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Friday performances at the 2003 Florida Folk Festival (Folklife Stage) (Disc 9)
Subject
Singers
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Sea Islands Creole dialect
African Americans
Singing
Tambourine music
Sea shanteys
Sea songs
Description
One compact disc. McNeil served as emcee. THe Goergia Sea Island Singers consisted of Frankie Quimby (vocals, tamboruine), Thomas (Tony) Merrell (vocals, drums) and Van Merrell (vocals.).
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S2034
Date
2003-05-23
Contributor
Florida Park Service
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
compact discs
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s2034_04_cd03-094
Series
S2034
Item ID
CD03-94
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 2003)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Park Service
Colley, Randall
Pardue, Howard
Tradition Bearer
Georgia Sea Island Singers
McNeil, Mike
Ethnicity or Nationality
African American
Title of Work
Old Bill Rolling Pin
Gee to the Mule
Miss Frog Went Swimming
Sea Shanties
Raggy Levey/Siplin
Pay Me My Money Down (English adn Gullah versions)