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Sunday performances at the 1955 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Choruses
Storytellers
Festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Folk festivals
Special events
Performing arts
Music performance
Oral performance
Singing
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Folk singers
Guitar music
Gospel songs
Religious music
Religious songs
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Sing alongs
Singers
Students
Description
One reel to reel. Boltin served as the emcee. See the festival program in S 1619, box 1 for more detailed information of the festival performers and activities not recorded.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1955-05-01
Contributor
Stephen Foster Center
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t76-010
Series
S1576
Item ID
T76-10
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1955)
Collector or Fieldworker
Barnes, Foster, 1903-1972
Stephen Foster Center
Tradition Bearer
Boltin, "Cousin" Thelma Ann, 1904-1992
Osceola, Billy
Tommy, Frank
Mount Carmel Baptist Church Choir
Neal, Ruth
University of Florida Mens Glee Club
Title of Work
Opening remarks (Boltin)
Old Folks at Home (Way Down Upon the Suwannee River) (Audience)
All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
Green Corn Dance (Osceola/Tommy)
Amazing Grace (Mt. Carmel Baptist Church)
Go Tell It On the Mountain (Neal)
Sinful Shoes (Neal)
Lonesome Valley (University of Florida Glee Club) (segment)