Year

1971

Video Details

10:29; color; sound; V-192 FLBA011; S. 1579

Description

This film has scenes from the 1971 Florida Folk Festival filmed at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida. It includes square dancers, Boy Scouts dressed as American Indians and bluegrass musicians. Festival director "Cousin" Thelma Boltin comments on the process of selecting festival participants. Anne Lunestad can be seen spinning cotton and Roy Lee Wallace performs a shoeshine rag. Florida Rep. Lawton Chiles can be seen among the spectators.

Corporate Subject

Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Memorial Park (White Springs, Fla.)

Geographic Subject

White Springs

Personal Subject

Boltin, "Cousin Thelma" (Thelma Ann), 1904-1992
Chiles, Lawton, 1930-1998
Lunestad, Anne
Wallace, Roy Lee

Subject

Folk art
Folk dancing
Folk music
Folklore
Promotional films