were struck to produce a sound. Finch was the 1966 Jeannie With Light Brown Hair.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1966-05-07
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t77-162
Series
S1576
Item ID
T77-162
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1966)
Collector or Fieldworker
Stephen Foster Center
Tradition Bearer
Pine Valley Boys, The
Finch, Pat
Smith Family, The
Wiggins Sisters
Smoky Holler Boys
Marietta Johnson School of Organic Education (Fairhope, Ala.)