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Thursday evening performances at the 1954 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 1)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Accordion music
Music performance
Seminole Indians
Native Americans
Performing arts
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Creek Indians
Orators
Accordionists
Musicians
Town criers
Description
One reel to reel. Knott served as the emcee. The first half of the reel consists of Thursday afternoon performances. 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
1954-05-06
Contributor
Florida Folk Festival
Stephen Foster Center
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t76-002b
Series
S1576
Item ID
T76-2
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
Kettner, Max, -1963
Beaver, Fred, 1911-1980
Osceola, Billy
Bowlegs, Billy, III, 1862-1965
Hall, W. R., d. 1959
Title of Work
Stephen Foster medley (Kettner)
Town crier (Hall)
Opening remarks (Knott)
Seminoel and Creek infian Lore (Osceola/Bowlegs/Beaver)
Seminoel and Creek infian Lore (Osceola/Bowlegs/Beaver). 1954-05-06. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/234101>, accessed 4 December 2024.