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Friday evening performances at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 2)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Folk singers
Performing arts
Shape note singing
Musical tradition, sacred
Singing
Choruses
Religious songs
Singers
Children
Shape note singers
Students
Description
One reel to reel. Knott served as the emcee. Detailed information on the performers can be found on the 1954 festival program, located in S 1619, box 1.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1954-05-07
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t76-005
Series
S1576
Item ID
T76-5
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1954)
Collector or Fieldworker
Barnes, Foster, 1903-1972
Stephen Foster Center
Tradition Bearer
Knott, Sarah Gertrude, 1895-1984
Boreland, James L.
White Springs Shape Note Singers
Dunscombe, Aubrey, 1905-1983
J. R. E. Lee Negro School
Title of Work
Going to Boston (Unidentified)
Willow Tree (Boreland)
Brennan on the Moor
How Tedious and Tasteless the Hours [Green Fields] (White Springs Shape Note Singers)