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Friday performances at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival (Old Marble Stage) (Reel 4)
Subject
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Singing
Corridos
Performing arts
Ballads
Guitar music
Guitarists
Arts, Mexican
Mexican Americans
Folk music Mexico
Latinos
Music Latin America
Ethnicity, Mexico
Workshops (Adult education)
Pinatas
Leisure
Ferns
Oral education
Farming
Tacos
Cookery, Mexican
Cooking and dining
Agriculture
African Americans
Blues (Music)
Musicians
Singers
Bluegrass musicians
Bands (Music)
Cooks
Artisans
Guitarist
Blues singers
Farm workers
Description
One reel to reel recording. Folklorist Owens served as emcee. Corrido music consist of ballads/narrative songs that roiginated in Mexico in the mid-1800s. Folklorist Figgen served as moderator for the workshop. The workshop came out of research for the St. Johns River Survey. Grimm discussed pinata making, Castillo talked aboau farming ferns, and Castillo discussed taco making. Folklorist McDonald introduced Thompson. Thompson was from Hastings.
Source
State Archives of Florida, Series S1576
Date
1985-05-24
Contributor
Florida Folklife Program
Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park
Florida Folk Festival
Format
sound recordings
audiotape reels
Type
Sound
Identifier
a_s1576_t85-112
Series
S1576
Item ID
T85-112
Event Name
Florida Folk Festival
Florida Folk Festival (White Springs, Fla. : 1985)
Collector or Fieldworker
Florida Folklife Program
Tradition Bearer
Thompson, Albert Buck
Galarza Brothers, The
Galarza, Abel
Galarza, Pantaleon
Owen, Blanton, 1945-1998
Grimm, Viki (Victoria), 1935-
Castillo, Marie
Cortiz, Sonia
Figgen, Kathleen
McDonald, Mary Anne
Ethnicity or Nationality
Mexican American
Latino
African American
Title of Work
Mi Guitarrita Vieja (Galarza Brothers)
La Muerte de Leon de la Sierra
La Maestra
Mexican American Work & Leisure workshop (Figgen, Grimm, Castillo, & Cortiz)